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Reasons to be both hugely disappointed and very excited

Reasons to be both hugely disappointed and very excited

27 August 2012

Paul Hohnen on ‘greenwash’, sustainable development, and what governments and the UN need to do to save the planet.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged business, China, climate change, energy, energy efficiency, environment, environmental sustainability, free market, Global Reporting Initiative, green economy, green energy, green industry, green innovation, green technology, greenhouse gas, greenwash, Industrial Development, international agreement, Making It magazine, multinational companies, natural resources, oil, Paul Hohnen, pollution, resources, rio+20, solar power, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable business practices, sustainable development, sustainable economic growth, sustainable energy, Sustainable Energy for All, sustainable future, sustainable growth, sustainable production, Sustainablity strategies, technology, UN Private Sector Focal Points, UNIDO, United Nations, wind energy, wind power

It’s the thought that counts

It’s the thought that counts

21 August 2012

Noémi Ulbrich counters some of the criticisms, or rather, misconceptions, that she has heard about environmentally and nature-friendly technology, lifestyles and world views.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged coal, environment, global warming, green, green technologies, greenhouse gas, Noémi Ulbrich, oil, pollution, solar power, Vienna International School, Wall-E

Making light from the sun

Making light from the sun

12 September 2011

How South-South cooperation can make renewable energy technology and knowledge accessible, and at the same time, help to reduce poverty

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Barefoot College, Bunker Roy interview, Charles Arthur, how to make light from the sun, India, Indian government, Konta Line village, Making It magazine, Port Loko, Rajasthan, reduce poverty, renewable energy technology, rural communities, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone government, solar power, South-South cooperation, subsistence farmers, the Guardian, Tilonia, training programme

Everywhere under the sun

Everywhere under the sun

30 March 2010

Solar power has a unique opportunity in undeveloped and developing regions, particularly those with over-burdened and/or limited electricity grids.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged clean development, development, entrepreneurship, financing development, Issue 2, policy, renewable energy, solar, solar nations, solar power

Women entrepreneurs transforming Bangladesh

Women entrepreneurs transforming Bangladesh

30 March 2010

Key to Grameen Shakti’s success was the deliberate drive to involve women in the take-up of renewable energy …

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Bangladesh, Barua, development, entrepreneurship, financing development, Grameen Shakti, Issue 2, policy, renewable energy, solar, solar nations, solar power

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