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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 5 September, 2012
Approximately 1.3 billion young people in the world today are between the ages of 15 and 24. That’s a quarter of the world’s population of working age. However, young people are disproportionately affected by unemployment, underemployment and vulnerable employment. Even during periods of economic growth, many economies have been unable to absorb large youth populations [...]
Posted in The Magazine | Tagged Aiesec, akihiko tanaka, alcorta, Arab Spring, arnold schwarzenegger, ashden awards, business, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Dar es Salaam, david satterthwaite, developing countries, East Asia, economic growth, economy, ecopost, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, environment, girl effect, global green synergy, green industry, hester eisenstein, IIED, imed drine, Industrial Development, Industrial Development Organization, innovation, Kenya, lorna rutto, Making It, Making It magazine, maria eitel, mei yi, MENA, nairobi, Paul Hohnen, saphon, sarah markes, sockket, soft power, Street Level, sustainability, sustainia, unemployment, UNIDO, United Nations, wider, women entrepreneurs, youth
By Making It on 5 December, 2011
Richard Heinberg and Matthew Lockwood debate the “end of growth”, and what lies at the foundation of a post-carbon, green economy
Posted in All Posts, Hot Topic | Tagged Adapting to Our New Economic Reality, c02, carbon emissions, climate change, constant growth, de-carbonized economy, debt, developed countries, developing countries, division of labour, economic crisis, economic expansion, economic growth is effectively over, economists, emissions reductions, environmental damage, executives, gender equality, gender issue, global economy, government cover-up, grandchildren's future, green growth, Industrial Development, industrial revolution, infrastructure, innovation, investment, irreversible climate change effects, issue 8, limited national resources, low-carbon technologies, Making It magazine, Matthew Lockwood, no recovery, politics, Post Carbon Institute, Richard Heinberg, sustainability, the economy is recovering, the end of growth, transition away from fossil fuels, UK's Institute of Development Studies, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, women, world warming
By Making It on 25 August, 2011
Thomas Pogge breaks down narratives about our efforts to fight world poverty and exposes a series of broken promises and rigged initiatives
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged aflluent countries, anti-dumping, banks, Branko Milanovic, China, climate change, corruption, developing countries, development assistance, DRC, economic growth, economic system, economy, efficiency, embezzlement, employment, endemic malaria, extreme poverty, extreme weather, feudal system, Food and Agriculture Organization, free market, GFI, global economic growth, Global Financial Integrity, global warming, governing a globalized world, government, green, health, hunger, impoverishment, Indonesia, institutional design, institutional reform, issue 7, Kofi Annan, lenders, Making It magazine, MDGs, media, Millennium Declaration, Millennium Development Goals, natural resources, Nigeria, oppression, politics, pollution, poor, population, post-MDG era, premature deaths, private foreign aid, public foreign aid, rising sea levels, Rome Declaration, statistics, sustainability, sustainable, Thomas Pogge, trade, UN, UN FAO, undernutrition, UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United States, weapons, World Bank, World Food Security, world poverty, Yale University
By Making It on 11 July, 2011
Biodynamic agriculture is not only the way to address major challenges such as climate change and food security, but is also the only way to achieve long-term competitiveness
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, biodynamic, capacity, chemical fertilizers, climate change, competitiveness, compost, cost, crop failure, desertification, developing countries, eco-intensification, ecosystems, Egypt, employment, energy, enhance, environment, farming systems, food prices, food security, foodstuffs, fresh water sources, Global, globalization, health, healthcare systems, Helmy Abouleish, holistic, Industrial Development, innovation, intensive, International, issue 6, jobs, labour, livestock, living, machinery, Making It, national, Olliver de Schutter, organic, pesticides, pollution, production, rural, SEKEM, social, soil erosion, supermarkets, surplus, sustainability, sustainable, technology, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, urban, world, yields
By Making It on 8 July, 2011
Kenneth Marsh points out how better packaging can help add value and preserve food and pharmaceuticals in developing countries
