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Stopping illegal hazardous waste trade across borders requires the kind of cooperation INECE excels in,” said Durwood Zaelke, Director of the INECE Secretariat. Washington, DC, December 24, 2010: A report released today by the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) Seaport Environmental Security Network (SESN) confirms the benefits of cross-border collaboration in combating the illegal trade in hazardous waste through seaports. MORE
Cooperative Society Co-Op The Coop children and environment Co-operative GroupChildren are resorting to “green pester power”, pushing their parents to act more sustainably – and their efforts are paying off, according to a new report published on the 20th September 2011. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Half of parents say they struggle to answer their children’s questions about green issues – more than half for instance, incorrectly put the blame for climate change on carbon monoxide. MORE
The news that an enormous Danish fur cooperative is closing is bittersweet. Kopenhagen Fur is the world’s largest fur auction house in the world, a cooperative owned by 1,500 Danish fur farmers and brokers. Denmark’s top fur cooperative is closing. While animal-lovers may rejoice at the end of Kopenhagen Fur, it comes on the tail of a massive culling of about 17 million farmed mink in Denmark due to worries that they could spread a mutated form of COVID-19 to humans. MORE
In the Long-Term Cooperative Agreement Plenary session yesterday, a delegate from the Philippines said “instead of getting ready for Christmas, we may be counting our dead” referring to the impending landfall of Super Typhoon Bopha. Compass. « Packing List for the Second Week of COP18 | Main. | BP Should Pay Maximum Civil Damages for Deepwater Horizon Disaster » COP 18: We Stand With the Philippines. MORE
Despite the turbulence tearing through the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have solidified their commitment to clean energy with the newly formed Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation between Masdar and King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE.) With so much uncertainty elsewhere in the region, this cooperation acts like an arrow that pierces through the noise. MORE
China and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have agreed to collaborate in the sector of renewable energy. The agreement was reached between officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Korean Workers Party (KWP) when the latter were visiting China recently. The KWP officials said that the main purpose of their visit was to learn from China’s experience in the geothermal sector. MORE
Hear from neuroscientist turned circular economy start-up founder Garry Cooper, whose company, Rheaply, is generating millions in savings for partnered organizations by scaling corporate reuse and facilitating circular materials flows. Speakers Garry Cooper, CEO, Rheaply Holly Secon Wed, 09/09/2020 – 13:14 Featured Off. Business Eco Green action-and circular-wins- garry-cooper group holly-secon senior-analyst turned-circular MORE
The Guardian emphasizes the importance of cross-boundary cooperation in order to solve the pending water calamity that could grip the Middle East in a near-permanent state of discontent and suffering. In focus will be environmental cooperation among Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians, with a particular emphasis on renewable energy, environmental education and research, and the connection between the environment and peace. MORE
Community cooperation resilienceby Michael Smith (Veshengro) Cohesive communities are a threat – or at least are as such perceived – to the powers-that-be (but really should not be) and it is for that very reason that such areas, such communities, are always targeted for break up and its residents for dispersal. MORE
Lifestyle & Culture Travel & Nature art Dead Sea environmental art environmental cooperation Israel Masada nature reserveIsraeli Opera Festival 2012 will feature five performances of the classic opera, Carmen, June 7 to 11 at Masada. According to the Israeli Opera’s Artistic Director, Michael Ajzenstadt, 705,000 people from across Israel and all over the world are coming to experience opera at the lowest point on earth, beneath the mountain of Masada and across from the Dead Sea. MORE
Business Eco appeared-first business & policy cause-environmental cooperatives earth911 equal how & buy purchases small farms sustainable food brand wants-theirNobody wants their purchases to cause environmental harm or contribute to human rights abuses. MORE
Dolphins helping fishermen catch mullet A few posts back, I discussed the phenomenon called “ endosymbiosis ” by Dr. Lynn Margulis, who posited a cellular evolution based on ‘cooperation’ rather than simple ‘competition’ between viral or bacterial infection and host cell. Co-evolution (and cooperation by default) is now an established theme in the biology of virus-host relationships. The cooperation is helpful to both parties, he said. MORE
