Water Shortages Threaten Food Future in the Arab Middle East* www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2011/update95 By Lester R. Brown Earth Policy Release Plan B Update May 3, 2011 Long after the political uprisings in the Middle East have subsided, many underlying challenges that are not now in the news will remain. Prominent among these …
Synthetic Photosynthesis?
May 2011 Volume 12, No. 5 In this issue: Synthetic Photosynthesis? New Recommendations for In-Vitro Fertilization May Save Lives New Institute Seeks to Solve ?Grand Challenges” Making Smartphones Smarter about Energy Use Olaf Helmer, Futures Pioneer What’s Hot @WFS.ORG (Members Only) The Top 20 (Plus 5) Technologies for the World …
Main Street vs. Wall Street–Help Us Bring Our Money Back Home
A newsletter from Public Banking Institute Dear Friends of PBI, This is our work. We educate law and policy makers so they can write and pass legislation that creates affordable credit for the very people whom they represent. Read the bills in this Special Edition of the Public Banking Newsletter …
Principles for Sustainable Insurance consultation takes off from Africa
A newsletter from UNEP UNEP FI and the African insurance industry took the first steps of a global journey to develop sustainability principles for the insurance industry at the regional consultation meeting for Africa in mid-March. Over 70 senior executives from the African insurance industry and its stakeholders attended the …
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Professor Danica Purg
An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Professor Danica Purg, Founder and President of the IEDC-Bled School of Management, Bled, Slovenia and of the Central and East European Management Development Association (CEEMAN) – April 29, 2011 By Geoffrey on April 29, 2011 …
Opal Financial Group Will Bring Together the Country’s Leading Cleantech and Greentech Professionals and their Investors to Discuss the Present Status and Future of the Industry
A publication from Opal Group FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Opal Financial Group Will Bring Together the Country’s Leading Cleantech and Greentech Professionals and their Investors to Discuss the Present Status and Future of the Industry New York, NY – April 7, 2011 – This June, Opal Financial Group will bring to …
Why Companies like Intel, P&G and Walmart Keep Investing in Renewable Energy
A publication from SustainableLifeMedia.com Why Companies Keep Investing in Renewable Energy One of the big misperceptions about going green is that is always costs money. In reality, seeing your business through an environmental lens will greatly lower costs and risk. But of course, beyond the quick payback of eco-efficiency projects, …
Reassessing the Chinese Clean-Tech Juggernaut (or Why the U.S. Shouldn’t be Written off Quite Yet)
A newsletter from Clean Edge Reassessing the Chinese Clean-Tech Juggernaut (or Why the U.S. Shouldn’t be Written off Quite Yet) By Ron Pernick China is clearly a clean-tech force to be reckoned with. It installed more wind power, manufactured more solar PV and solar hot water heaters, and spent more …
Chamber rhetoric heats up over executive order on disclosure
an e-newsletter about the movement to curb corporate influence in politics and restore our democracy Issue #59 • April 29, 2011 “Money and Democracy Update” is Public Citizen’s weekly e-newsletter about the intersection of money and politics. It is part of our ongoing campaign to track the results of — …