Author: Kirsi Seppänen

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Nike Launches Footwear Collection Made from Post-Consumer Waste

Nike started selling sneakers from its new Space Hippie collection this week. The footwear is constructed from factory and post-consumer waste that the sportswear company…

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ISRI applauds Indonesia’s 2% contamination rate for scrap imports

‘A major win for manufacturers, recyclers and those purchasing goods with recycled content,’ says the US Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries in response to the…

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Monthly packaging data shows ‘promising’ signs

Released by the Environment Agency on 10 June, the data is compiled using monthly submissions to the National Packaging Waste Database, which are optional. The…

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Marine clean tech firm inks £1m deal with Carnival Cruises to deploy ’micro-bubble carpet’ technology

A clean technology firm that has developed a system that spreads a carpet of micro-bubbles between a ship’s hull and the water to reduce drag…

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Brazilian Amazon deforestation hits new record in May

Deforestation continued to surge in the Brazilian Amazon last month, according to official figures released Friday, showing it was the worst May and worst first…

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It will take more than a few cycle lanes to make green, pandemic-proof cities

The lockdown emptied the roads and cleared the skies over the world’s largest and most polluted cities. It opened a window on what cleaner cities…

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New Climate Atlas report shows how climate change will affect Australian wine regions

A world-first research document about to be released has detailed how Australia’s famous winegrowing regions will be forced to adapt due to climate change. Commissioned…

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Ugandans melt plastic waste into coronavirus face shields

When the Ugandan government ordered all non-essential workplaces shut to contain the coronavirus pandemic in late March, Peter Okwoko and his colleague Paige Balcom kept…

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WEEE cited as worst sector for export breaches

There were 2,586 European waste export violations from 2018 to March 2020, according to the latest figures from the European regulators organisation, IMPEL. The regulators…

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Greenpeace: Supertrawlers spent 3,000 hours fishing in UK protected seas in 2019

Greenpeace has called for a ban on supertrawlers after the publication of a report that reveals the controversial ships racked up nearly 3,000 hours last…

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Sustainability in Desalination

As the world’s population grows, the number of people facing water scarcity issues is expected to rise, with some estimates pitting the number of people…

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EU Wants Changes to Aviation Industry’s Carbon Emissions Calculations

The European Council wants to change the reference period used for measuring carbon dioxide emissions growth under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International…

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Norway to make renewable aviation fuel

A newly-established industry consortium today unveiled plans for the construction in Norway of Europe’s first commercial plant for hydrogen-based renewable aviation fuel. Norsk e-Fuel will…

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Rising hunger threatens famines as coronavirus crashes economies, leaves crops to rot in fields

Recessions caused by the coronavirus pandemic are leaving people hungry and raising the specter of famines this year. Unless the world acts immediately, a UN…

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Keskisormi suomalaiselle viljelijälle? K-kauppa mainosti ruotsalaista varhaisperunaa ”melkein kotimaisena”

”Onko tämä nyt sitä #tuottajallekiitos meininkiä? Vaikuttaa enemmän keskisormelta… Terveisin entinen varhaisperunan tuottaja”. kirjoittaa MTK:n maatalousjohtaja Johan Åberg Twitterissä. Kyseessä on mainos, jossa ruotsalaista varhaisperunaa…

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Yli­opis­to­tut­kin­toon ol­laan tyy­ty­väi­siä työ­uran kan­nal­ta, yli kol­mas­osa mais­te­reis­ta koh­taa kui­ten­kin työt­tö­myyt­tä uran alus­sa

Maistereista kaksi kolmesta kokee saaneensa koulutuksesta myös hyviä työelämävalmiuksia, tohtoreille tutkinto on merkki asiantuntijuudesta. Yliopistot kysyvät vuosittain viisi vuotta aiemmin valmistuneilta maistereilta ja kolme vuotta…

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Lapsen kielenoppimisesta mallia koneälylle

Lapsen kielenoppiminen perustuu kuunteluun ja vuorovaikutukseen ympäristön kanssa. Kielenoppimisen prosesseja voidaan tutkia analysoimalla lasta ympäröivää puhevirtaa puheteknologian ja erilaisten laskennallisten mallien avulla. – Kun ymmärrämme…

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Kuntapäättäjäkysely kertoo: Ilmastotoimien pelätään lisäävän vastakkainasettelua

Yli puolet maamme kuntapäättäjistä kokee, että ilmastonmuutoksen hillinnässä huolestuttavaa on yhteiskunnallisen vastakkainasettelun kasvu. Monia askarruttaa myös ilmastoimien oikeudenmukaisuus. Tulokset selviävät Ilmassa ristivetoa – Löytyykö yhteinen…

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Avoimet ja joustavat oppimisympäristöt vaativat jatkuvaa kehittelyä

Moni oppilas aloittaa tai jatkaa kouluaan ensi syksynä uudenlaisissa oppimisympäristöissä. Yhä useammasta koulusta löytyy jo avoimia ja joustavia oppimisen tiloja, jotka on suunniteltu tukemaan nykypäivän…

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Google, Facebook and Microsoft back global plan to ‘eradicate’ online child sexual abuse

A coalition of tech giants including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter have backed a five-fold plan to “eradicate” child sexual abuse on the internet. The…

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