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Sustainable Development
by mstandaert on June 19, 2006
Tomorrow I should have another profile of a social entrepreneurial project I visited in Hyderabad, India this past March called Teen Channel. In the meantime, here are a few stories on sustainable development issues:
*Friends of the Earth International is holding a photography contest under the theme of 'climate justice.' Participants should send in their best photographs that catch the human impacts of climate change. Deadline July 15.
*Sheboygan's sustainable subdivisions ...
*Bicycle taxis are rapidly supplanting gasoline-powered minibus taxis in parts of western Kenya, at WorldWatch.
*In Canada, is it sustainable development or responsible development? Does it matter?
*New head of the United Nations Environment Programme calls for the environment and economic development to play on the same team.
*The Financial Times released its Sustainable Banking Awards last week and Motley Fool has the lowdown.
*This just in ... YouThink has received a Webby Award for activism. Via the Poverty and Growth Blog.
*At the Guardian, Anna Coote wonders if the UK's NHS has what it takes to deal with the implications of future climate change. Does any national health service?
*Environmental and business groups in Europe urge the EU to adopt a strong common vision on sustainable development.
*Gore's 1,000 messengers go grassroots.
*Houtlust has news on SOStenibilidad, a campaign sponsored by the Spanish water and sustainable development Expo Zaragoza 2008 and Acciona.
*Who's the who's who of journalists and media types covering sustainable development? Vote and nominate journalists at Journalists For Humanity.
*forestry company CEO's and presidents sign on to a leadership agreement on sustainablity. Now if only there's a way to hold them accountable?
*The Earth Negotiations Bulletin has a report on the seventh meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (Consultative Process or UNICPOLOS).
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