The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
Reduce what you can, and offset the rest
As we recognize our collective responsibility to protect and preserve our planet, Vireo continues to address our carbon footprint. We have offset our 2023 CO2 emissions from essential business travel and home office energy use by supporting the Big Smile Wind Farm at Dempsey Ridge.
Addressing our Carbon Footprint
Vireo Advisors is serious about addressing our carbon footprint. We have offset our 2022 carbon emissions from essential business travel and home office energy use by helping finance two projects with Native carbon offsets.
Genetically Engineering Coral for Conservation: Psychological Correlates of Public Acceptability
By using synthetic biology, scientists are working to isolate and cultivate strains of coral that can naturally withstand higher sea surface temperatures associated with climate change.
After record low, monarch butterflies return to California
Experts are reporting an estimated 50,000 monarchs at overwintering sites in California.
Ancient Viruses Discovered in Glacier
Researchers have found ancient viruses frozen in a glacier on the Tibetan Plateau, including 28 viral groups that have never before been discovered.