Articles tagged “Economics”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

7 Phone Apps That Are Changing Lives in Africa By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Nov 5 2010 From healthcare to insurance to fighting government corruption, people you've never heard of are developing phone apps that are revolutionizing life in Africa. + READ MORE

Toxic Spill in Peru Epitomizes 'Environment vs. Jobs' Dichotomy By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Nov 2 2010 Following the country's worst mining spill, a debate has ensued in Peru not between local populations or the government and the mining company, but among local residents. + READ MORE

How to Save the Planet: Are Geoengineering and Market Fixes the Way to Go? By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Oct 30 2010 While environmental advocates are rooting the loudest for solutions to climate change, their voices are often ignored as to what those solutions should be. + READ MORE

Are Electric Cars Cheaper to Run? By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Oct 7 2010 So you've done everything you can think of: Checked your tire pressure, carpooled, telecommuted -- or maybe you even drive a hybrid. But you can't shake that nagging feeling that you're car is still polluting the atmosphere more than you'd like. The best solution for emissions remorse is to do away with your car's tailpipe altogether. While electric cars will cost more up front than their gasoline-powered compatriots, in the long run, they may be cheaper to operate. + READ MORE

Kiva Offers Student Microloans with New Marketplace Program By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Sep 21 2010 Kiva has made it possible to loan money to students in developing countries, allowing more people to get an education who might not otherwise be able to finish school. + READ MORE

Wildlife Trafficking, Organized Crime & You By Mat McDermott IN Travel & Outdoors Sep 16 2010 Author Rosaleen Duffy says, "In reality, we are all participants in the wildlife trade. Wealthy consumers use wildlife for food, medicine, fashion, pets and furniture, and this is largely what drives the legal and illegal trades in shellfish, meat, leather, live animals, skins and bones." Like with greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and unsustainable natural resource consumption, it's wealth that's the source of the problem, not poverty. + READ MORE

World Bank Warns of Risks, Then Endorses Land Grabs in Poor Countries By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Sep 14 2010 An international controversy has been stewing over the increasing practice of land grabs -- foreign governments and companies purchasing or leasing vast areas of farmland for cheap in poor countries. + READ MORE

Make More Than $75,000 a Year in the US? More Money Won't Buy You Happiness By Mat McDermott IN Work & Connect Sep 13 2010 Another study taking on the age old question of whether more money really makes you happier comes down more or less on the side of a number of other studies in recent years: More money does make you happier up to a certain point, but once this point has been passed additional income does very little to to increase life enjoyment, stave off sadness, or reduce stress. + READ MORE

Video Contest: Melinda Gates Wants Your Vote By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Sep 3 2010 Vote in an online video contest highlighting progress toward the UN's Millennium Development Goals. + READ MORE

Fair Trade Boom is Helping All But the Poorest Countries By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 26 2010 Despite the growth of fair trade products on the world market, the poorest countries have yet to benefit. Here's why, and a few organizations to look for that focus on just those countries. + READ MORE

Which Corporations Are the Biggest Election Campaign Spenders? By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 19 2010 Four of the corporations that are already taking advantage of the lack of restrictions on election campaign spending created by the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court earlier this year. + READ MORE

Is an Industry Group Really Doing the Most to Stop the Blood Diamond Trade? By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 16 2010 A positive development in the conflict minerals trade from an unlikely source: an industry group. + READ MORE

Why Fighting Corruption & Bribery Needs to be Placed Higher on Green Agenda By Mat McDermott IN Work & Connect Aug 13 2010 "Bribery and corruption shrink the time-scales over which decision-makers think--pushing their decisions towards personal, family, or tribal outcomes. And this is exactly contrary to what we will need if we are to have any chance of achieving economic, social, and environmental sustainability." + READ MORE

Who Owns Broccoli? By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Aug 9 2010 Who owns our seeds is the question again (or still) being asked by environmental and consumer organizations in Europe. + READ MORE

USAID to Help Corporations Take Jobs Overseas By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 5 2010 A new USAID program will help corporations take advantage of low labor costs overseas. + READ MORE

Congress Acts to Stop Conflict Mineral Trade While it Cleans Up Wall Street By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Jul 16 2010 When Congress passed the financial reform bill yesterday, it managed to do so with an important provision on conflict minerals intact. + READ MORE

New Coal Plants in China, India Built Under UN Clean Development Mechanism By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Jul 15 2010 Through the UN, rich countries are about to fund 20 new coal-fired power plants in China and India. If the applications are approved, the UN's Clean Development Mechanism will become one of the largest funders of new coal power plants. + READ MORE

Further Proof: Preserving Biodiversity is Profitable Business By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 14 2010 The latest TEEB report shows yet again that caring for the environment and running a profitable company are not mutually exclusive practices, and overlooking the importance -- and fragility -- of nature is actually a business loss. + READ MORE

Global Greengrants Fund: Where Green Ideas, from Sustainable Agriculture to Mine Restoration, Sprout Around the World By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jul 13 2010 Over the last 17 years, the Global Greengrants Fund has developed a unique and highly effective model for supporting grassroots organizations working to improve local environments around the world. + READ MORE

Will Conflict Diamonds from Zimbabwe be Certified as Conflict-Free? By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jul 12 2010 Diamonds from the troubled Marange fields in Zimbabwe could still be accepted by the Kimberley Process and flood the world market (again) with blood diamonds. + READ MORE