Posted by Guest Editor, NPR on Thursday, January 12, 2012,
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Leif Ristroph and colleagues at NYU are designing tiny paper aircraft and making them fly using a pot, a speaker and a bunch of straws. When the subwoofer plays a low-frequency tone, it pushes the air above it up and down, which is funneled through the pot and straws, creating a flow of pulsing air.
The system simulates flapping flight by taking the flap out of the wing and putting it into the air. Ristroph explains what his aircraft are teaching him about stable flight. Continue reading ...
Posted by Guest Editor, via CGAP authors Barbara Gähwiler and Alice Nègre on Thursday, January 5, 2012,
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Microfinance funding is becoming more transparent. More than 60 microfinance funders regularly report information on their microfinance portfolio to CGAP, and extensive data are available on microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) through Symbiotics and MicroRate. In 2011, CGAP surveyed the 20 largest microfinance funders, which represented over 85% of commitments reported in the previous survey year. Based on the findings of that survey and previous surveys, this Brief describes global trend... Continue reading ...
Posted by MicroEmpowering Editor on Tuesday, December 13, 2011,
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Visit our on line store, 92% of the profits are reverted to fund our Educational Workshops
On Dec 21, if you order FREE Two-Day Shipping before 8 p.m. PST (which varies by item) item gets to location before Christmas. Dec 21 is the last full day to order One-Day Shipping ($3.99/item)
On Dec 22, if you order One-Day Shipping ($3.99/item) before 4:30 p.m. PST (which varies by item) item gets to location before Christmas.
 Smithsonian Motor-Works
Smithsonian Diggin' Up T-Rex
 Smithsonian C... Continue reading ...
Posted by Guest Editor, via CGAP on Monday, December 5, 2011,
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In 2009, the results from two microcredit impact studies in Hyderabad, India, and Manila, the Philippines were released to mixed responses (Banerjee, Duflo, Glennerster, and Kinnan 2010; Karlan and Zinman 2011). Some media declared microfinance a failure (Bennett 2009). Many in the microfinance community dismissed these randomized studies as too limited to be a true reflection of the entire sector.
These first randomized studies caused a sensation because they challenged the dominant impact n... Continue reading ...
Posted by The Empowering Team on Thursday, December 1, 2011,
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Dear Friends,
We at MicroEmpowering are very thankful for a productive and successful 2011. We are extremely grateful for having you in our lives!
This is our first quarterly update and we will do our best to keep things simple and objective. Since our incorporation in September of 2009, we: -
Provided workshops for over 250 students in the US and Brazil
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Participated in the reforestation drive for almost 400 rare species of Pau Brasil# trees with our social entrepreneurship partner organizat...
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Posted by Guest Editor, BBC on Sunday, November 27, 2011,
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The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) said it would suspend Chevron's activities in Brazil until it had established the cause of an oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.  Source: BBC and AFP
Chevron has apologised for the leak, but has stressed it acted as rapidly and safely as possible to contain it. The Brazilian government has fined Chevron US$28m (£18m) for the spill. Brazilian Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said Chevron could face further fines if an investigation into the ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Guest Editor from www.WhereisMyNewCar.com on Thursday, November 17, 2011,
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The Environmental Audit Committee considers the extent to which the policies and programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development, and it audits their performance against any sustainable development and environmental protection targets. Unlike most select committees, the Committee’s remit cuts across government rather than focuses on the work of a particular department.
According to the report, the G... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor, via greenspace on Monday, October 17, 2011,
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The Food and Drug Administration's about-face on the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), which is used to harden the plastic of sippy cups and baby bottles and to seal the inside of tin cans, could spur the adoption of bills in the California Legislature and U.S. Congress to restrict the chemical.
Despite a 2008 determination under President George W. Bush that the chemical was safe, the Obama administration said Friday that it would spend $30 million to study the effects of BPA. which has been lin... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor, via CNET on Sunday, October 9, 2011,
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What do you think of sustainable houses?
