๐บ๐ธ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐๐
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, Former Vice President Al Gore, Founder & Chairman of The Climate Reality Project, will stand with communities across Louisianaโs River Parishes at ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ: ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ. This mass revival will honor those impacted by toxic pollution and rally for a healthier future.
๐คAlso featuring:
Sharon C. Lavigne, RISE St. James Louisiana
Dr. Rev. Samuel Jones, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop Caucus
Community leaders from across Cancer Alley
๐ Where: Shekinah Glory Fellowship Church, 10164 North Line Street, St. James, LA
๐ When: 5 PM Community Fair | 6 PM Evening Mass Revival
Join us as we rise in song, testimony, and action to build a future where Cancer Alley is not our destiny.
๐ RSVP now: www.risestjames.org/united (link in bio)
#RiseStJames #RememberAndReclaim #TheRenaissanceParishes #United
The UK construction sector displayed meaningful movement toward sustainability and measurable decarbonisation during the past week. The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products strengthened the ACAN Circular Economy Policy Campaign, signalling stronger support for circular economy in construction. The partnership aims to embed life cycle thinking in construction through improved material reuse, reduced reliance on virgin resources, and end-of-life reuse in construction. This approach reinforces sustainable construction practices by shifting attention to building lifecycle performance and whole life carbon assessment, ensuring that sustainability becomes measurable through transparent carbon data from design to demolition.
Equans, the energy and services arm of Bouygues, achieved Building a Safer Future โChampionโ status, demonstrating both compliance and leadership in sustainable building design. The recognition highlights its role in retrofit projects where embodied carbon in materials and life cycle cost carry weight equal to financial metrics. Equansโ work in regenerating existing housing stock supports low carbon design and promotes net zero whole life carbon outcomes, setting a benchmark for green construction that integrates resource efficiency in construction with rigorous whole life carbon analysis.
A key development came from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, whose review of energy-from-waste processes pinpointed plasticโs lingering presence in material streams. The proposed reforms encourage a shift toward renewable building materials and more responsible waste strategies, aligning with environmental sustainability in construction goals and reducing the carbon footprint of construction. The review also stresses that circular construction strategies contribute to net zero carbon buildings, supporting eco-friendly construction systems and reducing environmental impact through lifecycle assessment and whole life carbon metrics.
Climate Analytics advanced the conversation on decarbonising the built environment by urging major global polluters in cement and fossil fuel industries to fund direct air carbon capture and storage. By placing financial responsibility on carbon-intensive producers, sustainable material specification and embodied carbon reduction become drivers for cost management and carbon footprint reduction. The anticipated result is a market environment that rewards low embodied carbon materials and low carbon construction materials, providing long-term life cycle cost benefits while propelling the transition to carbon neutral construction.
Further evidence of circular economy integration emerged from research into telecommunications infrastructure, demonstrating that applying eco-design for buildings principles across all built assetsโincluding masts and modular structuresโcan deliver both sustainability and economic return. The study supports life cycle cost optimisation and reinforces green building products as viable contributors to sustainable urban development. Across every project, from retrofits to new builds, the emphasis is moving decisively toward sustainable building practices that deliver measurable outcomes in carbon reduction, resource efficiency, and net zero carbon performance within the broader fabric of an environmentally responsible and resilient construction sector.
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