Archive for Juli 2010

ONE Campaign for Haiti

After Haiti’s devastating earthquake, a number of countries promised reconstruction aid to the victimized nation. Now, six months later, only four countries have delivered on the promised aid. The ONE campaign is now asking you to request world leaders to deliver their promise to Haiti.

Love that stuff!

In another chapter of our fair shopping series, we’d like to introduce to you lovethatstuff.co.uk, an online shop for fair trade clothing, jewellery and homeware. Started in 2002 by Barb Wilson, lovethatstuff works to sell at affordable and fair prices, to pay a fair and mutually agreed price to its producers, to use eco-friendly materials [...]

Charles Leadbeater on education in the slums

In yet another fascinating TED talk, Charles Leadbeater tells the story of how he went looking for radical new forms of education, finding them in the slums of Rio and Kibera, where some of the world’s poorest kids live.

Unilever named Company of the Year

Unilever  has taken home the title of ”Company of the Year” for its global work enhancing the social, environmental and economic impact of its brands at every stage of the product lifecycle. The title was awarded by the Business in the Community’s (BITC’s), which recognises companies that ensure that being responsible is integral to their [...]

NY Times: new law empowering India’s poor

In an interesting article in the New York Times , Lydia Polgren reports on India’s new Right to Information law , which is increasingly being used by the otherwise so powerless poor to gain leverage on government bureaucrats and force them to do their jobs.

Enter the HeroRATs

Every day, the enorm team are happily reinforced in the belief that social innovation has no limits. An incredible example of this is the HeroRATs . In Africa, APOPO has made it their mission to train rodents to clear landmines and detect tuberculosis, with the goal of  saving human lives. Long after conflicts have ended,landmines [...]

EU launches new organic logo

This month, the EU is launching a new organic farming logo, which will be obligatory  for all organic pre-packaged food products within the European Union. The presence of this logo on any product ensures that it meets the demands of the EU organic farming regulation,

enorm magazine TV

Don’t miss the enorm magazine TV channel on Youtube! This time, Eric Mahleb, who works for LGM Interactive – one of the main sponsors of the Green Venture Summit in Berlin – speaks about the subject “Business for the people”. Have a look!

Mapping out a green world

For the conscious traveller, or for residents who would like to learn more about ecological, cultural and civic resources near home, voila: the Open Green Map. Since 1995, Green Map System has used mapmaking as a medium to promote participation in sustainable community development, resulting in more than 400 local Green Maps which are used [...]

Satara Fashion

Each of the garments from fashion label Satara comes with a paper tag attached, bearing a sign in Hindi. The tags represent the women who have produced the garments, and on the Satara website, you can click on the matching signs and learn about the life and dreams of each of these women, such as [...]

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