Sustainability

California Live contributor Berlin explores FabMo in Sunnyvale. It’s a creative reuse non-profit with about 70 tons of designer materials.

Super Bowl LVII will be the fourth played in the Greater Phoenix area since 1996. Here’s a look at how sustainability efforts have changed over the years and how this years’ Super Bowl aims to be the greenest yet.

Now, the city is asking San Diegans to choose their favorite among these three names.

You can treat yourself while also doing good for the planet. Buying luxury is going green, with small businesses offering sustainable alternatives to everything from diamonds to candles.

Are lab-made diamonds “real?” It’s a hot question. On one side are people like Tom Chatham, the chairman of Chatham Created Gems & Diamonds, a wholesale business selling laboratory-created gems. Diamond is only carbon, and in the right conditions one can be created in four to six weeks, he said.  “The natural diamond industry doesn’t really like what we’re...

California Live’s Laila Muhammad learns how Skywell’s revolutionary technology is harvesting water from the air and using it to help underserved communities. Laila visits Skid Row in Los Angeles to see how the Skywell machine is providing access to clean water for hydration and the ability to enhance urban farming. Learn more about Skywell’s technology.

Some retailers are taking lobster off the menu after an assessment from an influential conservation group that the seafood poses too much of a risk to rare whales and should be avoided. Seafood Watch, which rates the sustainability of different seafoods, said this week it has added the American and Canadian lobster fisheries to its “red list” of species to…

NFL Green, the league’s environmental program, hoped to complete a local marine conservation project in the host city of Super Bowl LVII. Just one problem. The game is in Arizona. “Big, big, big beach, but no ocean,” said Jack Groh, director of NFL Green. But amid the desert’s open soil and cactuses is the 200-mile Salt River, which flows...

As of this week, Seafood Watch announced that it has classified American lobster, including Maine lobster, as a seafood to avoid.

A major New England staple is now red-listed by a sustainability group that works with Whole Foods, The Cheesecake Factory and other national brands. As of this week, Seafood Watch announced that it has classified American lobster, including Maine lobster, as seafood to avoid. The group, which is a program of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, said in a…

San Diego County supervisors Wednesday unanimously approved sustainability initiatives, including planting more trees in unincorporated areas, as part of the Regional Decarbonization Framework.

What happens after we die? Green burials bring a whole new perspective to the timeless philosophical question. An increasingly popular way to protect the environment in the afterlife, green burials are designed to have minimal environmental impact by using biodegradable materials and forgoing chemical preservatives. At the most fundamental level, a green burial requires biodegradable caskets, containers, shrouds or urns…

California Live’s Malou Nubla heads to Kivelstadt Cellars, a Sonoma winery and vineyard, to talk sustainable wines with owner, Jordan Kivelstadt. Jordan discusses the sustainable production process from vine to glass and pairs their Rosé with a watermelon and tomato salad, perfect for summer! Find the watermelon and tomato salad recipe below....

**WATERMELON & TOMATO SALAD RECIPE**...
4 oz Watermelon-cubed...
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California Green time! California Live’s Malou Nubla explores the new interactive “Solve for Earth” exhibit at San Jose’s Tech Museum. Joined by Chief Learning Officer, Gretchen Walker, Malou sees how scientists are working on solutions for climate change. Learn how the exhibit is empowering people to live more sustainably.

Street vending, brunch, and house plants have more in common than you may think. In this episode of “Connect the Dots,” Fernando Hurtado ends up on #PlantTok, meets a street vendor selling plants, and learns about why some black plastic can’t be recycled.

Travelers care a lot about the environmental impact of their trips, surveys show, but many say they’re unsure how to be a more sustainable and eco-friendly tourist, or are worried about paying more to do so.

California Live’s Danielle Nottingham meets Paul Zahn, Entertainment and Lifestyle Expert at the 1 Hotel in West Hollywood, a certified green hotel practicing sustainability. Paul shares ideas, tips, and recipes on how to upcycle household items that would otherwise be discarded. From non-dairy milk to a refreshing cocktail, making it better for the environment and for your wallet. Find the...

When Coldplay considered a 2022 world tour, they knew they wanted to offset as much of the environmental impact of their stadium shows as possible. So they got creative. Telemundo correspondent Randy Serrano goes to Costa Rica for an inside look at a kinetic dance floor and other innovative ways Coldplay is reducing their impact.

While organizations make notable progress on reducing the harmful effects of their operations, experts say sustainability claims can be overstated and mask underlying problems.

Girls are more likely to be dissatisfied with environmental efforts than boys, and older teens are more likely to care about corporations’ role in climate change than younger teens, new data finds.