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Nebraska up in arms about TransCanada’s Keystone XL | MINING.com

Nebraska up in arms about TransCanada’s Keystone XL | MINING.com | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
While the cross-border outcome for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline is still up in the air, U.S. opposition to the southern section currently under construction in Texas and Oklahoma is escalating.
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Moral climate: Beyond science and politics

Moral climate: Beyond science and politics | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Rob Gillies and his team gather data on Nepal’s changing climate for a research project. They log temperatures, raindrops and snow. They pump the numbers into powerful computers and read the trend lines the computers ...
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The Industrial Military Complex and CSR: Sharing and Cooperation vs Competition and Endless Consumption

The Industrial Military Complex and CSR: Sharing and Cooperation vs Competition and Endless Consumption | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it

June 3, 2013 Share The World's Resources

 

A new project by the Post Growth Institute is exploring the prospect of a mainstream shift toward not-for-profit enterprise as an alternative to the growth-based model of business and finance. Could this form a crucial plank in the vision for a new economy based on sharing and cooperation, rather than competition and endless consumption?

... http://www.stwr.org/economic-sharing-alternatives/a-vision-of-sharing-in-a-not-for-profit-world.html

 

THIS FAITH IN THE MARKETS IS MISPLACED.  WILL BIG BUSINESS SAVE OR DESTROY OUR PLANET?  http://sco.lt/8Yxtgn

 

'MONDRAGON" SPAIN'S GIANT COOPERATIVE - A GROWING ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM  http://sco.lt/79nTrF

 

THE COOPERATIVE WAY TO A STRONGER ECONOMY  http://sco.lt/5699n7

 

Stanford Social Innovation Review
INNOVATION FOR A COMPLEX WORLD - PROMOTING THE WELL-BEING OF HUMANITY  http://www.ssireview.org/supplement/innovation_for_a_complex_world

 

SOLUTIONS TO THE WORLD WATER CRISIS REQUIRED INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION http://sco.lt/7CpAwL

 

HOW A SENSE OF SACRED CAN HELP SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS - RESTORING VALUES  http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health/p/3994926408/how-a-sense-of-sacred-can-help-sustainable-business-restoring-values

 

May 17, 2013 Harvard Business Review
WHAT VALUE CREATION WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/05/what_value_creation_will_look_like_in_the_future.html

 

 

 

 

CONSUMING OURSELVES OUT OF EXISTENCE: ECONOMIC REPORT INTO BIODIVERSITY CRISIS http://sco.lt/868xd3

 

THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM. DESTRUCTION OF LIFE ALL IN THE NAME OF 'GROWTH' http://sco.lt/8pbb7p

 

 New York Times
IN SEARCH OF ENERGY MIRACLES - HOW MUCH FAITH SHOULD WE PUT IN TECHNOLOGICAL FIXES TO SAVE THE WORLD?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/science/in-search-of-energy-miracles.html?_r=1

 

THE EVOLUTION OF BUSINESS: CREATING 'FIRMS OF THE FUTURE' THROUGH BIOMIMICRY  http://sco.lt/76mBDl

 

WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/6odAoL

 

NATURE HAS THE ANSWERS: WE ARE SURROUNDED BY GENIUS - BIOMIMCRY AND WHOLE SYSTEMS DESIGN BY NATURE  http://sco.lt/8yvXjV

 

ZEN MASTER THICH NHAT HANH: ONLY LOVE FOR MOTHER EARTH CAN SAVE US FROM CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/54NhSr

 

 


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get educated on corporate fascism

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Rebranding Pandora: Film by Oscar-nominated director shows nuclear is the way | SmartPlanet

Rebranding Pandora: Film by Oscar-nominated director shows nuclear is the way | SmartPlanet | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Pandora’s Promise is the most important environmental feature film since An Inconvenient Truth. Its ow inconvenient truth? Unfairly maligned nuc
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Report Highlights Climate-Poverty Link

Report Highlights Climate-Poverty Link | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
STOCKHOLM -- The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens." In a report released Wednesday, the international lending institution warned that heat waves, rising seas,...
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With Unusual Speed Officials Slap Exxon with Oil Spill Lawsuit. Why? | InsideClimate News

With Unusual Speed Officials Slap Exxon with Oil Spill Lawsuit. Why? | InsideClimate News | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
The lawsuit that state and federal officials in Arkansas filed last week against ExxonMobil is unusual, pipeline experts say, because government agencies usually wait much longer—sometimes even years—before filing lawsuits against companies...
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U.S. Companies Lobbying Furiously To Save Tax Loopholes

U.S. Companies Lobbying Furiously To Save Tax Loopholes | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Corporate America worked hard to build massive loopholes into the tax code for itself, and by golly it is working just as hard to keep them. U.S.
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Poll Reveals Broad Support For Treating Students As Well As Banks

A vast majority of voters want Congress to maintain the interest rates on federal student loans at their current level or lower them, a poll released Tuesday found.
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This Revolutionary Cooler Could Save Millions of Lives | Wired Design | Wired.com

This Revolutionary Cooler Could Save Millions of Lives | Wired Design | Wired.com | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
For the past four years, Global Good has been working on the Passive Vaccine Storage Device, an insulated container that will help to keep vaccines fresh for more than a month at a time.
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Firefox Web browser to move ahead with ‘Do Not Track’ option

Decision comes despite intense resistance from advertisers who see it as a “nuclear first strike.”
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Key Republican behind wind taxes

