Tag: waste

Green Films for Earth Day 2013

by Renee Cho | 4.18.2013 at 1:24pm | 1 Comment

Mothers, carbon, trash, vanishing ice and “secret lives”: Watch a movie for Earth Day and learn.

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Category> Climate, Gender Equality, General Earth Institute, population   Tags> beef consumption, cell phones, climate change, educating girls, Fracking, Glacial Melting, Global Warming, Hydraulic Fracturing, paper, population, waste, waste management

E-Waste Recycling Day

by CERC Guest Blogger | 1.10.2012 at 5:30pm | 2 Comments

Join the E-Waste Recycling event on January 22, 2012 from 10:00am-4:00pm at two west side locations near Central Park.

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Category> Ecosystems, General Earth Institute, Global Health, Urbanization   Tags> eco matters, Environment, greening, recycling, waste

Wasting Food = Wasting Water

by Renee Cho | 7.1.2011 at 9:37am | 24 Comments

The world is teetering on the edge of a food crisis due to the growing population, soaring food prices, and water scarcity, yet a shocking one third of the food produced around the world goes to waste.

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Category> Agriculture-Food, Economics, Water   Tags> Climate and Agriculture, food, waste, water matters, Water Scarcity

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