Amager Bakke | Copenhagen's Eye-catching Waste-to-Energy Innovation

Copenhagen's Amager Bakke is easy on the eyes and easy on the planet. The "Amager Hill" (also referred to as Amager Slope and Copenhill) is part heat/power waste-to-energy plant and part sports facility. Designed by architect Bjarke Ingels, the facility opened in 2017 and burns through 70 tons of trash each hour which produces hot water and energy for 120,000 homes in the city. Oh, and Ingels included a footpath and ski slope on the building's roof. Multitasking at it's best.

Indianapolis Colts 'Kicking the Stigma' Campaign

Great new campaign by the Indianapolis Colts to raise awareness about mental health, Kicking the Stigma. The effort to reduce stigma around sharing mental health challenges gained national attention after several television ads began appearing in early 2021. The platform that athletes and sports teams have to shine the light on such issues continues to grow and it is impressive that mental health is one subject matter that the Colts has chosen to highlight.

GMC Hummer EV

Coming fall 2021. GMC's Hummer EV was launched at Super Bowl LIV in February 2020 and we've been eagerly awaiting it's release ever since. Marketed as the worlds first all-electric "Supertruck", it comes with features and options that are as exciting as the fact that it is electric, including 'crab mode' and 'extract mode'. We can't wait to take one for a test drive!

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Vogue's Annual Forces of Fashion Event | November 16-17, 2020

It's time again for Vogue's annual Forces of Fashion event, November 16-17, 2020. The event goes virtual this year, but promises once again to offer thought-provoking conversations on everything from creativity and sustainability to social responsibility and fashion's role in our rapidly changing world.

Related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

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SDG 10 SDG 11  

Bloomberg Green Festival

The Bloomberg Green ecosystem seems to keep growing. Fresh off the Bloomberg Live Bloomberg Green Summit in July 2020, the Bloomberg Green Festival is set to bloom Septmber 14 - 18, 2020. The festival is aiming to foster solutions to climate and other social and environmental challenges through innovations in sustainability, design, culture, food, technology, science, politics and entertainment.

Related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

  SDG 8 
SDG 10 SDG 11    

SeanBlog | New Film, "A Most Beautiful Thing" Documents How Rowing Brought Rivals Together: Gangs in the Past, Police & Community Today

Alumni crew preparing for 2019 Chicago Sprints

September 9, 2020. As a former rower myself, this story really caught my atteniton and inspired me. A new documentary, A Most Beautiful Thing,  shares the story of the Manley High School crew team, the first black high school rowing team in the US and how rowing helped addressed gang violence in Chicago in the early 2000s. The team's reunion and preparation for the 2019 Chicago Sprints included a new element of community healing, police officers. 

Skyler Aikerson reports on the film in the June 2020 issue of Chicago magazine, in his article A crew to remember. 

NBC's Kate Snow shares the story of the unique partnership with the Chicago Police Department in her story, Rowing Together for Change (video below).

Related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the US where one out of every nine men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. For an interactive map of rates of prostate cancer around the world, along with rates of other cancers, visit the PRI Global Cancer Map.

The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) created the Eat It to Beat It challenge for the 2020 Prostate Cancer Awareness Month to invite supporters to eat 30 healthy foods in 30 days. Visit the challenge website to take pledge and join many others in making health choices and raising awareness about prostate cancer.

Extra kudos to PCF for their annual Blue Jacket Fashion Show each February that brings together the fashion, entertainment, sports, and media worlds to raise awareness and funding for prostate cancer research.

Related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

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