Maia, Braga, Lisbon, Coimbra, Sintra and Tavira will host the Desafio Vegetariano foodtruck, which will offer Portuguese snacks in a 100% vegetable version, with the aim of bringing the population closer to vegetarian alternatives. The Vegetarian Challenge has launched an outreach campaign to raise awareness of the possibilities of a plant-based diet and encourage people […]
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Several researchers and organizations are already looking ahead to 2025 and what next year might hold in the area of sustainability. 2025 will be among the three hottest years ever The outlook from the UK’s national weather service – the Met Office – suggest that 2025 is likely to be one of the three hottest […]
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Digital labels make it easy to apply discounts as products approach the end of their shelf life, encouraging purchases and reducing food waste. New research from the Texas McCombs School of Management in Austin (USA) suggests that replacing physical shelf labels with digital ones allows supermarkets to easily lower prices and transfer older stock from […]
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As the year draws to a close, we’ve decided to take a look back at the best things that happened in 2024 in the area of sustainability. Here’s the good news: 1.In England, more than 8,300 people with mental health problems were prescribed time spent in nature. Happiness levels increased and anxiety levels decreased 2. […]
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A new study focused on nine simulations in the Arctic Ocean, which point to the first ice-free day within three to six years. In recent years, researchers have estimated the loss of ice in the Arctic Ocean around 2030, but a new study has revealed that the first ice-free day could occur as early as […]
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After four years of an exceptionally large and persistent ozone hole, the annual hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica closed during the second half of December. Over the last four years, the annual hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has persisted for longer than usual, but closed during the second half of December, […]
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Coca-Cola seems to have abandoned its 2030 target, in which it pledged to recycle less plastic and reduce emissions more slowly than previously promised. In 2022, Coca-Cola committed to selling 25% of its drinks in returnable glass or plastic bottles by 2030, or in refillable containers that could be filled at fountains or “Coca-Cola freestyle […]
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Five major oil and chemical companies that are part of the alliance – Shell, ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies, ChevronPhillips and Dow – produce more plastic in two days than the initiative has managed to clean up in the last five years. In 2019, a group of around 30 oil and chemical companies from around the world formed […]
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The question is posed by Kate Raworth in her book Donut Economics and the answer seems to be a resounding yes. Let’s find out more about this alternative economic model. Kate Raworth invites us to reflect on a mission of progress that is mostly associated with the idea of economic growth. Her book “The Donut […]
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A team of researchers from the University of Birmingham has concluded that systematically integrating climate resilience into all aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals is the only way to secure the future of the planet. Climate change is the biggest threat to the global environment and socio-economic development and calls for an urgent review and […]
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