Along with the amazing Shaza (that’s her mugging it up in the lead image), I help run CRP’s Hope Workshop, a craft cooperative composed of about two dozen women who meet weekly to learn new skills using mostly donated materials. Design Lifestyle gendercide iraqi refugees microfinancing refugee assistance syrian refugees women''s craft cooperatives MORE
A powerhouse organization promoting economic justice, Cooperation Jackson was born of a need to transform the state, in particular its capital and largest city, Jackson. Cooperation Jackson is a network of interconnected yet independent institutions including an incubator and training center, a cooperative bank, and a federation of established cooperatives. Together, they''re exploring the potential of cooperatives to transform local communities. MORE
Water Resources: Defusing Conflict, Promoting CooperationThe EU funded project DAFNE has developed a methodology for avoiding conflicts of use in transboundary rivers. MORE
Experience in commercial fisheries demonstrates that fishing cooperatives can successfully meet the economic and biological objectives of fisheries management. An especially important aspect of the EFP is the fact that it leads to samples from the headboat fleet that are inside and outside of the pilot Cooperative. We urge you to approve the Gulf Headboat Cooperative EFP. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Trade Unions, across the board, do mot seem to very much like worker-owned cooperatives at all, to say the very least. This lack of enthusiasm for worker-owned enterprises and cooperatives of that nature is, nevertheless, understandable as workers who own the means of production are no longer in need tof a trade union. MORE
Jordan received a $300 million grant from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which Minister of Energy and Transportation Alaa Batayneh says will be used to develop a host of solar and wind energy projects in southern Jordan, The Jordan Times reports. Cleantech, Science & Technology clean tech Gulf Cooperation Council renewable energy Solar Energy wind energyWhen 97 percent of a nation’s energy is imported, every renewable energy gift counts. MORE
An Electrification Coalition and Price Waterhouse Coopers study, “State of the Plug-in Electric Vehicle,” finds that PEVs — including Tesla’s Model S, GM Chevy Volt, and the Nissan Leaf — have dominated EV sales. This report was the first collaboration between the Electrification Coalition and Price Waterhouse Coopers in analyzing the EV market. MORE
It is believed the heatwave has prompted Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to change his tune on climate change saying that this is now a priority for the country and he is seeking cooperation with the US. . MORE
See original here: PG&E’s failures are spurring a movement toward electric cooperatives. Beacause they directly serve the interests of ratepayers, co-ops often can invest more quickly in new technologies and approaches. Business Green and-the co-ops-often energy & climate food-companies greenbiz 20 interests regenerative agriculture win-wins-for MORE
Easter message social change utopia evolution through cooperation Thrive GMO peace and love Easter environment hope for the futureHappy Easter! Jesus gave his life so that humanity could THRIVE in peace, harmony, compassion and love on a planet itself thriving in a living intelligent universe. This is my Easter message for you. Enjoy and God Bless. MORE
There are exciting times ahead for our friends at the Ecological Land Cooperative, as they share news of five new job opportunities. There are currently 485 members of the Cooperative. The post Job opportunities with the Ecological Land Cooperative appeared first on Lowimpact.org. MORE
Ultimately, the hope is that it will serve as a spring board for the development of environmental law in individual countries in the region and for multilateral cooperation on environmental issues across the region. The MEEL is a resource to help foster this cooperation within the region and across the world. :: Vermont Law School. Business & Politics environmental education Law North Africa pollution regional cooperation United States Vermont MORE
Since last September when the United Nations declared water as a sustainable development goal, a number of countries have intensified efforts to promote water cooperation with their neighboring countries. For decades, Iraq, Syria and Turkey negotiated treaties for cooperating on the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers without reaching any conclusion. There is a close relationship between regional peace and water cooperation. MORE
I’m having lunch with members of the Hydaburg Cooperative Association, a federally recognized indigenous tribe, following a morning of collecting data for stream assessments ( covered in detail in yesterday’s blog ). Hydaburg”s Totem Park. For many years, totem carving and other tribal traditions were banned. A new effort is restoring those traditions–and nearby habitat. Photo: Matt Miller/TNC. By Matt Miller, senior science writer. MORE
