In this context, a reflection by Niall Ferguson in today’s Financial Times on the meaning of the past decade struck me as particularly apt and insightful. He explores the reasons…
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Water is an increasingly political issue worldwide – and it comes in many forms. “From the Arctic sea ice to the Antarctic interior and the mountainous peaks of Peru, Alaska,…
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“Copenhagen is a crime scene tonight,” said John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, “with the guilty men and women fleeing to the airport.” Increasingly, the take on COP15 is…
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No, its not a typo, but a rather astute way to kick-off a series of blogs from the COP15 summit in Copenhagen: Geoff Lye, a Volans Co-Founder who is there…
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At a time when we are beginning to think of growing our numbers, in terms of the size of the Volans team, one issue which we haven’t done much –…
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Shokay (www.shokay.com), the world’s first lifestyle brand focused on the yak, features adult wear and adult accessories. Shokay prides itself not only in its classic and modern designs, but also…
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Back in the USA after my internship with Volans, I was delighted this week to have received an amazing amount of curious enthusiasm from the audience after my oral defence…
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One key way of alerting people to the positive side of the great change processes we must drive in the coming decades is to use new visualisation techniques to help…
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In the midst of the global recession, GlobeScan’s new 23-country survey of public attitudes to climate change found that over 60 percent support their governments making investments to address the…
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The HSEG CEO oversees and develops Hagar’s social enterprise investments, including establishing performance targets (social and financial), engaging in strategic business planning, and pursuing new social enterprise growth opportunities. The…
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Here’s a clever idea. Sustainability Institute has launched the Climate Scoreboard, an online tool that allows anyone to track progress in the ongoing negotiations to produce an international climate treaty.…
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Spent the day at Cineforum’s ‘Road to Ecotopia’ event at the old St Luke’s office building, 22 Duke’s Road, just across the road from Euston Station. Much discussion of how…
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