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By Making It on 28 November, 2012
A Kenyan firm that uses recycled plastic to manufacture durable and environmentally friendly fencing posts.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Cartier Women’s Initiative Award, Cécile Ney, Charles Kalama, ecopost, fencing, Good Business, green industry, Industrial Development, injection moulding, Kenya, lorna rutto, Making It magazine, nairobi, plastic, plastic extrusion technology, recycled, red cedar trees, timber posts, UNIDO, United Nations Environment Programme, waste
By Making It on 17 September, 2012
Making It speaks to K. M. Rezaul Hasanat, CEO of the Viyellatex Group, the Bangladeshi textiles and apparel manufacturing company
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Bangladesh, Bangladeshi textiles and apparel manufacturing company, Calvin Klein, carbon neutral, Dhaka, effluent water, energy, energy-saving technology, environmental protection, Global Reporting Initiative, Good Business, Green Business Entrepreneurship, green industry, Industrial Development, K. M. Rezaul Hasanat, labour standards, Making It, manufacturing garments, Puma, rainwater, shareholders, steam, sustainability, sustainable development, Sustainable Energy for All initiative, sustainable industrial development, sustainable initiative, tea production, Tommy Hilfiger, UN Private Sector Forum, UNESCAP, UNIDO, United Nations Global Compact, Viyellatex Group
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 8 March, 2012
The front cover of the “We can do it!” issue of Making It has been the subject of many appreciative comments but also quite a few asking about the origins of the image. Here is a brief explanation.
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged 1943, 4th quarter 2011, Carolina Guerra, Cartier Women's Initiative Awards, Charles Arthur, climate change, climate treaty, Colombia, country feature, eco-entrepreneur, economic growth, empowering and educating women, empowerment, empowerment of women, end of growth, Europe, European Union, feminism, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, girls, Global Green Growth Forum, green growth, ICHET, ICRW, illustration, Industrial Development, interview, Ireland, issue 8, Jan O'Sullivan, Janez Potocnik, Lauren Brassaw, Lebanon, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Making It, Mali, Matthew Lockwood, Maya Zankoul, Michelle Bachelet, Norman Rockwell, Omar Traboulsi, Paul Polak, renewable energy, Richard Heinberg, Rosie the Riveter, Saturday Evening Post, Soroptomist, South Africa, sustainability, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UN Women, UNIDO, We can do it, WIEGO, women, women entrepreneurs, Zoe Elena Horn
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 3 December, 2011
Why gender equality is fundamental to Ireland’s overseas development programme
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged building networks, business and farmers associations, Early Childhood Care and Education, enabling women to control their fertility, equitable societies, Fair Trade, female entrepreneurs, gender equality, gender-blind, government, health, human rights, Industrial Development, international trade, Ireland's Minister of State for Trade and Development, Ireland's National Women's Strategy, Ireland's overseas development programme, Irish aid, issue 8, Jan O'Sullivan TD, key facet of empowerment, least developed countries, liberalization, Making It magazine, networking, Orsi Parkanyi, productivity, quality maternal and reproductive health, sustained economic growth, third-level institutions, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, universities, Women as Entrepreneurs, women in parliament, women's economic empowerment, women's engagement in economy, women's issue
By Making It on 2 December, 2011
Zoe Elena Horn examines the impact of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy through her work on the Inclusive Cities study
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, Asia, barring access to waste, chronic unemployment and underemployment, employment, financial literacy, financial services, focus groups, gender equality, global economic crisis, government, grim, harassment, home-based work, Inclusive Cities project, income earning opportunities, India, Industrial Development, informal enterprises, interviews, investment, issue 8, latin america, Making It magazine, minimum wage schemes, policymakers, policymaking, raids, research, self-employment, SEWA, skills training, social and economic protection, socially vulnerable, street trade, subsidize electricity, technology improvement, UN, unemployment, UNIDO, United Nations, unpaid care and domestic chores, vulnerability, waste collection, well-being, WIEGO, women, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, women in the informal sector, world's poorest and most vulnerable workers, world's richest countries, Zoe Elena Horn
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