{"id":14,"date":"2019-02-12T16:01:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:57:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:57:50","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Resources for Professional Development, Research and Teaching <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Looking for understanding sustainable development from a materials science perspective?<\/strong> Have a look at the resources shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ansys.com\/resource-center\/webinar\/sustainability-teaching-with-granta-edupack\">Ansys<\/a> and its software, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ansys.com\/products\/materials\/granta-edupack\">GRANTA EduPack for Materials &amp; Sustainable Development<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Are you looking for improving your research skills, productivity and efficiency?<\/strong> Have a look at this FREE ACCESS online platform! \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campus.sagepub.com\">SAGE CAMPUS<\/a>: Online Learning For Skills and Research Methods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How to infuse Sustainability in your class?<\/strong> VentureWell has put together <a href=\"https:\/\/venturewell.org\/tools_for_design\/introduction\/\">Tools for Design and Sustainability<\/a>!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The State of Plastic Recycling&nbsp;<\/strong> &#8211; Annual Report 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/hi-cone.com\/sustainability\/\">Downloadable here!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wants to learn more about <strong>Biomimicry<\/strong>? Do you need nature&#8217;s inspirations? Here we go! Have a look at this website, <a href=\"https:\/\/asknature.org\/\">AskNature<\/a> and reach out to the <a href=\"https:\/\/biomimicry.org\/\">Biomimicry Institute<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Latest news on sustainable packaging, plastics, and regulations!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/woodmackenzie\/2020\/08\/24\/is-paper-a-more-sustainable-flexible-packaging-material-than-plastic\/#19923fbb12d4\">Is Paper A More Sustainable Flexible Packaging Material Than Plastic?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storaenso.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2020\/8\/stora-enso-to-build-a-pilot-plant-for-bio-based-packaging-foam\">Stora Enso to build a pilot plant for bio-based packaging foam<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/paper-forest-products-and-packaging\/our-insights\/pulp-paper-and-packaging-in-the-next-decade-transformational-change#\">Pulp, paper and packaging in the next decade: Transformational Change<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packagingdigest.com\/trends-issues\/the-digital-wave-revolutionizing-packaging-operations\">The Digital Wave: Revolutionizing Packaging Operations (packagingdigest.com)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/news\/us-government-packaging-strategy-food-loss\/\">US government&#8217;s packaging strategy to combat food loss (packaging-gateway.com)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasticsengineering.org\/2024\/06\/upcycling-coffee-grounds-a-packaging-alternative-005262\/#!\">Upcycling Coffee Grounds: A Packaging Alternative | Plastics Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packagingdigest.com\/trends-issues\/what-top-ceos-say-about-packaging-consumers-and-sustainability\">What Top CEOs Say About Packaging, Consumers, and Sustainability (packagingdigest.com)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday Nestl\u00e9 published its new &quot;Creating Shared Value and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sustainability?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sustainability<\/a>&quot; report.  Its claim that 81.9% of its <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/plastic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#plastic<\/a> packaging is now designed for recycling is impressive, but prioritises recycling over addressing the whole plastic cycle to obviate the need to recycle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cqMPdMqvbz\">pic.twitter.com\/cqMPdMqvbz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Governing Plastics Network (@plasticsgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/plasticsgov\/status\/1638504572925759493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Governing Plastics Network (on Twitter &amp; Facebook @plasticsgov)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources for Professional Development, Research and Teaching Latest news on sustainable packaging, plastics, and regulations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":247,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":788,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}