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Current Do-Good Business Climate Breathes New Life into Corporate Philanthropy
12/22/2011

By Mike Hannigan To speculate on the future of corporate philanthropy, it helps to first consider the recent past. In the…

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Freight Farms Allow Anyone to Grow Food Anywhere in Recycled Shipping Containers
12/22/2011

by Tafline Laylin, The Boston-based founders of Freight Farms have found an urban farming solution that can work anywhere and for just about…

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Goat: The Other (Sustainable) Red Meat
12/22/2011

By Millie Milliken Last spring marked the end of an era as the National Pork Board rebranded pork by replacing the…

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Democratic Republic of Congo bans text messaging
12/22/2011

After a controversial presidential election that saw Joseph Kabila retain the office amid fierce protests, the Democratic Republic of Congo has shut…

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Out of Africa to Out of Arabia
12/22/2011

Dienekes and Greg Cochran have been talking about this possibility for a few years. But a combination of archaeological finds and the…

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Will Russia’s Ban on Harp Seal Skins End Canada’s Annual Mass Clubbings?
12/21/2011

by Alex Davies, In 2009, Russia banned the hunting of baby harp seals. Now the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and the…

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Russia Spills 5 Million Tons of Oil, Equivalent to 6 BP Disasters, Every Year
12/21/2011

by Brian Merchant Russia, it turns out, sucks at more things than not killing journalists. It also sucks at not spilling…

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North Face Cuts GHGs 7.5%
12/21/2011

The North Face reduced its GHG emissions by 7.5 percent in 2010, from 0.303 MT to 0.281 MT CO2e per thousand units sold,…

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Career Trends in Energy and the Environment
12/21/2011

The UN has declared 2012 as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All and a growing demand for professionals within…

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Major Gaffes and Gaps Plague CSR Reports, Study Finds
12/21/2011

Incorrect and irrelevant data, unsubstantiated figures and major gaps abound in company CSR reports, according to a forthcoming study from the…

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