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Playfair 2012 launches campaign for an ethical London Olympics
Evidence shows that the sportswear industry and Olympic movement have a poor track record on workers' rights, says the campaign. Playfair 2008 research published before the Beijing Games found workers employed by Adidas suppliers in China were making sports shoes that retail for upwards of £50 a pair for just £20 per month, and others working 80 hours a week stitching footballs. As the Olympic torch was being handed on from this year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver to London, the Playfair 2012 coalition on Saturday, February 27, 2010, launched a campaign for an ethical London Games.
Green (Living) Review
- Sunday, March 7, 2010
World Water Crisis
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1724375_1552679,00.html#ixzz0hJvIfHSP Stephen Voss / Blue Planet Run Next Back Factory Filth Wastewater from the state-owned Lianhua MSG Factory in China's Huai River Basin runs out of a pipe. World Water Crisis Scott Warren / Aurora Next Back The Staff of Life Water, Earth's most precious resource, serves simultaneously as habitat, nourishment and cleanser. Brazil's Pantanal River, for example, is home to 3,500 species
The Green Changemakers
- Friday, March 5, 2010
E-waste Causing Problems for Countries
A report was recently released by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) about the rising problem of E-waste in countries like China and India. Also in 2020, China’s e-waste from mobile phones will be 7 times higher than 2007 levels and 18 times higher in India. waste televisions will be almost 2 times higher in China and India in 2020 as well.
Electronic sales are said to grow immensely in the next 10 years, raising the question of what to do about all the E-waste that will come from it.
UN experts say action needs to be taken when it comes to recycling materials
Green Life Smart Life
- Monday, March 1, 2010
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Eco-Friendly Printing Options for Your Home Office
Tags: Office Energy Efficiency Tech/eWaste Recycling Tech/eWaste Reuse Waste Reduction Work and the Office Angel Certification China Dell eco friendly printer eco friendly printing electronics recycling service green
printing If you spend a good amount of time in your home office, then you might want to consider how best you can green your work environment. Paper is one of the biggest sources of waste in every home office.
Green Living Ideas
- Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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China bans plastic bags
Good news from the Mongabay-Newsletter: China bans plastic bags January 13, 2008 In effort to stem plastic pollution, China has banned stores from using flimsy plastic bags and is mandating an additional charge if customers opt for a more durable plastic bag. Australia is contemplating the move, as are cities such as London and Boston. Shops in China started supplying customers with plastic bags around 15 years ago. Joining countries such as Ireland, Taiwan, and parts of South Africa, this new measure is aimed at encouraging the use of cloth bags and other reusable containers.
The Green Changemakers
- Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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Developing Agricultural Eco-Industrial Parks in China
An Indigo Industrial Ecology Paper Creating systems solutions for sustainable development through industrial ecology China's achievement | Elements of the Initiative | Regional Alliances AEIP as Hub | Chinese Ecological Agricultur e | Rebuilding soil An initiative to promote sustainable farming and food production as a means of reducing poverty in rural China Summary The International Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD, a US-based NGO active in China and other countries)
The Green Changemakers
- Monday, November 17, 2008
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Consumption vs Production
Tags: economics China sustainable developmen It has been noted recently that we are a consuming society and not a producing society. Cheap Chinese labor has eliminated the profitability of doing anything for ourselves. It is now obvious that pursuing profit before any thing else will lead to economic collapse.
Living In a Toxic World
- Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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Hillary Clinton Has Some Advice for Developing Countries
“Our argument to China and India is: Yes, you have a right to develop and we want you to develop, and in fact, we admire your commitment to eradicating poverty and we want to help you do that. Tags: News and Events China climate change Copenhagen 2009 Hillary Clinton India United Nations Climate Change Conferenc But you can’t do it the way we did it, because you will suffer [...] [ Hillary Clinton Has Some Advice for Developing Countries from Green Living Ideas ]
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Green Living Ideas
- Friday, August 21, 2009
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A Sustainable City! China Enters the Age of Sustainable Urban Design
China's rapid transformation period is enabling amazing break-throughs. While politicians and citizens of the world keep avoiding the key challenge of transforming our resource-depleting cities into sustainable organisms, China takes the necessary step into a new era of urban development: Building Sustainable Cities. By Kathleen Hom & Eric Schneider, PNYV! USA China is in a unique position. Whereas most of the world's cities are facing serious decay of their old, overcome structures, China is founding and composing completely new cities!
The Green Changemakers
- Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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Malaysia and China Sign US$11bn Power Deal That Involves the Displacement of 608,000 Borneo Natives
Sarawak Energy’s Norwegian CEO Torstein Dale Sjøtveit asked to step down over his role in the controversial plans KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, January 2010 – Malaysia and China have signed a deal to carry out a highly controversial energy masterplan in the Malaysian part of Borneo that involves the displacement of thousands of Borneo natives. According to the Financial Times, the plan involves the construction of several mega-dams and mining of large coal deposits and is likely to require the relocation of some 608,000 natives who live in the East Malaysian state’s rainforest-covered interior.
Green (Living) Review
- Saturday, January 30, 2010
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Rare Tree Cut Down by Christmas Thief at WA Arboretum
Tags: Garden and Yard Care Holidays Asia China conifer Keteleeria Laos Taiwan University of Washington Vietnam Washingto Bah Humbug! A thief has cut down a rare conifer from the Washington Park Arboretum for a Christmas tree. A holiday tree purchased on a lot can be expensive, but a Forest Service permit to cut your own is only $10.
Green Living Ideas
- Saturday, December 19, 2009
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BPA Connected to Erectile Dysfunction
Tags: Health and Fitness News and Events Bisphenol-A BPA China ED erectile dysfunction health plastic reproduction sexual problem You’ve seen the commericials on television for various drugs designed to treat erectile dysfunction (ED), and a growing pharmaceutical industry has evolved from this male sexual problem closely associated with aging. But is growing older really to blame for ED?
Green Living Ideas
- Friday, November 27, 2009
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Eco-Friendly Printing Options for Your Home Office
Tags: Office Energy Efficiency Tech/eWaste Recycling Tech/eWaste Reuse Waste Reduction Work and the Office Angel Certification China Dell eco friendly printer eco friendly printing electronics recycling service green
printing If you spend a good amount of time in your home office, then you might want to consider how best you can green your work environment. Paper is one of the biggest sources of waste in every home office.
Green Living Ideas
- Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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