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The Importance of Taking Your Biz Carbon Negative
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| What are there benefits to taking your business's carbon emissions BELOW zero? Learn how your business can become part of the solution to combating climate change--and profit while doing so--by becoming carbon negative. |
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Why Climate Change is the A-Bomb of the 21st Century
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| Why Climate Change is the A-Bomb of the 21st Century |
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What Causes Climate Change?
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| Climate change can be attributed to both natural and man-made causes. However, alarming changes have been rapidly occurring for the past 200 years - since the industrial revolution. |
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How Does Global Warming Affect Our Climate?
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| What is the correlation between climate and global warming? What is the impact of continual burning of fossil fuels? |
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Climate Change and Food Crisis
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| How can meat consumption play a role in food shortages? And what about the manufacture of biofuel? These two processes are having a significant impact on global crop production. |
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Global Warming Exposes Resources but Arctic Meeting Leaves Some Out in the Cold
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| Yesterday March 29, Canada hosted a summit of five Arctic coastal countries (Canada, Russia, the U.S., Norway and Denmark). There is renewed interest in the arctic because global warming has melted massive ice sheets revealing vast new reserves of oil and other resources. The Arctic meeting was criticized for an insufficient environmental focus and the exclusion of several key players.
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Earth Day 2010: Life and Death Decisions for Business
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| On Thursday, April 22, 2010 Earth Day will celebrate its fortieth anniversary. With one billion members Earth Day is the largest secular civic event in the world. This year, Earth Day is a pivotal opportunity for businesses to push for green jobs, caps for carbon and a sustainable global economy. Businesses can either prepare for a sustainable future or wait for repercussions. |
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Earth Day and Social Media
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| Thanks to the revolutionary power of social media, Earth Day has grown from 20 million participants in 1970 to one billion participants in 2010. Without the help of digital technologies, the first Earth Day demonstrations helped convince Congress to pass major environmental regulations. Four decades later, Senators are about to introduce their version of the climate change bill that passed in the House last year. Earth Day is an opportunity to send a clear message to lawmakers demanding that they pass climate change legislation. See Earth Day social media links including, social networks, video, photos, apps, interactive event maps, and events by location. To continue reading go to THE GREEN MARKET.
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The Shape of Things to Come
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| We have already bet our future on a technical fix.
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The next big things
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| Society is changing fast. Economic uncertainty, technology, climate change, extremism and the internet are all accelerating the pace of change.
For many well established business models the writing is on the wall. Now more than ever constant innovation is the only route to sustained success. |
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Are YouTapping Into THE POWER OF PLAN B?
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| Keep your mind open. Take notes. And you'll see how quickly other fabulous options will be given to you.
I think Plan B actually means BETTER because we're forced to be creative in unusual ways. (and of course you can return the favor to these 5 fabulous people that helped you out)
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Staying Ahead of your CompetitionThe Green way
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| Things here in NYC are crazy with corporations and entrepreneurs trying to figure out how to catch the green wave.
And if you’re in doubt whether there is some serious potential in business in this area, just spend 3 minutes at any magazine store and look at the front covers of some of the major publications. That should placate your doubts!
Why is the “green” industry so darn hot and very unlikely to be just a fad |
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Sustainable Issues And Business Opportunities
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| With all the news of our planet being in such an environmental crisis, it is enough to make one's head spin. Here is how to select an issue and build your business, product or career around creating solutions for it. |
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Your Money or Your Life? - A Financial Crisis Comment
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| Which do you value most - your money or your life? Terrorism, climate change, and wars are being pushed aside in the rush to beg for mercy at the stock exchange shrine. But after we're gone we'll be remembered for what we did in life, not what we spent. The financial crisis is causing increasing numbers to take a more philosophical approach to what 'quality of life' really means. |
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Quantifying The Intagible: How LM3 Cuts Through The Haze Of Partisan Agendas (LM3 Profile)
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| On October 30th, 2006 Sir Nicholas Stern released his Review, The Economics of Climate Change.
Stern described climate change as an economic externality which is an economic transaction that generates a positive or negative (re pollution, global warming etc.) effect for an uninvolved third-party such as the general public.
