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2009-04-21 - Wasted years More than a decade after the world agreed a progressive agenda on population and development at the 1994 Cairo conference on the subject, today’s leaders are waking up to the reality of 15 waste 2009-03-23 - Presenting the TIMU architecture The Terra international reserve currency is the basis of the Terra International Monetary Union - the TIMU system. Each nation will have its carbon account become a line in their balance of payment 2009-03-16 - Building confidence for the economy Trust and confidence are the socio-psychological attributes that everyone considers to be essential to get the local and global economies going. How do you build them if the population does n 2009-03-09 - Introducing the Terra International Monetary Union There is an enormous amount of pain and suffering of millions of humans and other sentient fellow creatures on account of the synchronous crises in the global financial system and in the change of the 2009-03-02 - So Long, Salamanders Mesoamerica's salamanders appear to be joining the global decline in amphibian species, like frogs, adding to the evidence of ecological change around the planet. "What's happening to 2009-02-23 - Why Penguins Are More Important Than Ever For the Average American Several of the 17 species of penguin worldwide are in trouble: they face the very real possibility of extinction in this century. Most people love penguins. Therefore, most people are in trouble, goes 2009-02-21 - Final warning In his latest book, The Vanishing Face of Gaia, A Final Warning, James Lovelock is quite clear that the underlying cause of our environmental predicament is the huge growth of the human population, wh 2009-02-16 - Kyoto takes slow road toward eco-tourism The ancient capital of Kyoto conjures up many images among international tourists, ranging from quiet rock gardens and temples to performing geisha. But since 1997, when it hosted the United Nations c 2009-02-09 - Scenarios to 2025: Emerging Futures The 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos featured the release of a series of reports on scenarios to 2025. I consider the period leading up to 2025 to be of great significance for humankind’s chal 2009-02-01 - North American Trees Dying Twice as Fast Our trees are dying. Throughout the western United States, cherished and protected forests are dying twice as fast as they did 20 years ago because of climate change, researchers reported in the journ 2009-01-27 - Vital to Business Survival: Reading the Signs of Change In this era of heightened environmental awareness, the ability to recognize the transformational power of the green movement -- and act on it -- can be the difference between life and death for a busi 2009-01-19 - China starts planning to phase out incandescent lamps China’s top economic planner said Thursday that it has started outlining an action plan to phase out incandescent lamps and promote green lighting to save energy. The National Development and Re 2009-01-13 - High expectations The burden being laid upon Barack Obama as he approaches his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States - to try and solve the world’s problems, along with those of his own country 2009-01-12 - How You Can Start a Farm in Heart of the City Imagine sitting down to a salad of peppery arugula and heirloom tomatoes that you grew yourself. Or a Sunday omelet of eggs laid that morning, served with a thick slice of fresh sourdough, butter and 2009-01-05 - Babbage Cabbage Babbage Cabbage is a new form of empathetic living media used to communicate social or ecological information in the form of a living slow media feedback display. In the fast paced modern world people 2008-12-09 - The Second, Unreasonable Industrial Revolution Sometimes it is hard being an Unreasonable. This week felt like running through quicksand. Every step seemed to lead to further efforts, but little progress. I am sure it’s the same for every so 2008-12-01 - Climate Change in a Changing World: World Leaders Meet in Poznan For about 20 years scientists have issued warnings that the global rise in temperature could lead to irreparable damage to the world’s ecosystems and endanger plant and animal life with disastro 2008-11-27 - Costing the Earth Our recent report on the annual value of coral reefs and mangroves in Belize - put at between US$150-196 million, or between 12 and 15 per cent of the country’s GDP - raises a very topical quest 2008-11-24 - Hope Floats for "Carbon Sinks" As of November 24, 2008, the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is up to 387.968 ppm1, the highest it’s been for at least 650,000 years, and the rate of increase is ever accelerating 2008-11-10 - Financial innovation for a planet in peril Now that a new promising US president will take office on January 20th, 2009, a window of opportunity has widened for transformative leadership, accelerated international cooperation, and politica 2008-11-03 - The Cash in Your Trash: the Value of Recyclables The current economic crisis is affecting the environmental movement in the U.S. and Europe. While the economic crisis has the potential to motivate the creation of more green jobs, and an increased co 2008-10-27 - Philips and MARS join