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On Feb. 26, members of the U.S. Green Building Council-North Carolina Chapter met with more than 20 NC senators and representatives during a daylong blitz to promote the economic benefits of the green building industry and energy efficiency policies.

Fleming Gulf to host The GCC INFRA Facilities Management Summit in Doha, Qatar. MEFMA Official Supporting Organisation

Starting December 1st, the Freeman Truth Syndicate website reviews the top Agenda 21 video stories of 2012. One featured story each day until Jan 1st 2013

Freeman Truth Syndicate is pleased to announce the launch of its brand-new website exposing Agenda 21 Sustainable Development. Never heard of Agenda 21? It's a multi-subject issue hidden in political shadows that demands truthful investigating.

An Internet portal GreenOffOn (Eco Social Community) has been launched. Green You, Green Me in Unity!

Ghana: Nka Foundation announces a call for entries from designers, architects, artists, and schools to research Fired Ceramic Architecture, as a model for housing for the arts in West Africa

Volunteer-based project will bring the power of technology and tools that will give local students access to e-learning and scholarship opportunities and help local artisans promote and sell their products outside Peru.

International non-profit Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST)’s EU-funded Green Philippines Islands of Sustainability (GPIoS) project forged links with Plantersbank and PCEPSDI designed to ensure longevity.

IQPC’s 10th Timberland Investment World Summit explores timberland investment opportunities in emerging markets, current market supply and demand, and lumber/timber price correlation

The Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) participated at the Regional Conference on Development Models: Promoting a Transformative Agenda for Sustainable Development, held in Thailand last August 15–17, 2011.

Adelphi University will explore ideals of peace and sustainability in a two day event with the Eighth Annual Conference for Peace and Human Rights on March 21 and 22, 2013.

On Feb. 26, members of the U.S. Green Building Council-North Carolina Chapter met with more than 20 NC senators and representatives during a daylong blitz to promote the economic benefits of the green building industry and energy efficiency policies.

Bridge the Gap Villages, an Indianapolis based firm, announces a crowd source funding effort for the first responsible tourism project in Northern Fiji through StartSomeGood

Fleming Gulf to host The GCC INFRA Facilities Management Summit in Doha, Qatar. MEFMA Official Supporting Organisation

International non-profit Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation closed the 2nd Ten Photos to Shake the World Nationwide Photo Competition with an awarding ceremony last December 10, 2012 at the Ayala Museum.

Starting December 1st, the Freeman Truth Syndicate website reviews the top Agenda 21 video stories of 2012. One featured story each day until Jan 1st 2013

Freeman Truth Syndicate is pleased to announce the launch of its brand-new website exposing Agenda 21 Sustainable Development. Never heard of Agenda 21? It's a multi-subject issue hidden in political shadows that demands truthful investigating.

An Internet portal GreenOffOn (Eco Social Community) has been launched. Green You, Green Me in Unity!

Fuel poverty is having a devastating impact on the health outcomes and well being in the UK.

Ghana: Nka Foundation announces a call for entries from designers, architects, artists, and schools to research Fired Ceramic Architecture, as a model for housing for the arts in West Africa

Volunteer-based project will bring the power of technology and tools that will give local students access to e-learning and scholarship opportunities and help local artisans promote and sell their products outside Peru.

Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) joined the seventh Asia Clean Energy Forum, held last June 4 to 8 at the ADB Headquarters in Manila, Philippines, along with more than 800 stakeholders from 55 countries.

International nonprofit ASSIST held three SME Leader’s Forums in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, from June 6 to June 8, 2012 for Promote Sustainable Program of energy Consumption Through Energy Management System (PROSPECT-EnMS).

Downtown Denver’s 2020 Lawrence Street apartment project reached a major milestone earlier this month with the final concrete pour, also known as “topping off” the building. The 11-story sustainable housing development will total 367,000 sf.

World-class experts to determine winning sustainable development ideas in $65,000 award competition.

International non-profit Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST)’s EU-funded Green Philippines Islands of Sustainability (GPIoS) project forged links with Plantersbank and PCEPSDI designed to ensure longevity.

International non-profit ASSIST and PT TUV NORD conducted multistakeholder dialogues in Jakarta and Medan, Indonesia last January 19 and 26, 2012 for the initiative Leapfrog towards Efficiency And Progress through Low Carbon Economy Indonesia (LEAP).

Implementing best environmental practices to give back what has been taken from the planet

Mr. Leveen has a knack to make complex science understandable to the layperson. The catalyst for writing this ebook is the need for the public and professionals to have a reference of the facts and science of hydrogen.

Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) Project Green Philippines Islands of Sustainability was highlighted at the European Union’s SWITCH Asia Networking Meeting last October 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

IQPC’s 10th Timberland Investment World Summit explores timberland investment opportunities in emerging markets, current market supply and demand, and lumber/timber price correlation

International NGO Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) joined the 10th Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production held at the Sheraton Hotel in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on November 2011.

A joint initiative of the World Business Council for Sustainable development and International Energy Agency

Green Philippines Islands of Sustainability (GPIoS), a project funded by the and co-implemented by Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST), will honor 85 companies at the ECOSWITCH Awards this September 22.

The Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) participated at the Regional Conference on Development Models: Promoting a Transformative Agenda for Sustainable Development, held in Thailand last August 15–17, 2011.

Bauen Will Deliver Environmental Performance Within Its Brazilian Real Estate Projects. Commitment Includes Worlds First Sustainable LEED Communities With the Minha Casa Minha Vida Government Housing Programme.

Set in the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the project is the pilot for a series of sustainable projects that the organization is planning to implement in areas of need around the world.

Initiating energy-saving practice and process excellence to achieve sustainable development

Stockholm Resilience Centre’s (RE) offers a new Masters program in Social-Ecological Resilience and Sustainable Development. We were honored to interview the Program Director, Dr. Miriam Huitric and get her thoughts on the program.

Global Environmental Choice, an Environmental and Sustainability Standard Setting Body, will be launched at the B4E Summit in Jakarta today.

Making Social Responsibility Work, will be offered by IESE Business School next July 4-8, 2011 at IESE's Barcelona campus

Guangzhou China April 15, 2011 - CCM is going to publish its updating report on May 6, 2011. The new updating report penetrates into the industry by benchmarking on 10 manufacturers, 5 PLA manufacturers and 5 lactic acid manufacturers.

Of Fire, Floods and Oil - The Environmental Chaos of 2010: Year 2010 was filled with environmental chaos as governments found themselves helpless and at odds while facing Nature’s wrath.

Pupils at Mellor Primary School use games based learning product Sustainaville from games-ED to understand how to run a town. Sustainaville supports the curriculum but also shows that learning can be fun too.

ThinktoSustain.com - a knowledge portal for sustainable development initiatives enters into partnership associations with leading institutions to promote knowledge events related to sustainable development.

Read free special issue of African Journal of Economics and Management Studies online until 1 December 2010

With the aim to build a vibrant knowledge platform on sustainable development, ThinktoSustain.com features eight key sections that together bring forth a comprehensive and integrated perspective on developments happening around us.

Xavier Auclert embarks on a solo 750-kilometer journey on foot to promote Fair Trade in the Japanese Countryside on Sunday, 5 September. Wish him luck and safe travel! This is first for Fair Trade.

Since its founding, ArtCorps has been committed to building stronger communities. Its new website takes this quest online as part of an ongoing effort to help individuals, organizations and communities tap into the power of Art for Social Action.

18.9 Percent Conversion Efficiency Solar Cells with New Processes Introduced at Intersolar Europe

22nd May 2010 The International Day of Biodiversity (IDB), also known as the International Day for Biological Diversity, intends to raise awareness of biodiversity, ecosystems, and to draw public attention to the issues at stake

Unless people know the true fact and willing to accept to live with an eco-friendly lifestyle, otherwise there lies no future for all living species.

"An International Healthcare Development Conference" ...will focus on two of the fastest growing industries in healthcare around the world, sustainable healthcare and healthcare development...

Global Engineering Systems F.Z.C. (GES), U.A.E., a company dedicated to the cause and business of preserving the environment announced the establishment of the Green Energy Foundation (GEF).

The first Solar Powered Rural Internet Kiosk (RIK) is installed at the Ukunda, Kenya. The RIK is a 100% self contained solution for providing access to computer and the Internet to rural people throughout Sub Saharan Africa.

The Corporate Social Responsibility Conference to be held on the 7th and 8th of March 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dubai will be featuring previous winners of CSR Awards

The Reduce Radon Tee appeared at the Sustainable Development conference held in London this week, to raise awareness of radon gas and encourage action to be taken.

The Taylor Properties Group recently registered the Blume Community as a member in the Audubon Lifestyles Sustainable Development Program. The 360 acre property has been used for various forms of agriculture for nearly 100 years.

Fuel cells, long championed as clean, efficient sources of energy, have for the first time been quantified in terms of CO2 and regulated pollutant footprint emissions

This report is the first of its kind to systematically model and publish results on the annual state of the fuel cell industry, its environmental footprint and its potential to create new jobs.