Browsing articles from "December, 2010"
A feminine response to Iceland’s financial crash – Tomasdottir
Financier Halla Tomasdottir helped rescue Iceland’s financial system after the crash — by applying 5 traditionally “feminine” values to financial risk. At TEDWomen, she talks about these values and how to balance them.
Halla Tomasdottir, co-founder of Audur Capital financial services, has been instrumental in rebuilding Iceland’s economy since its collapse in 2008.
Renewable Energy News
- July DTECH event addresses challenges faced by Midwest utilities
- Trump’s promised steel and aluminum tariffs go into effect
- Wisconsin’s first large-scale energy storage project is now online
- 3 Nevada geothermal projects fast-tracked under Trump’s quickie environmental review process
- N.J. Dem senators call for probe of grid operator as electric prices surge
Sustainable Business News
- MAHA Commission Calls Out Toxic Chemicals including Glyphosate and Atrazine for Damaging the Health of Americans
- Industrial No-Till Agriculture Increases Pesticide Use and Harms Soil – New Report
- Consumers Demand Conagra Eliminate Dangerous Pesticides from Popcorn Supply Chain
- Gambian Government Throws Weight Behind Regenerative Agroforestry for Improving Rural Economies
- Pesticide Industry Pushes for Exemption from Liability in Massive Threat to U.S. Public Health
Organic Farming News
- The EU should allow gene editing to make organic farming more sustainable, researchers say
- Cover crops may not be solution for both crop yield, carbon sequestration
- Less intensive farming works best for agricultural soil
- Using cover plants to remove pollutants from arable soil
- Diversified cropping systems boost nitrogen supply but not soil carbon