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2011 Climate Change TV Video Awards – Cast Your Vote!
Posted on September 14, 2011 | No CommentsWant to learn about climate change? Want to know what people are doing about it? Cast your vote for the 2011 Climate Change TV video award! People from around the... -
The Link Between Climate Change and Violence
Posted on August 4, 2011 | No CommentsThere have been murmurs about the correlation between stress caused by a poor economy and increasing violence in our communities — but what about climate change and violence? Researchers from... -
UN IMO Elects New Secretary-General – Focuses on Shipping Pollution
Posted on June 29, 2011 | No CommentsInternational Maritime Organization, the agency responsible for preventing marine pollution by ships, chooses Koji Sekimizu as new Secretary-General. New International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General, Koji Sekimizu of Japan, has an increasingly important... -
Will Gamers Save the Environment and the World in the Anthropocene?
Posted on June 6, 2011 | No Comments“Welcome to the Anthropocene era, when human impacts begin to overwhelm those of other species.” Sounds like the start to a Star Wars prequel, right? Instead, it’s the start of John Elkington’s... -
Cleantech Trend Watch: 5 Trends in Asia’s Cleantech Scene
Posted on June 3, 2011 | No Comments100 Asia Pacific cleantech experts were interviewed for their perspectives on the direction the industry is taking. According to Thomas Su, founder and CEO of ResearchWhitePaper and SmallCapWrap. Following are... -
Earth Day 2011 – What will you do?
Posted on April 16, 2011 | No CommentsApril 22 is Earth Day, and individuals, groups, organizations and companies world-wide will be celebrating by taking action and demonstrating their commitment to environmental sustainability. In fact, people have already... -
Earth Hour
Posted on March 27, 2011 | No CommentsEarth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate... -
New Ceres Report on Climate Risks and SEC Filings
Posted on February 25, 2011 | No CommentsCeres has just released its new guide: Disclosing Climate Risks & Opportunities in SEC filings. Co-authored by Jim Coburn, Sean H. Donahue and Suriya Jayanti, the 40 page report sheds light on: The... -
IISD launches small island state knowledgebase
Posted on December 9, 2010 | No CommentsThe International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has launched a Knowledgebase on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). -
Prop. 23 crushed, Prop. 26 passed. What happened?
Posted on November 3, 2010 | 2 CommentsCalifornia's 2010 election was a sweeping victory on the environmental front, on all but one account. The one place we fell short was with Proposition 26.
