http://blogs.worldwatch.org Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:22:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://blogs.worldwatch.org/concrete-goals-for-sustainable-development/ http://blogs.worldwatch.org/concrete-goals-for-sustainable-development/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:22:07 +0000 WorldWatch Blogs http://blogs.worldwatch.org/concrete-goals-for-sustainable-development/ The UN Conference on Sustainable Development provided few answers, but may have motivated enough discussion to create a path forwards (photo courtesy of CIDSE via flickr). The United Nations Rio +20 conference in 2012 culminated in a vague, unambitious document that does little to define or outline any measurable goals or strategies to promote environmental [...]]]> http://blogs.worldwatch.org/concrete-goals-for-sustainable-development/feed/ 0 http://blogs.worldwatch.org/time-for-a-new-environmentalism/ http://blogs.worldwatch.org/time-for-a-new-environmentalism/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:21:36 +0000 WorldWatch Blogs http://blogs.worldwatch.org/time-for-a-new-environmentalism/ Since the early years of the environmental movement, some voices within the movement have pointed out that fighting power plants, dams, deforestation, mining, and roads is a game of defense, one that can never be won. As the late environmentalist Peter Berg used to say, such fights are “like running a battlefield aid station in [...]]]> http://blogs.worldwatch.org/time-for-a-new-environmentalism/feed/ 0 http://blogs.worldwatch.org/transactive-energy-isn%e2%80%99t-your-grandpa%e2%80%99s-power-grid/ http://blogs.worldwatch.org/transactive-energy-isn%e2%80%99t-your-grandpa%e2%80%99s-power-grid/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:34:58 +0000 WorldWatch Blogs http://blogs.worldwatch.org/transactive-energy-isn%e2%80%99t-your-grandpa%e2%80%99s-power-grid/ The U.S. power grid is a modern engineering marvel, but it’s overdue for an overhaul. Participants at the recent Transactive Energy Conference in Portland, Oregon, came together to discuss the changing system and to develop the concept of transactive energy as the future of the grid. Transactive Energy seeks to engage all devices and resources [...]]]> http://blogs.worldwatch.org/transactive-energy-isn%e2%80%99t-your-grandpa%e2%80%99s-power-grid/feed/ 0 http://blogs.worldwatch.org/building-sand-dunes-and-strategic-policy-solutions/ http://blogs.worldwatch.org/building-sand-dunes-and-strategic-policy-solutions/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:20:57 +0000 WorldWatch Blogs http://blogs.worldwatch.org/building-sand-dunes-and-strategic-policy-solutions/ As the impacts of climate change become manifest, governments around the world are beginning to plan for changes in order to ensure they will be able to meet their respective population’s growing demand for energy, food and water and also prepare communities for climate change through adaptation measures. The Netherlands has been a leader in [...]]]> http://blogs.worldwatch.org/building-sand-dunes-and-strategic-policy-solutions/feed/ 0 http://blogs.worldwatch.org/the-raw-campaign-an-interview-with-jonty-whittleton/ http://blogs.worldwatch.org/the-raw-campaign-an-interview-with-jonty-whittleton/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:00:08 +0000 WorldWatch Blogs http://blogs.worldwatch.org/the-raw-campaign-an-interview-with-jonty-whittleton/ Nourishing the Planet’s Carol Dreibelbis spoke recently with Jonty Whittleton, senior campaign manager at Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), a U.K.-based organization working to end factory farming and promote animal welfare, about his involvement with the Raw campaign. The Raw campaign focuses on exposing the true cost of factory farming and building a movement for [...]]]> http://blogs.worldwatch.org/the-raw-campaign-an-interview-with-jonty-whittleton/feed/ 0 http://blogs.worldwatch.org/one-man%e2%80%99s-trash-is-another-man%e2%80%99s-pay-dirt/ http://blogs.worldwatch.org/one-man%e2%80%99s-trash-is-another-man%e2%80%99s-pay-dirt/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:20:10 +0000 WorldWatch Blogs http://blogs.worldwatch.org/one-man%e2%80%99s-trash-is-another-man%e2%80%99s-pay-dirt/ It is, unfortunately, society’s nature to discard the unwanted or forgotten. This tendency is on display across the globe, from slums of mega-cities to undernourished children in rural villages to the ugly endangered creatures that never receive attention. Nowhere, however, is this tendency more apparent than in our trash. We accumulate so much unwanted stuff [...]]]> http://blogs.worldwatch.org/one-man%e2%80%99s-trash-is-another-man%e2%80%99s-pay-dirt/feed/ 0 http://blogs.worldwatch.org/as-next-round-of-climate-talks-nears-poland-faces-tough-choices/ http://blogs.worldwatch.org/as-next-round-of-climate-talks-nears-poland-faces-tough-choices/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:01:29 +0000 WorldWatch Blogs http://blogs.worldwatch.org/as-next-round-of-climate-talks-nears-poland-faces-tough-choices/ So, it seems like I owe the Polish government an apology. Last month I wrote a first blog about Poland and its future role as host of the UN climate talks, insisting on its ambiguities towards the diplomatic process and pointing out, for instance, that it had made the rather unconventional decision to host the [...]]]> http://blogs.worldwatch.org/as-next-round-of-climate-talks-nears-poland-faces-tough-choices/feed/ 0 http://blogs.worldwatch.org/ready-to-roll-or-still-charging-a-closer-look-at-electric-vehicle-development-in-china/ http://blogs.worldwatch.org/ready-to-roll-or-still-charging-a-closer-look-at-electric-vehicle-development-in-china/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:34:52 +0000 WorldWatch Blogs http://blogs.worldwatch.org/ready-to-roll-or-still-charging-a-closer-look-at-electric-vehicle-development-in-china/ China is putting effort into developing its electric vehicle industry, but industry reports say it is falling behind other countries in terms of "EV readiness." (Source: Treehugger.com) In 2010, A123 Systems, a leading advanced lithium-ion battery manufacturer, opened the first and largest U.S. manufacturing facility to produce batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). The project was [...]]]> http://blogs.worldwatch.org/ready-to-roll-or-still-charging-a-closer-look-at-electric-vehicle-development-in-china/feed/ 0 http://blogs.worldwatch.org/world-environment-day-2013-five-ways-to-preserve-food-and-prevent-waste/ http://blogs.worldwatch.org/world-environment-day-2013-five-ways-to-preserve-food-and-prevent-waste/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:00:56 +0000 WorldWatch Blogs http://blogs.worldwatch.org/world-environment-day-2013-five-ways-to-preserve-food-and-prevent-waste/ By Sophie Wenzlau The theme of this year’s World Environment Day—celebrated today—is Think.Eat.Save., a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) campaign aimed at curbing food waste and food loss. Approximately one third of the food produced for human consumption every year—roughly 1.3 billion tons—is lost or wasted in fields, grocery stores, and kitchens around the world, [...]]]> http://blogs.worldwatch.org/world-environment-day-2013-five-ways-to-preserve-food-and-prevent-waste/feed/ 0 http://blogs.worldwatch.org/building-an-enduring-environmental-movement/ http://blogs.worldwatch.org/building-an-enduring-environmental-movement/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:19:12 +0000 WorldWatch Blogs http://blogs.worldwatch.org/building-an-enduring-environmental-movement/ On World Environment Day, State of the World 2013 calls for a new course of action for the environmental movement. Audubon displays the new car it won from Toyota in a social media popularity contest (image by Toyota) Fractured, underfunded, and on the defensive, the environmental movement must rethink the way it functions if it [...]]]> http://blogs.worldwatch.org/building-an-enduring-environmental-movement/feed/ 0