Jim McClelland
@sustmeme
Sustainable Futurist: Editor, Journalist, Host/Speaker: Climate, Energy, Built Environment, Circular Economy, Biz, Finance, Biodiversity, Conservation, Food & Ag, Transport. #Sustainability Magazine: Newsletter:
Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: 💄 Designer lipid for #eco personal care; 🏧 Bank on #wood for premium touch; ⚡#Hybrid icebreaker for Arctic; 🌆 #Regenerative design for cities; 🇬🇧 #Carbon Budget – why wait? Read in full + free: buff.ly/pB7owub ©McClelland Media Ltd #GetTheSustyStoryStraight
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Do you care what goes on your skin or in your hair? News: First precision-fermented lipid ingredient for hair and beauty use in personal care market launched by sustainable alternatives pioneer Melt&Marble – see full innovation story now up on SustMeme Magazine: buff.ly/UjGAAix #SustMemeFandA
Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: 📆 Green #data past its use-by-date; 🍞 Yeast on rise in #architecture; 🌊 How #microplastics sink in ocean; 🚜 Investors in #AVs bet the farm; 💊 #Pharma: Medications in our water. Read in full + free: buff.ly/KzXsHHP #GetTheSustyStoryStraight #EGSS
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Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: 🍃 #Design with nature, not for it; 🌬️ Winds of change blow #onshore; 🇬🇧 #Homeless employer first B Corp; 🏔️ Mapping #glacier loss in 3D; 🦇 What brings #bats into our cities? Read in full: buff.ly/ePyDLyq #biomimicry #sustainability ©McClelland Media Ltd
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News: Forget putting it on plastic, what today’s conscious consumer wants from premium banking is the look and feel of a wooden payment card — check out the full innovation story and survey insights from COPECTO now published on SustMeme Business & Finance Channel: buff.ly/8Ff0dlv
Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: 🇬🇧 #Carbon Budget — why wait? 🏭 Sustainable #phenol enters China; 🚂 #Hybrid loco gets green on track; 🏗️ Electric #construction in Arnhem; 💊 #Pharma: Medications in our water. Read in full + free now: buff.ly/MDVre4d © McClelland Media Ltd #GetTheSustyStoryStraight
Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: 🥩 #Deeptech fungal steak alternative; 🌊 #Ocean CO2 bubbles up; ⚽ Win for #circularity in football; 🧵 #Traceability fix for cotton; ⚖️ SUSTICE = #Sustainability + Justice. Read in full: buff.ly/JtzLNn5 + Subscribe free: buff.ly/tw7FQi2 @cbe-ju.bsky.social @pml.ac.uk
News: Catering to clean-label consumers, deeptech food company secures EU funds for steak alternative derived from fungal fermentation — full story on innovation from Adamo Foods and €10M MycoStruct consortium on SustMeme Food & Agriculture Channel: buff.ly/JF8YmZU @cbe-ju.bsky.social #SustMemeFandA
Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: 🍞 Yeast on the rise in #architecture; 🏭 Code for industrial; #greenbuilding; 🌿 #Biodiversity: Business risk of #extinction; 🇨🇦 Direct Air Capture in #Alberta; 🧺 Eco #laundry does dirty washing; 🚐 Urban #mobility in Accra. 🇬🇭 Read in full and free: buff.ly/dAw8AkD
News: Study into sustainable materials finds new uses for ingredient more often associated with baking and brewing, than #architecture... yeast! Full story on innovative research by Chalmers University of Technology now published on SustMeme Built Environment Channel: buff.ly/3XrT8QT #SustMemeBE
Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: 🔬 Growing #rubber from dandelions; 🇨🇳 Mapping China #EV export drive; 🟩 #Greenwashing risks double; ♻️ #Lisbon reverse-vending capital; 🥵 #Heatwave: A hard day's night. Read in full + free: buff.ly/a7qoOtq #GetTheSustyStoryStraight @innovateuk.bsky.social @ukri.org
News: UK #biotech startup secures funding for sustainable natural #rubber and other bio-based products from specially engineered dandelions — full story on £3.4M backing for innovation by QuberTech now up on SustMeme Food & Agriculture Channel: buff.ly/NQdG6tt @innovateuk.bsky.social @ukri.org
Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: 👑 #Sustainability in Starmer Drama; 💶 Funding home #solar in SE Asia; 🪸 AI digital twin for #coral reef; 💄 Fair #shea for beauty brands; ♻️ #Transparency, not just taglines. Read in full: buff.ly/Dgc8VHT ©Published by McClelland Media Ltd #GetTheSustyStoryStraight
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Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: 🦟 Climate remaps #livestock disease; ⚡ Electric #ferry maker flying; 🐶 #Microbial protein dog treats; 🥇 Green #building in record rating; ♻️ #Upcycling at scale. hashtag Read in full + free: buff.ly/oy4xR8i ©Published by MCCLELLAND MEDIA LTD #sustainability
Great new Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: How climate change redraws the map for livestock disease across continents, as parasites and pathogens migrate — get sneak preview of top story in our weekly newsletter out tomorrow and read their fascinating insights in full now on SustMeme: buff.ly/CfVZWy0
Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: 🇪🇺 Winds of change blow #onshore; 🥊 #Sustainability bounces back; ♻️ Recycling #bioplastics; 🛰️ Dark ships seen from #space; 🚢 Are #ports a climate blindspot? Read in full + free: buff.ly/ABAeTDi @octopus.energy @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @unseenlabs.bsky.social
News: One of biggest backers of renewables in Europe is investing over half a billion Euros into onshore wind across three countries — full story on push by Octopus Energy Generation into France, Germany + Poland up on SustMeme Climate & Energy Channel: buff.ly/yeafxV8 @octopus.energy #SustMemeCandE
Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: 🥵 Hot in the #city: sleep and work; 🇬🇧 #Homeless employer first B Corp; ⛽ #Petrol pump RIP: Gone by 2038; 🥥 Play on coconut, not #plastic; 🐄 Rethinking #agricultural waste Read in full: buff.ly/TBDx1eN ©Published by McClelland Media Ltd #GetTheSustyStoryStraight
Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: 🌞 Euros fund SE Asia home #solar; 🧪 Backing for cellulose #innovation; 🐾 Dog food #carbon 'pawprint'; 🗣️ #Reporting that speaks to Gen Z; 🥊 How to trump #climate scepticism. Read in full + free: buff.ly/wMckp1p #GetTheSustyStoryStraight ©McClelland Media Ltd
Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine: ⚡ Electric #ferry maker flying; ⚖️ Nature-related #risk goes legal; 👚 #Renting clothes is niche fit; 🛣️ Carbon-negative #roadbuilding; 🦇 Bats in our #cities. Read in full + free: buff.ly/5ywYvhX ©McClelland Media Ltd #GetTheSustyStoryStraight
News: Money for climate tech is always good news, especially when it backs electric innovation in public transport in the middle of an oil crisis — read full story on funding for hydrofoils pioneer Candela on @SustMeme #Transport & #Mobility Channel: buff.ly/BxaCprk @ifcorg.bsky.social