Walmart is collaborating with PHA and Higher Ground Productions
US: How online natural retailer Thrive Market is going climate-positive
Thrive Market has always been an eco-conscious enterprise, offering foods made of real ingredients that are safe for the environment, delicious and fairly priced. Already, the e-retailer has committed to a no-air-shipping policy and utilizing all-recyclable shipping materials; it also recently earned B Corp certification. But Thrive Market isn t stopping there: The company recently announced a number of new initiatives that will further shrink its environmental footprint. According to chief marketing officer Jeremiah McElwee, Thrive Market has set a goal to be zero-waste certified in 2022, plastic neutral by 2023 and completely carbon negative by 2025.
May 7, 2021
What happens when you take a dash of delicious foods, add in a sprinkle of family fun and stir in a chance to teach kids about giving back? You get the recipe for a new interactive Walmart experience that aims to show kids that healthy food can be fun. The retailer, in collaboration with Partnership for a Healthier America and Higher Ground Productions, has launched The Hidden World of Waffles + Mochi, an interactive culinary adventure experience, to inspire families to cook up fresh, healthy foods just like Waffles and Mochi do on their Netflix show as part of the Pass the Love campaign. In addition, Walmart is hosting a round-up campaign through May 31 for customers to support PHA and Pass the Love.
April 30, 2021
Today the National Science Board (NSB) announced that William S. Hammack is a recipient of its 2021 Public Service Award. Hammack is an engineer and author from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
NSB grants its Public Service Award to individuals and groups that have contributed substantially to increasing public understanding of science and engineering. NSB is recognizing Hammack for his outstanding skills as communicator. He has authored numerous books and produced hundreds of hours of radio and video segments that explain engineering in plain language to a wide variety of audiences worldwide. His YouTube channel has over a million subscribers and the videos that he has produced there have been viewed nearly seventy million times.
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THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES - (L-R) Maya Rudolph as “Linda Mitchell , Abbi Jacobson as “Katie Mitchell , Mike Rianda as “Aaron Mitchell”, Doug the Pug as “Monchi” and Danny McBride as “Rick Mitchell
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Mitchell vs. the Machines
, a Sony Animation romp which was sold to Netflix,
is pretty damn good. Written and directed by Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe and produced by Chris Miller and Phil Lord, the lively, spirited, bracingly colorful and rollicking family comedy offers endless visual gags, a strong narrative through-line and a refreshingly specificity. Even the character tropes feel specifically personal and/or autobiographical in a way which justifies a well-worn story (concerning technology coming to life and threatening humanity with extinction). Yes,