Bioversity Strategic Alignment DesignShop
Bioversity is an international research institute focused on using agricultural biodiversity to improve people's lives. Bioversity works in three broad areas: sustainable agriculture, nutrition and conservation. It is part of the CGIAR consortium of research institutes, which is itself undergoing more
Earth Security Initiative Scientific Meeting
The Earth Security Initiative (ESI) aims to reposition the conservation of species and ecosystems as a major security issue. This is in addition to the importance of conservation for intrinsic or economic reasons. The understanding of our dependence on natural systems and the more
World Food Programme Delhi Design Session
Debt can be re-scheduled or cancelled but hunger cannot. People need to eat today or they will die. Yet the very emergency food drops and crisis feeding centers that keep desperate people alive today risk undermining a state’s longer-term ability more
COP15
This message came today from a colleague in Copenhagen who is working with Mediators Beyond Borders. I found her message rather compelling, so will share a portion of it here - ...There are certain words and phrases that the delegations use, more
Eco type saves 20% ink
The new Ecofont from the Dutch company, Spranq, is available for free download. It looks like Swiss cheese, with holes sized .20 of a 10-point font. You can't really tell when you read the document, but if you magnify it, more
Green goes Mobile…Maybe?
Samsung unveiled a new "environmentally friendly" phone at the Mobile World Congress technology event in Barcelona this past February, although today is the first I have heard of it. Surprisingly, information directly from the company is hard to come by more