These issues are being addressed in a new cooperative project between Israeli and Palestinian researchers. Alon Tal will be working with Israelis and Palestinians to determine what kind of compounds are found in the region’s water and waterways from a bottom-up approach, funded with a half a million dollars from USAID’s Middle East Regional Cooperation (MERC) Program. Why should a Palestinian man care if an Israeli woman is taking birth control pills? MORE
Erella Dunayevsky bats a red balloon at a little girl, who chases it giggling. It could be any grandmother and grandchild playing together. But in this case, not only are Dunayevsky and the little girl not related, but one is an Israeli and one is a Palestinian. “I’ve I’ve been coming here for 12 years and it’s very simple – I have the freedom to choose my own friends,” Dunayevsky, a therapist, tells The Media Line. The villagers here eke out a living herding sheep and goats. MORE
In addition, GE will propose business deals to selected contenders, in close cooperation with major venture capital firms, and has allocated $200 million for financing. Two of the top contenders, James Post and Shawn Buckley, are announcing cooperation between their startups. MORE
This is truly exciting: NOAA Fisheries has issued an exempted fishing permit (EFP) to the Gulf of Mexico Headboat Cooperative (Cooperative). The Cooperative consists of headboat owners/captains. The Cooperative intends to evaluate the efficiency of an allocation-based management system, using a limited number of headboats in a two-year pilot study. MORE
Control4, a leading developer of Home Area Network (“HAN”) and consumer energy management solutions, today announced that it has been selected as the HAN provider for Texas-based utility Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative. Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative is a progressive utility looking to maximize member satisfaction and encourage efficient energy use through its Smart Grid investments ,” said Will West,Chief Executive Officer of Control4. MORE
Cooper Wechkin, founder and CEO of Seattle-based RyeStrategy, explains how small businesses can start to… The post Earth911 Podcast: Cooper Wechkin of RyeStrategy on Reducing Small Business Carbon Footprints appeared first on Earth911. More here: Earth911 Podcast: Cooper Wechkin of RyeStrategy on Reducing Small Business Carbon Footprints. MORE
Eco business & policy cause-environmental cooperatives earth911 mitch-ratcliffe nostromo nostromo-wants purchases storage sustainable food brand yaron-ben Earth911’s Mitch Ratcliffe speaks with Yaron Ben-Nun, chief technology officer at Nostromo, which has introduced… The post Earth911 Podcast: Nostromo Wants To Cool the World With Thermal-Energy Storage appeared first on Earth911. MORE
cooperatives ethical shopping green living Prices as good or better than Wal-Mart? Healthcare coverage with dental and vision as low as $40 a month for employees? It’s not some stereotypical crunchy granola liberal health food co-op store in Brooklyn or San Francisco, it’s a company that has expanded across the Western United States (including Arizona and two new stores just opened in Texas) and it could be going nationwide before long. MORE
We need to showcase the fact that we are all in the same boat – fundamentally interdependent – and that we need to enhance our level of cooperation and solidarity. Even if competition is generally more visible and more spectacular than cooperation, recent work has shown that evolution must involve cooperation in order to create higher levels of organization. It seems that today we need to move to the next level of cooperation to face the many challenges of our times. MORE
The transition from a capitalist to a cooperative economy could be one of the defining achievements of the 21st century. cooperative economy economyIn history, everything changes. The foundations of capitalism were built by merchants and mercantilists in the 16th and 17th centuries in response to the oppressiveness of feudalism. MORE
Darwin was no economist, but wealth-sharing and cooperation have always looked more consistent with his observations about human survival than the elitism and hierarchy that dominates contemporary corporate life. New peer-reviewed research by Michael Tomasello, an American psychologist and co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has synthesized three decades of research to develop a comprehensive evolutionary theory of human cooperation. MORE
Despite a recent accusation by the French Parliament that Israel is perpetrating water apartheid against the Palestinians , this new initiative demonstrates the willingness of the two people to cooperate. More on Palestine, Israel, Water, and Cooperation: Palestine/Israel: A Stunning Tale of Peace, Water, and Walls. Travel & Nature environmental cooperation green peace Mediterranean Sea Palestinian Authority water issues water pollution MORE
