Search Results for: sustainability
Videos
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Self Sustaining Children's Home
We have an opportunity to dramatically change the lives of many orphans in Kenya and the entire Lake Victoria Region of East Africa through the development of a Self Sustaining Children’s Home. The idea of the Self Sustaining Children’s Home (SSCH hereafter) came to Dr. Erick Otieno when he noticed that children were not being cared for as they had been in the past, resulting primarily from the breakdown of the system of polygamy within Kenyan society. As the AIDS pandemic continues at an alarming rate to produce more and more orphaned children, Dr. Otieno had the idea of creating the SSCH with sustainable functions to provide long term care and assistance for these many orphans. His ideas include self sustaining resources that actually produce a surplus of funding that is re-directed back into the home. Not only does the SSCH care for the children, but long-term plans for each child include a cash fund for when they leave the home to start a life as an adult.
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McKesson's Employees Bring Environmental Sustainability to Life, Realizing Cost Savings
Either through company-sponosred Environmental Councils or through their everyday jobs, McKesson employees are helping the company to reduce its environmental impact and deliver cost savings. In the company's 2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship Report, McKesson features stories that demonstrate the company's commitment to environmental sustainability.
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Global Green USA: Rebuilding New Orleans Green
Causecast featured organization Global Green USA focuses on stemming global climate change by creating green buildings and cities. In post-Katrina New Orleans, they helped a community to rebuild sustainably.
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CSE Sustainability Chicago Workshop; July 1 2009
View clips from the CSE workshop, titled “How to…Get Started with CSR: From Strategy to Reporting." The workshop focused on the fundamentals of Sustainability, considered by many experts as the more Holistic Green Movement now taking place in the wake of our economic situation.
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The meat industry is harmful to the environment, public health, and animal rights. This episode of Cause in 60 is a mashup of opinions supporting sustainability and a healthier well being by reducing our meat consumption. (Additional footage credit: Farm Sanctuary and Creative Commons)
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The 3BL Media CSR Minute: 60 seconds or so of daily news and commentary on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the triple bottom line (3BL). Today's items: Fast Company, Farr Air Pollution Control, Center for Sustainability and Excellence
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The 3BL Media CSR Minute: 60 seconds or so of daily news and commentary on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the triple bottom line (3BL). Today's Items: Home Depot + Habitat for Humanity's 5,000 Green Homes, FishChoice's Sustainable Seafood, Anaheim Ducks + Share Our Selves
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The 3BL Media CSR Minute: 60 seconds or so of daily news and commentary on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the triple bottom line (3BL). Today's Items: General Electric + Waste Management, Sustainable Cleveland
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The 3BL Media CSR Minute: 60 seconds or so of daily news and commentary on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the triple bottom line (3BL). Today's Items: Hilton Hotels, Institute for Sustainable Development, Seventh Generation, JustMeans, Greenopia, New Belgium, Jewelry, Green Building, CSR, Commentary
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The 3BL Media CSR Minute: 60 seconds or so of daily news and commentary on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the triple bottom line (3BL). Today's Items: Hospitality Design Expo's Contest, Sustainable Enterprise Partnership's Certificate, Big Room's Eco-Label Guide
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Contests and New Media Advance Sustainability Initiatives
As part of its rebranding effort, SDialogue (formerly SRB Marketing) is currently running its “S Contest,” and using audio and video to promote the contest to other organizations with a sustainability story to tell.
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Ecodesign Strategies for 'Greener' Product Innovation
Terry Swack, President of Sustainable Minds introduces Philip White, IDSA, VP of Sustainable Product Design at Sustainable Minds, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, and Lead Author of Okala presents at Mastering Environmental Impact Assessment in the Design Process Workshop 2009.
Articles
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Re-Branding Sustainability For The Great Majority
This whole sustainability thing is in need of a major branding overhaul. Find out what The Lazy Environmentalist says about re-branding sustainability.
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Is McDonalds Lovin' The Idea of Sustainability and Being Green?
McDonald's vice president for corporate responsibility went to the Virtual Energy Forum this week to offer up his company's take on energy management...
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Organic vs Local? Who Cares. Neither is Sustainable.
Future food must also pack a greater amount of calories using fewer resources (water and energy), as well as be affordable.
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How To Eat Sustainable Seafood
Eating fish and protecting the environment don't have to be opposing interests. We can still enjoy our seafood and conserve our oceanic wildlife. Here's how.
