Seen that? - Sustainable Development for the Future

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Sustainable Development for the Future at Audeamus - How dare we...

(From National Curriculum) Just a round up of sustainable development news as I clean out my backlog of items here today. *PricewaterhouseCoopers has identified six trends that will drive sustainable development over the next decade in their report: "Corporate Responsibility: Strategy, Management and Value." More on this report at EurActive. *The United Nations has also recently released a report called "Trends in Sustainable Development." *Jeffrery Sachs headlined a conference in Delhi on [...] Read More


Capitalism and Sustainable Development at Audeamus - How dare we...

The World Bank has a problem - capitalism. So much so, the World Bank is being called a failed model. The trail of travesty is so vast, rumors of Tony Blair taking charge, with his "reverse Midas touch," have brought about some cheering amongst analysts. Recently I was privy to a conversation between a few well-informed and concerned citizens and professionals, including a personal friend Jeff Kroll, published sociologist professor at [...] Read More


Sustainable development news ... at Audeamus - How dare we...

(Picture from the University of Bath) A simple link purge for your Sunday. Most of these are on sustainable development happenings, conferences or news: *Haiti sure could use it's share of help. CHF International, a leading organization in humanitarian development worldwide, hosted a conference on June 7 and June 8 titled, Economic Opportunity and Stability: Critical Partnerships for Sustainable Development in Central Haiti. More on that story here. *On "World Oceans [...] Read More


International Development Week: Women key to successful and sustainable development at Small Business Unplugged

I just learned that February 4-10, 2007 is International development Week. Held the first full week of February each year the goal is to highlight and illustrate the work of Canada's Development Community, to learn more drop in at www.acdi-cida.gc.ca and read on to learn more about what Operation Eye Sight is doing to improve the conditions of women in developing countries. Making scarce dollars go further in the field of [...] Read More


Florida and Sustainable Energy at IfEnergy

Florida is one of the known US states that does not have a renewable energy platform yet. 22 other states have had their own versions of a new energy policy framework, but not Florida. This is because Florida is a dated state, not like the others who have made their utilities capable of earning and profiting from new revenue strategies, not just selling more electricity to make more money. This [...] Read More