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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 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
By Making It on 30 November, 2012
Reaching beyond written visions, Sustainia is a virtual construction site and community for those building the sustainable future.
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged Antoine de Saint Exupéry, arnold schwarzenegger, Azuri Technologies, Connie Hedegaard, Gro Harlem Brundtland, innovation, Monday Morning, R20 – Regions for Climate Action, Rajendra Pachauri, rio+20, solutions, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable development, sustainable future, sustainia, Sustainia100, technologies
By Making It on 17 November, 2012
Three perspectives on a major challenge confronting the countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Arab Spring, Dead Sea, éducation, Egypt, employment, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, Facebook revolution, higher education colleges, imed drine, innovation, International Finance Corporation, Islamic Development Bank, Jordan Forum for Business and Professional Women, Jordan’s University of Science and Technology, labour force, labour-intensive, Maharat Employment and Training Programme, Making It, Marrakech, MENA, Middle East, Mohamed Abaran, Morocco, North afria, private sector, Queen Rania’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, Sarah Khalid, Saudi Arabia, social exclusion, Syria, Tawjihi, technology, training, Tunisia, unemployment, university, wider, Yemen, youth
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 15 May, 2012
A country feature on Slovenia, with an exclusive interview with His Excellency Danilo Türk, President of the Republic.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Balkan, Danilo Türk, deregulation, Elan, European Union, g20, globalization, Gorenje, green economy, green growth, green industry, innovation, Krka, Litostroj, Ljubljana, Making It, Mokronog, OECD, Pipistrel, Revoz, rio+20, Seaway, Slovenia, UNIDO, Yugoslavia
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 2 December, 2011
Paul Polak believes corporations can will only remain competitive in the global marketplace by creating vibrant new markets that serve customers living on less than two US dollars a day
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged Bangladesh, Cambodia, cheaper, Coca-Cola, competition, corporate interest, éducation, effective, efficient, Ethiopia, Europe, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, Gates Foundation, gender equality, health, human-powered irrigation, IDE, income-generating products, India, Industrial Development, innovation, International Development Enterprises, investion, issue 8, less than US$2, limitless electricity, Making It magazine, microsoft, Myanmar, Nepal, Paul Polak, power, profit, profitable business, safe drinking water, Spring Health, the future of corporations, treadle pump, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, Viet Nam, Wal-Mart, women's issue, Zambia, Zimbabwe
By Making It on 18 November, 2011
A country feature on South Africa, with an exclusive interview with International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Maite Knoana-Mishabane
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2010 World Cup, Africa's superpower, agents of change, BASIC Group, BRIC, business, carbon capture and storage technology, carbon emissions, coal, competition, COP17/CMP7, country feature, decline in poverty, development, Dipuo Peters, Durban, empowering and educating women, Energy Minister, entrepreneurship, environmental authorities, exclusive interview, Finance Minister, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, health problems, HIV/AIDS, how to be resourceful with limited resources, human systems, income and wealth, Industrial Development Organization, industrializing countries, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, International Relations and Cooperation Minister, inventions, issue 8, Jacob Zuma, labour costs, labour productivity, limited access to economic opportunities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Making It, manufacturing, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, minerals, New Growth Path, OECD, planet, population, poverty alleviation, Pravin Gordhan, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, social grant system, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, trade, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, Vienna Energy Forum, water and sanitation, what to do to save the environment, women's education, working-age population
By Making It on 11 November, 2011
European Commissioner for Environment, Janez Potočnik, on why environmentalists and industry in Europe must work together to decouple growth from resource depletion
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Antonio Tajani, Asia-Pacific, business, cobalt, competition, development, earth, environmental authorities, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Commissioner for Environment, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Union, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, how to be resourceful with limited resources, import-dependent, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, issue 8, Janez Potocnik, labour costs, labour productivity, latin america, Making It, Middle East, minerals, North Africa, planet, platinum, population, poverty alleviation, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, titanium, trade, UNIDO, United Nations, vanadium, what to do to save the environment
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