Brazil's Zero Hunger program, the Pop!Tech conference, markets for handicraft traditions in China, and a week's worth of environmental news.

October 23, 2007

Earth Trends: Environmental Information

• Brazil Upholds Right to Food for Millions. World Food Day draws attention to the success of Brazil's Zero Hunger program. October 16, 2007.

NextBillion.net: Development Through Enterprise

• Pop!Tech - Jay Keasling's Microbes Are Changing the World. Rob Katz blogs from Pop!Tech about how Jay Keasling is developing of an ultra low-cost source of artemisinin, the active ingredient in anti-malarial drugs. October 16, 2007.
• Pop!Tech - Victoria Hale's One World Health Needs Franchising. One World finds cures to diseases but has a problem with drug distribution. October 20, 2007.
• Pop!Tech - Interview With Kiva's Jessica Flannery. Rob Katz talks with Jessica Flannery about building Kiva. October 19, 2007.
  

New Ventures

• Rising Ventures: Liangdu MinYiYuan Trade Co. Ltd. Scot Fang interviews the founder of MinYiYuan, a company that is bringing prosperity to a rural region of China by connecting local handicraft traditions with a broader market for folk arts. October 17, 2007.

Environmental News

Climate & Energy

• Washington Post. October 16, 2007. Gray Wall Dims Hopes of "Green" Games. The pollution is so bad in Beijing that many visitors are wondering how Olympic athletes will be affected and how this city can possibly be ready to host them in less than 10 months.

• U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman. October 19, 2007. Lieberman and Warner Welcome Praise from Business and Environmental leaders. Senators Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) and John Warner (R-VA) introduced a bill that would achieve substantial, long-term cuts in U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions.

• The Tufts Daily. October 19, 2007. Tufts Econ Professor Develops Carbon Emissions Legislation. A carbon emissions bill inspired by Tufts Economics Professor Gilbert Metcalf may reach the floor of Congress this fall as part of a national initiative to counteract the mounting effects of greenhouse gases.

• Green Tech Media. October 18, 2007. New Climate Bill Could Boost Greentech. The bill aims to reduce total U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions by nearly one-fifth by 2020.

• Delaware Voice. October 18, 2007. Dutch Do It All Right. People of the Netherlands use 30% less residential energy per capita than people in the U.S.

• GreenBiz.com. October 17, 2007. Energy Efficient Buildings, Demand Response, and Overcoming the Barriers. The market for energy-efficient technologies is growing quickly, it's not growing quite as quickly as one might expect.

• World Bank. October 19, 2007. World Bank Group Annual Meetings "Carbon Neutral" for Second Year. The WBG is offsetting the estimated greenhouse gas emissions for delegates from member countries and for staff attending the meetings – a total of about 3,000 people.

People and Ecosystems

• AllAfrica.com and Ghanaian Chronicle. October 19, 2007. Combating Environmental Degradation. Unless we change many of our lifestyle patterns, the world will face unacceptable levels of environmental damage and human suffering.

• Science Blogs. October 18, 2007. Greetings From Maputo. Small-scale fisheries are often overlooked statistically, politically, and in economic terms.