The technology used for building is improving every day, but if it's a super energy-efficient dwelling you're after, the tools are already well at hand. Once a year, the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association organizes a green buildings open house where energy nerds like us can see the latest in home efficiency.
 
Source: CNET
On the other hand, if you want to built a different house, to be in harmony with nature. You might want to consider these inexpen... Continue reading ...
Posted by Volunteer on Sunday, October 2, 2011,
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The world’s 9.9 billion acres of forest absorb roughly a quarter of human emissions of carbon dioxide, and help limit the increase of the gas in the atmosphere. While many healthy forests are robustly absorbing carbon, others are threatened by a warming climate.
Visit their page to experience the data and research in a interactive manner.NYT map http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/10/01/science/earth/forests.html?ref=earthAdditional coverage http://www.h2brasil.com/artigos-publicados/o... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor on Friday, September 9, 2011,
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The relentless rise of electricity prices over the past decade has made many consumers more conscientious about how they use electric power. Many of those conscientious people may find it frustrating — to put it mildly — that their daily or even hourly efforts to turn off devices they're not using hasn't delivered the results they'd expected.
The blame belongs to the growing number of "vampire" or "phantom" electronic products that populate today's typical home. An alarmingly large numbe... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor, via entrepreneur.com on Sunday, September 4, 2011,
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Do you have a "bajillion" things to do? Have you ever had a "light-bulb moment"? Entrepreneurs need to keep up with the new business-related words and lingo that pop up almost every day. The publishers of the Concise Oxford Dictionary have added 400 new words to the 12th edition of the publication, so we thought it might be useful to take a look at the new terms. Turns out several apply to business. We've selected the 10 need-to-know new words. Whether or not you start using them in your own bu... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor via DOE on Tuesday, August 2, 2011,
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DOE Announces Funding for Nationwide Student-Focused Clean Energy Business Competitions
Washington, D.C. - As part of the Obama Administration's effort to support and empower the next generation of American clean energy entrepreneurs, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $2 million in available funding for the National University Clean Energy Business Challenge. This nationwide initiative will create a network of regional student-focused clean energy business creation competitions ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Via news wire on Friday, July 29, 2011,
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According to a recent article, the discovery of DeconGel was accidental. Late one night in 2006, the researchers of Skai Ventures, a Honolulu-based venture capital firm and technology accelerator got a little sloppy with one of their experiments. They were working with a gel that dripped from the lab table onto the floor.
Source: Courtesy of DeaconGel.
When they peeled it off, the floor beneath was "absolutely pristine, completely clean and white," recalls Wuh, the company CEO. "That's when... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor CM on Monday, July 18, 2011,
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LOS ANGELES, Jul. 18 /CSRwire/ - For undergraduates interested in social innovation and developing well thought-out solutions to the world's problems, the Society and Business Lab (SBL) at the USC Marshall School of Business in conjunction with the School of Policy, Planning and Development has announced a social entrepreneurship minor that will begin in fall 2011. The interdisciplinary minor will be open to all USC undergraduate students who are seeking to understand the global context of soc... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor, with quotes from the Associated Press report on Wednesday, March 30, 2011,
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Prime Minister Naoto Kan reiterated in a speech to parliament that
Japan was grappling with its worst problems since World War II."This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest
crises for Japan" in decades, said Kan, dressed in one of the blue work
jackets that have become ubiquitous among bureaucrats since the
tsunami. He said the crises remained unpredictable, but added: "We will
continue to handle it in a state of maximum alert."  Source: NASA (Picture1 red = previously popula... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor C on Friday, March 11, 2011,
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This is a great idea, kudos to Katherine V. Smith and her team at The Center for Corporate Citizenship (at Boston University). We hope other Universities will do the same.
"Dear MicroEmpowering,
As the world begins to comprehend the devastating impact of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the Center extends its deepest sympathies to the people and businesses struggling against extraordinary circumstances. Our community of companies includes several headquartered in Japan and hundreds of othe...
