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Indigenous Peoples International Declaration on Self-Determination and Sustainable Development

Posted by plantitfilm on Sunday, 29 July 2012 in Sustainable Development

Indigenous Peoples from all regions of the world met at the “Indigenous Peoples International Conference on Sustainable Development and Self Determination,” from June 17 – 19, 2012 at the Museu da República in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is the declaration that will be delivered to worl...

The Next Manufacturing Revolution

Posted by Greg Lavery on Friday, 20 July 2012 in Sustainable Development

Radically better ways of doing business have begun to unlock enormous value for a few far-sighted manufacturers - and now a new organization plans to help UK firms join the revolution A new not-for-profit group has been set up to help the UK benefit from an imminent revolution in the manufacturing...

Aware But Unwilling to Change? Green Guilt Not Enough To Change Behavior

Posted by bchristo on Wednesday, 18 July 2012 in Sustainable Development

by Brigid Milligan According to the National Geographic Society and the consultancy GlobeScan, Americans lag behind the rest of the world regarding sustainable behavior, but notably don’t feel that bad about it. The fourth annual Greendex report studied 17,000 consumers in 17 countries, asking que...

Six themes for business success after the financial crisis

Posted by Greg Lavery on Tuesday, 17 July 2012 in Sustainable Development

By Greg Lavery Our work with business and thought leaders has identified a profound change in the way that businesses are run in the after-financial-crisis (afic) world. This discussion identifies the causes of the change and how businesses are responding. On the input side, capital is scarce, res...

Zambia: Renewable Energy Key to Safe Environment

Posted by EarthDude on Wednesday, 11 July 2012 in Sustainable Development

BY SYLVIA MWEETWA A GERMAN consultant Klaus Heidler has challenged developed nations to consider investing in renewable energy technology which has minimal impact on the environment. Dr Heidler who is Solar Consulting Agency for Sustainable Communication chief executive officer said German...

A New Generation of Sustainable Investment, Trade and Development

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 09 July 2012 in Sustainable Development

Sustainability wasn't always a hot theme, particularly in the world of finance. But looking at the new UNCTAD World Investment Report, that's quickly changing. Every year, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) publishes the World Investment Report, which looks at "non-equi...

Jardim Gramacho dump is being transformed

Posted by Wolf on Monday, 25 June 2012 in Sustainable Development

One of the world's largest open-air landfills, a vast, seaside mountain of trash where thousands of people have made a living sorting through the debris by hand, closes this weekend after 34 years in malodorous service. Long a symbol of ill-conceived urban planning and environmental negligence, Rio...

Environmental health expert discusses healthy city planning

Posted by Aaron on Friday, 22 June 2012 in Sustainable Development

Regular exercise adds about eight years to a person's life — more even than quitting smoking does. That's why a community should design an environment in which people want to walk and bike rather than drive. That's the message Dr. Richard Jackson, the host of the Public Broadcasting Service series ...

A Call to Preserve Biodiversity in Rio

Posted by Angel on Monday, 11 June 2012 in Sustainable Development

An estimated 9 million species of living things inhabit the Earth — plants, animals, fungi and micro-organisms such as algae and bacteria. But those species are disappearing at an alarming rate, and this loss of biodiversity appears to be a major driver of environmental changes that can af...

How to destroy the planet from the comfort of your own home; Part 1

Posted by Angel on Saturday, 02 June 2012 in Sustainable Development

By: Matt Grocoff IS NATURE SAFE FROM OUR HOMES? Homes exist to shelter us from storms, protect us from the elements, and keep us safe from nature. But, is nature safe from our homes? Henry Pollack, author of “A World Without Ice” and who with his colleagues on the International Panel on Climate C...

Hawaii Bans Plastic bags

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 28 May 2012 in Sustainable Development

The Big Island of Hawaii is joining the islands of Maui and Kauai and banning the use of plastic bags. The bill won't take effect until next year and gives businesses and additional year to adjust to using paper bags. Plastic shopping bags are a complicated issue. One one hand, they're much...

The Phase out of the Plastic Bag

Posted by Angel on Sunday, 27 May 2012 in Sustainable Development

Plastic bags are perhaps the largest source of waste from our modern consumer culture. Stores give them out without question for all products big and small. Later, they can be found littered on the sides of roads and highways, hanging from tree branches, floating in rivers and clogging up our landfi...

Scientists can now talk like dolphins

Posted by bchristo on Thursday, 24 May 2012 in Sustainable Development

A new dolphin speaker device could one day help us talk with these remarkably intelligent life forms, scientists say. Dolphins live in a world of sound far beyond our own. They can distinguish very small differences in the frequency or pitch of sound waves, and can hear and generate low-frequency s...

L.A. makes history with ban on plastic bags at stores

Posted by Angel on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 in Sustainable Development

Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation to approve a ban on plastic bags at supermarket checkout lines, handing a hard-fought victory to environmentalists and promising to change the way Angelenos do their grocery shopping.The City Council voted 13 to 1 to phase out plastic bags over the n...

Nigeria Must Regulate CSR Investments

Posted by bensor on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 in Sustainable Development

INTERVIEWCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR), now redefined as Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility, is obviously taking a more sustainable dimension in recent times. Mrs. Ini Onuk, lead consultant at ThistlePraxis, is Nigeria's leading icon in redefining CSR practice. In this interview wit...

G8 Declarations on Short Lived Climate Pollutants

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 21 May 2012 in Sustainable Development

President Obama announced Saturday at the conclusion of the G8 Summit at Camp David, Maryland that the G8 leaders have committed to cutting short-lived climate pollutants to mitigate near-term climate change, save lives, and improve crop yields, and have joined the new Climate and Clean...

Microsoft Moving Towards Carbon Neutrality

Posted by EarthDude on Saturday, 12 May 2012 in Sustainable Development

Microsoft has committed to become carbon neutral beginning on July 1, the start of the company's new fiscal year. The shift results from three years of internal discussions within the company to improve Microsoft's carbon footprint and environmental performance. The company will roll out the new cha...

Our view: Protect earth year-round

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 30 April 2012 in Sustainable Development

Hundreds of people from throughout McHenry County donated a little of their time on Saturday to clean up community parks, wetlands, roadways and other areas in honor of Earth Day. We commend everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to help make their communities a little clean...

10 of Today’s Most Important Environmental Issues

Posted by EarthDude on Sunday, 29 April 2012 in Sustainable Development

While this guide to important environmental issues is not comprehensive, if you’re new to green or simply want a refresher overview, this list neatly summarizes some of our most pressing environmental concerns … some of which cannot be solved simply via creative upcycling or small-space living....

Marking Earth Day in the Big Apple

Posted by amir on Sunday, 22 April 2012 in Sustainable Development

When it was first celebrated in 1970, Earth Day was an innovative way to draw awareness to the world’s natural environment. Twenty million Americans held environmental rallies across the country, spawning the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and some of the first laws to cl...