Patagonia Boasts the Best Brand Reputation in the U.S. Twice in the last three years, outdoor brand Patagonia has ranked #1 for having the best reputation out of the top 100 most visible brands in America. News website Axios and market research firm Harris Poll conducted their annual survey by polling 16,310 people around the nation for โcompanies that either excel or falter in society.โ The top 100 companies […] Industry News John Cunningham | June 26, 2023 0 Comments
French Ski Resort to Ban Smoking on the Slopes Les Gets, a ski resort located in the Auvergne-Rhรดne-Alpes region of southeastern France, has elected to ban smoking on its slopes. The decision takes effect on December 17th and will make the French resort the first European ski area to enact a ban on smoking. This decision is primarily motivated by environmental factors.ย Over 3,000 cigarette butts were found scattered across […] Industry News Matt Scribner | December 16, 2022 1 Comment
Environmentalism Loses a Key Supporter as Ruth Bader Ginsburg Passes Away Supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18th, 2020 from complications due to her fight with cancer. RBG became one of the most iconic figures to grace the Supreme Court of the United States. Serving from 1993-2020, she was a champion of equality, civil rights, and environmentalism. Her rulings on environmental topics were instrumental in helping bring […] Ryan Flynn | September 21, 2020 0 Comments
London Named the World’s First National Park City The city of London was recently named a National Park City.ย If this doesnโt sound like a familiar concept, that’s because it isnโt.ย London is the first city to ever be given this title. The brainchild of geography teacher Daniel Raven-Ellison, the National Park City Foundation is a nonprofit that aims to make cities greener, cleaner and wilder. Thus far, this […] Jack Conroy | August 2, 2019 0 Comments
Costa Rica Heading Towards Carbon Neutrality with Renewable Energy and Plastic Efforts Costa Rica is setting the example for environmental sustainability, aiming to be the first carbon-free plastic-free country.ย By the year 2021, just two years away now, Costa Rica hopes to rid itself of all single-use plastics as well as eliminate the use of fossil fuels in their public transport system, and theyโre not messing around. In the last 5 years, […] Brains Jack Conroy | July 28, 2019 0 Comments