The National Audubon Society, like so many other businesses and organizations in the United States, is struggling with the current economic recession. So much so, that they have made a significant push for contributions from their own employees.
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The word is that Van Jones is soon to be appointed as the Green Czar of the Obama administration. The rumor has been floating around the blogosphere for the last twenty-four hours and although it is yet to be confirmed, here is a summary of what blogs are saying.
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President Barack Obama gathered politicians and public last night to talk about how to avert the worst economic disaster in since the depression through his plan to improve health care, schools and the environment.
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In a wide-ranging interview with PBS’s “Nightly Business Report” on Jan. 22, Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett addressed the economy, credit crisis, government stimulus bills, the Madoff scandal and his own investing strategy.
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Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway says that President Obama’s #1 job is to fix is the economy but even though we have “got the right person in the operating room, but it doesn’t mean the patient is going to leave the hospital tomorrow.” In an exclusive interview with PBS’s Nightly Business Report, Warren
The transition has ended; a new U.S. government is in place with a new economic agenda.
The streets of Washington D.C. were filled this morning with hopeful Americans who came to witness a great moment in history, the moment that America’s first African-American president took office. As Americans gathered together in perhaps the largest crowd that has gathered in America and as others gathered around TV screens elsewhere in the country, they were conscious of watching their savings dwindle, their jobs disappear and their ambitions turn to despair. More than ever, the American people seek a new era highlighting the change that President Barack Obama has promised.
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“Tell your neighbors not to buy Coca-Cola in Memphis. Go by and tell them not to buy SealtestWonder Bread.” Martin Luther King told milk. Tell them not to buy–what is the other bread?– the parishoners of Bishop Charles Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, the Sunday before his assasination. Martin Luther King is remembered today, even
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President-elect Obama has detailed his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. Among other efforts in the plan, major initiatives include the intention to create 3 million jobs in the United States by doubling the production of alternative energy; investments in public transit infrastructure, and the weatherization of 75% of federal buildings and aiding up to two million low-income American homes to do
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Frank Dixon is the founder of Global Systems Change and the former Managing Director of Research for Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, which is the largest corporate sustainability research company in the world. His perspective on corporate thought and sustainability is that flaws in our economic and political systems make it impossible for any company to become sustainable. In fact, Mr. Dixon managed to shake my belief in many of the fundamental “sacred cows” I learned in business school
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Video blogger Jeff Korhan, in his “Black Friday” video blog, had an interesting perspective on the new green trends. It is hard to remember when PCs were “new and different”, but Jeff reminds us of when people didn’t quite trust them yet, and still used a typewriter when it absolutely had to be done right.
As Jennifer Lance mentioned in her post this week on Red, Green and Blue, last Tuesday was a win not only for Barack Obama but also for the environment. Hours after being elected the new President of the United States, Obama has already selected fellow Illinois Democrat, Rahm Emanuel, a strong supporter of the environment, to be his Chief of Staff.
In case you missed it or want to read it again, here is the full text of the speech as prepared for delivery Tuesday night in Chicago by President-elect Barack Obama: “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream
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In the final presidential debate, the issue of the economy was all-pervasive. It was up to each candidate to use the final debate to lay out his vision for the country and promote his economic policies while drawing differences with his opponent.
McCain addressed his comments to Joe Wurzelbacher, a plumber who confronted Obama about his tax policies at a recent Obama rally in Toledo, Ohio. For a considerable amount of time, McCain and Obama debated over who would do a better job for “Joe the Plumber.”
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This post was originally published on Eco-Libris blog on September 15. Globe, we have a problem. With an increasingly crowded planet, how can we achieve sustainable development? And do it in time? Our book today might be of assistance, providing the keys to face the global challenges that will take center stage in the 21st
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Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 for their efforts to create economic and social development from below and empower people with the tools necessary to bring about their own development. This effort has been achieved through the development of micro-credit, allowing Yunus and the bank to provide
