Our fight against Global Warming
16 May 2022
Vulnerable Miami Aspen Institute has just closed the first of the 3 meetings dedicated to the Climate; #aspenideas climate . And what could be more normal than choosing the hottest city in the United States: Miami “A living laboratory for Climate Change” as Daniella Levine Cava, Mayor of Miami Dade, reminds us, who makes “Climate, […]
Earth day : the 6 easy good habits !
22 April 2022
From home to office, there are plenty of good habits that are easy to adopt to preserve our environment and limit greenhouse gas emissions. Here are some easy ideas: 1/ Think about your mode of transport Going to work other than by private car avoids more than 200 kg of carbon emissions. Giving up is […]
Plastic : You can’t manage what you don’t measure!
3 April 2022
“We all knew there was a rapid and extreme increase in plastic production from 1950 until now, but actually quantifying the cumulative number for all plastic ever made was quite shocking,” says Ms Jambeck , University of Georgia environmental engineer who specializes in studying plastic waste in the oceans. The new study, in the peer-reviewed […]
We can limit the damage
20 March 2022
Sadly, the world’s forests are actively being destroyed at an alarming rate. Protecting forests also benefits people. Around the world, a staggering 1.6billion people depend on forests for their livelihoods. Forests provide food, fuel, housing materials, medicine, and other important resources. When forests are destroyed, these resources are lost too. Small, young trees aren’t able to […]
Recycled, sustainable, bio-sourced materials
7 March 2022
Responsibility of the industry… and of the citizen “Reuse requires setting up an industrial sector. For that, two things are needed: funding, and the need. Because if there is no bottle to wash, what is the point of building a washing plant? “, underlines the “Reuse and bulk” manager, for whom “mobilizing the consumer is […]
PLASTIC TRASH IS LITTERING THE EARTH
15 February 2022
Mass production of plastics, which began just six decades ago, has accelerated so rapidly that it has created 8.3 billion metric tons—most of it in disposable products that end up as trash. If that seems like an incomprehensible quantity, it is!! Even the scientists who set out to conduct the world’s first tally of […]
The Last 7 years have been the warmest on the record as planet approaches critical threshold
12 January 2022
On an annual average, 2021 ranks slightly ahead of 2015 and 2018, with 2016 remaining the hottest. A new analysis by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, which tracks global temperature and other climate indicators, found 2021 was the fifth-warmest year on record. The last seven years have been the seven warmest on […]
THE PROMISED PLANET By Roxane Grioche Baum
1 December 2021
The book starts from the observation that our planet is burning. It is not enough to simply accept this premise, but to act is the responsibility of everyone. `Roxane Grioche Baum shares with us her humor, and 20 years of experience spent at the bedside of the planet to question the leaders and actors of […]
REWIND : Rob Hopkins at the World Forum 2021
21 November 2021
Roxane Grioche At the World Forum For a Responsible Economy In 2018, Rob Hopkins, initiator of the international movement of cities in transition, invited us to imagine a desirable future, to dream of an “ideal” world that we could build and take hold of. At the initiative of the podcast “What? What’s Next?”, Rob Hopkins […]
REWIND : Jeremy Rifkin at The World Forum 2021
21 November 2021
Roxane Grioche At the World Forum For a Responsible Economy Prominent figure in global forecasting and theorist of the “Third Industrial Revolution” (TRI), Jeremy Rifkin honors us with his presence for this REWIND mini-series. The initiator of the TRI in the former Nord-Pas-de-Calais region (2013) reviewed for rev3’s fifth anniversary, the dynamics of the region. […]
REWIND : Monique Leroux at the World Forum 2021
21 November 2021
Roxane Grioche At the World Forum For a Responsible Economy Guest of honor at the opening plenary in 2015, Monique Leroux takes a retrospective look from Canada. Commitment, acceleration and resilience: the former president of the Desjardins Movement shares her enlightened and optimistic vision of the world of today and tomorrow. Interview By Roxane Grioche, […]
REWIND : Judy Wicks at the World Forum 2021
20 November 2021
Roxane Grioche At the World Forum For a Responsible Economy A key figure in the “SUPER LOCAL” (2018) edition, American activist and entrepreneur Judy Wicks opens up the field of the local economy to address issues of inclusion and diversity and the need to reweave the fundamental links of a local community. Interview By Roxane […]
