Filed in archive CSR
by mstandaert on August 31, 2006
(Cartoon from Rob Millard) Simon McKeon at The Age on CSR as a grassroots movement: While CSR has so much to offer, it has not exactly been a smooth ride to date, and nor will it be in the future.......
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That seems to be the question of the day. The answer? That it has a myriad of problems and naming one of its problems at the chief culprit for the lack of development across the continent doesn't...
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I don't know about you, but I'm of two minds about this article on studying abroad at the Baltimore Sun. Part of me thinks, yes, great, more students should be encouraged to study abroad. It...
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(Art from the Center for Sustainable Communities) From CSR-News.net, word that the third Tremblant Forum on corporate responsibility and sustainability will be held at Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, on...
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Filed in archive Social Enterprise
by on August 29, 2006
I was down in Big Sur today and met with Adam Kirchner, who stands next to his creation in the picture above. This trailer houses a self-contained bio-diesel station on wheels which will soon be...
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Is Scottish Gas the right organization to carry out Scotland's fuel poverty programme? Some don't think so: Politicians and campaigners expressed dismay yesterday after a contract to carry out...
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Filed in archive Personal
by mstandaert on August 25, 2006
(Picture from RogueCom) I'm finally about to get started on expanding our coverage here at Audeamus after getting a bit bogged down by other work the past few weeks. So instead of the simple...
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(World Water Week) The Private Sector Development Blog has a number of great links to information sources on World Water Week and water issues in general: water management, scarcity, agricultural...
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(Pic from WRD Environmental) From FAZ out of Germany, news of a Netherlands based venture capital fund focusing on sustainable technology start ups. More on Start Green in their press release (pdf)....
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I'm optimistic it can be found, if we get the right visionary leadership. But the pessimistic side of me thinks that's a longshot. A story from the IPS on the Global Environment Facility...
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(From the McCoy Library, SIU) Story from the Washington File, via AllAfrica: Stories of what can go wrong in the delivery of development aid to the poor and emergency assistance to disaster victims...
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(Picture from StaytoPlay) It would be great to see more cities follow suit. Does anyone know of any other cities that are doing something similar to Edmonton? From the Edmonton Journal: Banks lend...
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Filed in archive CSR
by mstandaert on August 21, 2006
Some interesting thoughts on CSR at Town Hall from Tom Borelli. I actually think it speaks more to how corporations are willing to use a mirage of CSR compliance to help their images than a problem...
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Filed in archive Personal
by mstandaert on August 16, 2006
IBM: IBM Makes Conference Sessions from Software University Available Year 'Round with Camtasia Studio Videos Over 400 Hours of Education Sessions Delivered as On-Demand e-Learning Resource for...
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Filed in archive CSR
by mstandaert on August 15, 2006
From Newswire Today: In what is a first for corporate blogging, Cal Safety Compliance Corporation (CSCC), a leading provider of responsible sourcing services, has launched "Perspectives in...
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This came across the wire overnight from Dan Wickett at Emerging Writers, and I'm glad he sent it as we're always looking for these types of literacy nonprofits. Books in Deed is a nonprofit...
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A good interview with Vikram Akula, CEO of SKS Microfinance in Hyderabad, at The Tribune India: He has been named by Time magazine as one of 'The People Who Shape Our World' for 2006. Vikram...
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(Map from MyBeijingChina) How China (and India) go over the next century will largely signal how the world goes as far as climate change, sustainable development and global economy. With billions of...
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(Cartoon from REC) Smart growth, slow growth, no growth, pro growth? No matter where you fall in among these you're obviously concerned with how communities grow. I'm not so pessimistic as...
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(From the University of Colorado) This story from Reuters late Friday ... The World Bank said on Friday its board approved funds nearly double this year's amount to finance development projects in...
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No, not the French punk band, but dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro ethane. This time the WHO is recommending DDT to fight malaria. Global efforts to eradicate malaria have long relied heavily on DDT, short...
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From Computer Business Review Online ... HP and Curam Software, a provider of Social enterprise management, or SEM, products, have teamed up to provide SEM services to public sector agencies...
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Story from ENN: With signs that the world is warming, even Inuit peoples of the far north are ordering air conditioning. Better known for building igloos during hunts on the polar ice, Inuit in the...
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Story from the Chicago Tribune. Some of our coverage of similar topics here and here. Mostly self-employed or relying on part-time teaching jobs, many artists tend to have shaky finances and scant...
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