Sustainability| More...
 

Global

Decade of Disillusionment

Blythe McGarvie | Posted 12.20.2009 | World

Read More: Infrastructure, Internet, Global, College, Hurrican Katrina, Grade 12, Tiger Woods, Decade, University Students, Technology, Business, World News
Blythe McGarvie

We must understand the changes from the last 10 years in order to anticipate the direction of our global economy for the next few years. I believe the zeitgeist is the Decade of Disillusionment, or the condition of having lost naive faith and trust.

Read Post

Watching The World's Water Quality And Quantity

Lissa Coffey | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Population, Lissa Coffey, Global, Water Pollution, Water, The Giving Life, Sustainability, Conservation, Crisis, Green Living, Matt Damon, Pollution, Sanitation, Living News
Lissa Coffey

According to the World Health Organization, approximately 884 million people are without adequate drinking water, and 2.5 billion people are without adequate water for sanitation.

Read Post

Canstruction Builds Art For Food Banks

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Canned Food, Global, Contest, Art, Hunger, Donation, Volunteering, Sculpture, Impact News

Architects, engineers, and students in 130 cities are competing this fall to design and build giant sculptures made entirely from cans of food. Canstr...

Read Whole Story

Kyle Orton best NFL quarterback and other misinterpretations of data

Big Green Boulder | Big Green Boulder | Posted 11.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Environment, Global, Climate, Warming, Study, Denver, Energy, Data, Pollution, Home News

If you are a Coloradan and concerned about the environment, firstly, thanks for reading and, secondly, we're worried that you may have c...

Read Whole Story

Climate Week NYC Is Here!

treehugger.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Green City, Global, Nyc, No Impact Man, Slow Movement, Rally, Climate Week Nyc, Envionmentalism, Climate Change, Festival, Tony Blair, Go Green, Climate Week, Green News

The 'Week' officially starts on Monday, but events start in earnest tomorrow. There's a full event listing on the Climate Week NY°C website, but here...

Read Whole Story

Goodbye/Hello 13: Women Reclaiming Rights to Their Goddess Power

Patt Cottingham | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Micro-Investment, Safe Childbirth, Rights, Girls, Women, Political Vote, Education, Goddess, Hillary Clinton, Peace, Healthcare, Global, World News
Patt Cottingham

Thankfully it is now becoming clear that those countries that ensure basic women's rights of education, health care, childcare, safe childbirth practices, and a political vote, are more stable economically and far less likely to succumb to extremism.

Read Post

2012: A Time of Change?

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Global, Social Change, First 30 Days, Ariane De Bonvoisin, 2012, Mayans, Mayan Calendar, Living News
Ariane de Bonvoisin

Is 2012 the end of the world? No. It may be the end of one type of world we have been living in.

Read Post

British PM Calls For $100 Billion Global Green Fund

AFP | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Developing World, Gordon Brown, Global, Climate Crisis, Climate Change, Alternative Energy Resources, Alternate Energy, Alternative Energy Supplies, Green Energy, Alternative and Renewable, Renewable Resources, Alternate Energy Sources, Clean Renewable Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Resource, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Efficiency, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Green News

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Friday called for a global fund worth $100 billion a year to tackle climate change in the developing world, ahead ...

Read Whole Story

Wisdom From Around The World On Healthy Eating

forbes.com | Joshua Zumbrun | Posted 08.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Global, Omega-3-Fatty-Acids, International Eating, Health, Nutrition, Fish Oil, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet, Foreign Diets, Living News

There is a universal wisdom to healthy eating. Pile on the fruits, vegetables and whole grains and skip the meat and saturated fat. Consume everything...

Read Whole Story

Lazarus and the Iranians

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global, Wealthy, President Obama, Lazarus and the Rich Man, Jesus, Grassroots, Justice of God, Poor, Injustice, Luke, Government, Streets, Image of God, Iran, Muslim, Wealth, Muslim World, Protest, Muslims, Story of Lazarus, Justice, Poverty, Iranians, Lazarus, Politics News
Jim Wallis

A connection has been made. A connection clearly seen between a young generation here in the United States and a young generation of Iranians who have taken to the streets.

