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Articles from April 2010

Complete Dispatches from B4E Summit in Seoul

posted @ Friday, 23 April 2010 7:43 p.m. by Chris Tobias

This Week: FORWARD to cover B4E Summit in Seoul

Coming this week: Live coverage from the Business for Environment Summit in Seoul, South Korea.  Follow live updates Wednesday through Friday on www.eco-business.com, or get tweets on FwdThkng and Ecobusinesscom.  Coverage of this high level, prestigious event appears courtesy of City Developments Limited (CDL)

   

posted @ Monday, 19 April 2010 12:01 a.m. by Chris Tobias

This Week's Resource Roundup

Two very interesting resources have come across the radar this week:

1) The Blue Economy:  What would the world be like if we took the most promsing 100, nature inspired technologies and ganged them up together into one system?  The answer Gunter Pauli insists is an economic "ecosystem" complete with symbiotic relationships, reinforcing technologies, and recycled nutrients.  To the critics who might think this is just another researcher's impractical wet dream, Pauli involved a project team to review and assemble the ideas-- everyone from corporate strategists to economists to financiers and policy makers.  The ideas go beyond the "less bad" in order to do "more good".  The book is forthcoming and it looks damn promising. 

2) AltUse: The website presents alternative re/uses for everything from egg cartons to banana peels.  Some very worthwhile and economic ideas here, from coffee grounds in the garden to hairspray as a stain remover. 

posted @ Wednesday, 7 April 2010 5:48 p.m. by Chris Tobias

Killer Kit Kats: Nestle Getting Screwed by its Palm Oil Policy

... or...way to go Greenpeace on yet another very successful campaign.  Better hope your company's supply chain is safe.  Palm oil is some nasty business.

 

posted @ Friday, 2 April 2010 10:15 a.m. by Chris Tobias