Social networking and forests protection efforts

March 23rd, 2012 | Posted by iip in Internet - (0 Comments)

Social network software may become the most important tools as the growing of number internet users throughout the world.

I put highlights of the role of current social networking on the public awareness on sustainable development issues as Jeffrey Sachs noted in his newest book Common Wealth: economics of a crowded planet.

Now, I’m exploring how the social networking used by several environmental NGOs to disseminate their ideas of forests protection. I list four international NGO who engage in Facebook.

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Top greenest IT companies 2010

October 12th, 2011 | Posted by iip in Business - (0 Comments)

A list of IT companies has been released, showing the rank of effort done by the company to provide economy-wide climate solution, reduce emissions from their own operations, and lobby for science-based climate and energy policies.  The Cool IT leaderboard is developed by Greenpeace, aims to capture a greater level of detail in measuring climate leadership across the IT sector.

The Cool IT Leaderboard ranks the companies by measuring the following issues: efforts to offer economy-wide technological climate solutions that contribute to global greenhouse gas reductions (40 points of total score); Initiatives to reduce their own global warming emissions (25 points) and Active engagement in political advocacy and support for science-based climate and energy policies (35 points).

Here the complete list of The Cool IT Leaderboard:

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