Lester Brown, the famous US environmentalist – founder of the Worldwatch Institute and President of the Earth Policy Institute – was interviewed by the French Magazine Terra Economica. Everything from climate change to the current crises we are facing is tackled and Mr. Brown’s opinions on what he calls the first 21st century ecological crisis …
Since my article on the green recovery, we know that what is referred to as green jobs may be a very good thing for the United States as it would create two million jobs. This is fine, but what about the rest of the job ? A study from the United Nations provides us figures …
It was obvious and I should have thought about it earlier : energy efficiency (or conservation) is the panacea, the ultimate remedy to all our energy scarcity and climate change mitigation needs. Whether in our homes and offices, in the vehicles we drive or in the appliances we use, this solution can be applied everywhere …
With the economic turmoil around the world and a crisis dubbed as the largest one since 1929, it is normal to wonder if sustainable investments and clean technologies will be hit. EcoGeek – a reference website on all green technologies, gizmos and investments – proposed an article last week that allow us to better grasp …
According to a previous article from TreeHugger, up to a third of China’s greenhouse gases emissions (and pollution) is due to the manufacturing of the goods we buy. So, if China became the world’s largest carbon dioxide emitter with a quarter of the total, it is partly because of us and our severe addiction to …
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Last weeks were horrendous for our financial institutions and economies. Many concerns arise in Europe and around the world over GDP growth which is due to be low in 2008 and 2009. What if building a greener and more sustainable world actually brought economic growth, millions of jobs and most important of all, hope of …
Just as Marguerite was complaining on her blog about the waste lying on the beautiful beaches of Hawaii, the United Nations are launching this week-end an initiative to tackle the problem. Indeed, today’s is the sixteenth Clean Up the World week-end and events are organized by the UN in over a hundred countries and is …
Today’s is the international day for the protection of the ozone layer. It is the occasion to celebrate the little shield above our heads that enabled life to appear on this planet. For this special day, the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki Moon, wrote a most interesting article on why the protection of our …
According to the Daily Green, the US Congress should renew as soon as possible its tax credit for renewable energy companies and this for four different reasons. From high oil prices to the unemployment rate and from climate change to the unrest of some oil producing regions, there are several grounds for us to want …
After more than 19 months of writing on a blog called Sustainable development and much more, I just realized I never explained what exactly is sustainable development. Basically this term is about three intertwined things (see left): the environment, the society and the economy. This is written with a decreasing order of importance . In …
