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Rise and Shine: A professor & Sustainable Baker is turning Dough into Change What if every bite you took helped the planet? For one visionary baker, sustainability isn’t just an afterthought, it’s the secret ingredient. By prioritizing regenerative farming, zero-waste packaging, and carbon-conscious baking, they’re crafting treats that are as good for the Earth as they are for the palate. Discover how this culinary innovator.Read More
Japan's Waste-Less Wisdom: Students Learn That Trash Has Nowhere to Hide In Japanese classrooms, the concept of "waste" itself is being erased. Through innovative programs that transform lunch leftovers into school garden compost and old uniforms into new fabrics, students learn that everything has value. This cultural mindset shift - where nothing truly becomes trash - offers powerful lessons for our throwaway society.Read More
The Conscious Cart: How Swarthmore College's Store Checks Out Sustainably The beep of the scanner at this campus store echoes with purpose. Each product passes rigorous sustainability criteria before hitting the shelves. Through student-led initiatives & partnerships with eco-vendors, the store operates as both a resource center and a teaching tool, transforming everyday shopping into an act of environmental stewardship.Read More
The Fabric of Future Cities: Hof University is Redefining Urban Waterfronts Who knew textiles could float? At Hof University, a group of visionary students is redefining urban waterways with their textile-based floating islands into thriving ecological corridors. Explore how these floating marvels that combine cutting-edge fabric technology with ecological design could become standard features in the climate-resilient cities of tomorrow.Read More
Message Of The Week From Director's Desk
There is no Planet B, But there is Process B
Engaging the Youth
By Dr Rajendra Shende, IIT Alumnus
Founder Director Green TERRE Foundation
Former Director UNEP, Coordinating Lead Author IPCC 2007
2025 annual gathering of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) started on 14th July at UN Headquarters in New York. It is coming to an end today: on 23rd July. That end may prove to be beginning of deep thoughts: Do the pledges produce results? Is the political process of setting the goals is at fault or it is just that the whole game of implementation has loose ends?
Convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council of the UN (ECOSOC), HLPF-2025 has broad theme of: “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind.” 2025-HLPF was expected to take an in-depth look at presentation by 37 countries who would present their Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs).
Ten years after the adoption of 2030-Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the multilateral system of UN is facing many challenges, including ongoing conflicts, the global economy, trade, and climate change. In addition, many are concerned about the impact of the current US government’s distancing itself from several UN-mediated global targets and programmes, directly affecting the implementation of several SDGs and net zero target of the Paris Climate Agreement.
2025 is also 80th anniversary of establishment of United Nations. At this juncture what I recall is Summit of the Future held by UN in 2024. It produced ‘Pact for the Future, and related Global Digital Compact and Declaration on Future Generations’. That pact gives us the ray of hope, simply because it talks about youth and future generation. Skilling the youth for SDGs and Net Zero is the mission of Green TERRE Foundation.END
