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This week, we have a guest post by Sarah Goodell, the founder of Autumn Dahlia who writes about her socially conscious brand strategy and human-centred ethical design studio.
We also have stories about Barcelona’s plan to increase tree cover, a corridor that will protect the Huemul deer, how scientists are restoring kelp forests, concrete recycling used to rebuild Syria, and the cancelled Kalama methane refinery project.
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Guest Posts
Designing for Impact: How Autumn Dahlia Empowers Entrepreneurs to Make a Difference
Guest Post by: Sarah Goodell, founder of Autumn Dahlia
Category: Guest Post, World
Autumn Dahlia is a socially conscious brand strategy and human-centered ethical design studio that seamlessly blends a lifelong passion for digital art and graphic design with an unrelenting commitment to sustainability and social responsibility. Read More
Happy Eco News Top 5
Barcelona’s Plan to Increase Urban Tree Cover
Author: Jamie D’Souza
Category: Nature, Europe
By 2037, Barcelona will increase the overall tree cover by 5% so that trees cover 30% of the city’s surface area. It is said that the increase in Barcelona’s urban tree cover could improve the health of more than 30 000 people, reduce the use of antidepressants and save over $40 million in annual costs associated with mental health issues. Read More
How Chile is Protecting the Huemul Deer Population
Author: Jamie D’Souza
Category: Nature, South America
The National Huemul Corridor aims to restore the Huemul population to its original numbers or as close as possible to what they once were. The project includes creating protected areas for the huemul and building a huemul rescue and rehabilitation centre for the species. Read More
How Scientists are Restoring Kelp Forests
Author: Grant Brown
Category: Science, News
One of the key strategies is active restoration, which involves deliberately planting kelp or kelp fragments in degraded areas to jumpstart their recovery. This approach has shown promising results in areas where kelp has declined, providing a much-needed lifeline for the struggling kelp forests and paving the way for the natural recruitment of kelp spores. Read More
Researchers In Syria Have Discovered Concrete Recycling Method
Author: Fisher Brown
Category: Science, Asia
70% of the 130,000 buildings destroyed in Syria were made of reinforced concrete. Scientists have discovered that they can use a significant amount of this rubble to create new concrete, recycling what is there and saving costs compared to importing new concrete. Read More
Public Outcry Cancels Kalama Methane Refiner
Author: Grant Brown
Category: Policy, North America
Cancelling the methanol refinery project in Kalama represented a major victory for environmentalists and community members concerned about the project’s social and environmental impacts. The project would have emitted significant amounts of greenhouse gases and become one of the top climate polluters in the state. Read More
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