The Obama Administration placed an emphasis on building high-speed and intercity passenger rail to connect communities and economic centers across the country, but will the strategic plan work in the United States?
All talk no track: Where is high-speed rail in the U.S.? Read More 👉
A recent United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)/Accenture study of 766 corporate CEOs has found that 93% of executives surveyed believe that sustainability will be a key factor in the future of their businesses. So, I suppose CSR is the new Tiger Woods for the global management consulting behemoth?
Accenture Joins McKinsey in the Battle Cry for Corporate CSR Read More 👉
Knights Apparel CEO Joseph Bozich (pictured above in the firm’s Dominican Republic factory) doesn’t believe boosting market share and doing good are mutually exclusive. In Sunday’s New York Times, business reporter Steven Greenhouse covers the firm’s newly acquired Dominican Republic apparel operation that makes t-shirts and sweats for American college and university bookstores.
Going Beyond the Living Wage: Can Nobility Be Profitable? Read More 👉
Whether you’ve been forced to take unpaid furloughs, reductions in pay (or increases in insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenses) or find only one person in your household with a job instead of two, you’re not alone in having to rediscover how to live on as much as 50 percent less in household income. According
How to Thrive on 50% Less Income Read More 👉
Stan Ovinshisky graduated from high school and took machining courses at a technical school. With this formal education he has made significant contributions to solid-state physics, neurology, chemistry and cybernetics. He also invented an electric car battery. You may recall his appearance in, “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
Community Colleges: Disappearing Shop Classes and Green Technology Read More 👉
Troubleshooting and making repairs in shop class utilizes the complete scientific method. To repair a malfunctioning device the student must first hypothesize why it is not working. Next the student must design an experiment (test) to determine the correctness of this hypothesis. The student must repair and test that the device is working.
Soulcraft and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: The Demise of Shop Classes. Read More 👉
Mass production has been used since the industrial revolution as a means of creating large quantities of standardized products. It has many advantages over one-at-a-time production. It reduces coast and provide interchangeable parts. Its disadvantages are that it can over produce and it dehumanizes labor. Mass production will often continue to build inventory in spite
Mass Customization’s Role in a Sustainable Economy Read More 👉
Healthy school lunches the key to a sustainable future, lower health care costs, and happier citizens?
A Little Foresight on Health Care Could Go a Long Way Read More 👉
Are you looking for a green job? Or a job in corporate social responsibility and sustainable business? Well, all you need to do is tweet. “Green” recruiters understand the best way to reach the new generation of “green” talent is via social media… Facebook, Linkedin, blogs, Flickr, YouTube and of course, Twitter. So fire up
Find Green Job Recruiters on Twitter Read More 👉
The Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT) cites the case of a widowed public school teacher that retired with a $900 monthly pension. She would have been eligible to receive $600 survivor benefits based on her husband’s Social Security contribution, but the windfall elimination provision (WEP) eliminated all of her survivor benefits.
Is Social Security “Windfall” Penalty Fair to Labor? Read More 👉
The Dilemmas Project, a multi-media platform for engaging citizen participation around the ongoing dilemmas ordinary people are facing every day.
Testimonies of a Culture in Transition Read More 👉
If you have every put your heart into a movement, you know that anyone who is coerced becomes a drag. Unfortunately, the national service issue is surrounded by the others-should-want-to-do-it-for-their-own-good myth.
National Service: What Is It? Do We Need It? Read More 👉
The US hasn’t had a draft since 1973. The last time a draft bill was introduced before Congress was in 2003 during the Iraqi War. It was unanimously defeated. Even its author voted against it. So why are men denied government jobs or college loans because they neglected or refused to register with the Selective
Selective Service: Do We Need It? Read More 👉
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.
Van Jones is officially confirmed as the Obama Administration’s Green Czar Read More 👉
The World Trade Organization will meet in Brussels Monday (Feb. 9, 2009) to head-off the rising wave of protectionism.
Trade Wars: Can They Disrupt World Renewable Energy Cooperation? Read More 👉
Think Globally – Act Locally. Green Municipal Bonds offer the opportunity to rescue the economy and the environment. Local governments are needlessly watching their economies disintegrate, waiting and begging for handouts from Washington D.C., while all along the power to save their economies and help the environment lies in their hands – Green Municipal Bonds.
Green Municipal Bonds – Economic Crisis Solved Read More 👉
There’s a lot of excitement out there, especially in the green sector, about President Obama’s plans to improve the economy. That much of the stimulus is also environmentally friendly means more growth in the green sector. And that means more green jobs. Fast Company cites that: “Massive investments in clean energy promise to keep farmers,
10 Green Jobs For the Next 10 Years Read More 👉
The economic, psychological and deglobalizationeffes of unemployment can be devastating.
Breaking The Vicious Circle of Unemployment Read More 👉
Senators Schumer, Durbin, Representative Brad Miller (D-NC) and others are introducing bills to allow homeowners to have their mortgages reduced by a bankruptcy judge.
Can “Cram Downs” Reduce Foreclosures and Improve The Economy? Read More 👉
A state-of-the-art “smart grid” can increase the efficiency of green energy sources. It will require a trained workforce and extensive educational programs.
Education for a Smart Grid and Green Technology Read More 👉
As today’s blue collar workers lament the loss of jobs to illegal immigrants or offshoring, a whole new movement is afoot that very well may provide the solution to unemployment woes. As we experience the total revolution of our economy as we know it, an entirely new set of jobs are being created; green collar jobs. In fact, not since the Industrial Age has the global economy experienced the onsite of such a dramatic transformation!
Are Green Collar Jobs The Answer to Our Current Economic Dilemma? Read More 👉
President-elect Barack Obama has announced a bold initiative to save or create 2.5 million jobs in the next two years.
He will direct his economic team to formulate a two-year Economic Recovery Plan that will put millions of Americans to work rebuilding crumbling roads and bridges, modernizing our schools, and securing our clean energy future. Watch this video for complete details.
Clean Energy is part of Obama’s 2.5 Million Jobs Creation Plan Over The Next Two Years Read More 👉
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Today the Open Society Institute (OSI) is launching a new fellowship program to support outstanding idea entrepreneurs from around the world. The Open Society Fellowship will enable innovative professionals — including journalists, activists, scholars, and practitioners — to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape public policy, and generate intellectual ferment within OSI.
Open Society Institute Launches a New Fellowship Program Read More 👉
