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Ernst Ligteringen, CEO of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), speaks in this interview with ClimateActionProgramme about the role of climate change reporting within the GRI.
Interesting to note is Ernst’s answer to the question,
“What are the next steps on reporting climate change mitigation?”
“I think there is still so much to [...]
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A few weeks ago, my daughter came home quite distraught from school. “Daddy, the polar bears and penguins are dying and it is our fault” she declared at the dinner table. Having spent many hours admiring the polar bears and penguins at the Central Park Zoo, this was something that all three of our kids immediately agreed was to be stopped. So they wanted to know what could be done about it. We had one of the better dinner discussions in a lo...
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Scientists at Harvard University and IBM are hoping to harness the power of a million idle computers to develop a new, cheaper form of solar power that could revolutionize the green energy world.
Researchers have launched the project using IBM's World Community Grid, which taps into volunteers' computers across the globe to run calculations on a myriad of compounds - potentially shortening a project that could take 22 years to just two years.
Harv...
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Holiday gift shopping is in full swing and I have had a number of relatives ask me what I would like to get. I always say, please don’t give me more stuff. Stuff basically includes any and all physical objects (excluding books). I have long ago crossed the threshold of having too much stuff and find myself spending more and more time getting rid of stuff to unclutter my life. Paul Graham has a longer post describing his similar issues with s...
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Having listened to the The World is Flat over MANY hours on my bike two years ago, I anticipated an intellectual boatride guided by captain Thomas Friedman in his book: Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution — and How It Can Renew America.
The points of the book worth mentioning are as [...]
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Well, what does it mean? Great question…no easy answer. However in my inaugural article over at the MarketingProfs Daily Fix blog, I attempted to the best of my abilities to help fellow marketers understand on a macro level what green and sustainable mean. To check it out, please visit:
http://www.mpdailyfix.com/2008/10/sustainable_green_what_does_it.html One point very much worth mentioning though, is the risk of being labeled as greenwashing is.....
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Yes! Solar, Inc. is introducing its Yes! Mosaic (TM) residential photovoltaic solar home energy system with a a new solar module racking sytem that is geared to the energy requirements of a residence.
ClickRack(TM) streamlines the installation process by virtue of its simple fixed mounting bracket and articulating click-mount assembly. Once the mounting brackets are attached [...]
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While reading through Joel Makower’s Strategies for the Green Economy tonight, I came upon an interesting chapter on PR that rang a “I feel you on that one” inside me. The topic was public relations in a growing green/sustainable marketplace.
I subscribe to quite a few green pr wires, news sites, and blogs through RSS and [...]
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[Video Link for Email/Other Subscribers - 60min] Joel Makower, author of Strategies for the Green Economy, hosted this panel session from an exclusive event called Corporate EcoForum held in San Francisco in early September. Joined onstage with executives from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Ceres, and Waste Management, they discuss barriers and solutions to address energy, water, carbon, health/toxicity, and sustainable materials. Fou...
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The United Nations released a report saying 20 million jobs will be created worldwide by 2030 from the development of alternative energy sources. Manufacturing, installing, and maintaining solar panels should add 6.3 million jobs by 2030 while wind power should add more than 2 million jobs. Even more jobs could be created in the building, recycling, clean vehicle manufacturing sectors, the report said.
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