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A tsunami is coming with the consequences a hundred times worse than any pandemic
It was 2004, the day after Christmas, and thousands of European and American tourists flocked to the beaches of Thailand, Sri Lanka and...
May 18, 2021


Volkswagen emissions scandal: Forty years of greenwashing - the well-travelled road taken by VW
The German car giant may have used highly sophisticated software to cheat in emissions tests, but other car and truck makers have been...
May 16, 2021


The troubling evolution of corporate greenwashing
The term “greenwashing” was coined in the 1980s to describe outrageous corporate environmental claims. Three decades later, the practice...
May 16, 2021


Facing change with courage - now!
#robertjhonson, #sustainability, #university, #jru, #jsaward, #sostenibilità, #economiacircolare, #changemaker, #climatechange,...
May 14, 2021


Food As Medicine: How Some Physicians And Nutritionists Are Working To Transform Health Care
There is a movement growing among health advocates to better understand how more nutritious food can help combat chronic illnesses and...
Mar 8, 2021


N4T Investigators: What your doctor may not tell you
Below is the transcript of the video: HAVE AT LEAST ONE PREVENTABLE... DIET-RELATED AILMENT, INCLUDING HEART DISEASE, TYPE 2 DIABETES,...
Mar 8, 2021


Lifestyle medicine is coming to St. John's Medical Center
New program will ‘be umbrella for what we already have,’ CEO Dr. Paul Beaupre said. A staggering number of health problems are in some...
Mar 8, 2021


Turning the Tide – Getting back to basics
This is done in a clinical setting - through a doctor’s office or through community oriented programmes. For many months we have been...
Mar 8, 2021


Bill Gates: Solving Covid easy compared with climate
Fifty-one billion and zero - the two numbers Bill Gates says you need to know about climate. Solving climate change would be "the most...
Feb 19, 2021


Youth March for Climate Change
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old leader of a global protest against inaction on climate change, marched at a rally in New York City...
Feb 19, 2021
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