Thred’s ultimate guide to going zero-waste
This Earth Day, we’ve created a beginner’s guide to reducing your environmental impact and reaching that elusive zero waste target. If you’re an avid reader of Thred, chances are you’ve already been incentivised to start reducing your environmental impact as much as possible. Whether that involves switching from fast fashion...
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Earth Day 2021 goes digital with ‘Restore our Earth’ theme
Starting today (April 20th) and carrying through to the 22nd, Earth Day is planning some big online events for the estimated 10 million changemakers set to tune in. Has it really been a year already? The three days of climate action currently underway for Earth Day 2021 would suggest so,...
Reflective ultra-white paint could help to cool the planet
Academic researchers have reportedly produced the brightest ever white paint, capable of reflecting 98% of sunlight and radiating infrared heat into space. Could this be key to tackling the climate crisis? My fellow Thred enthusiasts, we’re quite possibly looking at a game changing all-natural air conditioner, and it comes straight...
Biden’s climate summit: What’s on the line for the planet’s biggest emitters?
Exactly what we can expect going forward from the nations with the most black marks against their carbon footprints? Today marks the celebration of Earth Day and with that celebration comes the start of President Joe Biden’s International climate summit - with virtual showcases taking place today and tomorrow with...
L’Oréal unveils sustainability programme ahead of Earth Day
The world’s largest cosmetics company has ambitiously pledged to reduce its carbon footprint by 50% before 2030, setting a prime example for other beauty brands to follow. With Earth Day around the corner (and an estimated one billion people mobilised to take part in this year’s events), it seems fitting...
The world needs to prepare for exceeding 1.5˚C warming
Falling short of our most ambitious climate targets is a reality that nobody wants to face, but it needn’t be the end of hope. At the Paris Climate Agreement, the world’s leading governments committed to keep global warming well below 2˚C (3.6˚F) above pre-industrial levels while trying to limit...
Joe Biden expected to pledge big US emission cuts
The US president Joe Biden will be leading a virtual summit with 40 world leaders, asking major countries to take action against the worsening climate crisis. Joe Biden is expected to make big announcements regarding the US emissions cuts this week as he leads the charge in a virtual summit with 40 world leaders. He has already made the climate emergency one of his administration’s top priorities and heavily emphasized widespread...
Hundreds missing after Rohingya refugee camp fires
During the last fortnight, several small fires have devastated dozens of make-shift shelters in India and Bangladesh, displacing a further 45,000 escapees of Myanmar’s military crackdown. At present, an estimated one million Rohingya refugees are living in overcrowded sprawling camps in southern Bangladesh, after fleeing a brutal crackdown by the Myanmar military in 2017 that had ‘genocidal intent.’ In what former human rights chief at the United Nations calls a ‘textbook case of...
Greta Thunberg says vaccine nationalism to worsen climate crisis
In a Twitter thread, Greta explained that ‘inequality and climate injustice is already the heart of the climate crisis.’ In a pointed Twitter thread, Greta Thunberg said that “vaccine nationalism” threatens to make the pandemic worse and that public health in general is inseparable from the climate crisis. She said that she won’t attend the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow starting on Nov. 1 “unless everyone can take part on the same terms”...
Which vegan burger is best for the environment?
All plant-based burgers are better for the planet than beef. Here is a rundown of the vegan options and which are best for our planet. Eating hamburgers with your friends for lunch isn’t going to destroy the planet — the environmental impact of beef comes from the scale of its production and consumption worldwide. But the scale has gotten so out of control that all meat eaters — particularly people in wealthy countries — have...