A fascinating report published by Mumbai-based think tank Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) , asserts that trans-boundary water cooperation directly correlates with regional stability and peace. Published in 2013, Water Cooperation for a Secure World – Focus on the Middle East defines water cooperation as an active commitment between riparian countries, underpinned by detailed action plans to be realized within agreed time-frames. MORE
Cooperatively owned grocery stores exist all over the country. According to a 2005 USDA report about successful co-ops in rural areas, it benefited from the guidance of local residents who’d been involved with CROPP, a local organic marketing cooperative which helps farmers transition to organic production. cooperatives food food co-ops MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) is urging the international community to cooperate on climate change in the same way that they united for the protection of the ozone layer. In the 1980s, computer models predicted a global disaster if no action was taken to protect the ozone layer against synthetic ozone-depleting chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). MORE
This is a momentous accord for IFHC, allowing us to cooperate with experts in a country that is an intercontinental bird migration junction and where great conservation efforts are being undertaken,” said H.E. Asian Houbara, via Argos. MORE
They’re achieving cooperation in a region where even garbage is a political flashpoint. Architecture & Urban eco-peace environmental cooperation environmental education Friends of the Earth Middle East Jerusalem Middle East recycling Only Green waste water treatment Water Resources Action Project Imagine trash and sewage filling six Olympic-size pools. Can you smell it? Now drain them into Kidron Valley which separates East and West Jerusalem, abutting their holiest sites. MORE
Myanmar’s river dolphins have learned to fish cooperatively with humans. But illegal electrofishing threatens this rare partnership. Fish & Fisheries From the Field Wildlife Asia Pacific Endangered Species Fisheries Mammal Watching MORE
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JULY 23, 2021
Water Resources: Defusing Conflict, Promoting CooperationThe EU funded project DAFNE has developed a methodology for avoiding conflicts of use in transboundary rivers.
Green Prophet
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
This is a momentous accord for IFHC, allowing us to cooperate with experts in a country that is an intercontinental bird migration junction and where great conservation efforts are being undertaken,” said H.E. Asian Houbara, via Argos.
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Low Impact
DECEMBER 9, 2020
There are exciting times ahead for our friends at the Ecological Land Cooperative, as they share news of five new job opportunities. There are currently 485 members of the Cooperative. The post Job opportunities with the Ecological Land Cooperative appeared first on Lowimpact.org.
AGreenLiving
JULY 28, 2021
Cooper Wechkin, founder and CEO of Seattle-based RyeStrategy, explains how small businesses can start to… The post Earth911 Podcast: Cooper Wechkin of RyeStrategy on Reducing Small Business Carbon Footprints appeared first on Earth911. More here: Earth911 Podcast: Cooper Wechkin of RyeStrategy on Reducing Small Business Carbon Footprints.
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 12, 2016
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Trade Unions, across the board, do mot seem to very much like worker-owned cooperatives at all, to say the very least. This lack of enthusiasm for worker-owned enterprises and cooperatives of that nature is, nevertheless, understandable as workers who own the means of production are no longer in need tof a trade union.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 15, 2015
The transition from a capitalist to a cooperative economy could be one of the defining achievements of the 21st century. cooperative economy economyIn history, everything changes. The foundations of capitalism were built by merchants and mercantilists in the 16th and 17th centuries in response to the oppressiveness of feudalism.
Environmental Economics
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
Experience in commercial fisheries demonstrates that fishing cooperatives can successfully meet the economic and biological objectives of fisheries management. An especially important aspect of the EFP is the fact that it leads to samples from the headboat fleet that are inside and outside of the pilot Cooperative. We urge you to approve the Gulf Headboat Cooperative EFP.
Green Prophet
MARCH 26, 2016
Since last September when the United Nations declared water as a sustainable development goal, a number of countries have intensified efforts to promote water cooperation with their neighboring countries. For decades, Iraq, Syria and Turkey negotiated treaties for cooperating on the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers without reaching any conclusion. There is a close relationship between regional peace and water cooperation.
