by Global Sherpa | Apr 21, 2012 | Environment
Earth Day is “widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement,” according to the Earthday Network (EDN) site. More than one billion people participate in Earth Day activities each year. Occurring yearly on April 22, the first Earth Day took place on...
by Global Sherpa | Apr 15, 2012 | Aid & Development, Environment
The current global development model is unsustainable, but it can be fixed. These are the findings of a distinguished group of laureates of the Asahi Glass Foundation’s Blue Planet Prize who contributed to the recent report, “Environment and Development Challenges:...
by Global Sherpa | Apr 11, 2012 | Aid & Development
Today, 1.5 billion people live without electricity, a situation known as energy poverty. For them, life still moves to the patterns of the sun and the moon. Work and study mostly come to an end when the sun goes down. Cooking happens the way it has for centuries...
by Global Sherpa | Mar 24, 2012 | Cities, Environment
Cities will shape the world’s environmental future according to the Green City Index, which evaluates the environmental performance of major cities around the globe. The Green City Index points to the urgent need and rare opportunity provided by the rapid expansion...
by Global Sherpa | Mar 5, 2012 | China, Cities & Countries, Countries, Globalization
China has come a long way in a short time span. Five hundred million Chinese have been lifted out of poverty in the past three decades thanks to average annual GDP growth of 9.9 percent. However, a major study calls for overhauling China’s development model to avoid...
