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Elon Musk ranked the second richest person in the world. Source: Shutterstock Mr. Musk did it again. Tech giant has become ranked the second richest person in the world right behind Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. He jumped the ranks after Tesla stocks boomed from $7.2bn to $128bn. Tesla is considered […]
Leading the Change with Megan Leslie 1https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/humanitys-brokenrelationship-with-nature-needs-mending-world-wildlife-fundcanada-2517157 The Last Mile 1https://www.bigcommerce.com/blog/retail/#what-is-retail 2https://medium.com/analytics-for-humans/the-evolution-ofconsumer-behavior-in-the-digital-age-917a93c15888 3https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/article/e-commerce-salesretail-sales-ten-year-review/ 4https://www.bigcommerce.com/blog/covid-19- ecommerce/#changes-in-revenue-across-ecommerce 5https://ensia.com 6https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/lastmile.asp 7https://www.shopify.com/enterprise/ecommerce-returns 8Vachon, S. (2020). 9https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkiley5/2019/05/22/fordexplores-robot-delivery-to-cut-more-humans-fromworkforce/#6caf0d30fcf0 10https://theecobahn.com/logistics/electric-vehicles-are-electricdelivery-vehicles-really-more-sustainable/ It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Urban Agriculture! 1https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S2211912418300956 2https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322938761_The_Vertical_ Farm_A_Review_of_Developments_and_Implications_for_ the_Vertical_City 3http://www.fao.org/urban-agriculture/en/ 4http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/news/news-detail/en/c/329009/ 5https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15487733.2017.13940 54 6http://www.fao.org/urban-agriculture/en/ 7https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325700513_The_Role_ of_Urban_Agriculture_as_a_Nature-Based_Solution_A_ Review_for_Developing_a_Systemic_Assessment_ Framework 8https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johnshopkins-center-for-a-livable-future/news-room/NewsReleases/2016/vacant-lots-to-vibrant-plots.html 9https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johnshopkins-center-for-a-livable-future/news-room/NewsReleases/2016/vacant-lots-to-vibrant-plots.html […]
Gettin’ Busy SOURCE: CNN Nearly a week and a half has gone by since the US election, and Trump has yet to concede to President elect, Joe Biden. However, that hasn’t stopped Biden from making plans and getting busy. According to CNN, he has already planned a handful of executive […]
Communities across the east coast of Canada rely on a functioning fishing industry for economic stability and to preserve a way of life that goes back generations, and for some millennia. The identities of Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishermen alike are rooted in these fisheries- chances are their father was a […]
Plastics & CO2 – a threatening combination for our oceans Source: Unsplash According to new research, the combined environment threats of plastic pollution and ocean acidification are having significant impacts on marine ecosystems. An international team of scientists at the University of Plymouth, England, in collaboration with the University of Tsukuba, Japan, […]
Have you ever considered the impact of investing locally? We have. 10C, a shared workspace and community hub for social enterprise, has built a placemaking project and social finance investment opportunity capable of answering these questions. And through the recent purchase of a 15,000-square-foot building in Guelph, Ontario, our community has turned a dilapidated furniture store […]
Move over microbeads! SOURCE: crystalcandymakeup New research indicates that glitter is causing ecological damage to freshwater habitats. Yes, I am talking about the glitter in your $70-dollar Urban Decay eyeshadow palette. According to a new study led by Dr. Dannielle Green of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), glitter is effecting the […]
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Liberal government decided to allow Toronto-based WE Charity to administer a $912 million Canada Student Services Grant program (CSSG). With a launch date set for mid-June, the premise was that WE Charity would connect students with volunteer positions over the summer months and […]
“Many of the wars this century were about oil, but those of the next century will be over water.” –Ismail Serageldin, (1995) – “The only problem with this scenario is a lack of evidence.” –Aaron Wolf Back in 2018, two A\J journalists wrote a story on Cape Town, South Africa. […]
The Earthshot Prize Source: BBC Move over Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Prize for environmentalism is coming through! Sir David Attenborough has joined forces with Prince William to launch “the Earthshot Prize”. According to BBC, this is the biggest environmental prize to date. They are searching for 50 solutions to the world’s […]
