Posted by Editor on Monday, August 23, 2010,
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Courtesy of the IRS via email - Summertime Tax Tip 2010-21
Did you make a donation to a charity this year? If so, you may be able to take a deduction for it on your 2010 tax return. Here are the top 10 things the IRS wants every taxpayer to know before deducting charitable donations.
1. Charitable contributions must be made to qualified organizations to be deductible. You can ask any organization whether it is a qualified organization and most will be able to tell you. You can also check ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor C on Thursday, August 19, 2010,
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Courtesy of FAI
Can
the poorest be reached with finance? “Ultra poor” members of society
face a series of constraints and deprivations that distinguish them
from the general poor. Limited social networks, chronic malnutrition,
and reliance on patronage systems characterize a socioeconomic class
that is hard to “bank.” Research now indicates that most microfinance
institutions serve poor and lower-income customers, but not the
poorest. A new FAI Framing Note
on “Targeting the ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Contribuitor on Wednesday, August 4, 2010,
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(Via BusinessGreen) American Businesses for Clean Energy (ABCE) group, one
of the leading corporate coalitions pushing for the adoption of climate change
legislation, last week released an analysis of green business lobby groups
revealing that more than 6,000 firms are now fully in favour of clean energy and
climate legislation The
study said that combined, the companies, which include 21 Fortune 100
companies and many of the largest corporate names in the US, employ 3.5 million
people and hav... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor on Tuesday, July 27, 2010,
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By Rose Anderson
The dangers of anthropogenic climate change can be viewed as both a challenge and an opportunity. Each state in the US has unique opportunities to prosper by participating in the reduction of green house gas (GHG) emissions. In Oregon, there are many unique opportunities to strengthen the Oregon economy and improve the well-being of current and future generations through GHG reduction. Why Investment in GHG Reduction Makes Sense for Oregonians?• In Oregon, there are more t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ana M on Saturday, July 24, 2010,
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Via Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University
Our colleague and good friend Steve Schneider, the Melvin and Joan Lane
Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and senior fellow
at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford, died on July
19, 2010, while traveling from a meeting in Stockholm to London. Steve
was not only a man of formidable intellectual depth and breadth, but
also a committed and compassionate advisor, mentor, teacher and friend.
... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor on Wednesday, July 21, 2010,
Via CSR NewsWire The Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Awards are presented during the Aspen Environment Forum,
a gathering of more than 300 thought leaders that will take place from July 25-28, 2010, at the Institute's Aspen Meadows campus in Aspen, Colorado. The 2010 Aspen Environment Forum is a public gathering of more than 300 thought leaders, scientists, journalists, academics, policy makers, and citizen, presented by the Aspen Institute and National Geographic.
The winners will be p... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ana M on Wednesday, July 14, 2010,
By Maria Fernanda Rivera
For the past two years, Microfinance Organizations (MFIs) in Nicaragua and some of its clients have been at odds concerning overdue loans. This tension resulted in the creation of the “No Payment Movement” (NPM), which manifested itself in street protests, some violent, and culminated with the creation of a Moratorium Law. Both sides lobbied heavily. Some are more content than others with the resolution, but more importantly this was an eye-opening opportunity for... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor on Wednesday, July 7, 2010,
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By Rose Anderson
Providing access to safe water is a priority for all
nations, as water is a limited resource essential to human health and economic
activity. For many people in Africa, there is little or no access to safe
drinking water. Water scarcity in Africa is expected to increase in the near
future due to economic growth and increasing populations. By 2025, 45% of the
populat... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor on Monday, June 21, 2010,
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by Timothy Curran
Perhaps surprisingly, the Greendex study which surveys
17,000 people, 1000 in 17 different countries, on their habits and attitudes in
relation to consumer choices finds that the residents of developing nations of
Brazil, India and China are the most sustainable consumers. France, Canada and
the USA rank the lowest.
