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Treat Yourself: Buying Luxury Can Still Be Eco-Friendly & Ultra Fashionable
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.
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Rebound Season 6, Episode 7: Going Eco-Friendly Isn't Just for the Living
Climate change is threatening small businesses across America, but these companies are rising up despite the challenges. In “Rebound,” we go behind the scenes with small businesses who are finding ways to pivot as more extreme storms, wildfires, rising sea levels and drought are changing the face of their communities. As the nation continues to battle challenges brought on by…
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Marketing Luxury Goods as ‘Green' Isn't Black or White
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...
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Going Eco-Friendly Isn't Just for the Living: Green Burials Could Help Slow Climate Change
Green burials. Aquamation. Human composting. As people around the U.S. are feeling the impacts of climate change, many death services companies are seeing an uptick in interest in eco-friendly disposal options.
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Rebound Season 6, Episode 6: Home Improvement Experts Are Leading The Way Against Climate Change
Climate change is threatening small businesses across America, but these companies are rising up despite the challenges. In “Rebound,” we go behind the scenes with small businesses who are finding ways to pivot as more extreme storms, wildfires, rising sea levels and drought are changing the face of their communities. As the nation continues to battle challenges brought on by…
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Rebound Season 6, Episode 5: Add This to the List of Reasons to Bug Out Over Climate Change
Climate change is threatening small businesses across America, but these companies are rising up despite the challenges. In “Rebound,” we go behind the scenes with small businesses who are finding ways to pivot as more extreme storms, wildfires, rising sea levels and drought are changing the face of their communities. As the nation continues to battle challenges brought on by…
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Move Over, Chip and Joanna: These Home Improvement Experts Are Leading The Way Against Climate Change
From historic drought and water restrictions to heat waves and extreme storms, homeowners are having to find ways to make their homes more water and energy resilient. And ready to help them navigate the changing climate are thousands of small businesses leading the charge on climate-conscious home improvement.
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Rebound Season 6, Episode 4: Man's Best Friend Is One of Climate's Biggest Foes
Climate change is threatening small businesses across America, but these companies are rising up despite the challenges. In “Rebound,” we go behind the scenes with small businesses who are finding ways to pivot as more extreme storms, wildfires, rising sea levels and drought are changing the face of their communities. As the nation continues to battle challenges brought on by…
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Rebound Season 6, Episode 3: From Portland to Miami, Climate Change Threatens Local Tourism
Climate change is threatening small businesses across America, but these companies are rising up despite the challenges. In “Rebound,” we go behind the scenes with small businesses who are finding ways to pivot as more extreme storms, wildfires, rising sea levels and drought are changing the face of their communities. As the nation continues to battle challenges brought on by…
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Dogs are Man's Best Friend But One of Climate's Biggest Foes
Americans love their four-legged friends, but their 163 million dogs and cats certainly leave a giant paw-print on the environment — especially when it comes to pet poop. For small businesses who work with pets, it can be a challenge to find ways to curb their own climate impact while catering to their furry clientele.
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Rebound Season 6, Episode 2: Why Climate Change Is Going to Make It Even Harder to Find Affordable Housing
Climate change is threatening small businesses across America, but these companies are rising up despite the challenges. In “Rebound,” we go behind the scenes with small businesses who are finding ways to pivot as more extreme storms, wildfires, rising sea levels and drought are changing the face of their communities. As the nation continues to battle challenges brought on by…
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Canceled Tours, Threatened Attractions: Tourism Contends With Climate Change
The Pacific Northwest is famous for its rain, but recent climate change has brought drought, wildfires and landslides, forcing a Portland, Oregon, tour company to restructure its outings along the Columbia River Gorge. America’s Hub World Tours canceled 360 trips while the Eagle Creek Fire burned in 2017, when areas along the river were shut down and trees and vegetation…
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From Portland to Miami, Climate Change Threatens Local Tourism
For small tourism businesses across the U.S., climate change is fundamentally shifting the experiences and sites they’re able to offer clientele. “We’re seeing ski destinations without snow in the winter, we’re seeing beaches increasingly eroded,” says Expedia’s VP of sustainability, Aditi Mohapatra. “So there’s the kind of physical manifestations of climate change that are having a real impact on...
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Flooding, Wildfires on the Rise but Are Homeowners Paying Attention?
Are homebuyers thinking about climate change when settling on a place to live? NBC Rebound looks at how the environment is impacting real estate around the U.S.
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Rebound Season 6, Episode 1: A Warming Climate Is Cooling Coffee Supplies
Climate change is threatening small businesses across America, but these companies are rising up despite the challenges. In “Rebound,” we go behind the scenes with small businesses who are finding ways to pivot as more extreme storms, wildfires, rising sea levels and drought are changing the face of their communities. As the nation continues to battle challenges brought on by…
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Why Climate Change Is Going to Make It Even Harder to Find Affordable Housing
Americans are already facing a shortage of 4 million housing units, but climate change is going to make it a whole lot worse. Real estate experts say climate threats will make it harder to afford to live in cities across the U.S. as wildfires, floods and storms turn up the pressure on an already unsustainable housing market.
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Climate Change May Be Putting Your Daily Coffee Fix at Risk
If your morning brew begins to taste different, climate change might be to blame. A warming planet is threatening Arabica coffee plants, the ones most often used in the world’s production of coffee. But as natural disasters damage those crops, two entrepreneurs in Southern California and New York City are finding alternatives — and changing the way we think...
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Rebound Season 5, Episode 12: Dream Come True
Exquisito Chocolates owner Carolina Quijano feared the pandemic would significantly dwindle the number of people that came through one of New York City’s famous holiday markets. While her pop-up saw fewer people than it did in 2019, Quijano was still pleased to accomplish a dream of hers—selling her own products at one of the city’s most trafficked holiday...
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How A Warming Climate Is Cooling Coffee Supplies
You might have noticed that your morning cup of coffee is costing a lot more these days— nearly double since last year— and climate change is partly to blame. But small businesses like Nguyen Coffee Supply in New York and FRINJ Coffee in California are working to protect the industry with a more sustainable product.
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Dreams Come True for Miami Chocolatier at NYC Holiday Market
Exquisito Chocolates owner Carolina Quijano feared the pandemic would significantly dwindle the number of people that came through one of New York City’s famous holiday markets. While her pop-up saw fewer people than it did in 2019, Quijano was still pleased to accomplish a dream of hers—selling her own products at one of the city’s most trafficked holiday...