AGreenLiving
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
The news that an enormous Danish fur cooperative is closing is bittersweet. Kopenhagen Fur is the world’s largest fur auction house in the world, a cooperative owned by 1,500 Danish fur farmers and brokers. Denmark’s top fur cooperative is closing. While animal-lovers may rejoice at the end of Kopenhagen Fur, it comes on the tail of a massive culling of about 17 million farmed mink in Denmark due to worries that they could spread a mutated form of COVID-19 to humans.
Green Prophet
JUNE 2, 2014
Erella Dunayevsky bats a red balloon at a little girl, who chases it giggling. It could be any grandmother and grandchild playing together. But in this case, not only are Dunayevsky and the little girl not related, but one is an Israeli and one is a Palestinian. “I’ve I’ve been coming here for 12 years and it’s very simple – I have the freedom to choose my own friends,” Dunayevsky, a therapist, tells The Media Line. The villagers here eke out a living herding sheep and goats.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 29, 2014
Darwin was no economist, but wealth-sharing and cooperation have always looked more consistent with his observations about human survival than the elitism and hierarchy that dominates contemporary corporate life. New peer-reviewed research by Michael Tomasello, an American psychologist and co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has synthesized three decades of research to develop a comprehensive evolutionary theory of human cooperation.
Green Prophet
JUNE 25, 2014
Despite the turbulence tearing through the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have solidified their commitment to clean energy with the newly formed Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation between Masdar and King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE.) With so much uncertainty elsewhere in the region, this cooperation acts like an arrow that pierces through the noise.
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 16, 2020
See original here: PG&E’s failures are spurring a movement toward electric cooperatives. Beacause they directly serve the interests of ratepayers, co-ops often can invest more quickly in new technologies and approaches. Business Green and-the co-ops-often energy & climate food-companies greenbiz 20 interests regenerative agriculture win-wins-for
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 24, 2010
Stopping illegal hazardous waste trade across borders requires the kind of cooperation INECE excels in,” said Durwood Zaelke, Director of the INECE Secretariat. Washington, DC, December 24, 2010: A report released today by the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) Seaport Environmental Security Network (SESN) confirms the benefits of cross-border collaboration in combating the illegal trade in hazardous waste through seaports.
Green Prophet
MAY 5, 2013
These issues are being addressed in a new cooperative project between Israeli and Palestinian researchers. Alon Tal will be working with Israelis and Palestinians to determine what kind of compounds are found in the region’s water and waterways from a bottom-up approach, funded with a half a million dollars from USAID’s Middle East Regional Cooperation (MERC) Program. Why should a Palestinian man care if an Israeli woman is taking birth control pills?
The Alien Next Door
MAY 10, 2015
Dolphins helping fishermen catch mullet A few posts back, I discussed the phenomenon called “ endosymbiosis ” by Dr. Lynn Margulis, who posited a cellular evolution based on ‘cooperation’ rather than simple ‘competition’ between viral or bacterial infection and host cell. Co-evolution (and cooperation by default) is now an established theme in the biology of virus-host relationships. The cooperation is helpful to both parties, he said.
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 11, 2011
In addition, GE will propose business deals to selected contenders, in close cooperation with major venture capital firms, and has allocated $200 million for financing. Two of the top contenders, James Post and Shawn Buckley, are announcing cooperation between their startups.
Green (Living) Review
NOVEMBER 12, 2009
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) is urging the international community to cooperate on climate change in the same way that they united for the protection of the ozone layer. In the 1980s, computer models predicted a global disaster if no action was taken to protect the ozone layer against synthetic ozone-depleting chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
Green Blog
JULY 15, 2011
China and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have agreed to collaborate in the sector of renewable energy. The agreement was reached between officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Korean Workers Party (KWP) when the latter were visiting China recently. The KWP officials said that the main purpose of their visit was to learn from China’s experience in the geothermal sector.
AGreenLiving
JULY 12, 2021
Business Eco appeared-first business & policy cause-environmental cooperatives earth911 equal how & buy purchases small farms sustainable food brand wants-theirNobody wants their purchases to cause environmental harm or contribute to human rights abuses.
AGreenLiving
JULY 12, 2021
Eco business & policy cause-environmental cooperatives earth911 mitch-ratcliffe nostromo nostromo-wants purchases storage sustainable food brand yaron-ben Earth911’s Mitch Ratcliffe speaks with Yaron Ben-Nun, chief technology officer at Nostromo, which has introduced… The post Earth911 Podcast: Nostromo Wants To Cool the World With Thermal-Energy Storage appeared first on Earth911.
