Fashion Institute of Technology
Associate Chairperson Marianne Rosner Klimchuk cited material reduction, sustainability and e-commerce, sharing that the packaging industry is «thinking about ways to
reduce our
impact on the
environment.»
Tar Sands and Unconventional Fossil Fuels In a previous post «Silence Is Deadly» I wrote, «The environmental
impacts of tar sands development include: irreversible effects
on biodiversity and the natural
environment,
reduced water quality, destruction of fragile pristine Boreal forest and
associated wetlands, aquatic and watershed mismanagement, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, disruption to life cycles of endemic wildlife particularly bird and caribou migration, fish deformities and negative
impacts on the human health in downstream communities.»