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Posted by Editor on Tuesday, March 8, 2011,
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For decades, developers have been creating smart growth communities—places with a mix of land uses and housing types, built compactly to make walking and biking easier—throughout the county in urban, suburban, and rural locations. Some communities structure their approval and entitlement process to encourage construction of this type of neighborhood. Other communities are less familiar with these neighborhoods and may present more hurdles in the approval process because the design and lay... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor on Friday, January 14, 2011,
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CHECK BELOW FOR DONATIONS: Headquarters INVESTS RIO - Rua Mexico, 125 - Centro Rio (in the shop of the Tourism Department in front of elevators) HemoRio - The organ of the State Department of Health and Civil Defense is urging the population to donate blood. The blood center needs to send 300 bags of blood to the mountain region. The address is HemoRio at Rua Frei Caneca, No. 8, in downtown Rio The agency operates daily from 7am to 18 hours, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. To be a ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor on Monday, December 20, 2010,
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By Maryann Jones Thompson (via CEF)
The Cancun international climate negotiations defied low expectations by producing a set of modest “Cancun Agreements,” which delegates argue provide a strong base for a comprehensive agreement
next year. Key outcomes included:
- Creation of a new “Green Climate Fund” (with the The World Bank as “Trustee”) that aims to disburse $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poor countries adapt to climate change impacts and assist with low-carbon developme...
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Posted by Editor on Monday, November 29, 2010,
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LONDON, BRUSSELS, COPENHAGEN, WASHINGTON, D.C. and CANCUN, Mexico, Nov. 24 /CSRwire/ - The most important and influential business, finance and government leaders in the climate change arena are coming together with more than 100 high-level speakers, and the largest coalition of financiers at the inaugural World Climate Summit, December 4-5, at The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun, Mexico, in parallel to the UNFCCC COP 16.
The World Climate Summit 2010 is the
beginning of a new, open and collaborative ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor C on Wednesday, November 17, 2010,
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Via Guest Blogger - with excerpts from Bloomberg Businessweek article
Speaking after Republicans won control of the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama has backed away from a cap-and-trade program saying he will work with Republicans on other ways to cut carbon emissions, reports Bloomberg Businessweek.
A cap-and-trade program was included in the climate bill passed by the House last year, but stalled in this year’s Senate. Peter Shattuck, a carbon-markets policy analyst at ... Continue reading ...
Via CDP - www.cdproject.net The highlights from 2010 disclosures
The CDP Water Disclosure replicates and builds on the tried-and-trusted methodology and process that the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has used for carbon and climate change since 2003. Backed by 137 institutional investors representing $16 trillion in assets, this year CDP sent its first annual water questionnaire to 302 of the world’s 500 largest companies in the FTSE Global Equity Index Series, focusing on sectors that ar... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor on Tuesday, November 9, 2010,
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Several large commercial lenders including Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, and Citibank, say they are starting to shift their involvement away from industry practices that they see as risky to their reputations and bottom lines, reports The New York Times. These include investments in oil and gas development, nuclear power, coal-fired electricity generation, oil sands development, fuel pipeline construction and forestry.
Wells Fargo will invest more than $100 million by the end of 2011 to fund th... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Monday, November 8, 2010,
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By Ana Murphy
According to some EPA guidelines due to the importance of accurate cost information in making the decisions sketched out above, the term “environmental cost” has been introduced into the vocabulary of environmental managers.
Today we are starting a series of posts related to the definition(s) and the measurements used to evaluate environmental costs. Environmental costs are often hard to define from a business stand point. In the past 10 years they are more likely to be qua... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Wednesday, November 3, 2010,
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Via Newsday, with commentary of Brandon MillerHere's some good news for New Yorkers who are tired of West NY getting attention for their (amazing) wind farms.
