Serving people, planet and profit: An 'integrated bottom-line' approach to looking at business for entrepreneurs, activists, and decision makers
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The World Social Forum takes place annually to provide a meeting ground for civil society organisations, networks and individuals to explore the progression of social movements across the globe. Those attending the function become equipped with the latest knowledge on social development, struggles and innovation in the field.
The WSF hopes to facilitate networking among organisations, both local and international, that are working in a sustainable manner towards quality of life improvements for the world’s poor.
The date for the 2009 World Social Forum has been confirmed by the International Council. It will happen from January 27th 2009 until February 1st 2009 in Belem, Para, Brazil. Persons and organisations are invited to register for the event to
"come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, for formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action.”
If you've ever been on a road trip, you've probably seen this sight at a rest stop: one, or many...[read more]
USAID, NASA and development partners have released the beta version of the Climate Mapper tool for SERVIR Viz, 3-D visualization software and an initial accompanying data set designed to assist development planners gauge the effects of climate change on any given landscape.[read more]
Watch as two roofing engineers with California-based roofing contractor DRI Energy install 2.25 kilowatts' worth of Lumeta PowerPly modules on a roof in Irvine in just under 35 minutes.[read more]
Today, a dozen companies will reveal plans to implement business expertise, including the use of their technology and innovations to...[read more]
If you are one of those people out there who thinks a green car means you have to own...[read more]
Though it’s quickly grown into a multi-billion dollar market and template for other emissions trading systems, the EU’s ETS has exhibited some significant growing pains and continues to generate debate. An interim analysis and report of the ETS Phase I trail period finds that modest emissions reductions were realized and, more importantly, the pathway to greater reductions is being paved. [read more]
Despite the amount of time we spend in homes and offices, most of us are not aware of the...[read more]
GridPoint Inc.and Duke Energy announced positive results from what is believed to be the first commercial test of utility-controlled “smart charging” for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).[read more]
Cambridge, Massachusetts has earned a reputation as a community promoting forward-thinking energy and environmental policies. From sustainable building to transportation and...[read more]
The DoE's National Renewable Energy Lab announced MoU's for two public-private partnerships in the past two days: one on the Hawaiian island of Maui where it will work with UPC to research and develop wind energy resources in line with Gov. Lingle's Clean Energy Initiative, and a second with Conoco-Phillips and Iowa State U. to develop biomass-to-fuel conversion technologies making use of corn stalks, hardy grasses, fast growing trees and other non-food vegetable organic matter.[read more]
Foresters, climatolgists and environmental agencies are devoting much time and effort to figure out a way to include deforestation abatement into the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development and carbon trading schemes. A recently released discussion paper examines the potential effects carbon credits would have on forest conservation and use.[read more]
Israel’s southernmost Eilot region is a special place in several respects. For one, the desert blooms here, thanks to an aquifer that has turned it into an agricultural center. It also holds a unique place in the hearts and minds of the world’s birds, ornithologists and birding enthusiasts, as it in the migratory route for hundreds of species making their way north to Eurasia and their breeding grounds. It’s also a budding center of entrepreneurial spirit and renewable energy, home to the Arava Power Co., which is hatching plans to build a 500 kWhr solar farm on Kibbutz Ketura.[read more]
Reconnect is a partnership between Dell Computer and Goodwill Industries offering consumers in participating cities a computer recycling and reuse program. Goodwills in...[read more]
Streamlining and expanding the UNFCCC’s Clean Development Mechanism will be key priorities for 2008, according to Rajesh Kumar Sethi, the recently appointed chair of the CDM Executive Board.[read more]
Looking to draw attention and redress the staggering fact that some 49% of the world's population lack access to basic sanitation and safe, sustainable water sources, the UN has launched a global financing mechanism, the Global Sanitation Fund, and is organizing World Sanitation Day events in Geneva and New York.[read more]
The potential environment, health and safety risks of nano-engineered materials are increasingly coming under scrutiny as growing numbers of these new and unique materials find their way into everything from high-tech electronics to food. While public interest groups are pushing for new, stronger and separate approval and regulation, governments continue to believe that existing legal statutes and regulatory structures are sufficient.[read more]
Green certification programs such as the Green Council’s EPEAT are an effective means of getting past organizational greenwash…Even more importantly, they’re making an increasing, positive impact on electronics recycling volumes and practices. Individual consumers need to help shoulder the burden, however, and OEMs can do more to make it easier to recycle and reuse products and parts.[read more]
Last week I participated in a ritual that's becoming increasingly common these days: replacing a (mostly) functional cell phone....[read more]
Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Circuits, are developing new thermoelectric generators that tap into the temperature differences between the human body and the external environment to generate low voltage currents that can power small electronic devices.[read more]
I was introduced to the 3form company at a local green gathering recently. The company produces materials for the...[read more]
At the invitation of the U.S. government, public and private sector leaders will be gathering in Washington D.C. early March for WIREC 2008, the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference. The third such event, organizers are busy lining up voluntary pledges from participants to promote and foster renewable energy, which are to be collected and publicly released as the Washington International Action Plan.[read more]
One problem consumer’s face when wanting to use biofuels is building an in-house processor for creating biodiesel to further...[read more]
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