ADB Invests in Three Climate Change Technology Venture Capital Funds
May 24, 2011 by green team
Filed under Business, Green Reporter
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is investing $60 million to help set up three venture capital funds dedicated to nurturing new climate change technologies. The funds will primarily target the markets of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and India, which are actively promoting clean energy and sustainable technologies. via [...]
ADB, Partners Find Ways to Make Sanitation a Sustainable Business
May 24, 2011 by green team
Filed under Business, Green Reporter
With nearly 2 billion people in Asia and the Pacific having no access to adequate sanitation, representatives of governments, the business community, nongovernment organizations and international organizations are meeting at the Asian Development Bank ADB to discuss ways to ramp up investments in the sector. via ADB.
The Super Green List: Connecting Human and Ocean Health
May 24, 2011 by green team
Filed under Food, Green Reporter
The Super Green list includes seafood that meets the following three criteria: Low levels of contaminants (below 216 parts per billion [ppb] mercury and 11 ppb PCBs) The daily minimum of omega-3s (at least 250 milligrams per day [mg/d])* Classified as a Seafood Watch “Best Choice” (green) via Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Indonesia’s moratorium on logging, palm oil concessions may be inadequate
May 23, 2011 by green team
Filed under Business, Green Reporter
…details of the moratorium, which was a condition under Indonesia’s billion dollar forest conservation partnership with Norway and was supposed to be signed January 1, won’t be released until Friday, leaving it unclear what types of forest will be protected from logging and conversion to plantations. The moratorium will certainly include primary forests, [...]
Long Beach, Calif. Bans Plastic Bags
May 23, 2011 by green team
Filed under Green Living, Green Reporter
When oh when oh when will we ban plastic bags? Maybe we should ask the new Environment Minister! Just a few months before a plastic bag ban goes into effect in Los Angeles County’s unincorporated areas, the Long Beach, Calif., City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday evening to ban single-use plastic shopping [...]
EOLE Wind Powered Wrist Watch
May 23, 2011 by green team
Filed under Design, Green Reporter
It’s not a wind-up watch, it’s a wind-powered watch! To read the time the user simply blows on the propeller mechanism to generate just enough electricity to activate a short visual sequence. The EOLE should be another great addition to your green wardrobe, making you worry less about running low on batteries and [...]
Borax Beef, Fake Eggs, Reused Buns: Food Woes Continue In China
May 23, 2011 by green team
Filed under Food, Green Reporter
Any one course of a 10-course Chinese banquet could kill you. This list doesn’t include the infamous 2009 melamine-powdered-milk incident that killed several children and attracted international attention. Even though Chinese officials said that all of the melamine-tainted milk products had been destroyed, 26 tons of melamine-tainted milk powder were just uncovered in [...]
