Closing the Loop, the world’s first feature-length documentary film on the circular economy.
“Unless we go to Circular it’s game over for the planet; it’s game over for society”
These are the opening words of Closing the Loop, the world’s first feature-length documentary film on the circular economy, which was publicly released on Earth Day, 22 April 2018 via Amazon Video.
You can access the film here:
- Closing the Loop on Vimeo (Worldwide)
- Closing the Loop on Amazon (US)
http://www.closingtheloopfilm.com
Annie’s plans to source ingredients across its portfolio from farms practicing regenerative agriculture
Can Dirt Save the Earth?
Agriculture could pull carbon out of the air and into the soil —
but it would mean a whole new way of thinking about how to tend the land.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/magazine/dirt-save-earth-carbon-farming-climate-change.html
With new carbon farming project, Boulder County could become massive greenhouse gas sponge
Three Countries show how Near a 100% Green Grid is
https://www.juancole.com/2018/04/three-countries-green.html
New research finds that recovering gold, copper and other metals from e-waste is cheaper than obtaining these metals from mines.
The researchers conclude that with these offsets, it costs 13 times more to obtain
these metals from ore than from urban mining.
World’s First Collapsible, Reusable Straw Fits Right On Your Keychain
https://www.ecowatch.com/finalstraw-collapsible-straw-2562955647.html
Wegmans Rolls Out Zero Waste Program Following Successful Pilot
https://www.environmentalleader.com/2018/04/wegmans-zero-waste-program/
Popular Zero Waste Shop Opens Second Location in Brooklyn!
https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/zero-waste-shop-opens-second-location-brooklyn/
From “Green Growth” to Post-Growth
Shake up the fantasy of green growth (4 min. video)
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/44111-from-green-growth-to-post-growth
Energy efficiency cuts carbon from buildings
https://climatenewsnetwork.net/energy-efficiency-cuts-carbon-from-buildings/
20 Good Food Reads for Spring
https://www.ecowatch.com/community/food_tank
‘Salmon People: The Risks of Genetically Engineered Fish
for the Pacific Northwest’ Film Premieres
https://www.ecowatch.com/salmon-people-film-gmos-2564617239.html
Underwater melting of Antarctic ice far greater than thought, study finds
The base of the ice around the south pole shrank by 1,463 square kilometres between 2010 and 2016
Methane from permafrost melt more than thought
https://climatenewsnetwork.net/methane-from-permafrost-melt-more-than-thought/
Arctic ice depends on half a degree of heat
https://climatenewsnetwork.net/arctic-ice-depends-on-half-a-degree-of-heat/
Gulf Stream system at its weakest in 1,600 years, study shows
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/world/gulf-stream-global-ocean-conveyor-belt-study-intl/index.html
Plastic particles now infest the Arctic
https://climatenewsnetwork.net/24141-2/
Scientists Develop ‘Infinitely’ Recyclable Plastics Replacement
https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-recycling-science-2563822458.html
Five Steps to Environmental Apocalypse (Video)
https://www.truthdig.com/cartoons/5-steps-to-environmental-apocalypse-video/
Portugal reaches 100% renewables, ends fossil fuel subsidies
https://reneweconomy.com.au/portugal-reaches-100-renewables-ends-fossil-fuel-subsidies-32820/
Newly uncovered video shows Mobil CEO admitting climate change connection
https://thinkprogress.org/video-mobil-oil-executive-admitting-climate-connection-270b468a2c44/
1988 Shell Confidential Report “The Greenhouse Effect”
http://www.climatefiles.com/shell/1988-shell-report-greenhouse/
Human role in climate change removed from science report
https://www.revealnews.org/article/wipeout-human-role-in-climate-change-removed-from-science-report/
The Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries
Yaupon tea, a botanical cousin to yerba maté, is now almost unknown.
Warming climate increases Sahara’s spread
https://climatenewsnetwork.net/warming-climate-increases-saharas-spread/
The Bayer-Monsanto Merger Is Bad News for the Planet
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-bayer-monsanto-merger-is-bad-news-for-the-planet/
Could Saudi plans for $100/ barrel oil hugely expand electric car market and save Tesla?
https://www.juancole.com/2018/04/barrel-hugely-electric.html
Nestlé’s Plastic Initiative Called ‘Greenwashing’ by Greenpeace
https://www.ecowatch.com/nestle-plastic-pollution-greenpeace-2558963533.html
As Antarctic Melting Accelerates, Worst-Case Scenarios May Come True
AND
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0082-z
100th meridian: East-west divide between moist and arid parts of U.S. may be shifting
Warming climate may push western aridity to the east
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180411110957.htm
STATE OF GLOBAL AIR 2018: A SPECIAL REPORT ON GLOBAL EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTION AND ITS DISEASE BURDEN
https://www.stateofglobalair.org/sites/default/files/soga-2018-report.pdf
Erosion may be carbon source, not sink
https://climatenewsnetwork.net/erosion-may-be-carbon-source-not-sink/
Earth Day: Conflict Over the Future of the Planet
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/earth-day-conflict-over-the-future-of-the-planet/
Al Gore warns worst of climate change will be felt by black and poor people
Speaking at a memorial to the victims of lynching, the former vice-president
warned of the disproportionate impacts of global warming
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/27/al-gore-climate-change-impact-black-poor-people-more
A desperately thin whale washed up dead on a beach with 29 kg of human trash in its stomach