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
Cooperatively owned grocery stores exist all over the country. According to a 2005 USDA report about successful co-ops in rural areas, it benefited from the guidance of local residents who’d been involved with CROPP, a local organic marketing cooperative which helps farmers transition to organic production. cooperatives food food co-ops
Green Prophet
OCTOBER 27, 2014
A fascinating report published by Mumbai-based think tank Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) , asserts that trans-boundary water cooperation directly correlates with regional stability and peace. Published in 2013, Water Cooperation for a Secure World – Focus on the Middle East defines water cooperation as an active commitment between riparian countries, underpinned by detailed action plans to be realized within agreed time-frames.
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 11, 2015
cooperatives ethical shopping green living Prices as good or better than Wal-Mart? Healthcare coverage with dental and vision as low as $40 a month for employees? It’s not some stereotypical crunchy granola liberal health food co-op store in Brooklyn or San Francisco, it’s a company that has expanded across the Western United States (including Arizona and two new stores just opened in Texas) and it could be going nationwide before long.
Green (Living) Review
AUGUST 5, 2015
Community cooperation resilienceby Michael Smith (Veshengro) Cohesive communities are a threat – or at least are as such perceived – to the powers-that-be (but really should not be) and it is for that very reason that such areas, such communities, are always targeted for break up and its residents for dispersal.
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Hear from neuroscientist turned circular economy start-up founder Garry Cooper, whose company, Rheaply, is generating millions in savings for partnered organizations by scaling corporate reuse and facilitating circular materials flows. Speakers Garry Cooper, CEO, Rheaply Holly Secon Wed, 09/09/2020 – 13:14 Featured Off. Business Eco Green action-and circular-wins- garry-cooper group holly-secon senior-analyst turned-circular
Green Prophet
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
Along with the amazing Shaza (that’s her mugging it up in the lead image), I help run CRP’s Hope Workshop, a craft cooperative composed of about two dozen women who meet weekly to learn new skills using mostly donated materials. Design Lifestyle gendercide iraqi refugees microfinancing refugee assistance syrian refugees women''s craft cooperatives
The Alien Next Door
APRIL 6, 2012
Easter message social change utopia evolution through cooperation Thrive GMO peace and love Easter environment hope for the futureHappy Easter! Jesus gave his life so that humanity could THRIVE in peace, harmony, compassion and love on a planet itself thriving in a living intelligent universe. This is my Easter message for you. Enjoy and God Bless.
Cool Green Science
JULY 22, 2015
We need to showcase the fact that we are all in the same boat – fundamentally interdependent – and that we need to enhance our level of cooperation and solidarity. Even if competition is generally more visible and more spectacular than cooperation, recent work has shown that evolution must involve cooperation in order to create higher levels of organization. It seems that today we need to move to the next level of cooperation to face the many challenges of our times.
Green Prophet
JANUARY 25, 2012
Despite a recent accusation by the French Parliament that Israel is perpetrating water apartheid against the Palestinians , this new initiative demonstrates the willingness of the two people to cooperate. More on Palestine, Israel, Water, and Cooperation: Palestine/Israel: A Stunning Tale of Peace, Water, and Walls. Travel & Nature environmental cooperation green peace Mediterranean Sea Palestinian Authority water issues water pollution
Green Prophet
JUNE 30, 2013
They’re achieving cooperation in a region where even garbage is a political flashpoint. Architecture & Urban eco-peace environmental cooperation environmental education Friends of the Earth Middle East Jerusalem Middle East recycling Only Green waste water treatment Water Resources Action Project Imagine trash and sewage filling six Olympic-size pools. Can you smell it? Now drain them into Kidron Valley which separates East and West Jerusalem, abutting their holiest sites.