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Improving Your Work "Environment": Is It Truly Easy Being "Green"?
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| The environment. Being "green". Climate change. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon taxes. David Suzuki. Al Gore. All are at the forefront of almost every media outlet these days. In this article we discuss the "greening" of your HR practices and why it's important for the growth and bottom line of your business.
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Silicon Valley to make Greener Computers
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| A coalition of technology companies and environmental groups recently launched an initiative to conserve electricity and curb global warming emissions by making the world's computers and servers more energy-efficient.
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Carbon Offsets: Creating Something Real from Hot Air
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| You’ve probably heard about carbon offsets. They’re everywhere these days, and it seems not a week goes that I don’t hear about a company pledging to go carbon neutral. And yet, it all seems so…full of hot air. What’s real? What do they really do? Which will make the most impact? How are the different purveyors, well, different?
I have a suggestion: Take a look at LiveNeutral. This non-profit gives you a direct path to making a tangible, tax deductible difference, and can educate your company staff as well, deepening the positive impact. |
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Towards pro-poor innovation
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| Putting public value into science and technology |
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Other climate change Related Articles
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Quantifying The Intagible: How LM3 Cuts Through The Haze Of Partisan Agendas (LM3 Profile)
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| On October 30th, 2006 Sir Nicholas Stern released his Review, The Economics of Climate Change.
Stern described climate change as an economic externality which is an economic transaction that generates a positive or negative (re pollution, global warming etc.) effect for an uninvolved third-party such as the general public.
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The next big things
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| Society is changing fast. Economic uncertainty, technology, climate change, extremism and the internet are all accelerating the pace of change.
For many well established business models the writing is on the wall. Now more than ever constant innovation is the only route to sustained success. |
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How to Manage Change - Tell Your People Why the Need For Change
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| How to manage change - and at the speed of change? How to deal with the turbulence? This is challenging and of all the current strategies for managing change it's a perspective that is increasingly relevant in the current climate. |
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Define Leadership - The Missing Key Success Factor in Change Management
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| How you define and exercise leadership in the present climate will be a significant determinant in your organisation's fortunes - and especially in the context of change management. But so often in change management situations the emphasis is on the process and the management of the situation and not the leadership... |
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Why Climate Change is the A-Bomb of the 21st Century
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| Why Climate Change is the A-Bomb of the 21st Century |
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Climate Scientist Cleared: Deniers Deprived of Misinformation Strategy
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| The British scientist best known for his role in the "Climategate" controversy was cleared of hiding or manipulating data. From the beginning, Climategate was a ruse. Jones' findings are corroborated by numerous reputable sources. The body of climate research is sound, deniers will have to find other means of discrediting the science supporting climate change.
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Climate Counts: Businesses Combating Climate Change
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| Climate Counts brings consumers and companies together in the fight against global climate change. Since 2007, Climate Counts has rated 150 companies (representing approximately 3,000 brands) in 16 industry sectors. The charter members of the i2 project are boldly showing leadership with sustainable positioning that enhances efficiency, reduces climate impact and betters their bottom line. |
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Earth Day and Social Media
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| Thanks to the revolutionary power of social media, Earth Day has grown from 20 million participants in 1970 to one billion participants in 2010. Without the help of digital technologies, the first Earth Day demonstrations helped convince Congress to pass major environmental regulations. Four decades later, Senators are about to introduce their version of the climate change bill that passed in the House last year. Earth Day is an opportunity to send a clear message to lawmakers demanding that they pass climate change legislation. See Earth Day social media links including, social networks, video, photos, apps, interactive event maps, and events by location. To continue reading go to THE GREEN MARKET.
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Icebergs, Polar Bears, and Change Management
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| Vanishing icebergs and distressed Polar bears have come to symbolize the effects of our changing climate. The iceberg has also been used as a metaphor for change in organizations.
The “Change Management Iceberg” developed by Wilfred Kruger offers an explanation of why many organizational change efforts fail. Above the waterline are the three areas of concern of most managers–doing things faster, better, or cheaper.
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ICT and Green
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| The impact of Information, Communications Technology (ICT) on Global Climate Change (GCC) |
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