#Sustainability

Commercial marketing oriented toward sustainability is not compatible with degrowth, even when it promotes consuming less. That is the conclusion of a study by ICTA-UAB and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Curious to know if people think renewable energy can realistically replace traditional fossil fuels in the future. submitted by /u/OpportunityOk2911 [link] [comments]

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what cities will look like in the future and how much real nature will actually remain in them. On one hand, there are more and more: green rooftops, urban parks, biodiversity projects, and efforts to bring nature…

Several years ago, we planted a Tiny Forest in the Desert. I’m happy to share several plants no longer require human inputs…they are 100% adapted, established, thriving, and self-sustaining!…

Carbon dioxide has long looked more like waste than resource. A new solar reactor turns it into living bacterial biomass using sunlight, enzymes and engineered E. coli, offering an early glimpse of factories that could directly make materials from air.…

I started trying to eliminate bathroom plastic in my second year of university. Bamboo toothbrush, shampoo bar, the whole thing at once, driven by a documentary and a lot of optimism. Most of it didn't stick. The bamboo toothbrush is still going.…

A lot of sustainability conversations focus on the obvious physical stuff: plastic waste, shipping emissions, fast fashion, food systems, disposable products, etc. All super important things.…

We have a sustainable ranch right outside of Los Angeles, and we have been utilizing solar energy through the panels and batteries to power our utilities. Anyone have any recs on what to do with broken solar panels?…

Not sure where to put this but after multiple years of not using Amazon, I broke down this morning and placed an order. I even did a free prime trial because....a part on my instapot is broken, and of course, Instapot doesn't make replacement parts!…

Just visited the open house for the new mixed-use eco district down the street, and it genuinely feels like the future of urban planning is catching up with the technology.…

I saw a statistic recently that the average American throws away around 80 pounds of clothing annually, and it honestly made me rethink how normalized overconsumption has become.…

I’m hoping to one day be able to buy an existing house and refurbish it to make it as sustainable as possible or design a new sustainable home. Does anyone have any good resources that cover all the aspects of either of these options? Thanks in advance!…

Most debates about textile waste start at the closet, or at the donation bin. But a closer look at a basic cotton T-shirt suggests the biggest losses may happen long before a shirt is worn, washed, or thrown away.…

Hi, For quite some time, I’ve been wanting to join a few sustainability groups and networks. I work in the industry, so this feels very relevant to me. Do you have any suggestions?…

was changing my duvet cover today and the zipper snagged on the actual insert, ripping a tiny hole. out pops this weird cloud of shiny white fuzz.…

I (26M) just realized that at some point over the last few years, without ever consciously deciding to, I started liking products more if they are sustainable and recycled .…

There was a climate lawsuit filed against the government in Malaysia for failure to act on deforestation, because the government failed to keep it's promise on protecting 50% of forest cover.…

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London-based ERM's partnership with Blumen Systems aims to untangle the web of permitting processes, especially for data center projects.

Completed in 2024 in Nantes, France. Images by Cyrille Weiner. It is the sophisticated synthesis of high-quality architecture, the concept of sustainability, the comfort offered, the communicative ability, and...