The WRI Weekly Roundup
August 21, 2007
EarthTrends: Environmental Information
New Ventures
- Rising Ventures: Landwasher. The Chinese startup produces sustainable toilets that require no water and minimal electricity to operate. August 14, 2007.
NextBillion.net: Development Through Enterprise
- Coincidence or Cross-Subsidy? For over a decade, Procter & Gamble has been distributing sachets of its PuR water purifying powder at cost in water-challenged countries. Then the company realized that the single-use packets would be marketable U.S. tourists traveling to destinations where they cannot drink the water. August 19, 2007.
- Is there a BOP in the United States? August 17, 2007.
- Tapan Parikh: Simple Innovations, Big Impact. August 17, 2007.
- Public vs. Private Education in Developing Countries: A Matter of Long-Term Investment. August 16, 2007.
- Mighty Light: Empowering Lives. August 15, 2007.
- Social Entrepreneurs: Echoing Green's 2007 Fellows. August 15, 2007.
Environmental News
- San Francisco Chronicle. August 18, 2007. China's New Middle Class in Love With Cars - Big Cars
- The Sunday Times of London. August 18, 2007. Business Reports a Loss on Paper
- The Huffington Post. August 16, 2007. Congress Ready to Act on Climate Change
- UN Chronicle. Industrial and Rural Energy in China: Innovative Private-Sector Initiatives Lead the Way
- Buildings Magazine. August 2007. Four Ways to Shrink Your Building's Carbon Footprint
- San Jose Mercury News. August 16, 2007. Urban Tree Canopy Crucial to Health
- AllAfrica.com. August 17, 2007. Naminia: Biomass as an Energy Resource
- South African Wine. August 17, 2007. Green Wine: Why Rethinking Cork May Be Required
- Geotimes. August 2007. The Energy Debate: Climate Vs. Energy Security
- Portafolio (Columbia). August 15, 2007. Bogota Plans "Green" City