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Exclusive Interview with Seventh Generation’s Gregor Barnum
Exclusive Interview with "Director of Corporate Consciousness"
Alternative Channel's Alex Salzman in an exclusive interview with Gregor Barnum, senior executive of Vermont-based Seventh Generation, one of the sustainability movement’s most innovative companies. To read or comment on the interview, click here.
World Environment Day
From all of us at Alternative Channel, we wish you a contemplative and productive World Environment Day. Every June 5th, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) uses this occasion to attract attention to the plight of our environment. Today, UNEP urges governments, companies and communities to treat climate change as the "defining issue of our era." To read or comment on the interview, click here.
Job Seekers Recognizing Importance of Finding Green Workplace
Work Cabin, a recently launched Canadian website devoted to 'green' jobs,' reveals a job market increasingly concerned with the environmental responsibility of prospective employers . To read or comment on the interview, click here.
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Videos of the week
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The Great Stink
Can it be that in 2008, 2.6 billion people worldwide lack basic sanitation?
Water Aid shares this provocative and timely piece on the past and embarrassing present of sanitation and access to clean drinking water. |
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Cisco's Connected Urban Development Project
Monique Meche talks about Cisco's efforts to embed ICTs in urban infrastructures and support sustainable cities. |
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Manchester: A Sustainable City?
It's all about communities working together to address sustainability, says
Vin Summer, managing director at Click and Links Ltd. Summer talks about a sustainable, ITC-related project in Manchester. |
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The Bio DaVersity Code
Who killed the polar bear? Countdown 2010 conveys the imperative of biodiversity preservation with this unique animated short. |
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| |  | | | June 5th: World Environment Day
"Kick the habit, and work towards a low carbon economy" says UNEP. Join the United Nations Environment Programme for World Environment Day on June 5th.
July 24th: Urban Next Summit
The New Orleans Young Urban Rebuilding Professionals Initiative (YURP) and CEOs for Cities gather in New Orleans in July to bring together "emerging and established leaders" to engage in the post-Katrina rebuilding of New Orleans.
Summer 2008: Run for One Planet
Actor Matt Hill and national speaker Stephanie Tait will spend their summer running a marathon every day, traveling through communities in Canada and the United States to raise awareness about the environment. The goal? A 1,000-mile (17,700 kms) run.
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