Redesigning The Worldhttp://redesigningtheworld.comConsidering Sustainability, Development, and Techenhttp://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1redesigningtheworldhttp://feedburner.google.comLinks From Around The Web - 5/20/08http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/redesigningtheworld/~3/zJ4XaEQu200/links-from-around-the-web-52008.htmArticle LinksLinksResourcesSustainable DevelopmentSteffan AntonasTue, 20 May 2008 17:24:32 PDThttp://redesigningtheworld.com/links-from-around-the-web-52008.htmEconomic Development & Sustainability

Nigeria: Leadership Makes the Difference - The Harvard University’s Institute of International development observes that African economic development has been hampered by corrupt leaders who interfere capriciously with the market in order to secure benefits for themselves and their cronies to the detriment of the public good.

UK’s climate aid plans ‘undermine’ global deal - Britain was advised by its own international development committee of MPs not to set up new funds at the World Bank. The MPs on the committee expressed concerns in March at the proliferation of climate trust funds under the bank.

Top development success Vietnam also top climate change victim - The World Bank’s new Global Monitoring Report, issued Monday and entitled “Millennium Development Goals and the Environment,” singles out Vietnam as both one of the models for successful development by Third World countries and one of the countries that will be most harmed by climate change.

Technology

Low Technology Solutions Find Favor in Developing World - Fuel efficient stoves and ceramic water purifiers are two examples of low-tech innovations that can help people in poor countries improve their quality of life. Because what is known as “appropriate technology” usually requires fewer resources and is easier to maintain than high-tech, development agencies and non-profit groups have promoted its use.

Inconvenient Truths: Get Ready to Rethink What It Means to Be Green - This wired article offers a few great links and points out that winning the war on global warming requires slaughtering some of environmentalism’s sacred cows.

Resource: Watershed Locator - A greater understanding of our regional resources helps us gain perspective when we look at where we fit within the natural world. Ecotrust has developed a new tool — the watershed locator.

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Wholesale prices on big SUVs such as Chevrolet Tahoes, Ford Expeditions and Toyota Sequoias are down 17% from a year ago. Full-size pickups have fallen as much as 15%. Are SUV owners going to lose out as gas prices continue to rise? - Article By Clark Williams-Derry

Carbon Accounting in New Zealand

Outside of the regulatory environment, the number of New Zealand businesses including some degree of carbon accounting in their day-to-day operation is showing healthy growth. In the voluntary space, these businesses can be organized by their motivation for going carbon neutral. This article gives some insight into who is reducing their carbon emissions and why - Article by Craig Neilson.

Sustainable Development In The News

William G. Moseley: In Search Of A Better Revolution

Urban West Africa is Ground Zero in the global food crisis. From Dakar to Abidjan, the cities in this zone have experienced more protests against rising food prices than any other region in 2008. This article discusses how some innovations in agriculture forced farmers away from indigenous crops — or off the land entirely, and calls for more sustainable solutions.

Clean Tech

Google.org Doubles Down on Solar Thermal Power

This article on the Wired Blog is definitely worth a read - it offers a brief overview of the only three investments in alternative energy companies that Google has announced. Two of them have been into companies using solar thermal technology, which uses mirrors to turn liquid into steam that drives a turbine, lending support to a burgeoning but unproven industry. Cool. Definitely keep this on your radar!

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