High price of rhino horn leaves bloody trail across the globe
The recent killing of a rhino in a Paris zoo marks a shocking new development in this ruthless global trade but rhino experts remain optimistic that the situation can be reversed On the black market it is reputedly worth more than its weight in gold or cocaine, and this week the lure of rhino horn […]
Wildlife poaching, snow leopards and climate change denial – green news roundup
The week’s top environment news stories and green events. If you are not already receiving this roundup, sign up here to get the briefing delivered to your inbox Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
Buy ingredients from producers to see the true value of food | Opinion
Community supported agriculture (CSA), where you can buy directly from farms near where you live, is a natural remedy to food waste – but are we ready to embrace it? As a mozzarella-shaped adolescent, I was sent off to university with a bag of muesli so enormous that, for at least the first term and […]
Russia's rare snow leopards find protection in camera traps
In the remote Altai mountains, cameras traps are shedding light on the secret lives of these elusive animals, enabling researchers to identify individual leopards in the first ever nationwide census The snow leopard is so rare and elusive that it’s commonly known as the “ghost of the mountains”. But researchers in the Altai mountains, where […]
Circulate on Fridays: Is this the end of ownership? Watch the ‘story of microfibres’
We can’t cover all of the interesting circular economy related story every week, so we offer Circulate on Fridays as a weekend check in on the lay of the land! This week, we invite you to listen to a podcast on whether we’re seeing the ‘end of ownership’, explore leather made from mushrooms, the continued […]
How do businesses measure their progress towards the circular economy?
Businesses around the world have started to implement circular economy models and pilots in response to the positive economic opportunities highlighted in numerous pieces of research. As more and more organisations begin to explore to implement changes to their practices, it creates a further need for innovation in how they measure success. Since the […]
IDEO showcase circular design at Munich Creative Business Week
Even if you’re just getting to grips with the circular economy, chances are you’ve come into contact with some of the business models within this new framework. If you’re a regular reader of Circulate, or are familiar with the concept of a circular economy, then these business models will seem like old friends. Whether it’s […]
British-owned cruise ship wrecks one of Indonesia’s best coral reefs
Ship ran aground at Raja Ampat, one of the country’s most popular dive sites that has been likened to an underwater Amazon, reports Mongabay One of the main coral reefs at Raja Ampat, an Indonesian island chain home to perhaps the world’s richest marine biodiversity, was severely damaged last week when a Bahamian-flagged cruise ship […]
While governments dither, companies step up with environmental targets
Businesses and cities are taking up the slack left by government policy, aligning environmental goals with climate science Each year, Investa Office Management releases its corporate sustainability report. In 2016, it announced that electricity use was down by 43% since 2004, gas use had fallen 38% over the same time, and water use had also […]
Great Barrier Reef bleached for unprecedented second year running
Reef authority says findings of aerial surveys show enough to confirm another mass coral bleaching event, after last year’s dramatic death rate A mass bleaching event is taking its toll on the Great Barrier Reef for an unprecedented second year in a row, a Queensland government agency has confirmed. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park […]