How Palestinian olive oil broke down a barrier

Source: Green Futures (November 16th)

Occupied territories aren't the best backdrop for business...or are they? Heather Masoud tells Anna Simpson about the world's first fair trade oil.

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Deforestation deal could brighten Copenhagen gloom

Jonathon Porritt, November 20th, Forum Blog.

files/JP blog 20 Nov.jpg Things just seem to be getting more and more gloomy in the run-up to the Copenhagen Conference. On Tuesday, the Independent front page, shouted out the following dire prediction: “World on course for catastrophic six degree centigrade rise”. Six degrees centigrade isn’t just a lot worse than 4 degrees, let alone infinitely worse than 2 degrees centigrade (which scientists believe to be the threshold above which average ... Read more

 

Balance makes Newcastle Britain’s most sustainable city

Helen Clarkson, November 19th, Forum Blog.

files/Newcastle1.jpg Today we unveil our third annual Sustainable Cities Index and the big news is that Newcastle is Britain’s most sustainable city, knocking the previous two winners – Bristol and Brighton – into second and third places respectively. This might come as a big surprise as unlike those other cities, Newcastle doesn’t have a reputation for being particularly ‘green’.  But Newcastle has won because it does fairly well ... Read more

 

The Standing of Sustainable Development in Government

Jonathon Porritt, November 10th, Forum Blog.

files/government blog.jpg When I was still Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission, I was hoping to produce a snapshot of just how deep sustainable development had penetrated into the workings of government – since the election of the Labour Government in 1997, the establishment of the Sustainable Development Commission in 2000, and the issuing of the Sustainable Development Strategy, ‘Securing the Future’.  As it happens, it didn’t get done.  ... Read more

 

Leaders must be shocked into climate action

Jonathon Porritt, October 31st, Forum Blog.

files/JP Shock blog.jpg Even today’s climate optimists acknowledge that there are going to have to be some traumatic ‘shocks to the system’, induced by accelerated climate change, to jolt politicians the world over to move up a gear (well, several gears). These shocks will come, and from the perspective of our long-term prospects, they need to come as rapidly as possible.  And to be as traumatic as possible – otherwise, ... Read more

 

Disruptive Innovation – competition now open

Chris Sherwin, October 29th, Forum Blog.

files/Disruptive Innovation blog image 1.jpg At Forum we’re always looking for innovative new ways to approach sustainability. We’ve just produced a tool to help innovators come up with game-changing, disruptive ideas, and are offering you the chance to win one too. Our Disruptive Innovation cards each capture a different method of thinking ‘out of the box’ to inspire real change. You can win a set by telling us what you would do ... Read more

 

Forum wins green procurement award

John Bishop, October 29th, Forum Blog.

files/green procurement.JPG At Forum for the Future we like to think we know a bit about sustainable procurement, and our guide Buying a Better World is a buyer’s manual in many organisations. It’s a simple concept, spending your money on goods which improve people’s quality of life and enhance the environment, but putting it into practice has its challenges, even for an organisation like us. So we were delighted ... Read more

 
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