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
- Communication network testing and fiber optic sensing applications are supporting electric grid reliability, resilience, and security
- Increasing Energy Resilience
- A bright outlook for distribution utilities: The power of connected solutions raises the bar in grid reliability, efficiency, and integration
- What is OATI’s Enterprise to Edge?
- Geothermal wins Trump’s favor – This Week in Cleantech
Sustainable Business News
- Federal Court Rules Health Canada Approval of Mad Dog Glyphosate Weedkiller as ‘Unreasonable’
- PFAS Contaminated Sewage Sludge Fertilizers Can Cause Cancer and Other Diseases – US EPA
- Mirror Life Microbes Pose “Unprecedented Risk” to Life on Earth
- International Experts Call for Urgent Action to Protect Children’s Health from Harmful Chemicals
- EU Glyphosate Approval Reaches European Court of Justice
Organic Farming News
- Using cover plants to remove pollutants from arable soil
- Diversified cropping systems boost nitrogen supply but not soil carbon
- Invasive plants drive homogenization of soil microbial communities across U.S.
- Human urine could be used as eco-friendly crop fertilizer
- Could manure and compost act like probiotics, reducing antibiotic resistance in urban soils?