Awareness

What needs to change?

Our role in emissions

How are we affecting the environment?



“Business leadership is no longer limited to financial performance, but includes assuming responsibility... Doing so will help us manage risk, lower environmental impacts and costs, and bring greater transparency.”

Todd Brady, Corporate Environmental Manager, Intel;
Managing Supply Chain GHG

Eating local and "going organic" are trendy solutions for doing your part to impact climate change. However, there are bigger opportunities to slow down the consumption of farmed animals, which also would decrease the rate at which land is changed for housing livestock.





"Human activities have accelerated the rate and extent of eutrophication through both point-source discharges and non-point loadings of limiting nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, into aquatic ecosystems."

The Knowledge Project, Nature Education Knowledge



Changing landscape for agricultural purposes often leads to an unstable phosphate level in surrounding waterways. Land use change & animal waste accounts for 83% of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.

Here you can see the grams of phosphate released into the environment per kilogram of food produced, which pollutes the surrounding ecosystems and waterways via eutrophication.

Data from Our World in Data.

Renewable Energy

Making Sustainable Change

Responsible Sourcing

Where should our energy come from?



Renewable Energy Generation, by Region

Statistics from Our World in Data, Renewable Energy, 2017

Renewable energy generation has been steadily increasing over the last several decades. As can be seen, hydropower is leading in rate of growth.

While hydropower (~4,200 TWh in 2019) appears to be growing significantly compared to the other renewable energies displayed, it is important to note that non-renewable energy sources, such as gas, oil and coal, consume approximately 40,000 to 50,000 TWh yearly, as of 2019. This indicates that although we see progress in renewable energy sources, it has a long ways to go before replacing a significant amount of our total energy needs.

Hover over each bar to view the individual values for each country's energy source. At the bottom, use the top horizontal slider to adjust the year, and the bottom slider to adjust radius of the graph. The vertical slider will toggle visible values.

Note: "Other" refers to geothermal, biomass, waste, wave and tidal renewable energies.



*Hydropower investment estimates from IEA, World Energy Investment, 2019

Renewable Energy Payout

Statistics from Our World in Data, Energy, 2014

In order to increase renewable energy generation, it is evident that large investments must be made to support research and development of these advanced technologies. When considering how best to invest in these technologies, one method is to compare energy generation and cost.

Looking at the three most ubiquitous renewable energies in today's world, it appears that hydropower yields the most value per dollar, averaging almost ten times as much energy per billion dollars invested as wind or solar energy. This is likely due to the fact that this technology is fairly developed, whereas solar and wind technology is still being optimized for efficiency and reliability.