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The State of Europe’s Environment

The State of Europe’s Environment

by | Apr 27, 2015 | News and Comment

In March the European Environment Agency  published its State and Outlook Environment Report (SOER) 2015 (available here). The report highlights innovations in governance needed for long term sustainability. In addition, a section of the SOER website highlights global...
Our foreign pollution from imported goods

Our foreign pollution from imported goods

by | Apr 24, 2015 | News and Comment

How should we account for the fact that a great deal of environmental damage associated with one’s own country actually occurs overseas? For example, Chinese manufacturers making our shoes, electronics and bicycles emit a lot of carbon on our behalf. Are...
New online tools

New online tools

by | Apr 21, 2015 | News and Comment

Recently Techpresident has covered a couple of new online tools that might be applicable to people working in democracy and sustainable development. The first tool is The People’s Lobby, which is a process for structuring citizen participation to make it more...