Read Post

A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, History, Leadership, Love Your Neighbor, Global, Slavery, International, Opportunity, Poll, Trade, Sacrifice, Green, Clean Energy, Congress, Emissions, Priorities, God, Poor, Consumption, Legislation, America, Church of England, Slave Trade, Climate Treaty, Christ, Climate Change, Land, Consumers, Polluting Industries, Security, Christian, Creation, Green News
Jim Wallis

Let's ensure that history does not remember us just as "consumers" of the earth and its resources, but as people who take seriously the God-given mandate to "serve and preserve" the earth.

Read Post

Goodbye/Hello 2 "Consumer: a Retro Concept"

Patt Cottingham | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer, Connection, Unconscious, Global, Retro, Consumption, 21st Century, Recession, America, Barack Obama, Mindful, Citizen, Business News
Patt Cottingham

Goodbye to the limiting branding and marketing models of consumerism. Hello to taping into the richer branding and marketing models of citizenry.

Read Post

It's not American Leadership the World Wants, it's American Companionship

Indra Adnan | Posted 02.18.2009 | World

Read More: Leadership, America, Worldcitizen, World, Bethechange, Community, Hardpower, Obama, Peace, Global, Change, Smartpower, Volunteering, Inauguration, Hillaryclinton, Softpower, Barack Obama, World News
Indra Adnan

It was a surprise that Obama didn't mention any commitment to the world and its citizens in his victory speech and there is every chance he won't spare us a line in his inaugural address.

Read Post

Beginning Anew: How To Find A New Direction

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Global, Purpose, Serving, Prosperity, Giving, Happiness, Inner Peace, Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

With the approach of the new year, we may feel, like winter's trees, that we've been stripped bare from what's sustained us in the past.

Read Post

Driving in Pakistan: Can You Handle It?

Jeanette Khan | Posted 12.18.2008 | Style

Read More: Driving, Pakistan, Travel, Global, Lifestyle, Style News
Jeanette Khan

There are more motorcycles on the road than any other vehicle. Most people cover the gas tank with cloths to prevent getting burned from the heat of the tank.

Read Post

The America That Can Be/The America That Has Been

William Bradley | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hawaii, Global, John McCain, Chicago, Presidential Campaign, Future, Civil War, TV Advertising, Barack Obama, Navy, First Black President, Politics News
William Bradley

In Barack Obama and John McCain, we representatives of an emerging set of values and an enduring tradition. But we didn't get the sort of constructive debate between these traditions showing the value of each.

Read Post

The President and the Planet, On a Budget

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Population, Politics, Global, Poverty, President Obama, Military, Defense, Equity, Economics, Climate, Disease, Sustainability, Presidency, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News

President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20 will become the most important leader of a species that has exploded in just six generations from a total popu...

Read Whole Story

Protecting the Internet as a Global Medium for Freedom

Leslie Harris | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential, Internet, Global, Human Rights, Online, Freedom, Leadkership, President, Election, Politics News
Leslie Harris

The next president has powerful tools at his disposal including diplomacy, trade policy, and foreign aid.

Read Post

Our Crisis Is Not Economic -- Part Two

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Debt, Forgiving Debt, Pattern Language, Architecture, Design, Green, Harvey Cox, Obesity, Barack Obama, Spectrum of Consciousness, Ken Wilber, Spectrum, Change, Global, Christopher Alexander, Building, Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche, Apollo Project, Automobile, Green News
Stephen C. Rose

It is no longer heresy to suggest that by continuing our automobile economy we are throwing money, architecture, design and ecology down a black hole.

Read Post

Senate To Begin Working On "Historic' Global Warming Bill

McClatchy | David Whitney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Boxer, Global, Sen. Boxer, Global Warming, Senate, US Senate, Politics News

After 20 hearings and countless speeches on the Senate floor warning of the risks of failure, a key committee starts work Wednesday on historic legisl...

Read Whole Story