Key Republican behind wind taxes | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Lt. Gov. Brian Calley reaffirmed his commitment to establish an agreement between the state tax commission and the Michigan Renewable Energy Collaborative regarding the taxation of wind turbines during his visit Friday to the Thumb.
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Gas salvage from cars would be win for air

Gas salvage from cars would be win for air | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Insurance industry criticised for blocking recovery of highly potent greenhouse gases.
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All-Time Heat Records Broken in . . . Alaska?! | Climate Central

All-Time Heat Records Broken in . . . Alaska?! | Climate Central | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
After a record cold spring, all-time high temperature records were broken in Alaska during the past few days as a "heat dome" took control.
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Satellites Show Shrinking Aquifers in Drought-Stricken Areas: Scientific American

Satellites Show Shrinking Aquifers in Drought-Stricken Areas: Scientific American | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
The southern half of the U.S. has been rapidly depleting its groundwater over the last decade, according to new scientific research
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World Population May Reach 11 Billion By 2100

World Population May Reach 11 Billion By 2100 | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it

"The model predicts that the population will likely reach between 9 billion and 13 billion by 2100."


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And still, this issue remains the biggest taboo for policymakers and media.

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#Vessel #Subsidy Map ~ Fishsubsidy.org

#Vessel #Subsidy Map ~ Fishsubsidy.org | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it

Between 1994 and 2006, European fishing vessels were paid €3.4 billion in subsidies under the EU's Financial instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG). €2.3 billion of this was from the EU budget, and a further €1.1 billion was paid from national budgets under the FIFG's co-financing rules. 48 per cent of the money was spent on building or modernising vessels. 40 per cent was spent on scrapping vessels. A total of 39,174 subsidy payments were made.


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Important to know which countries are profiting the most from overfishing!!!

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Secrets of Ancient Roman concrete revealed | SmartPlanet

Secrets of Ancient Roman concrete revealed | SmartPlanet | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Thousands of years later, breakwaters in Ancient Roman harbors are still intact. Modern formulas don’t come close. A mineral analysis reveals th
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Record-Breaking Heat Wave Hits Surprising State

Record-Breaking Heat Wave Hits Surprising State | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A heat wave hitting Alaska may not rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of the 49th state, the days of hot weather feel like a stifling oven — or a tropical paradise.
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Banks Caught In How Many Mortgage Settlement Violations? National Mortgage Settlement Monitor Finds Few Flaws As Consumer Advocates Cry Foul

Banks Caught In How Many Mortgage Settlement Violations?                                            National Mortgage Settlement Monitor Finds Few Flaws As Consumer Advocates Cry Foul | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
The government-appointed monitor overseeing mortgage practices as part of last year’s robo-signing settlement between five big U.S.
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Young Adults Want Health Insurance, Which Is Good News For Obamacare: Survey

Young Adults Want Health Insurance, Which Is Good News For Obamacare: Survey | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Young adults overwhelmingly value health insurance and don't believe they are too healthy to need it, according to survey data published Wednesday. The findings of the poll by the Henry J.
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Sustainability Starts with Me, Myself, and I - Sustainability: business, life, environment | Taiga Company

Sustainability Starts with Me, Myself, and I - Sustainability: business, life, environment | Taiga Company | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it

What are the most common excuses for not "doing the green thing"?  Convenience?  Lack of education/ information?   Unclear value?  How do you go green conveniently yet still have your eco actions add up?

A good portion of our sustainability consulting is really about transformation.  Specifically, rethinking approaches to how we do business.  On an individual level, personal transformation takes form in discovering hidden treasures in daily habits that unite conscious habits and routines with eco awareness and eco actions to take.   Most of us recognize that change can be unsettling.  It can be scary, and too often it is just easier to slip back into a traditional and comfortable way of doing things.  However, implementing effective sustainable change does not have to be a laboring process.  Yet, to manifest global sustainability change, it takes each of us doing our part.  How can we make it easier?

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L.A. Breaks Driving Addiction as Bike-Train Commutes Grow

L.A. Breaks Driving Addiction as Bike-Train Commutes Grow | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Los Angeles embodied America’s love affair with the automobile in the last century. In this one it’s trying to kick the car to the curb.
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Researchers find genetic diversity key to survival of honey bee colonies

Researchers find genetic diversity key to survival of honey bee colonies | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
When it comes to honey bees, more mates is better. A new study from North Carolina State University, the University of Maryland and the U.S.
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Ernest Moniz keeps cool as House GOP disputes climate change - Andrew Restuccia

Ernest Moniz keeps cool as House GOP disputes climate change - Andrew Restuccia | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
If you want to understand the massive gulf between Democrats and Republicans on climate change, look no further than the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
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Rise in appliance sales prompts fears of a climate time bomb

Rise in appliance sales prompts fears of a climate time bomb | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Australia's rush to acquire airconditioners and fridges is creating a greenhouse gas time bomb, which the Greens and environmental groups say existing regulations, including the carbon tax, are ill equipped to defuse.
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Climate change threatens trouble in the near future, World Bank says

Climate change threatens trouble in the near future, World Bank says | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Invests in mitigation as Asian cities, African farmland are seen at risk over the next 10 to 20 years.
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All of a Sudden, There Aren’t Enough Electric Cars to Keep Up with Demand | TIME.com

All of a Sudden, There Aren’t Enough Electric Cars to Keep Up with Demand | TIME.com | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf and Honda Fit EV used to languish on dealership lots for months. A pricing war with aggressive incentives and cheap lease deals has changed all that.
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