Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/15/Professor_Jeffrey_Sachs_on_Sustainable_Solutions
Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs outlines what are, in his view, the three greatest challenges to peace the world will face over the next several years.
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One of the world’s leading experts in aid and economic and sustainable development, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, gave a free public lecture at the University of Sydney on [...]
A redux of the presentation Christopher Molitoris presented to the Sixteenth Annual Maghrebi Area Studies Symposium for U.S. Fulbright Grantees at the Tour Hassan Hotel, Rabat, Morocco. 18 April 2009.
Duration : 0:2:32
Delhi Sustainable Development Summit The DSDS - organized by TERI since 2001 -is an annual international undertaking to continuously provide knowledge and stimulate debate on various aspects of sustainable development. It has emerged as the only forum on global sustainability issues, with an accentuated thrust on problems relating to the developing world.
The DSDS series has [...]
Over 1.1 billion people in the world don’t have access to clean drinking water. When I heard of a nanotech water purifier that can be used to purify water from even fecal matter contaminated sources, I couldn’t help but test it out the “uncultured” way.
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ACCIONA is a Spanish company and a pioneer in sustainable development
Created in 1997 as a result of the merger between Entrecanales & Tavora and Cubiertas & MZOV, ACCIONA inherited its philosophy of profitability, quality and technical rigour.
ACCIONA develops and manages energies, infrastructures and services that share common customers, and has a management philosophy geared [...]
Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs
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Andy Lipkis, Founder and President of TreePeople, describes how this organization has pioneered an integrated approach to managing urban ecosystems as watersheds in the Los Angeles region. This involves strategic tree planting, tree-mimicking technologies, and community engagement to generate multiple solutions to the environmental threats facing our cities, including ensuring a sustainable water supply, reducing [...]
… the role of institutions. Neil Bird of the Overseas Development Institute responds to the In My Name campaign by arguing for local, national and international action and highlighting how institutions are crucial to these actions.
Duration : 0:6:52
