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Healthy People, Healthy Community - COMMUNITY MIDWIFERY EDUCATION PROGRAM IN AFGHANISTAN

Wed, 2013-07-03 22:04 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Maryam Safi

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Vision:

The program’s vision is to see the realization and development of a vibrant and vital civil society in Afghanistan where the interest, concerns, and dignity of the civilians, the citizen, and the common man are taken seriously and more people have access to resources and power over choices.

Mission:

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Sustainable Supply Chain Summit - October 7-8, 2013 - London

Sun, 2013-06-30 21:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

Drive CR, transparency and cost efficiency down your value chain through better engagement with your suppliers and internal decision makers

The 8th annual Sustainable Supply Chain Summit, 150 attendees, 25+ corporate top executives, sharing best practice and discussing the ways to address the biggest supply chain challenges in 2013.

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Climate Analog and Map Resources

Sun, 2013-06-30 14:51 — Maeryn Obley

Banana Circle Section ViewImage: Banana Circle Section View

treeyopermacultureedu.wordpress.com

To examine climate commonalities across the globe is called climate analog.  This is an extremely helpful tool in design work that I have used several times now that I have explored many of the world’s climates. For example, being able to grow Avocados next to Apples is possible and I have seen it at several places including coastal influenced places in New Zealand and Portugal.

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SolePower Shoe Insole Charges Your Phone While You Walk

Sat, 2013-06-29 23:35 — Kathy Gilbeaux

mashable.com - by Vignesh Ramachandran - June 7, 2013

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In Mexico City, Planners Turn Vacant Space Under Freeways Into Places to Work, Dine, Play

Sat, 2013-06-29 21:43 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Dominic Bracco II / Prime - A man rests on one of the new park benches in one of Mexico City overpass developments on May 27. Urban planners are converting vacant lots beneath Mexico City's overpasses and freeways into shopping plazas, public playground and outdoor cafes.

submitted by Samuel Bendett

washingtonpost.com - by Nick Miroff - May 29, 2013

Mexico City — You can’t get something out of nothing. This is common sense, not to mention a principle of physics and mathematics.

Yet the amazing science of Mexico City’s real estate development obeys no such laws.

Urban planners here, in one of the world’s most populous and crowded cities, have found a way to add thousands of square feet of new commercial and recreational space.

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UN Panel's Post-MDG Agenda: a Coherent Vision for a Better Future

Sat, 2013-06-29 15:54 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Ian Perrin

chathamhouse.org - by Jon Liden - June 4, 2013

The UN’s recently published report to help the world set targets for 2030, succeeding the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that run up to 2015, presents an optimistic yet sober vision. Building on the MDGs and retaining a focus on the world's poorest and most vulnerable, it has expanded the scope of the proposed goals to include a comprehensive blueprint for how to create a sustainable, more peaceful and equitable world. It has based its agenda on what we can all agree on without skirting the difficult challenges the world is facing.

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Google Launches Internet-Beaming Balloons

Fri, 2013-06-28 13:26 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

washingtonpost.com - by Cecilia Kang - June 14, 2013

Google has a truly sky-high idea for connecting billions of people to the Internet — 12 miles in the air to be exact — through giant helium balloons circling the globe that are equipped to beam WiFi signals below.

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Open Data by Default – The New Mantra of G8 Leaders

Thu, 2013-06-27 17:02 — Kathy Gilbeaux

G8 David Cameron thanked NGOs and other organisations for their lobbying on transparency

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ecodesk.com - June 20, 2013

G8 leaders have committed to implementing transparent strategies to report pollution levels and energy consumption through the Open Data Charter, signed by all G8 countries this week.

Environmental protection is one of the key targets cited in the charter that can be achieved through the use of open data. This is arguably the most important climate change-related commitment, as under the environmental umbrella comes natural resource use, extractive industries and conflict minerals, positive governance and budget allocation.

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Could Climate Bonds Become a Major Force in Green Finance?

Thu, 2013-06-27 13:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

environmentalleader.com - June 3, 2013

So-called “green” or “climate” bonds, being issued by a number of financial institutions and state governments as a means of generating funding for sustainable development and clean energy technology, are becoming increasingly popular and could become a major new force in the green investment world, according to the Globe-Net.

The World Bank developed the Green Bond concept in 2007/2008 and simplicity is key to its popularity, according to Globe-Net blog post. The World Bank’s green bonds are triple-A rated and can be traded as easily as other “vanilla” investments, offering investors a high rate of liquidity.

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Chapter 5. Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future - Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity

Thu, 2013-06-27 10:18 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity

Chapter 5. Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future

by Lester R. Brown

In 1938 Walter Lowdermilk, a senior official in the Soil Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, traveled abroad to look at lands that had been cultivated for thousands of years, seeking to learn how these older civilizations had coped with soil erosion. He found that some had managed their land well, maintaining its fertility over long stretches of history, and were thriving. Others had failed to do so and left only remnants of their illustrious pasts.

Chapter 5. Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future
http://www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch5

( ALSO SEE - http://resiliencesystem.org/full-planet-empty-plates-new-geopolitics-food-scarcity

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