other leading companies such as Siemens, Bovis Lend Lease, National Grid, Johnson & Johnson to present the business case for the need to have a strong Environmental Strategy How do these leading businesses comply with ever increasing environmental legislations and create an environmental strategy that is a profitable? Real-world case studies and practices will be revealed 2008-10-23 - A green economy The world is hotting up , and so is public concern about climate change – despite the distracting financial crash and its economic aftermath. (Indeed, the lack of foresight over the credit crunc 2008-10-18 - Croatians want more renewable energy "Solvis" is the name of the latest production facility for photovoltaics in Croatia. Located in the city of Dubrovnik it finished the construction of a factory hall for production of photovo 2008-10-05 - Turbulent Times: CSR Now needed more than ever before Turbulent times: financial storms in the US and UK will have implications for all of us. Main Street and Wall Street cannot be separated. If the captains of those financial companies 2008-09-21 - National Social Responsibility and Humanitarian Development Much has been written about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) but little of that discussion and lessons learned has been applied to the social responsibility of Nation States. This Monthly F 2008-09-21 - Drilling for Oil is Not the Answer Background: the United States consumes nearly 21 million barrels of petroleum per day (7.5 billion barrels per year), one fourth the world total. (1) - Of the crude oil consumed in the U.S., 66 2008-09-21 - Water for a heating world Spain is to spend 90 million euros planting 45 million indigenous trees – one for every resident - in just over three years, to fight against global warming. This marks an understanding by one g 2008-09-06 - What if global warming is non-linear I think a lot of people believe in global warming and think that the problems are going to occur many decades into the future. The sea level is rising slowly. At the current rate, the sea level will r 2008-08-29 - Red State or Blue, Green Conventions are on the Way Democrats and Republicans have recently learned that planning the greenest national convention "ever" can be somewhat risky, bringing on consequences that include media scrutiny and a degree 2008-08-25 - What Will the Green Economy Look Like? In Denver, Colo., Tom Plant, director of the Governor's Energy Office, is practically giddy. It's just days before the Democratic National Convention kicks off in Colorado's biggest city, 2008-08-22 - Climate cartoons provoke, protest & entertain A recent cartoon competition, set up by a group called Earthworks, gave cartoonists around the world a platform on which to express themselves, and to use their pens and wit to help combat environment 2008-08-18 - Ocean Dead Zones, a Chaotic Nitrogen Cycle and the Earth's Survival Dead oceans means dead humans. Findings that oxygen-starved ocean "dead zones" have doubled every decade since the 1960s, killing massive amounts of marine life at the base of the food 2008-08-10 - Growing footprints Two recent reports from the Global Footprint Network provide striking evidence of the global overshoot in both population and consumption, which threatens to overwhelm our planet by eating up its natu 2008-08-09 - Naomi Klein on China and the Olympics "I think this is an incredibly efficient, actually, a scarily efficient way of organizing society that's actually being celebrated here, which is a hybrid of some of the worst elements of aut 2008-06-29 - Going Green Several new stories on this website highlight the growing predicament of politicians faced with the essential need to cut down fast and firmly on carbon emissions from all sources if the world is to b 2008-06-08 - Science and the 'Routes to Truth' Since Western technocratic culture has globalized so effectively, it is worth reflecting on what that culture considers the "routes to truth," and how they have evolved over the centuries. T 2008-06-02 - Please Don't Go Growing numbers of travelers venture to remote and fragile places knowing that their presence makes matters worse. Here's a discouraging metric: Google the phrase "endangered places" and 2008-05-25 - Pain Today, Pain Tomorrow It’s amazing how pain today trumps pain tomorrow. Every time. Let’s take a look at one burning example: gas prices at the pump versus the on-going planetary ecological collapse 2008-05-15 - Population penny Last month this website speculated that the global food crisis might spur a rethink about population policies and encourage more poor and the fast growing countries to adopt the strategies followed su 2008-05-13 - Slouching toward Bethlehem: A Handy Collaborator’s Guide None of us likes change. Not a t least when it comes to the ways in which we organize our daily lives. And yet there are times when we must shake off our normal lethargy and rise to the challenges tha 2008-04-25 - ‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century Last fall, I used the term “greenwashing” in a panel discussion with business leaders in Austin, Texas. Though this is a phrase my business partner and I have been using since the early &r 2008-04-24 - The business of transparency The venture capital