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Category Archives: Rio+20
Rio+20 Urban Sustainbility Indicators
Here is a link to part of the presentation I gave for the US State Department at the Rio+20 Conference in Brazil. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/23335312
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Agriculture to Stimulate Economic Growth
Amazing session here at Rio+20. Speakers from Canada, Israel, Germany, Kenya, Panama, and the USA. Elise Golan from the USDA was amazing in her coverage of agriculture and green jobs. According to Golan 2.4% of jobs in the US are … Continue reading
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ICLEI World Congress
Today in Belo Horizonte several cities across the globe got together to sign a manifesto that they will be presenting to the UN in Rio tomorrow. This compact is expected to ask for local governments to be recognized as official … Continue reading
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Environmental Accounting
Had a great discussion with Gemma Parkes from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) regarding the importance of environmental accounting. I refer to this in my work as the Resource Conflict in sustainability. What it covers is the debate over whether natural … Continue reading
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Rio+ 20 Arrival
Arrived in Rio last night and had a great conversation with a representative from the Asian Development bank regarding concentration of poverty in general and the Favelas in particular. I understand that some Favelas may have more than 200,000 people. … Continue reading