May 19, 2013 WHAT WE’RE FOLLOWING Joining Hands for Beaches This past Saturday, Hands Across the Sand participants joined hands at beaches across the world to protest offshore drilling, deepwater drilling and offshore seismic testing. Hands Across the Sand’s mission is to ensure “the protection of our coastal economies, oceans,… Continue Reading …
Time to Act – May Newsletter – Schumacher College
Time to Act – May Newsletter For 22 years Schumacher College has brought together leading thinkers from around the world to envision a better future. Courses this year begin to focus on how we can act to bring this future into reality. We look at the importance of happiness and …
Stakeholder Forum Network News: Engagement in post-Rio+20 and post-2015 processes
www.stakeholderforum.org Stakeholder Engagement in post-Rio+20 and post-2015 processes Participatory democracy is the idea that involving all stakeholders, at every level, will result in better informed, and more thoroughly deliberated, decisions being taken. It means that all stakeholders will thereby take greater ownership of the outcome …
For Immediate Release: Best Organics Inc. Achieves B Corporation Status
For Immediate Release Contact: Seleyn DeYarus, Best Organics Inc., 303.499.6742 Steve Hoffman, Compass Natural Marketing, 303.807.1042 Best Organics Inc. is Now Recognized as a Certified B Corporation by B Lab Best Organics Inc. is now a Certified Benefit Corporation, joining the ranks of more than 700 mission-based, triple-bottom-line …
Is SEI’s Online Campus Really That Good?
Is SEI’s Online Campus Really That Good? Starting tomorrow, SEI is offering the following online sessions: PVOL101: Solar Electric Design and Installation (Grid-Direct) PVOL202: Advanced PV System Design and the NEC (Grid-Direct) Call SEI’s Student Services at (970) 963-8855 x1 Online Learning for Technical Training? One of the questions Solar Energy …
Earth Policy Release – Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon
Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon Janet Larsen http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2013/update113 Earth Policy Release Plan B Update May 14, 2013 When New York City opened registration for its much anticipated public bike-sharing program on April 15, 2013, more than 5,000 people signed up within 30 hours. Eager for access to …
Waste Free Oceans Newsletter: WFO and the Black Sea Commission
On the 21st November 2012, Mr Bernard Merkx, Project Manager of WFO was invited to present the Waste Free Oceans Foundation to the Board of the Black Sea Commission during their yearly meeting. This meeting was also attended by both the president and director of the International Commission for Protection …
The Sustainable Value of “Brand Disney”: Strategic Implications of Its Withdrawal from Bangladesh
What I Learned About Sustainability at REI, Part 1: Abundance Over Scarcity After seven years of working on sustainable business at REI, I am taking some time to reflect and share some of the things I learned. My first lesson was that no one was inspired by an “I …
Skoll World Forum: What will the world look like 50-100 years from now?
A bite-size email with original insight and hand-picked news from & for the social sector. 1. DARE TO IMAGINE What will the world look like 50-100 years from now? “We are quickly becoming a global neuro-network. The power of a correct idea in this interconnected age …