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Topic: World Resources Institute

  
SUSTAINABILITY   |  1 comment

Developing Development

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 98
Fri May 27, 2005 at 11:13 AM

This morning, I learned about a new blog supported by the World Resources Institute, a group of "scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical analysts, mapmakers, and communicators working to protect the ...READ»

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FC CALENDAR   |  Comment

World Forestry Congress

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 75
Sun Oct 18, 2009 at 3:49 PM

Every year, the loggers and farmers of the world chop and burn an area of forest the size of New York State. That's bad news for the creatures who live in those woods, but it's also grim for the rest of us: Deforestation accounts for ...READ»

ENERGY EFFICIENCY   |  Comment

Collaboration and Competition in the Development of Renewable Energy

BY kevin moss
Relevancy Score: 67
Wed Nov 12, 2008 at 10:36 AM

I have just returned from a meeting for the World Resources Institute Green Power Market Development Group that BT hosted at our headquarters in El Segundo, CA. The group, of which BT is a member, is a collaboration of leading ...READ»

PHILANTHROPY   |  5 comments

Fast Foundation

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 60
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:24 AM

Zoë Baird and her colleagues at the Markle Foundation have embraced a daring approach to the risk-averse world of philanthropy. The results have been remarkable -- and controversial.READ»

DESIGN   |  5 comments

Design for the Other 90%

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 30
Thu May 10, 2007 at 12:42 PM

The vast majority of designers put their talent to where the money is: crafting products and services that aim to beguile the richest 10% of the world's population. Nothing wrong with making a living. But could the tens of thousands ...READ»

CULTURE   |  1 comment

The Untapped, $5 Trillion Market

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 24
Mon Mar 19, 2007 at 5:21 PM

C. K. Prahalad, the University of Michigan strategy guru and author of the best seller "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid," has lately taken some flack for his have-it-both-ways proposition that multinational corporations ...READ»

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM   |  Comment

What's Your Carbon Worth? Ask Richard Sandor

BY Alec Appelbaum
Relevancy Score: 16
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:48 AM

Financial-futures pioneer Richard Sandor thinks he can make carbon-emission rights as tradable as pork bellies and frozen OJ.READ»

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Q&A: C.K. Prahalad - Pyramid Schemer

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 16
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:18 AM

Three years ago, C.K. Prahalad unearthed the "fortune at the bottom of the pyramid." It is, he says, still very real.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

Can This Copy Shop Go Green?

BY Abby Schultz
Relevancy Score: 13
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:45 AM

Kinko's copy shops use 32 million sheets of paper every day. Still, the company seeks a balance by conserving energy, buying renewable energy, and striving for sustainability.READ»