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Collaborate on projects with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in areas like international impact footprint labels, waste-to-energy, the transition to electric vehicle manufacturing, local environmental indicators and mapping, advanced biofuels, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
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48 Hours of Earth Day!
Friday, April 22, 2022
Join us for 5 or more hours during Democracy Lab's 48 HOUR EARTH DAY on April 22nd. The event will begin when Earth Day starts in New Zealand (UTC+12), and conclude 48 hours later when the day ends on Howland Island (UTC-12). Project teams will participate from all around the world!
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Community Apps for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Working to Improve Life-Cycle Assessment for Communities
Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) is a systemic approach to using and reusing materials more productively over their entire life cycle. It represents a change in how our society thinks about the use of natural resources and environmental protection. By looking at a product's entire life cycle, we can find new opportunities to reduce environmental impacts, conserve resources, reduce costs and attract new industries.
Explore your community's impacts
Companies like Amazon and General Motors are using the US Environmentally Extended Input-Output (USEEIO) Models to analyze economic and environmental impacts across all economic sectors. The model is available for community planning, business development and environmental education through our Local Industry Comparison Tools
Learn more about USEEIO Community Pages
Using an economy-wide input-output model of industries, households and the environment, the new online tools help communities identify opportunities for both economic growth and environmental sustainability.