Biofuels from fallow ground, health insurance for the BOP, remittances for new housing, and making a cash crop--from peanuts.

August 1, 2007

New Ventures

• Rising Ventures: CleanStar. This company transforms previously unproductive land into fields of Jatropha and Karanj trees which yield oilseeds that produce a commercially-viable and eco-friendly alternative to diesel.

NextBillion.net: Development Through Enterprise

• Intellecap: BOP-related Jobs and Magazine.  August 1, 2007.
  
  
• Contest: Innovative, Intuitive and Original Ideas to Explain Micro-Insurance. July 31, 2007.
  
  
• BoP, Geopolitics, and Giving the People What They Need. July 31, 2007.
  
  
• Immigrants Build Houses in Mexico with Remittances- The Case of Construmex. July 30, 2007.
  
  
• New OTF Initiative for East Africa Countries. July 27, 2007.
  
  
• Promoting Small and Medium Enterprises for Sustainable Development. July 27, 2007.
  
  
• Nourish International/Full Belly Project Finds Ways of Shelling Peanuts Effectively in Uganda. July 26, 2007.
  
  
• Banco Azteca and Elektra Cater to the BOP in Mexico and Central America. July 25, 2007.

Environmental News

• CNN Money. July 26, 2007. Lawyers' New Quarry.
  
  
• CNN Money. July 25, 2007. Beware GE's new 'Green' Card. General Electric's new eco-friendly credit card might have good intentions behind it, but spending money to save the planet doesn't make sense.
  
  
• Environmental Science & Technology. July 25, 2007. Linking Science with New Policies for CCS. Science, engineering, and policy research should go hand in hand.
  
  
• IPS News. July 24, 2007. OPIC Extension Tied to Terror and Environment. The U.S. House of Representatives extended funding until 2011 for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a government agency that backs U.S. corporations in developing nations, in an act that prohibits investment in "terrorist nations" and requires more rigorous human rights and environmental standards.
  
  
• Epoch Times. July 24, 2007.  Chipping Away At Our Forests.
  
  
• Salon.com. July 18, 2007.  You Are Now Free to Pollute About the Country.  Air travel is the latest guilt trip for the environmentally conscious consumer. Here's how flying contributes to global warming and what is being done to cool the jets.