‘Sustainability News’
General reporting on issues, research and experimental programs, new trade associations, and communities/business efforts, advertising, marketing.
Relates to: Trendspotting, Community Development Solutions, Global Citizenship, Sustainability Research Group, EthicalMarkets.tv
Africa Regional Meeting Prepares Africa Consensus Statement to Rio+20
Africa Regional Meeting Prepares Africa Consensus Statement to Rio+20 25_October 2011: The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20) Africa Regional Preparatory Meeting was organized by UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union (AU). Participants deliberated on the themes [...]
Why the message from Rio+20 matters more than ever
Why the message from Rio+20 matters more than ever The upcoming summit must take account of the public's psychological dimensions if it is going to transform climate change cynics into champions of sustainable living George Bernard Shaw saw the world as divided into two sorts of people. Those who looked at it and asked "why?", and those [...]
Finalists named for “Nobel of Sustainability”
Finalists named for “Nobel of Sustainability” Oct 28, 2011 12:25 EDT inShare environment | green business | katerva | nobel | sustainability If the Nobel society had an award for sustainability, it would resemble the Katerva awards, a new international prize for the most promising ideas and efforts to advance the planet toward [...]
Coke Cans Go White In Support of WWF Polar Bear Campaign
Coca-Cola is changing the red background of its soft-drink can design for the first time ever as part of a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) campaign to protect the arctic habitat of polar bears. Coca-Cola will also give up to $3 million to WWF’s polar bear conservation efforts. Read More... More SB Communications Sustainable Life Media headlines [...]
Public Relations Meets Sustainability in Practice
By Rosalinda Sanquiche For the Sustainability Movement to be truly sustainable, organizations must walk the talk. Companies acting consistently with their talk will be rewarded with increased brand value. But what happens if the professionals tasked with conveying the corporate sustainability message do not know the language? The October [...]
New index of wellbeing challenges Canada’s GDP as sole measure of progress
Waterloo, Ont. – Canada has become a world leader in measuring wellbeing with the launch of a new comprehensive composite index set to challenge the gross domestic product (GDP) as the sole measure of our country’s progress, says the Honourable Roy Romanow, advisory board chair for the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW), located at the [...]
Patagonia: Building A Strong Brand Out Of Old Clothes
Every once in a while, a completely counterintuitive idea comes along, shakes up our assumptions, and becomes the new normal. I believe Patagonia Clothing’s Common Threads initiative is an idea like that. As a business idea, it may seem like a good way to reduce sales. But that’s only if you don’t understand the power of the brand. Read more [...]
New Video. Ecologizing the Economy. & more (News from Natural Logic)
October 2011 Sustainability conference season is upon us! Wall to wall, it seems, from mid-September through Thanksgiving. Will we see you there? (Where? See the sidebar.) In this issue I'll share some of the ideas I discussed at some recent events, and and invitation: We have two new openings in our strategic coaching services as some prior [...]
UNCCD COP 10 Opens in Republic of Korea
UNCCD COP 10 Opens in Republic of Korea 10_October 2011: The 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 10) is taking place from 10-21 October 2011, in Changwon, Republic of Korea. continued... Forest Conference Makes Green Economy Recommendations to Rio+20 7_October_2011: The [...]
Invitation to the Media: UN Global Roundtable on markets stability and sustainable finance
MEDIA ADVISORY For immediate release Washington D.C./Geneva, 11 October 2011 - With the drive for economic recovery topping the US and global political agenda, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is organizing a landmark summit on financial sustainability and market stability in Washington, D.C. The 2011 [...]
