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Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
Climate Change, Politics, Jan 30th, 2012,
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability is presenting its report today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to address global problems of growing inequality, economic instability and environmental crisis. The report, entitled Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing ‘contains 56 recommendations to put sustainable development into practice and to mainstream it into economic policy as quickly as possible’. From the report: The signposts are clear: We need to change dramatically, beginning with how we think about our relationship to each other, to future generations, and to the eco-systems that support us. Our mission…
Tags: fossil fuels, global, report, Resilient People Resilient Planet, sustainability, UN
Climate Change, Conservation, Jul 13th, 2010,
The Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne, has founded an international project against ecological disaster, the International Sustainability Unit. Prince Charles has long been involved in environmental issues and warned last year that there were less than 100 months left to avoid irreversible damage due to climate change. The unit aims to address the depletion of the world’s natural capital by helping to create a consensus as to the best ways to enhance long-term food, water and energy security. –Spokesman for Prince Charles Besides climate change, other environmental issues close to the Prince’s heart include rainforest conservation, stopping…
Tags: Charles, Climate change, development, environmental, international, Prince, sustainability, sustainable, unit, Wales
Climate Change, Green living, Nature, Science & Technology, Wildlife & Flora, May 8th, 2010,
I am not exactly fond of cars or driving, but many people around the world are. These days, it’s become more common for a car company to push out lines of hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, or some other form of “green” transportation. While this step is nice and all, it made me wonder: what else are all the car companies doing to help the environment? If you were to consider everything that goes into putting a car on the road—from mining and drilling for resources to fuel and build the car, to building all the offices, plants, dealerships, parking lots,…
Tags: cars, environment, environmental efforts, Ford, General Motors, GM, Green, helping the environment, honda, list, Nissan, sustainability, top 5, Toyota, Transportation, vehicles
Green living, May 2nd, 2010,
The Greendex survey is an annual study that measures consumption in terms of environmental impact among consumers from a sample of countries in both the developed and developing world. Conducted by National Geographic and the polling firm GlobeScan, Greendex’s chief goal is to gauge the impact of consumer behavior within the energy, transportation, travel and consumer goods sectors. This quantitative consumer study of 17,000 consumers in a total of 17 countries (14 in 2008) asked about such behavior as energy use and conservation, transportation choices, food sources, the relative use of green products versus traditional products, attitudes towards the environment…
Tags: consumer, consumption, environmental, Greendex, impact, National Geographic, survey, sustainability, sustainable
Climate Change, Green living, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 23rd, 2010,
One Dutch inventor is proof that anyone can make a difference when it comes to the environment. Pieter Hoff, a former flower exporter turned invetor, has created the Groasis Waterboxx. This nifty invention makes it possible to grow trees and bushes in the most unlikely places, such as on rocks, across deserts, throughout eroded areas, and so forth. How? The Groasis Waterboxx acts as a water incubator by producing water from an internal condensation process. The process is caused by artificial stimulation and does not require the use of any energy. It’s also capable of collecting rain. To prove its…
Tags: bushes, Groasis Waterboxx, growth, invention, Pieter Hoff, plants, sustainability, trees
Green living, Science & Technology, Apr 19th, 2010,
Last week, IBM announced a new requirement for all of its suppliers: they must install management systems that will track and report environmental data. The new requirement includes 28,000 suppliers throughout more than 90 countries. It also includes the suppliers’ subcontractors—if the subcontractors’ products or services end up as a significant part of IBM’s supply chain. Environmental data that will need to be reported includes: energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, waste and recycling. IBM is also requiring their suppliers to set environmental goals and publicize their progress in reaching them. IBM’s vice president for global supply and chief procurement officer,…
Tags: energy, environmental data, goals, greenhouse gas emissions, IBM, Recycling, reports, requirements, subcontractors, suppliers, sustainability, waste
Climate Change, Politics, Jan 7th, 2010,
Britain must grow more food, while using less water and reducing emission of greenhouse gases, to respond to the challenge of climate change and growing world populations, the environment secretary, Hilary Benn, said yesterday. –Guardian U.K. environment secretary Hilary Benn has called for a change in how Britain consumes and produces its food. The British government’s 20 year plan highlights research, technology and sustainability, and is consumer-led, with the onus on the public to buy green, waste less and grow more. The idea is that if the buyers demand greener products, then British businesses will follow suit and produce them….
Tags: Britain, Climate change, environment, farming, food, Green, Hilary Benn, plan, secretary, sustainability, U.K.
Conservation, Green living, Nature, Nov 8th, 2009,
Yet another display has been created to raise awareness on trees and their usage, or rather, the waste of them. Lukas Koh—a Korean designer—created T-issue (Tree Issue) to raise such awareness about sustainability, in a most simple way. By using a tissue box made from 100% recycled paper and the graphic of a tree, Koh is making an effort to help people understand the serious link between trees and the tissue use that comes from them. In other words, it shows people the ratio between how many tissues people use to how many trees are cut down in order to…
Tags: environment, Nature, paper, Recycling, sustainability, trees
Politics, Science & Technology, Videos & Documentaries, Oct 14th, 2009,
Once a polluted industrial area, the urban community of Hammarby Sjöstad, south of the center of Sweden’s capital city Stockholm, is a bright example of evolution towards sustainable urban development. The goal of Hammarby Sjöstad – Hammarby “Lake City” – is to create a district that minimizes the consumption of resources by using energy and waste recycling to provide for the community’s own needs. According to Nordic Energy Solutions, a web portal showcasing advances in energy efficiency in the Nordic countries, Hammarby hopes to produce only half the environmental emissions of comparable communities in Stockholm that were built in the…
Tags: Bo01, Hammarby Sjöstad, sustainability, sustainable, Sweden, urban
