By Making It on 23 March, 2013
Stephen Browne surveys the aftermath of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Future of the UN Development System, industrial sustainability, natural capital, private sector, rio+20, Stephen Browne, sustainable development, UNIDO, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
By Making It on 5 February, 2013
Devaki Jain on how the South’s feminists challenged accepted economic thinking.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Arjun Sengupta, bubble-up, DAWN, Deepshikha Batheja, Devaki Jain, Development Alternatives for Women for a New Era, feminists, Gandhi, higglers, inclusive growth, Julius Nyerere, Louis Emmerij, National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector, Non-Algined Movement, South Commission, South-South cooperation, trickle-down, UNIDO, wage-led growth, women
By Making It on 4 February, 2013
A snapshot of the founder of Skydrop Enterprises, a Kenyan company producing low-cost, purified drinking water.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Anzisha Prize, bottled water, drinking water, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, Joel Mwale, Kenya, Skydrop Enterprises
By Making It on 3 February, 2013
A snapshot of the founder of one of Malaysia’s leading solution providers for the treatment and processing of oil palm biomass.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, global green synergy, innovation, JCI, Joseph Lim, Junior Chamber International, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, oil palm biomass, palm kernel-shell char, palm oil industry, renewable energy, technology, value-added biomass products
By Making It on 2 February, 2013
SABMiller’s Andy Wales on how to manage the inevitable trade-offs between scarce resources.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Andy Wales, beer, brewing, crops, efficiency rewards, energy, fertilizer, food, freshwater, hydropower, nexus, Rajasthan, resouce scarcity, Rochees, SABMiller, trade-offs, water, water demand, Water Resources Group, water-food-energy nexus, World Water Week
By Making It on 23 January, 2013
A snapshot of the managing director of the Chinese company which manufactures water-efficient toilets.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Cartier Women’s Initiative Award, China, Chunhong Chen, Shanghai, toilet, water-saving, Yiyuan Environmental Group
By Making It on 10 January, 2013
Country feature: Costa Rica, including an interview with Mayi Antillón, Minister of Economy, Industry and Trade
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Central America, Chamber of Industries of Costa Rica, competitiveness, Costa Rica, Costa Rica EMPRENDE, Desarrollo de la Zona Brunca, Economic Development, FTZs, Guanacaste, Happy Planet Index, inclusive development, industrialization, Industry and Trade, Intel, Joaquin Fuentes-Cardona, Laura Chinchilla, Limón, Mayi Antillón, Minister of Economy, Partido Liberación Nacional, UNIDO
By Making It on 8 January, 2013
A snapshot of the inventors of the sOccket, a soccer ball that doubles as a portable generator.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged developing countries, Harvard College, Jessica O. Matthews, Julia Silverman, LED light, sOccket, Toyota Mothers of Invention award, Uncharted Play
By Making It on 6 January, 2013
A snapshot of Tunisia’s innovative wind energy company, Saphon Energy.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged generation next, Hassine Labaïed, innovation, KPMG Innovation Award, Making It, sailboat technology, Saphon Energy, Saphonian, TED, wind energy, wind power, wind turbine, WIPO, zero-blade technology
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