-by Kimberly Berglöf Shipping can be one of the more environmentally friendly ways of transporting gods from one place to another since it has the capacity to carry large quantities of gods, yet the ports can be the complete opposite. The Port of Los Angeles is the busiest container port in the US and is … More The dark side of shipping
-by Emily Skibenes A major step in combating global climate change is to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. In order to take a step in the right direction, large industries must be revolutionized to fit a sustainable model. The global cement industry is a huge contributor to carbon emissions. Concrete constitutes the building blocks of our … More Concrete Goals for Sustainability
-by Emma Davies With the UN forecasting that the world’s population is set to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, issues related to food are becoming increasingly important. This causes major conflicts globally, including the issue of the looming question: how can we feed the ever-increasing population? One of the greatest threats affecting the food and … More From farm to fork
-by Alexander Hoffmann A recent report by the European Commission about sustainable heating and cooling in private houses, shops and industries found that there is enormous potential for savings. For example, about half of the boilers throughout Europe are older than 24 years, wasting large amounts of energy and thus money. Average households could cut … More Don’t let your cash vanish into thin air
-by Jesper Nyberg Greenhouse gas emitters like cars, airplanes and fossil fuel power plants get a lot of media attention regarding their part in global warming. But another big contributor to climate change is the cement industry, which is the source of approximately 5-8 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. These emissions are … More Building for the future – A new sustainable cement industry
-by Jessica Sellin Currently we can run our cars on conventional fuel mixed with fuel derived from crops growing on the fields (e.g. sugar or corn). Some claim that these so called biofuels are the fuels of the future, produced with no net emissions of carbon dioxide. Others are not convinced since the cultivation of … More The aviation biofuel project might go to waste
-by Bruce Duane At the 2012 United Nations summit on sustainable development, there was much discussion about the need for a “Green Economy”. This is a great idea, but many believed that this idea was too small. After all, 72% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water. We cannot ignore all that the oceans, … More The Blue Planet Needs a Blue Economy
-by Eeva Hammar We use and consume plastics in our everyday life. Since the “plastic revolution” from the days of when plastic was first invented we have learned to use plastics in various ways. When we consume something there would be probably more or less waste as well. The part of this plastic waste … More Are We Soon Swimming in the Microplastics Soup?
-by Emma Davies In today’s society global warming and climate change are critical environmental problems. However, their exact effects on the Baltic Sea and its ecosystems are not thoroughly known. With salinity and oxygen concentrations decreasing and the sea temperature rising, it is vital to find new methods to investigate the effect of climate … More Climate change + the Baltic Sea = Uh-oh!
-by Alexander Hoffmann A study by the Boston Consulting Group for WWF found that cleaning up the Baltic Sea would result in enormous economic gains. Sweden would profit by 3.98 billion dollars a year, and all countries around the Baltic Sea together even by 44.2 billion dollars, the consulting report suggests according to Radio Sweden … More Cleaning up the Baltic Sea would boost Sweden’s economy by $4 billion per year
Discovery of a Sustainable Baltic Sea 