Half of the world’s habitable land is used for agriculture. At the current rate of population growth, that percentage will continue to...

Different types of greenhouse gasses affect global warming differently. Some are more potent than others. This makes calculating the...

The definition of resilience, in regards to sustainability, is “the capacity of a system, be it an individual, forest, city or an...

Food miles is a term used to describe the distance food is transported on its journey from producer to final consumer. From pineapples...

Eutrophication is a term used to describe the process by which a body of water becomes overly rich in nutrients (typically phosphorus and...

“Food Deserts” are geographic areas where access to affordable, healthy food options (i.e. fresh fruits and vegetables) is restricted or...

LEED, which is an acronym for “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” is an international rating system used to measure the...

Global Temperature is a term used to describe the combined, average temperature from land and ocean stations across the entire planet at...

The attached document outlines an introductory lesson plan that examines the life cycle of a typical pair of shoes. The lesson is...

What is the economic value of a stream, a flock of birds, a tree in the forest, or the local weather? What is the economic cost when...

Did you know that just 100 companies are responsible for 71% of all global GHG emissions since 1988? While only 20 companies are...

Let’s face it, rooftops are a waste of space; and, across the world there are a lot of them. Not only are they wasted space but the...

Simply put, an urban heat island is a metropolitan area that has a significantly higher temperature than the less developed, natural...

If we were to look at all of the world’s farmland, 1/3 of it is used to grow food that is never eaten. In fact, more than a billion of...

Most of us are familiar with comparing nutrition labels of similar products in the aisle of the grocery store. We make decisions about...

Ocean Acidification is a term that refers to the ongoing decrease in the pH of our planet's oceans. Carbon dioxide in the air dissolves...

A greenhouse gas (or GHG for short) is any gas in the atmosphere which absorbs and then re-emits heat. The main GHGs on Earth are: Carbon...

A circular economic model, in contrast to the ‘take-make-waste’ linear model, is regenerative by design and aims to gradually decouple...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an analytical technique used to assess the environmental and economic impact of a product at every stage...

Ecological Footprint accounting measures the demand on and the supply of the planet. In other words, the framework measures how fast we...