November 5, 2019 Marine Plastic Mining?
October 2, 2019 was an important date for the non-profit organization The Ocean Cleanup – and hopefully also for the Pacific Ocean, in the long run....
November 5, 2019 The Single Use Plastics Project
The Single Use Plastics Project is an EOG initiative to tackle single-use plastic waste. Project Manager Scott Nelson explains their work....
January 29, 2019 Two Sides Together
Can retailers and brands put competition aside and instead focus on finding sustainable solutions? The results of the pan-European “#RMB Single Use Plastics” project’s first year seem to prove they can....
August 3, 2018 Feeling the Heat?
This year's extensive heatwaves and wildfires have resulted in park and national forest closures, reduced air quality and officials urging people to avoid going outside...
June 14, 2018 What’s In My Wash?
The #WhatsInMyWash campaign is getting to work, providing actionable advice on what can be done today to minimize microfiber pollution....
March 29, 2018 Dirty Fashion 2.0 – From Bad to Worse
In June 2017, the Changing Markets Foundation published the Dirty Fashion Report, exposing the damage to the environment and human health caused by some of the world’s largest viscose manufacturers and suppliers to well-known fashion brands. The update “Dirty Fashion Revisited”...
February 28, 2018 Toxic Ski Wax Challenge
The Norwegian ski team’s undeniable superiority at the Winter Olympics has the country’s largest environmental organization challenging Norway’s athletes to keep winning, but stop polluting! Norwegians practically invented skiing, so it comes as no surprise to find them consistently topping international...
January 18, 2018 Facts You Should Know About Microplastics
We are becoming increasingly aware of the problems caused by microplastics. Suston gives you a quick lesson on the subject. What are microplastics and where do they come from? Microplastics are defined as tiny fragments of plastic measuring from 1 to 5...
December 15, 2017 Zero Trash Tolerance
The Swedish cross-country ski race Vasaloppet is among the longest and largest in the world’s largest. This popularity, however, has led to an increasing headache for its organizers – trash....
November 19, 2017 Dirty Denim Getting Cleaner?
Canadian river activist Mark Angelo has paddled waterways all over the world for decades. In River Blue, a new featurelength documentary, he returns to rivers on several continents and finds pollution on an alarming scale. The textile industry, and denim...