REWIND : Shainoor Khoja at the World Forum 2021
20 November 2021
Roxane Grioche At the World Forum For a Responsible Economy It is in a very particular context that Shainoor Khoja speaks from Afghanistan. Invited to the World Forum in 2019, the former director of Roshan Community (CSR branch of the operator of the same name) offers us a view that is both very aware of […]
REWIND : Bibi Russell at the World Forum 2021
20 November 2021
Roxane Grioche At the World Forum For a Responsible Economy Four years ago, Bibi Russell told Roxane that the world was about to change in order to put people back at the heart of everything. In 2021, the philanthropic fashion designer’s almost prophetic words resonate more than ever. Bibi now brings us new inspiring and […]
WRITING CHANGE : Literacy Initiative with Amanda Gorman
15 October 2021
To advance literacy as a “pathway to equality, access, and social change.” “I am honored to partner with The Estée Lauder Companies to activate change through literacy, and to represent a brand founded by such an inspiring and daring woman,” Gorman said in a statement. “Mrs. Estée Lauder shattered glass ceilings as a leader in […]
Welcome “The Promised Planet”
12 October 2021
Roxane Grioche Baum is the Author of : “The Promised Planet” How can we be respectful of the planet by being both efficient and utopian, asserting “that another world is possible” without being an impostor?The book starts from the observation that our planet is burning. It is not enough to simply accept this premise, but […]
Stop treating oceans like a ‘free grocery store’ : Sylvia Earle
5 October 2021
Affectionally nicknamed Her Deepness, 86-year-old Sylvia Earle is something of a living legend in ocean conservation. Born in 1935 in New Jersey, Sylvia Earle got her PhD in phycology (the study of algae) in 1966, at a time when career options for women were limited.In 1970 was recruited to lead the first all-female team of […]
Why the circular economy is key to the post-Covid recovery?
15 September 2021
Building a circular economy will help to bring about the economic benefits that government leaders are looking for. The wheels of the circular economy have slowed over the past few years as the Covid-19 pandemic has led to an explosion in waste Increased material efficiency means less waste and more capital saved, and new business […]
HOW bring relief to survivors in Haïti?
23 August 2021
The earthquake compounds problems facing the impoverished nation, which is already reeling from a political crisis following the assassination of their president Moïse. Landslide population exposure is now estimated to be significant. This means a lot more people are at risk from landslides than we initially thought. Road obstructions are also likely, […]
Encourage responsible ecological behaviours from the earliest ages.
21 August 2021
The more children know of the natural world, the more they’ll want to protect it When the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report was published in early August. What was already being made increasingly obvious by 2021’s extreme weather events I confirmed : the burning of fossil fuels is “choking our planet and putting […]
Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying
15 August 2021
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes already […]
Blue whales returning to Spain’s Atlantic coast after 40-year absence
24 July 2021
Blue whales returning to Spain’s Atlantic coast after 40-year absence Some experts fear climate crisis is leading creatures back to area where they were hunted almost to extinction Blue whales, the world’s largest mammals, are returning to Spain’s Atlantic coast after an absence of more than 40 years. The first one was spotted off the […]
The Brutal 2021 Wildfire Season
4 July 2021
The West is a tinderbox this year, with heat waves and high winds through summer and fall expected to create the conditions for yet another brutal fire season. “It’s just scary,” Alexandra Syphard, chief scientist with Vertus Wildfire Insurance Services and an ecologist at San Diego State University. “We’ve seen these severe fire seasons year […]
A broken food system
23 May 2021
Once upon a time, it helped a fast-growing population get fed and develop economically, fostering urban progress. However, this progress came at a cost. That is why today, for every dollar spent on food, society is paying two dollars in health, economic and environmental costs. FEEDING THE WORLD IN 2050 BY REDUCING FOOD WASTE Nowadays, consumers can make a […]
Let’s DO IT !
