Reading the Financial Times in Vienna this morning, I was delighted to see the ‘Life & Arts’ section covering Room to Read in a major way. Googling, I then found…
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Wall Street Journal article that describes a growing trend among professionals to pursue volunteer stints in the development sector. Some companies provide support for their employees to do this, and…
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Global Footprint Network is releasing data today that reveals a growing gap between human demand on ecological services and the rate at which nature can supply those services. It would…
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Over 20 years ago, we launched The Green Consumer Guide, which sold around a million copies, went into foreign language editions in around 20 countries, and helped consumers worldwide put…
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Jeroo Billimoria, Executive Director Aflatoun, Child Social & Financial Education, The Netherlands If Phoenix forms of capitalism are to work, children need to have access to quality education that will…
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Thulasiraj Ravilla, Executive Director, Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology Aravind Eye Care System, India Aravind Eye Care is the largest and most productive eye care facility in the world.…
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The Katoomba Group has launched the Mercados Ambientales, a platform that seeks to catalyze markets for ecosystem services in Latin America. Earlier this year, their flagship report: ‘Beyond Carbon: Biodiversity…
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EarthPulse: State of the Earth 2010, which opens with a full page of Global Footprint Network data, offers the clearest endorsement yet by a mainstream publication of the idea of…
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Jack Sim (Founder) World Toilet Organization (WTO), Singapore WTO: WE NEED AN END TO ‘BUREAUCRAZY’! Sanitation must be a fundamental priority worldwide. The World Toilet Organization is a global non-profit…
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In our 2009 report The Phoenix Economy, we argued that the ‘recession’ could well go much deeper – and last much longer – than most people believed. Not a popular…
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The world has reached a tipping point in the fight against climate change, but leaders are optimistic that incremental victories will ensure the battle is ultimately won. Countries, internal states…
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Perhaps the biggest single task facing our species is to shift our prevailing paradigms, something that happens rarely, that typically triggers social, political and economic convulsions over protracted periods, and…
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On 23 November 2009, the 2030 Water Resources Group is launching a new report that shows that, by 2030, one-third of the world’s population could have access to only half…
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I’ve just come back from Delhi, India, where we brought together 120 leaders to catalyze investment for entrepreneurial solutions. The meeting is a key milestone in the work we are…
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This is the first instalment of a regular blog series I’m launching tonight called ‘Brilliant Ideas’. In my role at Volans, the BEST part of my job is getting to…
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