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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Biodiversity - the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is typically a measure of variation at the genetic, species,...

Planetary Boundaries is a concept that outlines 9 categories with thresholds in which humanity must operate to continue to develop and...

Our modern world is built upon a linear economic model. In which we extract raw materials from the environment, shape them into useful...