arm of sustainable banking specialists, Triodos, have invested in a business providing companies with a user friendly tool to develop comprehensive information about their entire s 2008-04-09 - The food catalyst Four years ago Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute in Washington, wrote a book documenting the ways that human demands are outstripping the earth‘s natural capacities – a 2008-03-17 - CSR Reporting: Rainbows Versus ROI You’ve heard it all before*. Someone reviews a corporate social responsibility report and complains that there are too many pictures of rainbows and smiling children. There’s not enough ha 2008-03-06 - The Hard Economics of Going Green On January 9, 2008, the London stock market reacted strongly to a 12-week Marks & Spencer trading statement: Same-store sales, excluding new space, were down by 2.2% compared with the previous yea 2008-03-05 - Clean energy It is not always easy to grasp the scale of global change that has to be brought about in the next half century. But graphs and charts can help, as several new ones on this website demonstrate. The fi 2008-02-19 - Taking Care of Business The idea of greening your supply chain goes back more than a decade, when companies began to realize they could reduce their environmental impacts by pushing waste- and toxics-reduction efforts upstre 2008-02-16 - UN PRI cuts its teeth with first public investor campaign Signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) got their first taste of public action earlier this month when investors representing $2.13 trillion in assets, announce 2008-02-14 - Can Farmed and Wild Salmon Coexist? When the cod industry off Canada's eastern shore collapsed in 1992, industrial fisheries could no longer ignore biologists' warnings that the ocean would not sustain unlimited exploitation of 2008-02-08 - Public Private Partnership and CSR The usefulness of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) – what began life as the Private Finance Initiative in the UK under the Major Government as long ago as 1992 – is one of the hot governm 2008-02-07 - Tipping point As UNESCO prepares to launch the Year of Planet Earth in February, it is becoming ever more clear that our world is entering a new age of man-made uncertainties, some of which are. likely to be sudden 2008-01-28 - Consumer Arguments and Producers Every decisionmaking starts with arguing! Why should we do this or why should we buy that? And every time we also want to know in the first place if we are on the right ethical track. So that varying 2008-01-25 - A Discourse on Social Ecology Social Ecology, Environmentalism, Conservation, Ecology, Green movements, green living…………… Why are they all about 'a new morality'? Because we a 2008-01-21 - A New Mindset For Corporate Sustainability Organizations that wish to grow profitably in the future must focus their efforts to benefit shareholders, society and the environment simultaneously, according to a paper published today by a group o 2008-01-07 - Solar revolution The notion that the sun might one day supplant fossil fuels as a source of energy for human needs has been around for a long time. Thomas Edison, who invented the first electric light bulb 129 years a 2007-12-26 - “Worldwide Support Found for Measuring True Wealth of Nations” The “Beyond GDP” Conference in the European Parliament, Nov. 19-20th , released a survey by GLOBESCAN for Ethical Markets Media, LLC, which finds three quarters of people in ten countries 2007-12-17 - Towards Copenhagen The outcome of the Bali climate conference is probably the best that could have been realistically hoped for � and that is considerable. The efforts of a small minority of nations, led by the U 2007-12-15 - China Eats the World Per-capita income in China is less than 1/10 of America's and its per-capita greenhouse gas emission is less than 1/5 of ours. But if 1.3 billion Chinese were to consume at the level Americans 2007-12-09 - A dance for diplomats Earlier this week, I caught up with Peter Goldmark, Program Director for Climate & Air at US NGO Environmental Defense. I asked him what he thought would be the major cleavage points of the Bali n 2007-12-09 - Does the “car of the future” have a future? On September 29, 1993, President Bill Clinton, Vice-President Al Gore, the chief executives of G.M., Chrysler, and Ford, and the head of the United Auto Workers gathered in the White House Rose Garden 2007-12-08 - Shift from green small talk to Big walk There seems to be a change in the discussions regarding sustainable energy. Up to now green talk was good enough ('99% of green claims are greenwash', see recent study by Terrawatch here). Now 2007-11-28 - Bali bullet As the world’s leaders head for the UN climate change talks in Bali (December 3-14), the true human scale of the approaching crisis – and the seismic shift in attitudes and behaviour that 2007-11-27 - Are We Making a Difference? Measuring the Social and Environmental Impacts of Small and Medium Enterprises New Ventures entrepreneur Ben Ripple had plenty to say at the Triple Bottom Line Conference in Paris last week, where he participated in a WRI-organized panel on monitoring and evaluating non-financia 2007-11-27 - Has the Greening of CSR Gone Too Far? Al Gore has done a great job in bringing the environmental debate to the top of the agenda – if only he had made as much effort on one key social issue when he had the chance, the world would ha 2007-11-26 - Precious goal Two recent London meetings raise the question ‘What hope for the Millennium Goals?’ Both conferences, the one on maternal health and the other on safe abortion, related to Goal Five: to re 2007-11-09 - The core of climate change knowledge finally to be brought together in Valencia From 12 to 16 November, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will convene in Valencia, Spain, to discuss and adopt a synthesised version of its Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Chan 2007-11-09 - New Scientist China special: Growing pains of a superpower THE 21st century, we are told, will be China's. Usually this is intended as a warning: if the world's leading economies fail to respond to the Chinese "threat", we will face a second 2007-10-27 - Scientists for Global Responsibility condemns the UK government on renewables policy change Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) condemns the government decision to abandon its target of 20% of UK electricity generated from renewable energy sources by 2020. The government ha 2007-10-12 - Planet Wins Nobel Prize The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a triumph for the planet and its inhabitants, who will increasingly s 2007-09-09 - In search of the good company IF YOU believe what they say about themselves, big companies have never been better citizens. In the past decade, “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) has become the norm in the boardro 2007-07-11 - The End of Cheap Food The era of cheap food is over. The price of corn (maize) has doubled in a year, and wheat futures are at their highest in a decade. The food price index in India has risen 11 per 2007-06-19 - UK's first zero emissions home With the new housing regulations coming into effect in England, which will mandate that all homes in the country be emission free by 2016, the race was on for designers and builders to come up with th 2007-06-07 - How to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Now Support is growing in the 110th Congress for legislation to counter climate change. Yet action on any of the major cap-and-trade proposals will leave a critical policy gap. None of the proposed system 2007-06-03 - Is desalination drought answer? Northern California just endured its driest winter in 20 years. The state's population is growing by half a million people a year. New dams are controversial. And this week, a two-inch endangered 2007-05-02 - Sustainable Development: from words to action The notion of sustainability has entered the development lexicon. Michael Hopkins asks why it took so long and how the idea has been transformed in its encounter with reality. [Note: article originall 2007-04-02 - Global Sustainable Investing - the Next Stage in the Evolution of Socially Responsible Investing Global Sustainable Investing, represents a higher standard of investing and is based on a carefully-researched universe of companies. These companies have chosen to integrate sustainable business prac 2007-03-26 - Time is ripe to push for free public transport Earlier this month Scotland's two biggest banks announced profits of £15 billion between them. That represents a tenfold increase in the 10 years since New Labour came to power. The rich hav 2007-03-25 - Clean Energy Index founder does well at doing good Robert Wilder's array of solar panels enables him to hold his electric bill to $30 a year, despite having a house filled with electronic gizmos. From his solar-heated swimming pool to the custo 2007-03-20 - Business: 'Climate action useless without global support' EU leaders have agreed to cut emissions of greenhouse gases by up to 30% within 13 years but the real battle will be in convincing the world's other big polluters to follow suit, according to busi 2007-03-08 - Building a Biofuels Alliance President Bush and Congress have promoted the increased use of biofuels such as ethanol as key to achieving American "energy independence." But breaking free of the U.S. reliance on impor 2007-03-04 - How Gore's massive energy consumption saves the world Stop me if you've heard this before, but the other day the Rev. Al Gore declared that "climate change" was "the most important moral, ethical, spiritual and political issue human 2007-02-25 - How many EU members does it take to change a light bulb? The Australian government's decision to ban traditional incandescent light bulbs has inspired German lawmakers to propose similar measures for their country, but the EU has no intention to introdu 2007-02-25 - The truth about coal Last Wednesday (Feb. 21), members of the Rainforest Action Network, a scrappy little advocacy group, assembled in New York outside the Citigroup Center, where Merrill Lynch has a branch office. Dresse 2007-02-20 - Nanotechnology & Energy Interview with Paul Holister, a Thought Leader at the LAB on Old and New ENERGY, Clun of Amsterdam 2007-02-15 - Skills for a low carbon economy? The Stern review on the economics of climate change makes a powerful case for a substantial change in policy, if we are to avoid economic as well as environmental melt down. For his message