Meat Diets Opportunity : Eco-Business

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Sustainability News

“Ethical Markets agrees that plant-based protein are a huge opportunity, see my forthcoming article in Green Money Journal and our next “Green Transition Scoreboard”®  for release in April, 2018.

~Hazel Henderson, Editor “

 

 

 

 

Meat that’s not meat: The next big opportunity for food

Intensively farmed livestock has a devastating environmental and social impact. As consumers increasingly recognise this, there is a huge opportunity for companies to provide more sustainable and ethical alternatives to animal protein.

 

Trump wants to cut funding for clean energy research in half Trump wants to cut funding for clean energy research in half

Meanwhile, China, India and the European Union aim to double funding for clean energy R&D.

Will a lack of transparency hurt green bonds?

The growth of green bonds is a sign that the finance industry is finally waking up to sustainability. But speakers at a recent forum said that the opacity of how the funds are used means that green bonds are often no more than greenwash.

Fairer world may mean more modest dreams Fairer world may mean more modest dreams

To achieve a fairer world, humans must think again about how they manage the only planet at their disposal.

 

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A world powered by renewable energy will prize a very different set of resources than we do today. Which countries hold the key to unlocking wind and solar energy, and how will this shake up the world order?

3 things cities can learn from Cape Town’s impending “Day Zero” water shut-off

Cape Town is in the midst of a devastating water security crisis. World Resources Institute experts Betsy Otto and Leah Schleifer outline what other cities around the world can do to avoid a similar fate.

Singapore food outlets pledge to phase out shark fin Singapore food outlets pledge to phase out shark fin

89 establishments will remove shark fin and ray from their menus, but not all will do so completely. Nevertheless, it’s a big to save a threatened animal.