Education
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Whenever we write about the benefits of direct current at either high voltage or low, we get comments like "You are an idiot and KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE GENERATION AND TRANSPORTATION OF ELECTRICITY! QUIT TELLING LIES!!!!!!!" . Then we have other commenters who get worked up.
Over at Worldchanging, Andy Lubershane uses his trademark humour and comic skills to explain all about this issue.
Posted Fri, 02/27/2009 - 18:20 by muenda
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Stingaree Nightclub in San Diego is hosting weekly events titled "The Green Side of Sting" each friday in March.
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The 7th Annual MESSA 8K for H2O run on Folly Beach is this Saturday, February 21. Proceeds from this race and 5k family fun walk will go towards local efforts to improve the quality of our water.
Posted Thu, 02/19/2009 - 22:00 by muenda
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Both major green events here in Charleston have announced their dates and other details. So mark those calenders, bust out your walking shoes, and prepare to get your green-on.
Posted Mon, 02/09/2009 - 21:01 by muenda
I like to keep things positive around here, but sometimes it helps to point out mistakes rather than successes - we learn from our mistakes too, right? One of our first columns was Weekly Trashed, which was a photographic look at poor trash disposal activity.
Posted Wed, 12/31/2008 - 16:15 by muenda
At this seminar, Antoine Bouet, Senior Research Fellow at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will present a new report which uses a global trade model to examine the impact of the trade, subsidy, and mandate policies that the European Union uses or could adopt to promote biofuels as an alternative to carbon-based fuels. The report finds that these policies cause a significant reallocation of land in the EU and Brazil toward biofuels crops—mainly sugar cane and beets, and oilseeds.
Posted Wed, 12/31/2008 - 15:00 by muenda
The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a multisectoral initiative designed to help resource rich developing countries improve their governance. Although adherence is voluntary, participating governments are required to publish resource revenues and firms operating in these countries must publish what they pay governments to extract these resources. These same governments also must create multistakeholder monitoring groups to examine how governments use extractive industry revenues.
Posted Mon, 12/29/2008 - 22:00 by muenda
Join us for a conversation with Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO John Danilovich as he prepares to pass stewardship over the MCC to a new Administration. In his introductory remarks and subsequent dialogue with CGD Senior Fellow Steve Radelet, Ambassador Danilovich will reflect upon his role and experiences in leading and shaping the agency which marks its fifth anniversary in January.
Posted Tue, 12/23/2008 - 16:45 by muenda
The multifaceted nature of current and emerging global security challenges requires a judicious and balanced use of development, diplomacy and defense--the 3Ds. United States' leadership in ensuring the success of global efforts to address poverty, protect the environment and safeguard human rights is critical. Enhanced living standards and freedom from fear are necessary conditions for the creation of secure and prosperous societies. This panel will evaluate U.S.
Posted Mon, 12/22/2008 - 19:30 by muenda
Foreign Affairs publishes an article by CGD senior fellow Arvind Subramanian on global trade.
Posted Mon, 12/22/2008 - 17:00 by muenda
The ONE Campaign, an advocacy organization that raised awareness about global poverty during the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, is the 2008 winner of the Commitment to Development “Ideas in Action” Award, sponsored jointly by the Center for Global Development (CGD) and Foreign Policy magazine.
Posted Mon, 12/22/2008 - 17:00 by muenda
In this telephone press conference, CGD Director of Communications and Policy Lawrence MacDonald and ONE president and CEO David Lane discuss the Commitment to Development Award.
Posted Fri, 12/19/2008 - 21:30 by muenda
The Commitment to Development "Ideas in Action" Award, sponsored jointly by the Center for Global Development and Foreign Policy magazine, is granted annually to a person or organization from the rich world that has significantly improved attitudes and policies toward the developing world.
Posted Thu, 12/18/2008 - 17:45 by muenda
The Drug Resistance Working Group organized two “pre-consultation” meetings in Paris on October 18th to take advantage of the 39th World Union Conference on Lung Health taking place at the same time.