Today is the International Corporate Philantropy Day (ICPD), hooray! As I’m writing this, leaders from all over the world are gathering in New York for the ICPD conference, which has been ranked for the fifth consecutive year among the world’s top ten executive events. This is the 8th year of this international advocacy day and [...]
As you may have heard, founder of the Grameen Bank and Nobel Peace Prize winner prof. Muhammad Yunus is being investigated for alleged corruption by the government of Bangladesh. According to a recent article by Nick Stace at The Telegraph, due to his clear stance against corruption in politics Yunus has long been distrusted and [...]
Pedagogics in absurdum: In “Bank Bailouts Explained”, ex-banker Omid Malekan lets two animated bears discuss how the U.S. government bails out banks and how it all went awry to start with, have a look:
As I trust you are aware, yesterday marked the last day of the 41st annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Easily the most influental event of its kind, at the start of each year
In memory of a man who loved the forest, my beloved grandpa, today’s blog entry concerns the ever ongoing problem of deforestation. At the moment, an outcry from organization Ecological Internet warns against a UK goverment plan to put half of England’s state-owned forests
If you, like me, are curious about exactly what was discussed and decided at the Cancun Climate Summit on 29th of November to 10th of December, please have a look at this day-to-day summary of the event, composed by The Climate Institute‘s Erwin Jackson & Will McGoldrick. You can also watch the series of videos [...]
