by didem

Book-cycling- NEED comments!!

Jan 21 2011 in Events, Idea Incubator by didem

Dear All! These days, i m working on a project which i coordinate with a friend who is working in a public school. What we want to do with the project is to let students share their books as well as their thoughts. Process goes like that: Every student brings a book which they already [...]

E-learning in Gender and Energy from ENERGIA

Jan 19 2011 in Personal Skills by Lucy, GEF GreEn Team

I’d like to share with you an interesting opportunity for self-development! ENERGIA has developed an online course to get acquainted with the gender and energy concepts. The online course has been used as part of the capacity building efforts in both the Africa and Asia regions and has been made public. Training Content The e-learning course [...]

Friends of the Supergrid Position Paper on the EC Energy Infrastructure Package

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 [...]

by Inga

On the road to Rio: proposals for a Citizen Project

Nov 25 2010 in Competitions by Inga

What will happen? What is at stake? How can we prepare for it? This open, flexible and evolving working document sets a basis for civil society co-ordination and co-creation. You will find some history, actors and above all VISIONS for a collective participatory dynamics. Let’s be ambitious and modest; idealistic and realistic; visionary and concrete! [...]

by Nicolò

Recycling. News from Naples, third world

Oct 31 2010 in Case Studies by Nicolò

Two and a half years ago Naples was submerged with rubbish. No one was collecting it, as the dump were full and the incinerators around the city couldn’t work fast enought to burn all that huge amount of rubbish. The politicians then arrived and solved the problems: New incinerators, new dumps and many trains directed [...]

Green heat for homes

Oct 25 2010 in Personal Skills by jean claude

The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) announced the second webinar in its series of free educational webinars on topics important to the biomass thermal industry. “Green Heat for Homes: Benefits and Challenges of Residential Biomass Energy,” will be held November 4, 2010 at 3PM ET. This event is made possible with funding from the USDA [...]

by Tobias

Link Tip: Connect to other entrepreneurs

Oct 17 2010 in Personal Skills by Tobias

Being an entrepreneur is especially something about two things: 1# Resource allocation and 2# Resource development As a young startup businesses, nor matter if in the Web 2.0 or in the “serious” outside world, point 1# is first of about you, your team and your business idea – point 2# is about people that can [...]

Apply for the 2011 Zayed Future Energy Prize now

Oct 6 2010 in Competitions by jean claude

Nominations and submissions for the 2011 Zayed Future Energy Prize are now being accepted, offering the winner a prize of $1.5 million dollars. www.ZayedFutureEnergyPrize.com.

by syed

Green energy

Aug 18 2010 in Books and Articles by syed

Recently everyone is talking about green energy or renewable energy. Some understand what they are talking and some of them actually have no idea what it’s all about and why it’s so important? So, we have two questions in front of us one is what’s this so called “Green energy/Renewable energy” and why it’s so [...]

Towards sustainable business

Jul 20 2010 in Business Skills by syszlack

As nearly everything can be produced using sustainable energy sources, sustainable business has to make statements about the sense of human needs.