to hit hom 2007-02-13 - Reflections on NYTimes story of Niger farmers' regreening success On February 11 the New york Times published a story on the amazing success of rural farmers in Niger at reversing desertification by a simple but ingeniously implemented strategy : planting and taking 2007-02-11 - Environment summit aims to involve kids Local environmental groups hope to stir a passion for saving the planet among area children when they host Muskegon's first environment summit for kids. The free event, called "Youth and Envi 2007-02-11 - FTSE4Good sets out climate criteria Companies will have to meet a new set of climate change criteria or face expulsion from the FTSE4Good socially responsible investment (SRI) index family. Mark Makepeace, chief executive of the FTSE Gr 2007-02-04 - Climate Change Only One Symptom of a Stressed Planet Earth In releasing its latest comprehensive report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) focuses an important spotlight on the current state of the Earth’s climate. However, climate ch 2007-01-31 - Davos: The sorcerer's apprentice hands the stick back - just in time, at 2 minutes to 12 ? The World Economic Forum in Davos last week showed a remarkable next step - effectively a corrective step backwards - in the competition for global power between states and corporations. The past cent 2007-01-28 - Stavros Dimas: Why a Global Response needs European Leadership on Climate Change According to EU's Stavros Dimas, "Because as the scientific evidence accumulates it is clear that the fight against climate change is much more than a battle. It is a world war that will l 2007-01-23 - A fixed-income solution to global warming The threat of dangerous disruption to our global climate is a real one. According to the UK government's Stern review, climate change will have a potentially devastating effect on the economies of 2007-01-22 - New Developments in Sustainable Technology Sustainable technology is making significant advances across several industries -- and that's encouraging news for a nation that is largely dependent upon countries outside of the United States fo 2007-01-21 - Can the World's Biggest Companies 'Combat Climate Change'? Two thousand seven is barely a fortnight old, but it's already shaping up to be the year that climate change action reaches a tipping point. The signs seem to be everywhere. For example, the Londo 2007-01-14 - Urban growth and cars: Chicken-and-egg issue Rachel and Emmet O'Connell swear that they are not car people and that they worry about global warming. Indeed, they looked miserable one recent evening as they drove home from central Dublin to t 2007-01-14 - Hemp is Good for You: A Brief Guide to Deliciously Nutritious Hempfoods Putting aside all of the political lunacy which prohibits the present-day cultivation of industrial hemp in the United States, hemp is known by many worldwide as “nature’s perfect food. 2007-01-09 - Independence from the Corporate Global Economy Call it "globalization," or the "free market," or "capitalism." Whatever its name, people across the United States and throughout the world are experiencing the devastati 2007-01-07 - Winds of Change for the New Year A brand new year has started as more and more people, organizations and nations seem to be awaking to the fact that change is in the air – in more then one sense. This past weekend young people 2007-01-03 - Special taxes could help save the planet from global warming What do we owe to our great-great-great- grandchildren? What actions are we obligated to take now in order to diminish the risks to our descendants and our planet from the increasing likelihood of glo 2006-12-29 - Giving Disposable Chopsticks a Life Cycle Japanese people eat with chopsticks, and most chopsticks used in Japan are made of wood. Chopsticks are also used in South Korea, North Korea, China, and Viet Nam, while in Southeast Asia they are nor 2006-12-17 - Kyoto Gets a Slap in the Face from Canada Much to the surprise of most Canadians and the world community, Canada is reneging on its international commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which could weaken an international agreement to figh 2006-12-10 - A brighter future for Europe Fractured policy creation One of the most striking aspects of ongoing debates regarding sustainability, security 2006-12-02 - Green Fashionista Model Summer Rayne Oakes is more than just a pretty face. Oakes is also an expert on sewage sludge and a sustainable fashion consultant. She gives host Bruce Gellerman the skinny on turning bamboo int 2006-11-29 - Implications of the 2006 Elections for US Climate Policy The 2006 elections have significantly improved the prospects of reasonable climate policy in the United States. While it is not yet clear how many of the newly-elected senators and representativ 2006-11-26 - New Solutions from Technology: Biota Spring Water David Zutler is the founder of BIOTA Spring Water, the first bottling company to use biodegradable bottles made from cornstarch. Fourteen years ago, David Zutler and his brother decided to go into 2006-11-20 - Being Green a Marketing 'Must,' Says UK Study Fifty percent of marketing and PR management believe that an organization's green credentials are important to customers; and 84% predict