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Green living, Politics, Videos & Documentaries, Mar 19th, 2012,
The city of Richmond, California is fighting a local recession with origins that stretch back at least 60 years. For this economically depressed city the answer to the boom and bust style of business that often leaves communities in tatters is a democratic, cooperative model inspired by the Mondragon Corporation, a federation of worker-owned cooperatives in Spain’s Basque region. Richmond was an industrial boomtown during the Second World War, but suffered a harsh economic downturn in the post war years. Unemployment is currently at 17% in the city and crime is high. But cooperatives are offering hope in the form…
Tags: Business, California, cooperative, Mondragon, Richmond, Spain
Conservation, Nature, Politics, Jul 14th, 2010,
Economist Pavan Sukhdev is the independent study leader of a European Union research project, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) hosted by the UN Environment Program (UNEP). Sukhdev has argued that current economic models do not sufficiently address the true value of nature and natural resources outside of commerce. He is a proponent of the concept of ‘natural capital’, in which a value is placed on food, clean water, clean air, forests, etc, but without commodifying nature. Poor rural populations who live outside of consumption-based economies value nature because they depend on it to survive rather than because they…
Tags: biodiversity, Business, corporation, economic, ecosystem, Europe, European, forestry, forests, government, natural, Nature, resources, UN, value
Politics, Videos & Documentaries, Weird Stuff, Apr 1st, 2010,
APOPO is an organization that uses specially trained African Pouched Rats to detect landmines in Mozambique. It was founded by Belgian Bart Weetjens, who is both a Buddhist monk and a rodent enthusiast. A business and registered charity in Belgium that is headquartered in Tanzania, APOPO’s self-described vision ‘is to develop appropriate detection technologies, to empower vulnerable communities.’ It does this with the help of ‘Hero Rats.’ From a BBC News report: Rats, according to Apopo, are much faster than men using metal detectors and are not distracted by metal contaminants. They are much cheaper to maintain than dogs and…
Tags: Africa, APOPO, Bart, Business, hero rat, hero rats, landmines, mines, Mozambique, rats, Weetjens
Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Feb 18th, 2010,
![]( "<!--:en-->Full disclosure: Multinational corporations")
' src='http://gf2.statico.be/wp-content/themes/greenfudge/thumbnails/7465.jpg' alt='full-disclosure-multinational-corporations-feed-us-rainforests' class='art-teaser' width='95' height='95' /> A new report by the Forest Footprint Disclosure initiative discloses how global business is destroying the one of the world’s most valuable resources: its rainforests. A UK government backed project, Forest Footprint Disclosure’s aim is to inform investors and the public about how organizations contribute to deforestation. The results are not good: the beef, soy, palm oil, biofuels and lumber industries all significantly cause rainforest destruction – and they are all big moneymakers. In the current economic model, cold hard cash is worth a lot more than natural capital. Despite pockets of growing awareness, this model of heedless, irresponsible consumption…
Tags: BBC, Brazil, Brazilian, Business, companies, food, Forest Footprint Disclosure, investor, multinational, rainforest
Green living, Jan 15th, 2010,
Across the internet, you’ll find a world of information on environmental news, how to live green, how to calculate your carbon footprint, tips on saving energy, and so forth. More sites, programs, widgets and applications come out every single day. Obviously, you can’t keep track of them all. How do you decide which ones are worth checking out? Are they legitimate programs or just another form of greenwashing? Well, I’ve tried to save you some of the guesswork by creating this list. Here, you will find some green widgets or eco-friendly sites that are definitely worth checking out. 10. Trip…
Tags: applets, applications, apps, building, Business, calculators, carbon footprint, ECO, eco-friendly, environment, environmental, Green, home, Kids, organic, programs, Recycling, tips, travel, websites, widgets
