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Oil at $200 a Barrel Because of Tensions in Strait of Hormuz?

 The pieces and policies for potential conflict in the Persian Gulf are seemingly drawing inexorably together. Since 24 December the Iranian Navy has been holding its ten-day Velayat 90 naval exercises, covering an area in the Arabian Sea stretching from east of the Strait of Hormuz entrance to the Persian ... keep reading

Written by John C.K.Daly in January, about Coal & Oil, Events, Ocean, Trade, Transport, War

Farm:Shop- London Retail Space Becomes a Farm in a Shop

FARM:shop will be using an empty retail unit to see how much food they can grow in an urban shop.Urban Farming has been a hot topic  recently, with the rooftops of homes and supermarketsbeing transformed into fruit and vegetable gardens. Now the London FARM: shop project in ... keep reading

Written by Springwise in November 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Design, Farming, Food, Health, Industry & Business, Innovation, Trade (1 comment)

Cashel Mall Pops Back Up in Containers. Restart in Christchurch.

It's taken till 9pm tonight to be able to get anywhere near the opening of the Restart project which encompasses Cashel Mall from the Bridge of Remembrance to Colombo Street.So the pictures are taken in the dark.Earlier in the day traffic was too heavy to get anywhere ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in October 2011, about Children and Families, Christchurch, Earthquake, Renewals, Retail, Trade (1 comment)

Giant Walmart Seeks to Become Cosy Corner Store

Walmart is a retail giant in the U.S. that is more well-known for selling personal goods and appliances. Some of its stores can stretch to up to a massive 150,000 square feet, which is nearly the size of three football fields. However, this is about to change as ... keep reading

Written by Yi Chen in October 2011, about Branding, Children and Families, Consumerism, Corporate Citizenship, Design, Industry & Business, Innovation, Retail, Trade (3 comments)

Saving the World One Patent at a Time

So you’ve developed a brilliant new clean technology?  Its widespread use will benefit humankind greatly but you are loath to simply give the technology away without some form of compensation for your efforts.  The answer?  A patent. What is a patent? The traditional view of a patent is that ... keep reading

Written by Jonathan Lucas in August 2011, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Law, Trade, Trade Marks

John Key on Hardtalk, round two

Our story last week on John Key’s uncomfortable interview with Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur generated a healthy dose of commentary from Celsias readers. In that interview, Sackur put Key under a flaming hot spotlight with regards to the clean and green image on which New Zealand, somewhat inaccurately, markets ... keep reading

Written by Celsias Team in May 2011, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Farming, Politics & Government, Tourism, Trade (3 comments)

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