Ocean plastic swimwear

ByLeigh Baker August 9, 2019January 23, 2023

Lovely example of Circular Economy products and The Blue Economy principle of “meet local needs from local resources creating local jobs”.

The yarn is made from ocean plastic collected from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea and turned into swimwear.

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Drawdown is coming

ByLeigh Baker April 10, 2017January 23, 2023

Update 28 April 2017: Well worth the investment, just for a cogent explanation of key issues and options. Biggest surprise (so far): How high up the list Refrigerant Management sits. I’ve loved Paul Hawken’s work ever since I read both Natural Capitalism and The Ecology of Commerce alongside Ray Anderson’s Mid Course Correction. (In sustainability…

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Drawdown: Reversing global warming with current solutions

ByLeigh Baker May 3, 2017January 23, 2023

Project Drawdown has completed their first 4 years of climate solutions modelling, and published a list of 100 existing climate solutions.

https://theconversation.com/huge-restored-reef-aims-to-bring-south-australias-oysters-back-from-the-brink-77405

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Flowers, oysters and regenerative thinking in action

ByLeigh Baker July 25, 2017January 23, 2023

There have been some fascinating examples of regenerative thinking in action through my Inbox recently. Here are a few that illustrate the great ways that rethinking systems and technologies delivers profit, community benefit and environmental benefit.

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Which Drawdown coming attractions are fast approaching?

ByLeigh Baker March 7, 2018January 23, 2023

The first ever research on shifting to an economy that consumes greenhouse gases was released in April 2017. As well as listing 80 current, commercially scalable action opportunities, Project Drawdown’s first report included 20 high-potential “Coming Attractions”.