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More zeros
Nelson (British Columbia) becomes the latest jurisdiction to adopt a Zero Waste Action Plan
A zero waste New York is up to you?
Reaching for Zero: The Citizens Plan for Zero Waste proposes a plan for reducing New York City's waste exports to very close to zero in 20 years, through a combination of waste prevention, reuse, recycling and composting. This plan will not only reduce and ultimately...
A billion PCs? $100 PCs?
[ZDnet]: By the end of the decade, a billion people will be clicking away at computers, but generating a profit out of newly wired portions of the world is going to take a lot of work. This is the begining of the unfolding of the 'B24B' vision charted by Prahalad and...
‘The most profitable criminal venture on earth’
[60 Minutes]: We know that 15 to 20 percent of all goods in China are counterfeit. Plenty of money's at stake in this burgeoning economy and market, of course. And cracking down could put people out of work, which could be destabilizing, which is not something the...
And while we’re on the topic of ‘What if…?’
'Biopolicy Seminar': Internet Dialogue on 'What if...?' September 1st - October 31st 2004. The Internet Dialogue on 'What If...?' is a web-forum and has 3 main activities: (a) Discussion of 'What If..?' questions and statements (Sept to Oct 2004) (b) Discussion of...
Are you my mother?
[Grist]: Are you my mother? Scientists Enable Salmon to Birth Trout Scientists in Japan have succeeded in causing salmon to give birth to trout. Yep, you read that correctly: By transplanting the 'primordial germ cells' -- specialized tissue in embryonic fish that...
There’s money in climate change
In fact now there are markets. The Chicago Climate Exchange, the world's first multi-national and multi-sector marketplace for reducing and trading greenhose gas emissions is open for business. And The New Business Climate, a new book from Rocky Mountain Insitute,...
More ecodesign
Meanwhile, across the Bay at Merrit College, Aug 5-8: EcoWave2004, sponsored by the San Francisco Institute of Architecture. The hits just keep on comin'
Sustainable design
The Natural Step hosted an intriguing sustainable design summit this morning, part of their initiatives in that direction to get more design firms taking sustainability issues into account. Luke Williams of frog design took us through part of their systematic 'frog...