RSS FEED IDEMS: WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future
- Will Saving the Polar Bear Save the Arctic Ice?
Emily GertzIt's clear that stopping the fast-increasing melt of the northern ice cap would preserve habitat for the polar bear. Last week's welter of bad news...
- Handbook Offers Best Practices for Charrette-Style Urban Planning
Jon LebkowskyImagine that you're a 19th century design student at the École de Beaux-Arts in France, working feverishly on a design project that's due right now....
- Tapping "Employee Power" to Curb Global Warming
Mindy LubberMany companies now recognize global warming as a serious threat, and are introducing climate change initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their manufacturing, retail...
- "Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories" by Katha Pollitt
Emily GertzIn These Times has just published a rave review of Katha Pollitt's latest book that makes me want to run out and buy it right...
- City Farmer's Blog
Emily GertzI only recently discovered the blog being written by City Farmer, aka Novella Carpenter of Oakland, Calif. Farmers who Write, and for that matter Writers...
- News and Views -- October 9, 2007
Emily Gertz Edison's Dimming Bulbs: Wal-Mart, Gov't Killing the Incandescent Storing Excess Wind Power Underground In China, A Plan to Turn Rice Into Carbon Credits US-Based...
- Mass-Produced Green Buildings: Not an Oxymoron
Patrick RollensCan a cookie-cutter approach speed up the pace of green building in the US? Over the past year, the U.S. Green Building Council has been...
- "American Power"
Alex SteffenIn response to my post Friday, Michael Shellenberger sent me this essay and asked that we publish it, explaining that it perhaps answered some of...
- Families Strengthened by Better Sick and Family Leave
Erica BarnettMost of the US labor laws currently on the books were written more than 70 years ago, when most families were headed by a working...
- Revitalizing China's Dust Bowl
Mara HvistendahlWestern China is turning into a massive dust bowl. Desertification now affects fully one-third of the world's population -- and what's happening in Western China...
- Recent Site Slowdown Being Resolved
Emily GertzYes, we too have noticed that there have been enormous delays lately when trying to access Worldchanging. If you've been experiencing trouble reading the site,...
- New and Views -- October 8, 2007
Emily Gertz Google Adds Public Transit Option to "Maps" Directions Australia: Giant Outback Wind Farm Plan Announced Formulating Environmentally Friendly Flame Retardants UK Body to Coordinate...
- Pambazuka News: Blogging Africa
WorldChanging TeamBy Sokari Ekine for Pambazuka News: Oluwole Akindutire of African Loft celebrates Nigeria's 47th year of independence and asks "Nigeria at 47: Who are our...
- Silencing the Right to Speak Is Taking Away Citizenship
WorldChanging TeamFrom Pambazuka News: S’bu Zikode of Abahlali baseMjondolo in Durban recalls the peaceful march by residents on the 28th September which ended with the local...
- Ecotourism May Benefit India’s Environment, Economy
WorldChanging TeamRecent assessments of the state of the environment in 32 states across India indicate that the country's rising economic prosperity is putting the environment under...
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