By Jeff Siegel | Monday, December 17th, 2012 December 22, 2012, is when it’ll go down… The Mississippi River will hit a record low-water mark and barges could be completely halted for up to two weeks, perhaps even longer. Jobs will be lost, food prices will rise. Overall, the economic …
Myanmar And Me: In Conversation with Joseph Stiglitz
By Elsie Maio, Founder, Humanity, Inc. Myanmar (formerly Burma) is filling my geopolitical CSR radar screen. President Obama just came back from the first-ever trip by a U.S. head of state to that country, where he met with both Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar’s reform-minded president, Thein Sein. Read …
Global Wind Energy Outlook 2012
The Global Wind Energy Council and Greenpeace International are pleased to present this fourth edition of the Global Wind Energy Outlook for 2012, the latest product of a collaboration that goes back to 1999. A lot has happened in the intervening years. Wind power has now established itself as a …
The Major Change that Natural Gas Is
* TODAY’S STUDY: THE MAJOR CHANGE THAT NATURAL GAS IS * QUICK NEWS, Decemeber 11: CALIF SUN SHINES BRIGHTER; A WHOLE NEW BIG WIND CONCEPT; CONTROLING ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL’S SEISMIC ISSUE Yesterday * THE STUDY: THE ECONOMY’S ROLE IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE FIGHT * QUICK NEWS, December 10: THE BEST WAYS TO CONNECT WIND AND SUN; THE …
South Africa’s Largest Ever Solar Deal, SolarX, First Solar CEO Interview (Solar News Of The Week)
South Africa’s Largest Ever Solar Deal, SolarX, First Solar CEO Interview (Solar News Of The Week) Posted: 15 Dec 2012 05:11 PM PST Here’s some more top solar energy news from the week (other than our own stories – which you can find via the link above): Rooftop Solar Why …
Europe’s Big Risk Test
Announcement European Energy Review has entered a new phase of its existence. After five years our newsletter and website have been renewed and expanded, and our business model has been changed, to ensure that we can continue to function as the premier independent international energy platform. Register yourself now and become acquainted …
Katerva announces the 51 Finalists for the 2012 Katerva Award
51 new ideas that will change our world 13 December 2012—The Katerva Award has been referred to as the Nobel Prize of Sustainability, highlighting the most innovative projects from around the world. The 2012 Katerva Award Finalists are: Eco-Fuel Africa, Sino-implant, Womankind Worldwide, Voice 4 Girls, The Water Initiative, A …
A Digital Cold War?
The most important result of the World Conference on International Telecom has been to demonstrate that the world now splits into two camps when it comes to the Internet: one is comprised of more authoritarian countries, which would like to turn back the clock and regain sovereignty over their own …
Earth Charter Education Center Programme for Educators – May 2013
Learn how to implement the ethical principles of sustainability in your school or classroom. Join other educators for a one week intensive program which will provide you with ideas, resources and skills for implementing ESD in your work environment. The program introduces sustainable development, and the implications it has for …
A High School Reunion Video Becomes a Film of Global Importance
Children of the Silent Revolution reveals the insight of a special group of young people Viktoria Ershova had a great idea to make her high school reunion special. Why not make a short film showing how the lives of those in her circle of friends had transpired over the past …