Green Prophet
JUNE 3, 2012
Ultimately, the hope is that it will serve as a spring board for the development of environmental law in individual countries in the region and for multilateral cooperation on environmental issues across the region. The MEEL is a resource to help foster this cooperation within the region and across the world. :: Vermont Law School. Business & Politics environmental education Law North Africa pollution regional cooperation United States Vermont
Nature Conservancy - Science
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
I’m having lunch with members of the Hydaburg Cooperative Association, a federally recognized indigenous tribe, following a morning of collecting data for stream assessments ( covered in detail in yesterday’s blog ). Hydaburg”s Totem Park. For many years, totem carving and other tribal traditions were banned. A new effort is restoring those traditions–and nearby habitat. Photo: Matt Miller/TNC. By Matt Miller, senior science writer.
Green Prophet
JANUARY 3, 2013
Jordan received a $300 million grant from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which Minister of Energy and Transportation Alaa Batayneh says will be used to develop a host of solar and wind energy projects in southern Jordan, The Jordan Times reports. Cleantech, Science & Technology clean tech Gulf Cooperation Council renewable energy Solar Energy wind energyWhen 97 percent of a nation’s energy is imported, every renewable energy gift counts.
Green Living Ideas
AUGUST 13, 2013
An Electrification Coalition and Price Waterhouse Coopers study, “State of the Plug-in Electric Vehicle,” finds that PEVs — including Tesla’s Model S, GM Chevy Volt, and the Nissan Leaf — have dominated EV sales. This report was the first collaboration between the Electrification Coalition and Price Waterhouse Coopers in analyzing the EV market.
Green Prophet
FEBRUARY 21, 2011
The Guardian emphasizes the importance of cross-boundary cooperation in order to solve the pending water calamity that could grip the Middle East in a near-permanent state of discontent and suffering. In focus will be environmental cooperation among Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians, with a particular emphasis on renewable energy, environmental education and research, and the connection between the environment and peace.
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 11, 2011
Cooperative Society Co-Op The Coop children and environment Co-operative GroupChildren are resorting to “green pester power”, pushing their parents to act more sustainably – and their efforts are paying off, according to a new report published on the 20th September 2011. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Half of parents say they struggle to answer their children’s questions about green issues – more than half for instance, incorrectly put the blame for climate change on carbon monoxide.
Green Prophet
JUNE 4, 2012
Lifestyle & Culture Travel & Nature art Dead Sea environmental art environmental cooperation Israel Masada nature reserveIsraeli Opera Festival 2012 will feature five performances of the classic opera, Carmen, June 7 to 11 at Masada. According to the Israeli Opera’s Artistic Director, Michael Ajzenstadt, 705,000 people from across Israel and all over the world are coming to experience opera at the lowest point on earth, beneath the mountain of Masada and across from the Dead Sea.
Sierra Club Compass
DECEMBER 5, 2012
In the Long-Term Cooperative Agreement Plenary session yesterday, a delegate from the Philippines said “instead of getting ready for Christmas, we may be counting our dead” referring to the impending landfall of Super Typhoon Bopha. Compass. « Packing List for the Second Week of COP18 | Main. | BP Should Pay Maximum Civil Damages for Deepwater Horizon Disaster » COP 18: We Stand With the Philippines.
A Greener Life
JULY 21, 2021
It is believed the heatwave has prompted Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to change his tune on climate change saying that this is now a priority for the country and he is seeking cooperation with the US. .
Green Life Smart Life
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
Control4, a leading developer of Home Area Network (“HAN”) and consumer energy management solutions, today announced that it has been selected as the HAN provider for Texas-based utility Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative. Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative is a progressive utility looking to maximize member satisfaction and encourage efficient energy use through its Smart Grid investments ,” said Will West,Chief Executive Officer of Control4.
Environmental Economics
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
This is truly exciting: NOAA Fisheries has issued an exempted fishing permit (EFP) to the Gulf of Mexico Headboat Cooperative (Cooperative). The Cooperative consists of headboat owners/captains. The Cooperative intends to evaluate the efficiency of an allocation-based management system, using a limited number of headboats in a two-year pilot study.
Nature Conservancy - Science
OCTOBER 24, 2018
Myanmar’s river dolphins have learned to fish cooperatively with humans. But illegal electrofishing threatens this rare partnership. Fish & Fisheries From the Field Wildlife Asia Pacific Endangered Species Fisheries Mammal Watching
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