this importance is likely to grow further over the next tw 2006-11-19 - At stake is nothing less than the survival of human civilisation We have the opportunity to become the Greatest Generation, responding to our climate debate – but only if we take urgent action to limit global warming. A former colleague of mine in the US S 2006-11-13 - Keeping it clean Cooking tortillas all day over a smoky woodstove has badly affected the respiratory health of thousands of Mexican women, who make their living out of selling this popular fast-food. Around 95% of 2006-11-05 - The UN and the Principle of Sharing In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human rights. All the world’s nations agreed that every human being in the world had the right to adequate fo 2006-10-29 - Western NGOs and Islam: How to counter the image of “missionaries and spies” European and American development aid and emergency relief workers have a proud record of bringing assistance to the world’s disaster zones. But are they culturally insensitive? Moustafa Osman o 2006-10-29 - Next views on assurance The G3 guidelines that were recently published introduce a three-level approach to reporting in accordance with the guidelines. In addition, a “+” can be attributed to reports that have 2006-10-17 - Regime Change in the USA Increasingly desperate Republican politicians are trying to distance themselves from President Bush and his co-president Cheney. The administration finds it harder to spin the tragic fiasco in I 2006-10-08 - Tree Planting and Carbon Guilt I have long been an advocate of tree planting - particularly native species to abet ecological restoration. Indeed, I have planted over 1,000 myself over past years. Many are promoting the benefits of 2006-10-07 - Margot Wallström: CSR Reporting and Sustainable Development as Tools for Smart Growth From Al Gore I have picked up, at least two things, the value of good images to illustrate your political point and how effectively our children influence our political priorities. Ladies and gentleme 2006-09-25 - Why is ‘green’ stuck on red? Everything points to socially-responsible investment being hugely popular but, as Brian Spence points out, investors are woefully underserved by products and providers. With “green&rd 2006-09-24 - An even brighter idea Lighting technology: The light bulb is synonymous with invention. But, as this case history explains, it may lose out to the light-emitting diode, which is better in many ways. HOW long doe 2006-09-24 - Bigger is not necessarily better in hydrogen storage University of Nottingham scientists have made a breakthrough which could help in the development of the next generation of environmentally-friendly cars. Their latest findings on hydrogen storage coul 2006-09-24 - Buy towels, save the planet You thought bamboo was for holding up your tomato plants. That's so last century. Now, it's the hottest green material going, with everything from bedding to clothing being made from the fast- 2006-09-24 - The religious war on bottled water Bottled water has never gone down smoothly with many environmentalists, who view it as an extravagantly wasteful way of quenching a thirst, but the product is facing criticism from an unexpected sourc 2006-09-22 - Power from Not-So-Hot Geothermal This power system could make it feasible to generate cheap electricity from lukewarm geothermal sources. A large share of the geothermal resources suitable for power generation--those with temperature 2006-09-17 - Covalence updated Banking Industry CSR Report In a 50 pages research report Covalence offers a thorough analysis of ethical issues and challenges regarding 25 major companies in the banking industry from 2001 to June 2006. Thousands of positive a 2006-09-17 - A whole community built on green ideas High Point townhomes were built by the Dwelling Co. with the environment in mind and feature efficient gas fireplaces, Energy Star dishwashers and countertops made from recycled paper. When 2006-09-16 - Organic Goes Commercial Trends and fads are born from the top down. A faction of either the highly privileged, wealthy, or hip embrace an idea or concept not accessible to the majority of America’s normies. As the buzz 2006-09-07 - Community Renewable Energy Is Just Around the Corner For decades, the conventional wisdom about developing energy projects in the United States has been that ”big” always meant cheaper, and therefore better, projects. This produced what has 2006-09-07 - Peak Oil Forecasters Win Converts on Wall Street to $200 Crude On a sweltering Tuesday in mid-July, in the fields outside Pisa, Italy, Willem Kadijk scribbles notes as a ragtag troupe of doomsayers predict the end of the Oil Age. With his shaved head, jeans and s 2006-08-11 - PEAK resources The annual ASPO world conference of the fossil geology and economics experts in Pisa this July was interesting for an unexpected reason. The estimates of the Peak years continue largely unchanged - 2006-07-30 - UNEP report shows sustainability link to share prices The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has published a report in which it claims that environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues affect shareholder value in th 2006-07-24 - Nanotechnology, Water, and Development In 2002, 1.1 