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has applied to develop an off
shore wind farm 24km off the coast of Long Island that would begin
pumping 300 MW of energy into the region, but whose capacity would be
700 MW (to be achieved by 2016).
According to Newsday (subscriber's only), the project comes with a price tag of about $1.5 billion.
No... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Saturday, October 30, 2010,
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Source: HARALD WINKLER*, ANDREW MARQUARD for Climate Policy, Volume 10, Number 5, 2010 , pp. 489-493(5) Excerpt from the Editorial of Climate Policy
The Introduction has a very good example focusing on South Africa case.
"Some developing countries are considering the option of using economic instruments as part of a broader policy of climate change mitigation. In South Africa, a carbon tax has been a very effective instrument for inducing relative emission reductions in the long-term mitigat... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor C on Friday, October 29, 2010,
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The U.S.
recycling rate for post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is 28 percent
in 2009, marking the sixth straight year that the nation’s recycling rate has
increased, despite a four percent decrease in the availability of PET
containers, by weight, according to a new report.
The report, “2009
Report on Post Consumer PET Container Recycling Activity” (PDF), also details the end uses for a record 937
million pounds of recycled PET used in manufacturing applications, reflecti... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Tuesday, October 19, 2010,
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By Hugh Wheelan via Responsible Investor Some of the biggest investment managers in the US – managing $415 billion in assets – have thrown their weight behind a campaign to fight a California state legal review that could halt implementation of its clean energy law, saying it would jeopardize long-term investment in green technology.
The investor backing of the ‘No on 23’ movement, referring to the controversial Proposition 23 ballot in two weeks time, follows an increasingly bitter ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Newswire on Thursday, October 14, 2010,
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Via NREL Newswire
The kids are back in school in post-Katrina New Orleans, and there's light at the end of the classroom. Five years after Katrina flushed water through the failed floodwalls, destroying homes, damaging classrooms and dashing dreams, the opportunity to build green schools that save millions of dollars on energy bills is just within reach for the school districts that serve New Orleans.Hurricane Katrina knocked out dozens of schools along with thousands of homes, and for quite a... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Thursday, October 14, 2010,
Via DOEGolden, Colo., Oct. 13, 2010 – Thirty-four clean energy companies, including five Colorado companies, will gather in Denver Oct. 19-21 to present their clean energy business cases to a panel of national venture capitalists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory 23rd Industry Growth Forum. In addition to the business case presentations, a comprehensive agenda of speakers and in-depth panels will address the most important topics in the industry today... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor C on Thursday, October 7, 2010,
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Via U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Council of Environmental
Quality (CEQ) Chair Nancy Sutley recently announced plans for the
installation of solar on the roof of the White House residence. The
plans are for two solar panels that will provide electricity, and a
solar hot water heater that will heat water for use in the residence.
The announcement came on the one-year anniversary of President
Obama's Executive Order (EO) 13514 on Leadership in Environmental,
Ene... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor C on Tuesday, October 5, 2010,
Via Wikipedia and Scientific American
A recent poll by the Magazine Scientific American sponsored by Shell over 50,000 readers answered the following question; Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is one method being developed to capture and store the CO2
that comes from burning fossil fuels--essential to help mitigate
serious climate change. The International Energy Agency says it could
account for nearly 19% of the total CO2 reductions needed by 2050.
Do you think CCS should be developed? (Ch... Continue reading ...
Posted by Editor C on Wednesday, September 29, 2010,
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By Enel.com
Rome, 2010 - Enel inaugurated the “Archimede” solar thermal power plant at Priolo Gargallo (Syracuse, Sicily). First in the world to use molten-salt technology integrated with a combined-cycle plant.
Participating in the ceremony together with the CEO and General Manager of Enel, Fulvio Conti, were, among others, the Minister for the Environment, Stefania Prestigiacomo, the President of the Province of Syracuse, Nicola Bono, and the Mayor of Priolo Gargallo, Antonello Rizza. ... Continue reading ...
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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