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AlGonzalezinfo's comment,
January 28, 2013 1:17 PM
Love the spot you guys! Where can listeners see the digital maps or get more information on the link between the maps and changing climates?
Willy De Backer's curator insight,
January 13, 2013 3:07 PM
Interesting study mentioned in this Sustainable Business blog. Maybe people are just a bit more clever and do not buy the economic arguments.
David Collet's curator insight,
January 14, 2013 7:46 PM
Morality is at the core of all of our values. Sometimes we try to hide from it, but it will resurface inspite of our best efforts.
Larry Glover's curator insight,
January 15, 2013 9:51 AM
Addressing climate change is the moral imperative of our time! |
Anne Egros's curator insight,
May 1, 2013 1:42 PM
Would you decline a great job offer abroad because of pollution ?
AlGonzalezinfo's curator insight,
May 1, 2013 2:10 PM
From the article:
Foreigners regularly check the air quality readings put out by the U.S. Embassy and consulates on their Twitter feeds when deciding whether to go out for a run or let their children play outside.
The pollution has become even more of a hot topic since January, when the readings in Beijing went off the scale and beyond what is considered hazardous by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
At the same time, China’s state media gave unprecedented coverage to the pollution following months of growing pressure from a Chinese middle class that has become more vocal about the quality of its air.
Christian Aymé's curator insight,
March 11, 2013 3:50 AM
1er réseau de stations électriques au monde |
Great story from Cornell on how recycling soap helps children around the world!
From the aticle:
“That’s a lot of soap,” says Rebecca Rypkema, director of rooms who has headed the recycling initiative. Clean the World, however, doesn’t limit itself to soap.
The program working with Statler also discards shampoo and lotion as waste and recycles their plastic bottles.
Current data shows that, in collaboration with the company, the Statler has recycled more than 988 pounds of waste (shampoo and lotion) and 388 pounds of plastic. The used soaps are melted (and thus sanitized), made into new soap bars and distributed to communities in more than 55 countries.
Diarrhea kills about 760,000 children annually around the world, according to the World Health Organization. This preventable and treatable condition is the second leading cause of death among children under five years old.
Roger Soule of Statler Hotel housekeeping said that room attendants separate the soap bars and bottle products into two separate bins. Then, every week the bins are sent to Clean the World, which redistributes the products.