14 May 2021
Lets’Do It ! with Rainer Nolvak He is the chief motivator of Let’s Do It – one of the fastest-expanding civic movements in history. It was born in 2008 in Estonia, where 50.000 people came together to get rid of 10.000 tons of illegal garbage from roadsides, forests and towns, cleaning the entire country in […]
Climate Change / Global Warning
24 April 2021
Official Definition Of Climate Change NASA’s definition of climate change says it is “a broad range of global phenomena created predominantly by burning fossil fuels, which add heat-trapping gases to Earth’s atmosphere. These phenomena include the increased temperature trends described by global warming, but also encompass changes such as sea-level rise; ice mass loss in Greenland, […]
Focus on regenerating natural systems.
14 February 2021
Is regenerative agriculture very different from organic agriculture, permaculture or other forms of sustainable agriculture? Examples of Regenerative Agriculture Practices Working on cultivable land: by respecting the soil’s original structure, using adapted no-till techniques to protect micro-organisms and other earthworms, and trying as much as possible to keep soils covered to avoid erosion Fertilization: use organic […]
Dr Bindeshwar Pathak at UNESCO with Roxane Grioche
4 January 2021
Roxane Grioche à L’UNESCO Interview de Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, lors de la VIIIème Global Conference – UNESCO Paris – Juin 2013 : Roxane Grioche
Happy 5th Anniversary Paris Agreement !
12 December 2020
This Saturday, December 12, the United Nations and the U.K. will host a Climate Ambitions Summit to commemorate the Paris Agreement’s fifth anniversary and encourage countries to commit to more ambitious actions. Early this year, however, the COVID-19 pandemic hit, strangling economies as lockdowns were imposed to curb the spread of the virus and diminishing […]
A COVID-19 ‘vaccine hesitancy’ in France
30 November 2020
“I am in favour of compulsory vaccination if necessary,” said Gérard Larcher, the President of the Senate. “When you get vaccinated, it’s not just for yourself, it’s a form of solidarity and protection for the whole of society.” Promising trial results have led to hopes that a Covid-19 vaccine is soon to be on the […]
Fresh AIR on sale at the OXYGEN BAR
30 November 2020
New Delhi consistently ranks among the world’s most polluted cities. But factors including the weather and the annual burning of crops by farmers have seen pollution levels reach dangerous heights this month, with particles in the air often exceeding 20 times what is considered safe by the World Health Organisation. Called Oxy Pure this bas […]
COVID 19: more vulnerability and decent living
20 November 2020
All around the world, Deaths, economic downturns and job losses are just a few of the struggles that we as global citizens will have to grapple with in a post COVID-19 world. The impacts of the recent pandemic, both immediate and repercussive, cannot be overstated. For those who work , having a job does […]
Joe Biden reaffirmed his commitment to immediately rejoining the Paris accord
10 November 2020
On his campaign website, Biden has pledged not only to rejoin the agreement, but to lobby for greater international climate ambition. “He will lead an effort to get every major country to ramp up the ambition of their domestic climate targets,” the site says. “He will make sure those commitments are transparent and enforceable, and […]
Why is meat consumption such a controversial topic?
10 November 2020
There are many good reasons — especially for the environment – to eat less meat. But why is it so difficult for us to implement this as a society? therefor half of the planet live in big poverty : meat has always been linked to prestige. Historically it was always associated with power, strength and […]
How extreme weather is becoming terrifyingly ordinary?
8 November 2020
The storms are yet another example of how extreme weather is becoming terrifyingly ordinary as the climate change . So many hurricanes formed over the Atlantic Ocean this season that the World Meteorological Organization exhausted its 21-name-strong alphabetical list of storm names for only the second time in history. Tropical cyclones — rotating winds that […]
Pandemics will emerge more often and kill more people
30 October 2020
Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, cause greater damage to the global economy and kill more people than COVID-19, international experts warned in a UN-backed report published on Thursday. Science proves risk can be lowered. However, pandemic risk can be significantly lowered, the experts said, through greater conservation of protected areas, […]
Economic growth after COVID-19 will be pivotal for climate change
25 October 2020
It may seem daunting that the near shutdown of society didn’t cause a big enough reduction in emissions to stop climate change. But this just shows the limits of doing less of the stuff we normally do, instead of changing how our economies and infrastructure are powered. While lockdown measures have brought temporary reductions in […]
How lockdown affected global temperatures?
