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  The Green Prefab myth?

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  Sustainable Development: It seems like every day I read another article about the newest, greenest, most sustainable prefab home. My next few posts will take on the idea of p

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  South Africa struggles with the reality of land reform

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  Sustainable Development: South Africa is much in the news these days - and much of it is positive. The country which suffered under apartheid less than 20 years ago is now a

  

  Sara Wolcott • March 05 • 0

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  New faces of Development: growing older

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  Sustainable Development: The classic - and much bemoaned and critiqued - mental image of the developing world is of a woman carrying a baby and a pot of water or wood on her

  

  Sara Wolcott • March 04 • 0

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  Is 'Development' a declining industry?

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  Sustainable Development: Today, I heard an interchange between two distinguished professors that raised the question 'is 'development' a declining industry' to a new level. U

  

  Sara Wolcott • March 03 • 3

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  Innovative Fish Farming

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  Sustainable Development: Sushi lovers, the health conscious and pescatarians have been hearing for awhile that were rapidly approaching global fish collapse. Estimates say th

  

  Kendra Pierre-Louis • March 03 • 1

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  Sustainable Hawai'i

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  Sustainable Development: Hawaii, the most fossil fuel dependent state in the United States, is determined to become its most sustainable state. Its goal, according to the Haw

  

  Kendra Pierre-Louis • March 02 • 0

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  US Chamber of Commerce: Bad Example

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  Sustainable Development: The Yale Environment 360 recently released a great article on how the US Chamber of Commerce's recent 'obstruction' of truly sustainable development

  

  Sara Wolcott • March 01 • 0

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  Is there more to sustainability than just surviving?

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  Sustainable Development: Sometimes, for me, figuring out how to act sustainably in my day to day life seems surprisingly complicated. Should I believe the green-washed packag

  • March 01 • 0

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  The Ethics of EcoPhilanthropy

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  Sustainable Development: What do you do if youre extremely wealthy and share a deep love for diverse ecosystems? You dont simply go on safari, or take a tour of the Amazon

  

  Kendra Pierre-Louis • March 01 • 4

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  Business Ethics: When Companies Dabble In Sustainable Development

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  Sustainable Development: Covergirl, the nation's number one cosmetic brand, has recently partnered with the Children's Safe Drinking Water program. They've donated $500,000 t

  

  Kendra Pierre-Louis • March 01 • 1

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  Cap And Dividend: Show Them The Money

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  Sustainable Development: Every year Alaskan residents get between $600 and $1,500 dollars as dividend payment from the Alaska Permanent Fund, a constitutionally established f

  

  Kendra Pierre-Louis • February 28 • 2

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  Innovative Financing for Sustainable Development

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  Sustainable Development: The pair of shoes pictured on the left are a pair of TOMS shoes that I've been eyeing for awhile. Stylish and comfy these shoes represent more than a

  

  Kendra Pierre-Louis • February 28 • 0

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  When living sustainably isn't sustainable.

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  Sustainable Development: In my last post, I began to look at some of the differences between rural vs. urban definitions of sustainability in an American context. I drew a co

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  Food Innovations

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  Sustainable Development: The phrase food innovation generally conjures up images of frankenfood creations: genetically modified seeds, lab-grown meat, and chemical fertilizer

  

  Kendra Pierre-Louis • February 28 • 0

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  Monitoring, Evaluating, and missing the point? (Part I)

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  Sustainable Development: I'm job hunting in the field of sustainable international development. Which means I've been noticing what people are hiring for - and keep coming ac

  

  Sara Wolcott • February 26 • 0

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  Can you buy sustainability?

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  Sustainable Development: Let me introduce you to my friend Lars. Lars is an ex-Wall-Street-trader-turned-organic-pig-farmer. He used to live in New York, but now the place

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  Somerville's "Green Business of the Year"

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  Sustainable Development: After looking into sustainable development initiatives at the Mayors office and the local business community of Somerville, MA, I figured it was time

  • February 22 • 0

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  Driving Change: Innovation of Eco-Communities

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  Sustainable Development: My first exposure to a deliberately planned ecological community was the Ecovillage at Ithaca in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. It was

  

  Kendra Pierre-Louis • February 22 • 0

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  What makes a business a green leader?

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  Sustainable Development: In my last post, I wrote about the "Environmental Strategic Plan" assembled by local government officials in my hometown of Somerville, Massachusetts

  • February 19 • 0

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  Sustainable Development Innovator: Spotlight on Bhutan

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  Sustainable Development: In a time when the de facto speed limit for sustainable development is a sign labeled "faster", one tiny, remote country nestled high in the Himalaya

  

  Kendra Pierre-Louis • February 19 • 0

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