billion people lacked access to a reliable water supply and 2.6 billion people lacked access to adequate sanitation, resulting in the death of 4,500 children a day due to waterborne disea 2006-07-23 - Chinese 'Green' fund promotes development China's ongoing battle to achieve sustainable development entered a new realm this year as Bank of China ushered in the concept of investing in sustainable, long-term projects. In Febru 2006-07-23 - Where are the global warming skeptics in Europe? If you canvas a wide variety of news (what journalist doesn't?) and read some newspapers in Europe, you'll notice something about their coverage of global warming: no skeptics. That's righ 2006-06-25 - The world needs a more democratic United Nations Since the end of the Second World War the world has seen breathtaking geopolitical changes and technological breakthroughs, but our system of international governance has failed to keep pace with t 2006-05-26 - Rome-ing the Environment Concerns about the impact of China's development on the global environment are mounting. But as Lila Buckley of Beijing-based Global Environment Insitute experienced first-hand, there is a surpris 2006-05-24 - The world after oil peaks Peak oil is described as the point where oil production stops rising and begins its inevitable long-term decline. In the face of fast-growing demand, this means rising oil prices. But even if oil prod 2006-05-21 - How to Help the Poor Out of Poverty In the last few decades, some progress has been made in helping poor people overcome poverty across the world. However, hundreds of millions still remain trapped in poverty. Stephen C. Smith, author o 2006-05-11 - World Bank: “Little Green Data Book 2006” Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions continue to rise with a mix of old and new polluters, according to the Little Green Data Book 2006, launched today on the occasion of the Fourteenth Session of the Unit 2006-05-11 - Education for Sustainability Boost Welcomed The budget news that $13 million will be spent on education for sustainable development is a significant step towards sustainability says the Secretary-General of the NZ National Commission for UNESCO 2006-05-11 - Flagship 'learning village' wins praise from energy minister Energy minister Malcolm Wicks has praised a new development in Croydon for its innovative design and energy-efficient features. Ashburton Learning Village was completed in March and is home to a 2006-05-11 - Record 58 firms in JSE's SRI Index Fifty-eight companies have been included in the JSE's Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) index following this year's review, making for the highest success rate of companies meeting the cr 2006-05-11 - The Critical Importance of Risk Management While some companies develop sustainability strategies based on ethical motives, most firms do so for business reasons. Sustainability strategies can decrease sustainability risk costs, augment compet 2006-05-10 - The digital sector can make poor nations prosper Approximately two in every three people in the US have direct access to a computer. In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than two in every 100 do. Narrowing this digital divide, by giving more 2006-05-01 - Base of the Pyramid: Sustainable Business from the Bottom up Martin Fisher and Upendra Bhatt are two of the most important people you've never heard of. And that's fine by them. They would rather be popular among poor Kenyans and Indians than featured 2006-04-26 - 2006 Shareholder Resolutions Emphasize Climate, Toxics, and Donations Social, environmental and corporate governance shareholder resolutions are seeing another robust year in 2006, according to the Social Investment Forum. An estimated 180 social and environmental share 2006-04-23 - Measuring Environmental Impact: True Value Added Despite its best efforts, industry continues to generate and discharge enormous amounts of wastes that pollute the natural environment and impose damages on households and other enterprises. Economi 2006-04-17 - The Rust Belt is Turning Green I hear it all too frequently when I travel throughout North America and abroad. "Where are you from?" they ask. I say, "the Detroit area." They say, "Oh" and then pause. When most people think o 2006-04-14 - Global Footprint Network conference in Siena, PNN media partner The Global Footprint Network has appointed Planet2025 News Network as a media partner for its global conference, that is to be held in Siena, Italy, June 2006. At the conference, the Planet 2025 netwo 2006-04-01 - Achieving Sustainability of Government Operations: State of Sustainability Reporting Among Federal Agencies Executive Summary Since the 1990s, efforts have increased to improve the ability to quantify the economic, environmental, and social performance of companies. In 2004, the Global 2006-03-27 - What dynamic local leaders can teach us about environmental stewardship Courageous mayors of major cities around the world are tackling seemingly intractable problems - traffic gridlock, air pollution and climate change - and they are winning. They have made env 2006-02-26 - The rise and rise of CSR "An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. " Evan Esar
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