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• How can the fashion industry act for a sustainable water future? - live chat

  

  Join us during World Water Week at 8am ET/1pm BST on Tuesday 2 September to discuss how fashion brands can measure their water footprint, clean up pollution and work with NGOs

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• Blogs

• Oddly Sustainable: can vanity coffee give farmers a boost?

  

  In this week's blog about the strange side of sustainability, we delve into the macabre, exploring death rates from bikes and for birds – and a new coffee startup

• Bike sharing is pricey: can startup Zagster make it profitable?

  

  A startup wants to create bike-share programs when public funding isn't an option. Working with companies like GM, it has already found a market

• Why developed countries should subsidize a global price on carbon

  

  Amy Larkin: The industrial world got rich on ignoring the costs of pollution. Now it's time to pay

Features

• The spiralling energy consumption behind your smart phone

  Researchers are trying to address the mobile telecom industry’s dirty little secret by developing energy efficiency technology

• Companies invest in broader access to college – and in the future workforce

  With available jobs outpacing qualified candidates, some firms steer youth to – and through - a college education

• Redesigning transportation: can drivers end their love affair with cars?

  Graduate programs in transportation design in Los Angeles and London aim to envision the future of cars – and beyond

• Down smackdown: The North Face v Patagonia on ethical feather standards

  The outdoor-retail rivals are facing off over their animal-welfare standards for down feathers. Which, if any, will take off?

Comment

• Why commercialising cleantech is like crossing the ‘valley of death’

  It’s not just lack of money, cleantech start-ups sink because of failure to appreciate the engineering expertise they need

• Community engagement is not about being nice; it’s fourth pillar of CSR

  If sustainability is about benefitting people in the long-term, community engagement must play a central role

• World on track to be 4C warmer by 2100 because of missed carbon targets

  Concerns about the short term costs and impacts of investment to address risks is paralysing action on climate change, writes Jonathan Grant

The big energy debate

• Renewables battle on in face of uncertain policies

  Energy subsidies have been reduced or curtailed altogether – so how is the renewables sector coping?

• Is tracking neighbours' energy bills the key to cutting consumption?

  

  Consultants believe knowing how our neighbours use energy will prompt us to be more miserly

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