‘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
World Social Forum Global Day of Action
FOCUS ON TRADE NUMBER 136, JANUARY 2008. Part 1. Saturday 26 January is the World Social Forum Global Day of Action. (http://www.wsf2008.net/). More than 600 actions and events are being planned on or close to the day, in every continent; they range from defening housing rights in Omsk in Siberia and protesting anti-military bases actions in [...]
French President Aims to Ban GM Maize
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that France will invoke an EU safeguard clause enabling it to suspend the marketing and growth on its territory of a genetically modified (GM) crop that has EU-wide authorisation. Read more...
The Art Center Summit: Systems, Cities & Sustainable Mobility
February 6-7, 2008 at Art Center College of Design. ENVIRONMENTALIST, ENTREPRENEUR, JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR PAUL HAWKEN TO BE KEYNOTE SPEAKER (more...)
Sustainable Prosperity – Taking on the Global Challenge
Net Impact has chosen Geneva to stage its first ever Europe conference in June 12-14 2008, hosted by the International Organizations MBA HEC Geneve, in partnership with INSEAD and Nottingham University Business School.Under the theme "Sustainable Prosperity - Taking on the Global Challenge" this conference will bring together hundreds of MBAs, [...]
Earth Policy Institute
December 14, 2006-12 ECO-ECONOMY UPDATES SANTA CLAUS IS CHINESE- OR -WHY CHINA IS RISING AND THE UNITED STATES IS DECLINING
Barter News
Barter News, Dec. 21 2007. - The bartering of airlines miles...now a global currency approaching $300 BILLION...is a nifty idea and could be VERY BIG. A most valuable service, indeed. But as it stands now the airlines are too greedy. (Archives)
News from iNSnet.org
iNSnet Foundation is a privately funded, not-for-profit social enterprise, based in the Netherlands. It is the mission of the iNSnet Foundation to support and stimulate sustainable development by means of communication, dissemination of knowledge and connecting people and networks.
BEYOND GDP conference: European Parliament, Nov. 19-20
The European Commission , European Parliament, Club of Rome, OECD and WWF hosted a high-level conference with the objectives of clarifying which indices are most appropriate to measure progress, and how these can best be integrated into the decision-making process and taken up by public debate. The conference will bring together high-level [...]
Going Down the Road With Hunter
My work as a global nomad continues. Since the last report, I’ve logged 5 countries and 15 states and over 50 cities. All these airline miles are just one of the reasons that Natural Capitalism is a carbon neutral organization through its membership in Chicago Climate Exchange. Read more...
Growing the Green Economy
Check local listings for our new TV special "GROWING THE GREEN ECONOMY" on PBS stations covering 49.5% of all US TV households. Watch our new ETHICAL MARKETS global ITV channel , with all our TV programs ,on demand, full-screen on your laptops at: http://ethicalmarkets.ourtoolbar.com click on Download, follow prompts to TV GUIDE
