Search results for: “Clean Energy”
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Inflation Reduction Act: Making A Regenerative Shift
We are excited to welcome Caleb Quaid, the founder and owner of Regenerative Shift. Caleb’s background is in professional sports, as he worked for 12 years in the NFL overseeing stadium operations and capital projects. In 2021, Caleb had a personal realization that the story of unlimited natural resources and continuous growth is no longer…
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Types of Plastic: The Big 7
In 1970, Gary Anderson created the famous symbol used to indicate that a product is recyclable- three arrows chasing each other in a loop. The design is easily recognizable, but have you ever flipped the empty plastic product over and looked at the recycling symbol closely? If you have, you have probably seen that there…
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Toxic Wastelands: A Look Into Superfund Sites
Born From Tragedy In the 1970s the quiet community of Love Canal, Niagara Falls, NY, garnered national attention when chemical sludge began seeping up from the Earth. Kids came home with chemical burns after playing outside, basements flooded with noxious water, babies were born with birth defects and cancer rates soared1. As a result, residents…
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Create A Team-Building Project! Mobilize your group in a hands-on environmental action event to improve our planet, and team connection! What is an IDEAS For Us Team-Building Event? IDEAS For Us is an environmental solutions incubator with a mission of developing, funding, and scaling solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. We do this by…
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Sustainable Communities Worldwide
While we’re not close to reversing climate change any time soon, we’ve all come a long way in becoming self-aware and striving to change our lifestyles to be more sustainable. In a recent study, 46% of US, China, and UK residents said that they’re doing all they can to live more sustainably. And, currently, 100+…
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The Sustainability of Green Laundry
Green laundry is a topic everyone should consider, whether you do all of your laundry yourself or whether you get some clothing laundered by outside services. In the face of increasingly intense climate calamities, more people and industries have acknowledged the reality of climate change and have started to “go green” within their own practices.…
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5 Products To Improve Your Home Sustainability
Home sustainability is a wonderful goal to work towards. It is a way to protect both you, your family, and the environment. Living in a sustainable home means working towards living off grid. Living off grid may not be an ideal long term choice for you, but getting closer to off grid can lessen your…
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U.S. Army Introduces It’s First Climate Strategy
On February 8, 2022, the largest branch of the United States military introduced its first ever climate strategy, signaling a shift in military operations to prepare for and adapt to a world affected by climate change. While the Army’s primary mission is to “fight and win the nation’s wars” (2), the climate strategy dually focuses…
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Faceless Marketing And IDEAS For Us Are Advancing Environmental Action by 2030
The 2020’s have been off to a rough start. Back in January of 2020, Australia was on fire, Russia was invading Ukraine, and the risk of World War III was quickly overshadowed by the emergence of a new and deadly virus out of Wuhan, China. No one could have known that now almost two years…
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Anthropogenic Sources of Methane. What Stinks?
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the predominant greenhouse gas released into the atmosphere by human activities.1 For instance, in 2019, carbon dioxide made up slightly more than 80% of all greenhouse gasses emitted into the atmosphere by humans in the United States.1,2 This makes carbon dioxide the main driver of global warming. However, there is another…