Theme : environment
- The Disrupters A building services manager for a local council. A Cumbrian hill farmer. A high-end concierge service. And a Bath-based leadership coach. These are not the people who you would expect to be pioneering solutions to climate change. Yet each of them is responsible for innovations that could put us on the path to a lower-carbon society. from : mollywebb 11th July 2007
- RSA - Climate change study 80% of people believe they could personally reduce their carbon emissions. 65% think individuals should take responsibility. 21% govt; 11% Big Business. 61% support financially penalising/rewarding people using more/less than the average amount of energy. 22% oppose the idea. 53 would accept limits on their carbon use. 29% wouldn't. The rest don't think there is a problem or don't know. from : duncanoleary 11th June 2007
- British waste adds to environmental crisis across China | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited British waste adds to environmental crisis across China | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited from : mollywebb 2nd April 2007
- My Dot-Green Future Is Finally Arriving - washingtonpost.com My Dot-Green Future Is Finally Arriving - washingtonpost.com from : mollywebb 6th March 2007
- Carrots, Sticks and Sermons from : mollywebb 3rd November 2006
- Solutions after Stern Since the Brundtland report, now coming up on its 20th anniversary, we’ve had a international framework for sustainable development: environmental problems needed action from both the north and the south. Now we are faced with Stern’s latest economic modeling, and the point is the essentially the same: we’re in this together. Especially developed nations need to invest now to reduce our impact on the planet. We get it. Climate change is the most colossal market failure... from : mollywebb 3rd November 2006
- Stern talking Couple of quick thoughts on the response to the Stern report on climate change today: - first, is it just me who finds it slightly ironic that not only is there a collective action problem amongst the public in addressing climate change, but there is also one amongst politicians? The public want to know that everyone else is going to jump before they do (so we all share the pain). And so do the politicians. Both the government and the tories... from : duncanoleary 30th October 2006
- Show me the money I attended the Birkenhead Forum last night, where investors and investees meet to drink organic wine and talk about clean tech, sustainable business and social investments in general. Last night, Pooran Desai, one of the founders of BioRegional spoke about some of the business ventures they've been involved with since 1992, including BedZed, the zero emissions community by architect Bill Dunster, and more recently, One Planet Living, a joint initiative with WWF.When asked how to measure... from : mollywebb 13th October 2006
- China counts cost of growth - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune China counts cost of growth - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune from : mollywebb 12th October 2006
- Ecostructure Financial They say: "Ecostructure connects eco-preneurs directly with a potential $1 trillion+ “green” investment market of over 1 million ecologically-minded private investors via our Eco-preneur Portal and our associated Private Fund Management Compay, Ecostructure Capital LLC." from : petebradwell 2nd October 2006
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