Posted in Policy Brief | Tagged agribusiness, agricultural production, business, company, consultant, cultural factors, developed countries, developing countries, distribution, Economic Development, FAO, farm, food, Global, globalization, grain, hunger, innovation, issue 6, Kenneth Marsh, law, legal, legality, loss, machinery, Making It, market, material, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, multinational companies, packaging, pharmaceutical, plastic, poor storage, private sector, production rate, public sector, shipping, Sri Lanka, sustainability, sustainable production, technology, transport, transportation, UN, UN Food and Agricultural Organization, UNIDO, United Nations, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United States, US, value, value-added packaged food
By Making It on 6 July, 2011
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, pushes for more innovative designs for the global food system
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Africa, agribusiness, agriculture, agro-ecology, architect, build, climate change, co2, commodities, crisis, deforestation, design, developing countries, distaster, domestic supply, donor contributions, Egypt, export, farmers, feed, fight, food crises, food security, foreign producers, France, future, g20, global food system, government, greenhouse gas emissions, health care, human rights, humanitarian supplies, hunger, import, Industrial Development, infrastructure, innovation, insecurity, International, investment, living wage, Making It magazine, market, Mozambique, Olivier De Schutter, organizations, peak prices, politics, population growth, poverty, prices, producers, protection, reinsurance mechanism, remedy, reserves, Robert Zoellick, root causes, safety, safety nets, shock, social-protection programmes, solution, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, srfood.org, stable revenue, Sub-Saharan Africa, sustainability, symptoms, technology, trade, trend, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, value chains, World Bank
By Making It on 23 June, 2011
Lina Abou-Habib asks if revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa can be a vehicle for the economic empowerment of women, or whether patriarchy will prevail
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged accountability, agribusiness, agriculture, Arab Spring, Ben Ali, change, Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action, CRTDA, developing countries, dictator, discrimination, economy, Egypt, equality, feminism, gender, gender equality, impunity, Industrial Development Organization, Iran, issue 6, labour, leadership, liberation, Lina Abou-Habib, Making It magazine, market, MENA, Middle East, North Africa, patriarchy, policy, politics, post-revolution era, power, prejudice, public sphere, religion, revolution, social institutions, society, Tahrir Square, transformation, Tunisia, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, violence, women, Yemen
By Making It on 16 June, 2011
Energy efficiency leads to increased productivity and economic output, reduced demand, reduced energy bills and an enhanced security of energy supply
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged agribusiness, Asia, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Asian, behavior, California, challenges, clean, climate change, co2, complex, consciousness, decarbonization, developing countries, economic growth, effectiveness, emerging markets, employment, Energy Emergence: Rebound and Backfire as Emergent Phenomena, energy supply, environment, Europe, European, fossil fuel, GDP, Ghana, global partnership, globalization, Industrial Development Organization, industry, issue 6, Japan, jurisdiction, Making It magazine, Marianne Moscoso-Osterkorn, measures, Philippines, planet, policy, policymakers, rebound effect, REEEP, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, technology, Thailand, The Breakthrough Institute, theory, UNIDO, United Nations, United States of America, US, USA
By Making It on 11 June, 2011
An interview with founder of the Indian environmental organization, Navdanya, which promotes biodiversity, organic farming, and seed saving
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, Asia, Bhavani Prakash, biodiverse systems, biodiversity, bt cotton, business, conservation, corporations, cotton, Davdanya, developing countries, development, earth, eco-feminist, ecological footprint, ecological memory, economy, ecowalkthetalk.com, environmental work, food systems, generosity, genetic engineering, globalization, herbicide-resilient crops, industrialization, industry, intellectual property, monocultures, multiplicity, nature, NGO, north India, organic farming, renewal, rights of farmers, seed saving, suicide, super-weeds, technology, toxic, UNEP, Uttaranchal, Vandana Shiva
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