With around 168 million tonnes of food lost in North America annually, and food waste a key contributor to climate change, reducing it is a critical priority. The good news is tha…
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Around the world, if we replaced only 20% of single-use plastic packaging with reusable alternatives, it would be a business opportunity worth a minimum of USD 10 billion…
What city could be called the bike capital of Canada? The city of Victoria in the province of British Columbia is definitely a contender. Victoria has a population of about 100,00…
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The social marketing discipline has long held this truism that sustainable behaviours should be fun, easy, and popular. Switzerland’s bike to work campaign is all of tho…
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You may have heard of Opower, an American company that provides a customer engagement platform for utilities. They were acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2016. Anyway, O…
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Those of you who are interested in encouraging native plant gardens in your region might find some inspiration in World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) “In the Zone” program. The …
Since 1995, Seattle Children’s Hospital has run a trip reduction program designed to reduce the number of employees driving alone to work to just 30% of trips by 2030. In the init…
Solarize first came to life in 2009 when a Portland resident interested in installing solar power recruited neighbors to join them in “going solar” to get a volume discount. Once …
Sponsored by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), WaterSense was a partnership program created to help Americans use less water via water-efficient products, homes, and s…
Run by Student Health Services Wellness & Prevention at Boston University, Condom Fairy was a program created in response to the growing number of college students reporting that …
