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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Budget 2010: good news for wind; bad news for green transport
As the fiscal dust kicked up by Alistair Darling’s 2010 budget begins to settle, experts say they are ‘surprised’ by how ‘un-green’ the budget turned out to be http://www.theecologist.org/News/
Posted in economics, money
Tagged budget 2010, green transport, the ecologist, wind and solar power
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Bluefin tuna: can trade bans protect our fisheries?
Atlantic bluefin tuna could be the first widely eaten species to be banned from being traded internationally. Would it work, and would it set a useful precedent for other species? http://www.theecologist.org/News
Posted in overfishing
Tagged blue fin tuna, protect our fisheries, the ecologist, trade bans, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Spring about to ‘explode’ in Britain, conservationists say
Experts believe release of pent-up energy after such a long, hard winter could produce the most spectacular spring in years. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/19/spring
Posted in The guardian newspaper, biodiversity, conservation
Tagged birds, conservation, insects, spring is in the air, the guardian, weather, wildlife, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Think oblique: How our goals are best reached indirectly
In business, in mountaineering and even in the pursuit of happiness, the most direct route isn’t always best. Economist John Kay makes the case for obliquity http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/think-oblique-how-our-goals-are-best-reached-indirectly-1922948.html
Posted in future, happiness
Tagged happiness, reaching your goals, think oblique, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.independent.co.uk
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1GOAL: EDUCATION FOR ALL
1GOAL is a campaign seizing the power of football to ensure that education for all is a lasting impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Raising our voices all over the world we believe that, together, we can make … Continue reading
Posted in education
Tagged 1 Goal, 2012 FIFA World Cup, education for all, football and poverty, http://www.join1goal.org/
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UN to review errors made by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The United Nations is to announce an independent review of errors made by its climate change advisory body in an attempt to restore its credibility. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7055999.ece
Posted in climate change
Tagged climate change, climate model, Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, the times newspaper, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Experiments in workplace autonomy
Traditional employee management techniques are out of sync with human nature. Get ready for a renaissance of self-direction. http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/69/workplace-autonomy/
Posted in business, leadership
Tagged employee management techniques, human nature, self direction, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.odemagazine.com
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Humans driving extinction faster than species can evolve, say experts
Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/07/extinction-species-evolve
Posted in biodiversity, conservation
Tagged climate change, extinction, habitat loss, species loss, the guardian, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Unmeasured Is Uncontrolled
I’ve cut my electricity use because I can measure exactly how much I’m using. I want to do the same for heating oil, but …By Daniel GrossPosted Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at 6:16 PM ET http://www.slate.com/id/2246738/
Posted in social responsibility
Tagged CFL bulbs, efficient life, energy efficiency, fuel bills, home energy assessment, http://www.slate.com, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Fairtrade Fortnight 22nd – 7th March
For this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight we’re asking the nation to join us in The Big Swap. For two whole weeks we’ll be asking you to swap your usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff. Your usual bananas for Fairtrade bananas, your usual … Continue reading
Posted in Ethical living, consumerism, human rights, lifestyle
Tagged ethical shopping, fairtrade goods, the big swap, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.fairtrade.org.uk
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How can we have fish tomorrow? Ask the past
Dismissed initially as a good storyteller but nothing more, environmental historian Poul Holm has mapped the history of marine animals in such detail that it is having profound impacts on our current understanding of the oceans. http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/natural_world/
Posted in oceans, overfishing
Tagged marine animals, oceans, overfishing, the ecologist, www.csrplus.co.uk
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