Plastics play an essential role in modern society, but also lead to significant impacts on the environment and climate. Reducing such impacts while retaining the usefulness of plastics requires a shift towards a more circular and sustainable plastics system. This report tells the story of… Read More

White Monday is the annual day highlighting the circular economy. Today, November 25, White Monday stands out as a conscious consumer challenge to Black Friday. 

Background

White Monday was founded in 2017 in Malmö, Sweden, by the circular cloth-repair start-up … Read More

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

The Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption will hold its fourth international conference June 26-29, 2019 in Hong Kong. The theme of the conference is "Transforming Production and Consumption: Bridging Sustainability Research… Read More

Washington, DC's National Harbor, Marriott Gaylord, across the Potomac from Old Town Alexandria.

May 24-26, 2019, Conference website.

As Albert Einstein put it, "imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions." This is also the motto of the Museum of Science Fiction, which each year hosts the Escape Velocity… Read More

George Washington University School of Public Health, Washington, DC

This pre-conference to the International Communication Association brings together scholars from around the world to share research related to transnational and international aspects of environmental communication. May 24, 2019, 9 am – 5 pm, George Washington University School of Public Health,… Read More

Washington Marriott at Metro Center, Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, DC -- The National Environmental Justice Conference and Training Program took place March 13-15, 2019 in downtown Washington, DC. The conference offered presenations, panels and training sessions on a wide range of topics. Presenters also came from… Read More

UN Environment Programme offices, Nairobi, Kenya

The  4th session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) will gather in Nairobi, Kenya from 11 - 15 March 2019. The theme of this session is "Read More

Montgomery County Council Office Building, Rockville, MD

On a very stormy September 12, 2018, the Office of Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker held a public briefing and presentation of the outcome document from the Global Action Summit affiliate event held in August and organized by ISF, One Montgomery Green, Potomac Green and the Office of… Read More

Silver Spring Civic Center

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland— ISF, One Montgomery Green (OMG) and Poolesville Green (PG) will host local events addressing climate change in conjunction with the Global Climate Action Summit, September 12-14, 2018, in San Francisco.           … Read More