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Berry’s Reusable Cups Support Unprecedented Reuse Project Led by the NextGen Consortium

Stuart Mitchell

To support and learn more about reusable cup programs, Berry is participating in the Petaluma Reusable Cup Project, an unprecedented collaboration to drive reuse led by the NextGen Consortium, an industry collaboration managed by Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy. Starbucks, The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Peet’s Coffee, Yum! Brands and other global and local brands and restaurants are partnering in the project. Officially kicked off on August 5, 30 participating large national chains and local independent restaurants in Petaluma, California are making reusable cups the free, default option…

UNESCO laureates echo call for urgent investment in girls’ and women’s education in Africa

Stuart Mitchell

Sub-Saharan Africa bears the highest economic burden internationally due to early school leavers and children with less than basic skills. The private costs (costs borne by individuals) due to girls and boys leaving school early are higher for girls, equal to around US$190 billion and US$210 billion, respectively, states UNESCO’s recently published “The price of inaction” report.  At the first Pan-African Conference on Girls’ and Women’s Education held in Addis Ababa from 2 to 5 July, which brought together ministers, policy-makers, civil society, and multilateral organizations, the emphasis was on the…

Key Enablers to Triple Renewables by 2030: Finance

Stuart Mitchell

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has established that the course to achieve the UAE Consensus energy target remains off track due to persistent structural barriers including a notable shortfall in investment. Although global investment in energy transition technologies reached a new record of USD 1.3 trillion in 2022, it is insufficient to bring about 11.2 Terawatts by 2030 pledged by countries last year. By contrast, fossil fuel capital investments were almost twice those of renewables investments in the same year. With the commitment to triple renewable power generation capacity…

Significant Data Gaps Found in Research on Indigenous Peoples and Media

Stuart Mitchell

The results of an extensive literature review conducted by UNESCO and researchers from Griffith University in Australia, which included Indigenous academics, concluded that no prior study has examined the intersection of media and Indigenous Peoples on a global scale. This underscores a significant gap in evidence for policy and decision makers, including UNESCO, regarding Indigenous Peoples’ opportunities to express their views and opinions, access public information and media content equally, and establish and manage their own media.  The literature review analyzed 394 sources from all over the world in which: …

Andy Sturgeon-designed Mediterranean Garden boosts climate resilience and biodiversity as Beningbrough Hall continues its revival

Stuart Mitchell

A new Mediterranean Garden, designed for a changing climate by award-winning garden designer Andy Sturgeon, has been unveiled at the National Trust’s Beningbrough Hall near York. Since 2016, Andy has been working with the Trust on a long-term project to improve and in some cases reinvent the 8-acre garden, and the Mediterranean Garden is the largest phase of his garden vision to open to date. Formerly an underused grassed area, the garden now features over 4,000 herbaceous perennials, grasses, trees and shrubs from Mediterranean climate zones around the world, from…