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Why online voting could lay the foundation for a greener economy
To elect more climate-conscience candidates, we need to boost the youth vote – and online voting could be key
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Digital solutions can help tackle global energy dilemma
With global energy consumption on pace to climb by 50%, industry must lead the charge on smart solutions to climate crisis
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Privacy profits
Data is the new oil. The best way to keep the well from running dry is by treating it with care
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Heroes & Zeros: Seychelles vs. Facebook
When you lose faith in Facebook for good, you can always look to an island nation for inspiration
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Back to Skoll
Taking the pulse of social entrepreneurship
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Indigenous legal orders
University of Victoria set to offer first combined common law and Indigenous law degree
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Trash talk
A recent move by China to tighten recycling requirements has thrown municipal recycling schemes across Canada into turmoil.
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Better corporate governance can end slavery in supply chains
As governments pass new regulations to protect workers, corporate leaders are creating innovative solutions of their own.
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Across the web, and the world, citizen scientists help track animal migrations
Thousands of armchair wildlife trackers are helping scientists to trace the movements of animals in real time.
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Future earth
Clean energy might reduce global warming, but what will it do to geopolitics?
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Money matters
Investors collectively hold the key to a more sustainable future
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Editor’s Note: Changing environment
Xi comes to Davos
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Tracing the fabric
Sustainable cotton slow to catch on with big brands
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Heroes & zeros: Campbell’s and Huayou
Campbell begins voluntary GMO labelling, while big tech brands are tied to Congolese conflict cobalt.
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Taxing business
Putting multinational tax avoidance on the agenda
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Taking the temperature
Toronto-based Ecobee has morphed into a heavy hitter in the burgeoning home thermostat market.
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The environmental cost of moving all our stuff is huge
How can we shrink it?
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Improving employee engagement with a mobile nudge
Digital app from Nudge Rewards bridges the gap between management and workers.
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Hotels, Airbnb battle for green cred
Whether for leisure or business, more travelers are seeking accommodations that mesh with sustainable values.
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‘Fair trade’ cocaine and ‘conflict-free’ opium: the future of online drug marketing
Some online illicit drug dealers have embraced marketing strategies that mimic corporate social responsibility initiatives.
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EarthSpark International completes 1st Haitian “prepay” microgrid
The EKo Pwòp microgrid will provide clean, reliable power to 430 homes and businesses in Southern Haiti.
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The future of cities: from social sciences to data standards
Forward-looking cities are beginning to use data to support city goals and objectives.
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A CoClear approach to lifecycle analysis
CoClear helps companies reduce emissions more affordably than traditional approaches.
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Raising the standard on sustainable cities
Toronto-based organization leads efforts to grow an ISO standard for city data.
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App watch: The OpenLabel Project (iOS, Android)
A new app is working to bring radical transparency to the products we use and consume.
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