18 October 2020
The different gases and aerosols we emit either contribute to global heating or global dimming. So determining how lockdown affected global temperatures is a matter of finding out which effect dominated. The global average temperature saw little change, but there were regional variations. For example, the Middle East was cooler since less black carbon […]
Long-term sustainability over short-term profits
2 October 2020
The pandemic is forcing companies to choose whether to focus on long-term sustainability over short-term profits. Which path is your company going to take? The COVID-19 crisis is likely to increase awareness that companies must consider societal needs and ethical standards, not just short-term profits. This is particularly important for companies seeking to retain the […]
Does climate change make storms and floods deadlier?
30 September 2020
Cyclones are growing stronger from climate change, but their destructiveness also depends on “how well you deal with [them] as a society,” said climate scientist Di Luca. The difference in damage between countries like Haiti and the US, for example, is how much adaptation they can afford. “Very often it is the same storm producing […]
COVID-19 is a crucial test for corporate attitudes to sustainability
26 September 2020
The COVID-19 crisis is likely to increase awareness that companies must consider societal needs and ethical standards, not just short-term profits. This is particularly important for companies seeking to retain the skillsets of their workers and politicians striving to avoid societal discontent. Another study found that following layoffs at a firm, the remaining employees saw […]
Revolutionise the war on waste
20 September 2020
Professor Veena Sahajwalla has a strategy for tipping recyclable material straight back into the economy. Veena Sahajwalla has launched the world’s first e-waste microfactory and plans to export the model throughout Australia, and the globe. She views waste as an opportunity, not a problem, and hopes to roll out the microfactory model across the world. […]
Sustainable plastics will save our oceans ?
12 September 2020
Sustainable packaging inspired by orange peel TIPA Compostable Packaging is a new sustainable packaging inspired by orange peels.Approximately 13 million metrics tons of plastic leak into the ocean every day, Watch THE VIDEO : sustainable plastics will save our oceans ?
After COVID 19 : Embedding societal impact into business strategy
28 August 2020
Putting a pause on sustainability agendas is a risky move. The difference between companies that scale back and those that move forward on sustainability will be that, in a postpandemic world, the latter will be in a better position to mitigate regulatory risks and benefit from consumer and investor preferences. Of course, none of this […]
Greenland’s ice sheet has melted to a point of no return
15 August 2020
According to a new study by researchers at Ohio State University : “The ice sheet is now in this new dynamic state, where even if we went back to a climate that was more like what we had 20 or 30 years ago, we would still be pretty quickly losing mass,” Ian Howat, co-author of the […]
Transforming the way consumers are informed and entertained around the world
8 August 2020
Identifying new business models for content and distribution: Media, entertainment and sport have been radically disrupted over the last months through COVID 19 . The internet, social media, user-generated content, video streaming and various other technological breakthroughs. Business models have been upended and entire industry systems have been transformed or disappeared completely. What remains is […]
Governments should not miss this unprecedented window
28 July 2020
If the world can overcome COVID-19, we will have not only have succeeded in combatting a global pandemic, but we will also have the data and support necessary to continue the global transition to a green economy. Policy shifts will be a key challenge. The impact of market shutdowns on lives and livelihoods has required […]
Coastal cities in danger
12 July 2020
How does climate change affect coastal flooding? By 2050, COASTAL FLOODS that used to hit once a century will strike many cities every year, according to the IPCC, the gold standard on climate science. This is because climate change has made sea levels rise. Higher seas make storms worse in two ways. First, tropical cyclones create […]
SEI ?”Sustainable Environmental Initiative” = the keys of success
2 July 2020
From my experience with diverse global team efforts over the years, communications, public relations and business leaders looking to establish and communicate their own successful SEI campaigns can adopt the following fail-proof techniques: • Embrace what I like to call “theater for the mind.” It will be much easier for your audience to understand and […]
A massive global behavioral change to make a difference
8 June 2020
The estimated 200 million metric tonnes (220.4 U.S. tons) of plastic waste in the world’s second-biggest ocean could be interpreted as a travesty. The substance we know today as plastic has been around for more than 100 years. By 2015, an incredible 7.8 billion tonnes of plastic had been produced in the world. It’s been estimated […]