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Sustainable Careers
How to preserve your career options while protecting the environment. By Richard MacLean Read More
Latex May Hold Key for Environmentally Friendly Packaging
Researchers have been studying the polymerisation of latex in the hope of finding the optimum reaction conditions that create a strong and durable coating to protect food from moisture and oxidation. Read More
Mold: Behind the Hype
The health risks of mold in buildings make scientists nervous -- but not because they think mold is toxic. By David Kozlowski Read More
Environmental Science and Postmodernism
When environmental scientists use the language of objective scientific observation to support ideology, they put their own credibility at risk. By Brad Allenby Read More
New Technology Could Reinvent Rubber Recycling Industry
Israeli company Levgum, Ltd., has invented and patented a unique new rubber devulcanization technology that the company says can change the global rubber recycling industry. Read More
Dynamic Versus Static ‘Sustainability’
Identifying a workable model for the sustainable city requires a more sophisticated approach. By Brad Allenby Read More
Young Entrepreneurs: Changing the Face of Sustainable Business
Increasingly, young entrepreneurs are starting their own businesses with sustainability in mind. By Johanna Schultz Read More
Albertson's Stocks Up on Waste-Reducing Strategies
For Albertson’s, Inc., one of the largest retail food and drug chains in the U.S., “waste is anything that is not an asset and nothing but lack of imagination.” Over the past few years the multibillion-dollar company has made it a priority to reduce waste and maximize resources, implementing energy-saving policies like dimming the lights in its stores and helping develop a 100% recyclable container for shipping produce. By Emily Rabin Read More
Is Environmental Science Really a Science?
Is the “purpose” of environmental science to perceive and validate new knowledge or to impose normative institutions and futures on society — for example, by forcing society to be “sustainable”? Read More
Ski Industry Releases Environmental Report
The National Ski Areas Association, a trade association for ski area owners and operators, has released its second "Sustainable Slopes Annual Report" detailing the ski industry's progress in implementing its Environmental Charter for Ski Areas over the past season. Read More