Mar 1 2011 in Idea Incubator, Policies by marcin
Following the Forum on Green Entrepreneurship that was held in Brussels last December, I was asked to elaborate a dedicated harvest on what it takes to support sustainable entrepreneurship from the angle of economics. I took up this exercise pretty willingly, keeping in mind, that standing out of the “wheel reinvention” approach will be more [...]
Tags: Education, Green, Ideas, Sustainability
Jan 24 2011 in Personal Skills, Policies by jean claude
Dear colleagues, some members of the GEF international online community from Africa addressed their concerns to me regarding the GEF as well as our last December co- creation forum . Also other people who are not our online members contacted me with similar curiosity and questions. I had to contact them by internet , telephone [...]
Tags: Initiative, Leadership, mindshift, Policy
Dec 23 2010 in Policies by Lucy, GEF GreEn Team
Yesterday I received the Friends of the Supergrid (FOSG) position paper on the EC Energy Infrastructure Package of 17 November 2010 and since I find it really interesting, I decided to share. In order to launch the debate with all interested stakeholders on how such a new Supergrid could develop, be regulated and financed, FOSG [...]
Tags: Democracy, Economics, Education, Energy
Nov 29 2010 in Case Studies, Policies by Lucy, GEF GreEn Team
We all ask ourselves if there is some point in the next high level Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP). As we have seen the results and the lack of big resolutions after the end of COP15, we all doubt about the affluence of the coming big [...]
Tags: Challenge, cop16, Environment, Initiative, Issues, Policy, Sustainability
Nov 8 2010 in Personal Skills, Policies by Tobias
The European Youth Programme is probably No.1 Source to finance youth related activities – basically it a sponsorship by the European Commission you apply with your NGO to. If you fulfill their criteria in regard to the programme aims you to receive a grant for a youth seminar, conference, training or e.g. exchange. Have a [...]
Tags: business plan, Partnership, Personal Skills, skills, Support, Sustainability
Nov 4 2010 in Books and Articles, Policies by marcin
Once upon a time I was preparing an extended report on sustainable construction market in Poland. As far as I can remember, I came to the conclusion that… virtually, there is no such market in my country. We have only several zero-energy buildings, mainly for exposition, not for living. No company is able to construct [...]
Tags: business plan, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Leadership, Sustainability
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Oct 28 2010 in Books and Articles, Policies by
I follow-up various speeches on various energy efficient future tendencies.Some scientists claimed that one of the prospective and foreseeable effective energy source is uranium as well as the claims of other experts on versus it because of the Iran threat against the World.Those experts were able to transform the inclinations and opinions of people on [...]
Tags: Environment, Green, Sustainability
Aug 30 2010 in Business Skills, Personal Skills, Policies by yann
What is your vision of the successful green enterprise of 2025? To get to our common Vision we invite you to imagine a working day in 2025 in a successful green enterprise. How to be involved? Imagine: – What is the purpose of the company? What it is producing and how? – How does the [...]
Tags: Vision
Jul 5 2010 in Personal Skills, Policies by Abdul Hameed
This is to improve and expanding basic concepts of environmental stewardship, individual and community
Tags: Education, Leadership, Social
Jul 2 2010 in Policies by GEF
European Policy Centre – Policy Briefing, 29 June 2010 The 21st century will see an increasing global competition for resources, so Europe needs to become far more ‘resource-efficient’ said Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for
Tags: Energy, Green, Policy
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