Fairtrade coffee co-op earns more than £190,000 with ground-breaking clean cooking carbon credit project

Women Fairtrade coffee co-operative members from Ethiopia have been the first to earn carbon credits from clean cooking. The women, who traditionally spend two or three hours every morning collecting wood for cooking over an open fire, have to deal with the resulting health issues, such as burns, coughs and eye irritation. Smoke from the fires causes pollution locally, and the wood-gathering results in deforestation, damaging the soil and increasing the chance of harmful emissions. But now energy efficient cook stoves, distributed to 20,000 member households by the Oromia Farmers…

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The One Club Adds to Diversity of Board, Naming SVA’s Gail Anderson and Ogilvy’s Sherina Florence

The One Club for Creativity, the world’s foremost nonprofit organization supporting the global creative community, has enhanced diversity within its leadership with the appointments of Gail Anderson, chair of BFA Design and BFA Advertising at the School of Visual Arts, New York, and Sherina Florence, creative director at Ogilvy, New York, to its National Board of Directors. The pair, selected from a long list of highly qualified creative leaders, were nominated by David Baldwin, head of Baldwin&, Raleigh, and Steve Sandstrom, creative director, designer and founder at Sandstrom Partners, Portland,…

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Gap Celebrates The Changemakers Of Tomorrow In ‘BE THE FUTURE’ GapKids Campaign Featuring Youth Activists

Gap introduces the BE THE FUTURE GapKids campaign – a collective call-to-action for youth, led by youth. Gap amplifies the voices of young American activists igniting change and empowering people to fight for a more inclusive and sustainable world. The campaign launches today on International Youth Day. BE THE FUTURE showcases a diverse range of young leaders from across the country who are creating positive societal transformations in their communities around sustainability, climate justice and activism. They show us the future is here. The activists include: BE THE UNITER: Jerome…

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Youth activism competition celebrates the power of young voices

Young people are a powerful force for change and must be listened to by policy makers on the issues affecting them, Amnesty International UK said, as it marked International Youth Day (12 August). To celebrate the day – which raises awareness of the need to ensure the engagement and participation of youth – Amnesty UK’s Children’s Human Rights Network is inviting young people up to the age of 18 to take part in their ‘Use Your Voice to Demand Your Rights’ competition. The competition encourages young people to take centre…

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Asda launches the first fleet of sustainable delivery vans which will help drive down carbon emissions

Asda has announced a market first as it launches a new fleet of home delivery vans, which will aim to drive down carbon emissions and reduce the number of miles driven each day. The new carbon fiber fleet has a 10% improvement in miles per gallon and with an increased capacity inside, the 25 vans can delivery to more customers, drastically reducing miles on the road and cutting carbon emissions. In addition, Asda’s new vans have been insulated using 5,500 recycled plastic water bottles which has made them 300kgs lighter…

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