While these results may be encouraging to those concerned
with how economic growth will affect the environment, they do not sit well with
the environmental real... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor on Tuesday, June 15, 2010,
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Maria Fernanda Rivera In
2008, the official unemployment rate in Honduras was 3.5%, lower than
the US rate of 5.8% for the same year and more than half of the world
average of 7.2%. With such a high percentage of people participating in
the labor market, how is it that around three fourths of the Honduran population lives in poverty? The problem lies in the roughly 50% of the employed population working in the informal economy. The
informal economy is a low-productivity and low paying sector,...
Posted by Editor on Thursday, June 10, 2010,
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In the United States, electricity is generated in many different
ways, with a wide variation in environmental impact. Electricity
generation from the combustion of fossil fuels contributes toward
unhealthy air quality, acid rain, and global climate change.
Many electricity customers can choose their provider of electricity
or can purchase green power from their utility. In fact, you might now
have the option of choosing cleaner, more environmentally friendly
sources of energy.
The Tool Power ... Continue reading ...
A few weeks ago, I had the
privilege of traveling to London to help give a presentation at the
Zoological Society of London for the symposium: Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Reduction: What, Why, and How?
Since December, I have been working with Craig Leisher at The Nature
Conservancy on drafting a knowledge review that was commissioned
specifically for the symposium. We presented our report, “Biodiveristy
as a Mechanism for Poverty Reduction: A State of Kno...
Posted by AC on Tuesday, May 25, 2010,
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by Scott Gilmore - May 21, 2010. Scott Gilmore is the Executive Director of Peace Dividend Trust.
I was sitting at the great Irish pub
across from the office watching the Yankees game, when a clip of Sean
Penn came on. Turns out he’s in Haiti now. (I thought he was in jail,
but I don’t keep up like I should.) Sean has set up a clinic or a
school, or something, and Haiti is doing much better now, thank you
very much. Somehow this didn’t surprise me. I thought that’s ... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Wednesday, May 19, 2010,
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Tuesday, May 18 3:10 pm EST Today and tomorrow the Spanish Presidency of the EU will be hosting the 2010 EU-Latin America Summit in
Madrid. Since 1999, the Summit has sought to engage Europe and Latin
America in increased cultural and trade ties and create a defined
relationship between the two regions on a permanent basis. Latin
American and European economic interests between the regions hoped to
use the Summit to open Latin... Continue reading ...
Posted by Team on Saturday, March 20, 2010,
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Posted by AC on Wednesday, February 17, 2010,
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Posted by Ana M on Friday, February 5, 2010,
There is a new energy efficiency program from NYSREDA, where you can swap your old appliances and receive a cash rebate by purchasing a new ENERGY STAR® qualified
refrigerator, freezer or washer. The purchase must replace an existing appliance.
Plus recycling your old, existing appliances of the same type, makes
you eligible for the maximum rebate.
for more information, or visit the program website: www.nyapplianceswapout.com Continue reading ...
Posted by Ana M on Friday, January 15, 2010,
S. Neil Larsen, on January 7, 2010
The Minnesota Public Utilities
Commission has authorized a measure that would add a fee of between $4
and $34 per ton of carbon dioxide to electricity generated from
coal-fired power stations in North Dakota that is exported to
Minnesota. By adding this fee to coal power, it is hoped that it will
spur the further development of renewable energy sources.
 Coal Creek Station, Underwood, ND. (Actually owned by a Minnesota electric utility) Source: Great River E...
Posted by Ana M on Saturday, December 5, 2009,
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Equally entertaining article from Loyd Sederer. It's very easy for development practitioners to adopt buzzwords without focusing on the practicalities of its dictionary definition, linguistics, popular use, and so forth. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lloyd-i-sederer-md/what-in-the-world-is-a-so_b_355173.html Continue reading ...
Posted by Ana M on Saturday, December 5, 2009,
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Did you know that 25% of the US population doesn't have a bank account to begin with? This is a rather surprising and sad story from Ylan Q. Mui to the Washington Post... One-quarter of American households -- about 60 million people -- have
limited or no access to banks or other traditional financial services,
with low-income and black families among the hardest hit, according to
a government report released Wednesday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR20091202... Continue reading ...
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