It's been a while since I did a Great Reads post, so what better time than the present. Here are some forthcoming books to look out for in the areas we cover ... maybe a gift for someone on...
Read the full post.
The U.S. Supreme Court is arguing a case that could have huge ramifications over whether carbon dioxide emissions can be regulated or not. Story at Yahoo News: At the heart of the case is a dispute...
Read the full post.
So who gets your vote as the top 100 environmental movers, shakers and eco-heroes of all time? Check in at The Guardian: From the woman who raised the alarm over the profligate use of pesticides to...
Read the full post.
Story from YahooNews: The ICRC said in a statement that it "utterly deplores" the decision by the Myanmar authorities to close five field offices in Mandalay, Mawlamyine, Hpa-an, Taunggyi...
Read the full post.
I don't like this story very much. The fact is, I already suffer from terrible allergies. I know, I know, I should go have the shots done. I started it once, but stopped going in when I moved to...
Read the full post.
(Pic from Maine Democrats) See the carnage from "Meet the Press" in this video at the Huffington Post.......
Read the full post.
Filed in archive CSR
by mstandaert on November 26, 2006
I was browsing through some of the CSR resources at Case Place and thought I'd point to some of interest as an open source CSR exercise ... unfortunately a lot of case studies in CSR, social...
Read the full post.
Filed in archive CSR
by mstandaert on November 26, 2006
Some 'off day' (is it ever an off day around here?) thoughts from Notes from Sweden ... Back when I was a kid in the early 60's I remember very well a debate in society over what was...
Read the full post.
Did anyone else catch the microfinance program on PBS the other night? Small Fortunes? I thought it was a well done program, mainly since it wasn't just cheerleading microfinance, but giving...
Read the full post.
Trying to resist the beast today, but my wife will likely drag me out as I'm usually her designated driver anyway (she hates this California traffic). In the meantime, between shopping and...
Read the full post.
Filed in archive CSR
by mstandaert on November 22, 2006
Some bark to the bite for CSR here, according to CSR Wire. Gap released its CSR report yesterday and also announced that it had sacked 62 factories for code violations. With all the Red promotion...
Read the full post.
A week or so ago we highlighted the game Ayiti: The Cost of Life that puts players in the place of a family trying to make a living in Haiti. Well, I've just come across another game, this time...
Read the full post.
(Pic from Devin.com) Seems that criticism is bad for your health in Russia as well. But while these get a lot of the headlines, more pervasive human poisoning is taking place. I'd meant to post a...
Read the full post.
Filed in archive Social Enterprise
by on November 21, 2006
I haven't done a ton of posting on social entrepreneurs lately, but thought I should at least give a mention that Kyle Zimmer of First Book has been named the Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur...
Read the full post.
(Pic from Sendai City) The UN Climate Summit in Nairobi wrapped up a few days ago with a pact on moving forward with a five-year program and a fund to aid developing countries in combating climate...
Read the full post.
Filed in archive CSR
by mstandaert on November 19, 2006
(Photo from Wonkette) I meant to post this about a month ago! Shows you how much I'm behind. This is the text of a talk Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, gave at Harvard in the middle of...
Read the full post.
(Picture from This Is the Life) Defeating Global Poverty has a link up to a Muhammed Yunus interview with Ode Magazine and some commentary worth checking out. Yunus talks about how charity is not the...
Read the full post.
From the UN News Center: The work of this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the microfinance banker and economist Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, offers rich and poor people one of the most simple...
Read the full post.
Today is National Social Enterprise Day in the UK. Didn't know that they had one. It's actually part of Social Enterprise Week, which you can find out more about here. The BBC had a feature...
Read the full post.
(Picture from E Magazine) Word out of the EU is that the European Commission is pressing to revise the EU greenhouse- gas emissions trading scheme, looking to 'improve and simplify' a somewhat...
Read the full post.
Some interesting remarks at Ross Parker about his time at the Development Studies Association conference this past weekend, as well as the absurdities of said conference in regards to development in...
Read the full post.
(Pic from the New Microfinance) Just a roundup of microfinance stories for your Saturday ... *There's always plenty to find at Microcapital if you weren't aware of it. See stories on the Asian...
Read the full post.
(Pic from the City of Mesa) The Christian Science Monitor on the UNDP's water report: In a major report on water published Thursday, the UN Development Program (UNDP) takes a radically different...
Read the full post.
Filed in archive CSR
by mstandaert on November 08, 2006
Once again, I can't figure out how to download and upload Mp3's directly to the posts, so I'll have to link to this instead. There's a nice, from what I've listened to,...
Read the full post.
