Tag: sustainabiltiy
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November 25, 2009 10:53 AM EST --
What if we are wrong about the importance of leadership for sustainable development (and anything else)?
Wait, please don't throw eggs at me. At least not yet.
I first began to get tired . . .
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July 15, 2009 10:53 AM EDT --
A couple months ago, Sara wrote a great post about water privatization , and it got me thinking more about bottled water.
You see, a few weeks ago, my friends and I took a trip to Istanbul for . . .
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July 14, 2009 09:34 AM EDT --
I watched replays of today's Tour de France stage with a skeptical eye. Seeing the riders outrace pace cars up the Pyrenees made me wonder how many of the riders were taking steroids.
These thoughts . . .
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July 23, 2009 10:25 AM EDT --
I've written in a number of previous blogs that issues over fairness and conflicts between teaching and preaching would become ever more apparent in the lead-up to Copenhagen. Last week, during . . .
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August 04, 2009 10:24 AM EDT --
A few people have asked me what I, as an ethical consumer, think about the Cash for Clunkers program. This extremely popular program allows individuals to receive a federal subsidy when they trade in . . .
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August 28, 2009 12:10 PM EDT --
The other day I was chatting with a friend about how well the Economist has been covering climate change and particularly the international elements. He was surprised because, "it was an environmental . . .
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July 17, 2009 11:10 AM EDT --
American baseball fans don't mind steroids. At least according to Sports Illustrated senior writer Frank Deford. In his NPR sports commentary this week , Deford describes baseball fans' seeming . . .
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July 21, 2009 10:18 AM EDT --
The Dragon's Den is a BBC venture capital pitch contest-- originally from Japan --that will soon be adapted to US TV as The Shark Tank . As this recent Guardian article notes , last year on the BBC . . .
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July 23, 2009 10:23 AM EDT --
The idea of a 'border adjusted carbon tax' or import tax on carbon-intensive goods has been floated in various discussions since Kyoto. Such a tax would have two benefits to countries that are seeking . . .
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July 23, 2009 10:27 AM EDT --
Yesterday, NY Times columnist David Leonhardt argued that President Obama must convince Americans that the country's health care costs outweigh the benefits. After observing my grandmother struggle . . .
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August 10, 2009 11:40 AM EDT --
Today's post comes from JustMeans community member Christopher Cairns , who makes the case for appreciating all positions in the Niger Delta controversy in an attempt to find a solution.
Royal . . .
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August 10, 2009 11:42 AM EDT --
Recently, Jeff Trexler and I have been discussing the merits of used clothing quite a bit . So I guess it's not that surprising, with shopping on the brain, that I wandered into an Oxfam shop today . . .
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November 04, 2009 10:18 AM EST --
One of the great things about Justmeans is how it fuses so many interrelated ideas. Whether its climate change , sustainable food , ethical consumption , or social enterprise , it all plays a major . . .
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July 20, 2009 10:00 AM EDT --
The weekend Financial Times has a fascinating article for anyone interested in the technology of social change: how termite structures are shaping the future of print-on-demand sustainable architecture. . . .
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July 21, 2009 10:21 AM EDT --
Investing in water has been touted for a few years as the next great investable theme in sustainable finance. But "blue Gold" is not as catchy as "black gold", yes? No doubt as the population grows "up . . .
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July 30, 2009 12:01 PM EDT --
Health officials throughout the world are worried about the upcoming flu season. They're particularly worried about supplying enough swine flu (H1N1) vaccine. These forecasts have led some governments . . .
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July 31, 2009 11:41 AM EDT --
American Congressional health reformers have spent a lot of time debating health care spending in recent months. Most of these reformers agree that the country's medical outlays are too high, and they . . .
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July 31, 2009 11:43 AM EDT --
This week, Slate examines the etiquette of turning a wedding into a charity fundraiser , while New Scientist explains why the environmental footprint of cremation arguably make it unsustainable.
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August 03, 2009 10:09 AM EDT --
Fan campaigns to save TV shows & characters have a rich history, going back at least to the landmark letter-writing campaign that persuaded NBC not to cancel Star Trek back in the 1960s. . . .
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August 07, 2009 11:17 AM EDT --
It is hard sometimes to be a fashionista who cares about the world. And I get it, I get it. No one wants to be the worst dressed at the next Greenpeace meeting. I mean, I do, because I'm a dirty hippie, . . .
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