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On behalf of WWF Switzerland , Ennovent is managing the Tropical Forest Challenge to discover innovative for-profit enterprises from around the world that have a positive impact on tropical forest biodiversity. These innovative for-profit solutions can contribute to a sustainable future that meets the needs of both people and nature.Although ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about awards, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Farming, Finance & Money, Food, Recycling, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
Even diehard gourmands who adore the delicacy foie gras are well aware of the process involved in making it. Foie gras , (“fat liver” in French)—duck or goose liver pâté—is the result of force-feeding large amounts of feed into a duck or goose’s esophagus via a metal ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell this month, about Consumerism, Environment & Wildlife, Farming, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has called on governments to drive investment of at least 2% of GDP in the green economy in the wake of independent economic analysis forecasting the potential for green jobs growth. The Millennium Institute green investment model shows how new investments of 2% of ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Farming, Forestry, Green energy, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior (3 comments)
I've been getting desperate updates from some of our dozens of organisers in Fiji - who over the last week have been lashed by a massive storm - Tropical Storm Daphne. As I write this, the Western side of Viti Levu is literally underwater. One of our organisers sent us these ... keep reading
Written by Aaron Packard 350.org last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Farming, Food, Weather
A showcase of New Zealand bioscience is bringing an eclectic range of entrepreneurs, leaders from multinational pharmaceutical companies and research and development organisations and financiers to Auckland later this month. The annual NZBIO conference March 26-28 will cover diverse topics including drug development, future foods, the importance of biotechnology to ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in March, about Clean Technologies, Design, Education, Events, Farming, Industry & Business, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior
The United Nations has designated 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives, providing a great opportunity to raise the profile of an important organizational tool for spreading human rights and equality worldwide. Membership in co-operative businesses has grown to 1 billion people across 96 countries, according to new research published ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in February, about Design, Economics, Farming, Finance & Money, Industry & Business
The Dairy Women’s Network of New Zealand has joined forces with the Breast Cancer Research Trust in an innovative initiative to raise funds towards achieving the BCRT’s goal of finding a cure for breast cancer by 2018. Dairy farms that are joined up with the Dairy Women’s ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in February, about Children and Families, Farming, Finance & Money, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior
At the end of January, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down California’s ban on processing of non-ambulatory, or “downer,” livestock , specifically pigs and hogs. The ban on the sale of pigs too weak to walk cannot be enforced because a less rigorous law regulates slaughterhouse inspections. California state ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell in February, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Consumerism, Farming, Health, Industry & Business, Law
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu this week launched the Water Tight 2012 report, which explores the future of the global water sector in the year ahead. The report examines how major global trends such as population growth, increasing economic development, and urbanization, coupled with the changes in climate patterns, underscore the importance ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in January, about Consumerism, Economics, Farming, Finance & Money, Food, Water
Potato exporting is not something we hear alot about. And yet at present the potato industry is worth in excess of $500 million to the New Zealand economy , and was responsible for exports with a value of more than $100 million last year. And is in the process of trying ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in January, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Farming, Food, Industry & Business, Innovation, Soil, Sustainability
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