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Fewer Farts from Fonterra Farms New Zealand agricultural co-operative, Fonterra, has collaborated with Royal DSM to produce and test a food additive for ruminants that consistently reduces the methane emitted by cows by over 30 per cent. Just a quarter teaspoon of Bovaer for each animal every day is all it takes. Given that agricultural…
So much sustainability in one shoe If you wear clothes or sleep on sheets you probably recognise the silky breathability of bamboo fabric. Now, New Zealand shoemaker, YY Nation has taken the sustainable fashion game up a notch with an Indiegogo campaign to make sneakers made from bamboo, pineapple leather, algae foams and merino wool.…
THE GREEN LIST: In the same week that New Zealand’s NMIT Arts & Media Building was being publicised as the first multi-storey seismic design building constructed from timber, the US Steel Framing Industry Association came out fighting with Steel industry responds to claims of wood’s sustainability.
How can we enhance productivity in a growing culture of working from home? How can we create a circular economy in our homes and workplaces? Is it time to phase out gas from our homes?
The recent Gen Z Report produced by Afterpay in partnership with The Future Laboratory shows that the environment and sustainability are an important part of Gen Z purchasing decisions. Gen Z wants retailers to think and act like circular economy brands, and brands that promote civic and social values and play their part in combatting waste pollution have a competitive edge.
In Australia, about 15,000 people live and work in “conditions of modern slavery”.
What can you do about the carbon emissions from INSIDE the car? Sustainable activewear brand, First Base, knew it couldn’t do much about the carbon emitted by vehicles so the company’s design team put its hive mind to work on cars’ interiors instead. The project finally came to fruition last month in the form of…
