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June 22, 2010

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WorldChanging Team: Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 Closing the Climate Change Accounting Loophole -- With a Billboard Mindy S. Lubber...
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Clark Williams-Derry: Here's a nice catch, from alert reader Callie Jordan: transportation guru Reid Ewing discussing his new, comprehensive study of the links between community design and...
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WorldChanging Team: by Garry Peterson Five years after the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, the first assessment of the Earth’s ecosystem services, was released the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

June 21, 2010

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Yale Environment 360: Even after the failure to reach agreement on binding CO2 cuts in Copenhagen last December, the United Nations’ outgoing chief climate negotiator is confident that...
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WorldChanging Team: Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 Nothing for today! 2008 One Approach To Sustainability: Work Less John de Graaf...

June 18, 2010

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Alex Steffen and Amanda Reed: Carbon neutrality by 2030 is the new standard for climate policies, and again the UK is leading North America in the climate debate with...
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WorldChanging Team: by Ronit Ridberg New evidence shows traditional food crops can help Zimbabwe improve resilience to climate change and economic turbulence. A recent study [pdf] by...
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WorldChanging Team: Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 Harnessing Both Sun and Cell Phone to Close Gaps in Local Health Care...

June 17, 2010

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WorldChanging Team: Editor's Note: This list is a collection of headlines compiled by Joe Romm in two posts at Climate Progress. Europe’s Wind Power is Booming The...
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Amanda Reed: Today is "Dump the Pump" day in the U.S. and Americans are encouraged to ride public transit instead of driving. The purpose of "Dump...
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WorldChanging Team: Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 Lewis Hyde and The Enclosure of Silence Ethan Zuckerman explores the history of...

June 16, 2010

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WorldChanging Team: by Eileen Peng How many great ideas does it take to make a positive impact on a community? Surprisingly the answer can be just one....
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Alex Steffen: We've gotten a few inquiries lately about why we aren't devoting a lot more discussion to the BP Spill. After all, isn't this the "worst...
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WorldChanging Team: Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 WeCommune: Tech Support for Communes If people are recognizing the practical potential in...

June 15, 2010

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WorldChanging Team: Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 Climate Debate Overlooks Small Businesses As the United States debates how it should...
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Amanda Reed: Please forgive the dearth of posts today. We're putting our heads together and holding a work retreat today at the Worldchanging office in order...
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Amanda Reed: In 2007, Erica Barnett wrote a story about the Toyota Prius that generated a big discussion in the comments section about the high, and misleadingly...

June 14, 2010

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WorldChanging Team: by Ed Miliband It is no accident that the government has seemed paralyzed in responding to the Deepwater Horizon crisis, not knowing whether or not...
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WorldChanging Team: Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 A Bright Green Argument for Geoengineering Alex Steffen responds to Jamais Cascio's excellent...

June 11, 2010

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Amanda Reed: Over the last five years Worldchanging has covered a number of stories about the leapfrog potential of increased use of solar power, and solar,...