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The World's First Sustainable Sushi Restaurant (VIDEO)
In the mood for sushi, but want a sustainable option? Learn about one restaurant that's made the change
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RBC Donates $200,000 to Waterkeeper
RBC Financial Group has donated $200,000 to the Lake Ontario chapter of Waterkeeper. The donation was presented by RBC President and CEO Gordon Nixon in hono... -
Ecuador Wants To Give The Environment Human Rights
Next week Ecuadorian citizens will vote on giving the rainforests, islands and rivers the same legal rights that humans have. As of right now, 56% of Ecuador... -
Kenya Prepares To Roll Out Genetically Modified Food
Some people are all in favor of genetically modified food while many others are vehemently against it. The Ministry of Agriculture in Kenya is all for it. Th... -
Africa Undergoing A "Green Revolution"
Due in large part to crop breeding, soil management, irrigation and diversification, Malawi has undergone a huge change in its agricultural conditions over t... -
Is Your Sushi Habit Helping To Erase An Entire Species Of Fish?
What's your favorite type of fish when you go and get sushi? What if you found out that fish was being so over-fished that their numbers were dwindling?
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Fighting HIV in Rwanda with (RED)
Since the beginning of the (RED) campaign, the Global Fund has wired more than $22 million of (RED) money to Rwanda.
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Do you want a real scare this Halloween? Turns out your favorite Halloween accessory, the Jack-o-Lantern, may be nowhere to be found.
Events
- Social Media for Sustainability Conference Location: Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF 1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94143-300
- 10th Annual Sustainable Design Awards Location: Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers New York City
- Monday Night Social Location: 1645 Wilcox Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028
- Light Up Black Friday Location: online
- Power Shift 09 Location: Washington, DC
- SXSW Benefit for HOPE Location: Austin, TX @Speakeasy
- Chelsea market Location: 75 9th Avenue, NYC.
- World Water Day Location: Everywhere!
- “Earth Ball” to Drop for Earth Day Celebration in Times Square Location: Times Square, NYC
- 31st Annual Harmony Festival Location: Sonoma County Fairgrounds Santa Rosa, CA
- Rainforest Action Network's Revel 2009 Location: The Bently Reserve: 301 Battery Street San Francisco, CA
- Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change Location: worldwide
Organizations
People
- Bands For Lands Boulder, CO
- ValerieCB Winchester, VA
- Trisha Kaplan San Francisco, CA
- Michael Ithaca, NY
- mere3 Woodland Hills, CA
- JoyousSong Los Angeles, CA
- RachelAvalon
- YouthAdvocacy Live Oak, FL
- Hand and Heart LA Burbank, CA
- Debra Philomath, OREGON
- dgerding San Francisco, CA
- chicdambach Crownsville, MD
Blog posts
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Any day now, there’s going to be a really big earthquake in California. There will also be floods in Mississippi, tornadoes in Kansas, tsunamis in Alaska and volcanoes in Hawaii. Any day now ther...
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Proposition 8 Underscores California’s Struggle to Achieve Sustainability
California’s Proposition 8 is wrong. While I am a big proponent that my blogs should be nonpartisan, I feel strongly about that first sentence, and more strongly that it has nothing to do with p...
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Janine Benyus: 12 Sustainable Design Ideas from Nature
Janine Benyus talks about learning nature for sustainable design. Check out the video below by clicking on the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n77BfxnVlyc
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Biofuels Can Provide Viable, Sustainable Solution To Reducing Petroleum Dependence, Study Shows
Follow the link, or copy and paste it to read more the ways how biofuels are a sustainable solution: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210133920.htm
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TIME lauds sustainable food leader Bon Appetit Management Company
Sustainable food leader Bon Appétit Management Company’s socially responsible sourcing practices are gathering speed and attracting attention, proving that sustainable food can scale to meet volume...
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Social Media’s Powerful Impact on the Sustainability Dialogue
Social Media’s Powerful Impact on the Sustainability Dialogue SDialogue has released a new report, Social Media Advances the Sustainability Dialogue, New Ways to Powerfully Engage Stakeholders. ...
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StartingBloc and Intertek Sustainability Solutions Announce Bloc Party II :: Celebrating Social Innovators New York, NY – StartingBloc and Intertek Sustainability Solutions invite you to join u...
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Although social media for social good is one of my causes, I do have another. Recently, a friend of mine passed a long a video, The Girl Effect. After watching the video, I thought “Well, what now?...
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If you combine my day job of fixing computers, my constant thirst for new technology tools using web/mobile/personal computing, and the passion to help... you can imagine how excited I was to read ...
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Russell Simmons in Africa supporting DEF
In South Africa this week for my work to grow the Diamond Empowerment Fund (D.E.F.), a non-profit I co-founded last year to support educational empowerment programs in African nations where diamond...
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NEXTAID Youth With A Vision: Community Center And Children's Residential Village
THE VILLAGE Intended to showcase natural building design, the earth-friendly sustainable village in Dennilton, South Africa will serve as a beacon of hope in a community that has been devastated b...
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Honduras. July 28th, 2008 The following post was written Friday from Honduras where I was visiting 6 new wells funded through our partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue. $500,000 was raised through...
