Browsing articles from "June, 2011"
Jeff Skoll talks about the planet and folks that can make a difference
Participant Media, the production powerhouse behind films including “Waiting for Superman,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Good Night and Good Luck,” and “Charlie Wilson’s War,” bills itself as a company that “exists to tell compelling, entertaining stories that also create awareness of the real issues that shape our lives.”
Tanking about his mentors, philantrophy, and how he created financial independence was given one pivotal point of advice”
“Bet on good people doing good things.” – Jeff Skoll
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