by Admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Conservation, Sustainability
Yishan Wong has taken part in some of the largest disruptions the internet brought to daily living. In the early 2000s, he was a senior engineering manager at PayPal while the company made itself into the bank of the internet. In 2005, he joined a fast-growing new...
by Admin | Jan 6, 2021 | Articles, Conservation, Sustainability
Deforestation is a major threat to biodiversity worldwide. The appetite of nearly 8 billion people for forest products—including wood, paper products, and cleared land—has reduced forested land worldwide by nearly 90 since the time before the Industrial Revolution,...
by Admin | Dec 30, 2020 | Articles, Conservation, Resources, Sustainability
The koa tree, which many might know as acacia koa or Hawaiian koa, is native only to a few of the Hawaiian islands. For the tree to thrive, the elevation must be high enough to stay above the marine fog but low enough to not freeze. It needs lots of rain and ashy...
by Admin | Nov 25, 2020 | Articles, Business, Conservation, Sustainability
Isaac Graubard is thirteen years old, and he learned something this year during lockdown. “After doing some research,” he said in an interview with CBS2, “I only found out that 9 percent of plastics get recycled, and it’s sickening to think that we try so hard...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2020 | Conservation, Sustainability
To find Tristan da Cunha, most often called Tristan, you get on a boat at the Southeastern tip of South Africa, set your course directly east, and sail out into the empty South Atlantic Ocean for six days. There you’ll find the most remote inhabited archipelago...
by Admin | Nov 11, 2020 | Articles, Conservation, Sustainability
The Superbowl has long been about consumption. From Superbowl parties and barbecues to the world-famous commercial competition, the prom of sporting events is very much a “bigger-is-better” occasion. In 2020, nearly 100 million people tuned in to watch Kansas City...