Sustainable Living
Sustainable LivingEARTHDAY.ORG has launched Food for Our Planet, a multiyear global campaign to transform how food is produced, consumed and valued, with the aim of building a healthier, more sustainable and fairer global food system. The campaign was launched in Rome on 14 October 2026, as the World Food Forum met ahead of World Food Day,
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Sustainable LivingGhana has launched a United Nations-backed project to build affordable homes from local, low-carbon materials, in a direct answer to a housing shortfall of about 1.83 million homes and to the climate cost of how homes are built. The project was unveiled in Accra this week at a launch and stakeholder validation workshop, and it
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Sustainable LivingSimple, practical changes at home cut household food waste by an average of 28% among participating households in a European study, according to the EU-funded COMBINE project. The finding, published in a new European toolkit on 19 October 2026, suggests that awareness alone is not enough: what works is making the right choice the easy
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Sustainable LivingCanada is marking the 25th anniversary of Waste Reduction Week from 19 to 25 October 2026, turning a national campaign into a practical guide for sustainable living. The week, part of the wider Circular Economy Month in October, asks households to rethink what they buy, use and throw away — one themed day at a
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Sustainable LivingThe UK climate lifestyle survey from the ONS shows 77% of adults changed their lifestyle to tackle environmental issues while 85% felt climate impacts this year.
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Sustainable LivingBC Block's golden jubilee Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, themed 'Jiyon Kathi', is built from waste wood and cloth — promoting greenery, reuse and sustainable living.
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Sustainable LivingLondon, 18 October 2026 — Seven in ten people in the United Kingdom say they would cut back on meat and dairy to improve the country's food security, according to a new report published by The Vegan Society on World Food Day, 16 October 2026. The findings put plant-based food security at the centre of
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Sustainable LivingThree counties in Ontario, Canada, have launched a voluntary program that scores new residential developments on energy efficiency, climate readiness and long-term affordability — putting sustainable homes on a Gold, Silver and Bronze leaderboard. The Green Development Program, launched on 13 October 2026 by Grey, Dufferin and Wellington counties, is the region's first shared framework
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Sustainable LivingThe United States has taken a first federal step toward tackling one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world: discarded clothing. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree has introduced the Textile Waste Reduction Act, a bill that would create the first coordinated federal strategy to reduce textile waste and build a circular textile economy in the country.
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Sustainable LivingCambridge has extended weekly food-waste collections to more than 23,000 additional homes, taking the total past 90,000 households — a milestone the city councils say shows food waste recycling turning kitchen scraps into electricity and fertiliser instead of landfill emissions. From 13 October 2026, households across Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire received silver pest-proof food-waste
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Sustainable LivingBuildings cause 37% of global CO₂ emissions (UNEP). This explainer breaks down what sustainable living at home really means.
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Sustainable LivingVirginia has released over $67 million in RGGI climate funds for home energy efficiency — $15M for critical repairs in 1,000+ homes and $52M for energy-efficient affordable housing.
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India has proposed allowing chemically recycled plastic in food packaging, as the EU prepares to ban plastic-waste exports to non-OECD countries from 21 November.
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Green JournalismAmphora Media's cross-border investigation "Profit in Every Drop" has won Environment and Planning Journalism at the Malta Journalism Awards 2026.
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Green JournalismBroadcast journalists from Namibia, Zambia and Senegal have begun a two-day climate reporting programme under the AUB–Green Climate Fund Climate Impact Stories Partnership, aiming for accurate, human-centred, solutions-focused coverage.
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Green JournalismEntries have opened for the 2026 Climate Media Awards, celebrating African reporting on how communities grow, share and source food in a changing climate.
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Green JournalismUN-OHRLLS has opened a fully funded journalism fellowship for reporters from 44 least developed countries to cover the Doha Programme of Action Midterm Review in Doha on 25-27 March 2027. Applications close 30 November 2026; ten fellows will be selected.
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Green JournalismCanada and United Nations University experts brief journalists on 2 November 2026, a week before COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Green JournalismStephanie Wallcraft has won the 2026 AJAC Environmental Journalism Award for her article on Natural Resources Canada's Fuel Consumption Guide, with Nadine Filion as runner-up.
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Green JournalismGrist has launched Distorted, a months-long reporting series on how misinformation spreads before, during and after extreme weather, and how trusted journalism can help communities find the truth.
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Green JournalismThe UN's first comprehensive restoration assessment, published on 29 October 2026, gives climate journalists a verifiable global scorecard: 252 million hectares under restoration across 149 countries, but finance must more than quadruple to meet 2030 targets.
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