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How Sustainability Benefits Your Small Business
For entrepreneurs looking to start a sustainable business, now is the best time to do so. As reported by Business Line, businesses that follow a sustainable strategy are 2.5 times more likely to be successful than those that don’t,
Seven Healthy, Productive Ways to Deal With Climate Anxiety
We hear from most news channels about the degraded state of our planet. It’s bound to produce anxiety for many. And yet, there are things you can do to reduce that anxiety. Taking small actions to save our planet is a worthwhile way to relieve climate anxiety.
The Roadmap to Launching Your Green Business
Many entrepreneurs feel like it’s impossible to follow green practices in their business, or to even make a difference. If you’re curious about entrepreneurship, and you want to help the environment, launching a sustainable business might be in your future.
Book Review — Mindset Medicine: A Journaling Power Self-Love Book
Mari McCarthy has done it again: she’s written a book of inspiration for living your best life. She says that self-acceptance and a healthy dose of self-respect will lead you to find your best self. Grab your journal and follow her prompts to find your best life.
The United Nations: Then and Now
The United Nations celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2020. After the carnage that was World War II, 50 nations gathered in San Francisco to agree to the “United Nations Declaration” that no such war would again occur.
What does the UN have to do with the future? How about 17 Sustainable Development Goals?
By now, most people are quite aware of climate change and at least some of the problems it’s causing. So what is being done to counter it? The UN has an answer, or 17 of them, called the Sustainability Development Goals.
A circular economy: the wherefore and the why
Ever since the induction of the Industrial Revolution, the developed world has run on the concept of a linear economy. Based on the “take-make-waste,” model of production, a linear economy has been the preferred method of commerce since the mid-nineteenth century. A circular economy, on the other hand …
Choosing to live the minimalist lifestyle, sustainably speaking
Prudence tells us we all will be better off when sustainable lifestyles are adopted by all. Minimalism, the disciplined pursuit of a lifestyle that emphasizes owning only those items that add meaning or answer a genuine need, can work hand-in-glove with the pursuit of sustainability.
Economic sustainability by the numbers & eight ways you can help
There isn’t a better time to achieve economic sustainability than now. But what is it, and why is it important? We must work to meet our needs while ensuring that our descendants have the means to meet their needs.
What you need to know about the Paris Agreement and greenhouse gases
The United States emits greenhouse gases at a rate greater than any nation on Earth except China. Although much smaller in population — the US has just over 332 million to China’s nearly 1.4 billion — the US emits greenhouse gases at a rate roughly half of that of China.
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