September 30, 2009 – 11:24 pm
by Andrew Winston This may be hard for anyone below 40 to fathom, but companies didn’t always fire people to save money. IBM was famous for “full-time employment,” but then its first layoffs in the early 90s changed the game forever. Over the last 20 years it has become (supposedly) good management practice to slash [...]
September 30, 2009 – 1:44 pm
69 days left, increase the pressure sign the petition that will be handed over to representatives of the US and Chinese governments. Mats Schultze, Stockholm, Sweden No time to lose!!! Anders Wigelsbo, Sweden Not buts, no ifs… the time to act is NOW! For once, set aside egocentricity and short term economic interests… co-operate! Anna [...]
September 29, 2009 – 2:36 pm
Cortus is a great best practice example of a Globe Forum Facilitator company that have worked enthusiastically to reach out and communicate its advantageous technology. Cortus’ gasification technology allows for energy-intensive industries such as steel, pulp and paper to green their activities without sacrificing productivity. Recently an environmental permit was granted for Cortus’s first 5MW [...]
September 28, 2009 – 10:21 am
The two-degree campaign has been set up to increase public pressure before the climate negotiations get underway in Copenhagen in December. There are high hopes that a global climate agreement will be drawn up, but there are difficulties in getting all the countries to sign up to an agreement. Go to http://www.2grader.se/en/ and sign the [...]
September 23, 2009 – 10:23 am
For many old industrial cities regeneration is necessary to become sustainable. A great case of this is the Globe Award winning project in Cardiff, Wales, UK. Cardiff has shown a deep understanding of the importance of moving towards a knowledge based economy within a holistic perspective on sustainability. Cardiff demonstrates practices of a sustainable city [...]
By Martina Nee
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Tagged cardiff, cardiff bay, cardiff council, economical development, Global Sustainability, Globe Award, globe forum, H.R.H. Crown princess victoria of sweden, holistic perspective, innovation, knowledge based economy, regeneration, sustainability, sustainable city, sustainable development
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September 22, 2009 – 8:01 am
Berlin, Dublin, Curitiba, Gdansk, Stockholm, Boston, Eindhoven, Barcelone or Hong Kong are all cities claiming to work towards sustainability. Globe Forum is always on the look out to collaborate with cities who understand the meaning of hosting a marketplace that supports sustainable innovation and research that helps corporations and organizations to find a sustainable way of [...]
September 21, 2009 – 8:02 am
Sustainability, in a broad sense, is the capacity to endure. It can be defined as the ability of an ecosystem to maintain ecological processes, functions, biodiversity and productivity into the future. In ecology, the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. Sustainable maintenance of the natural world and the responsible use [...]
September 18, 2009 – 10:10 am
The Convention Centre Dublin will be the first carbon neutral international convention centre in the world as the impact of the building’s construction on the environment is zero. Designed to meet the highest standards of environmental sustainability, the venue is being constructed with concrete that has a zero carbon footprint. Long-term operational requirements have also [...]
September 10, 2009 – 10:18 am
The Globe Forum office is at the moment working a lot from Gdansk, Poland. In October 28th-29th Globe Forum will organise a large sustainability conference here. The city is absolutely fascinating! It is beautiful, mysterious and history is always present. You have a large population with scars from some of the worst episodes of European [...]
