The NHS will in future offer acupuncture to patients suffering back pain as part of new guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). This is the first time NICE has formally backed the use of complementary therapies. NICE believes that using active therapies – such as acupuncture and spinal manipulation – …
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The destruction of the Amazon is real (in pictures).
We are destroying the Amazon rain forest so that we can have cheap burgers. The slide show linked here shows the rapid decimation of the ancient forest. It takes centuries to regrow. Without it our biosphere is made vulnerable to climate volatility. It sounds like a foolish, short sighted trade-off doesn’t it? (The solution? Fewer …
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20 years on, the ozone hole lingers
The global recognition of CFCs’ destructive potential led to the 1989 Montreal Protocol banning the production of ozone-depleting chemicals. Scientists estimate that about 80% of the chlorine (and bromine, which has a similar ozone-depleting effect) in the stratosphere over Antarctica today is from human, not natural, sources. Models suggest that the concentration of chlorine and …
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The Copenhagen Call
Business leaders issued “The Copenhagen Call” at the close of the World Business Summit on Climate Change. In their introduction they state: We call upon our political leaders to agree an ambitious and effective global climate treaty at COP15 in Copenhagen. Sustainable economic progress requires stabilizing and then reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Success at COP15 …
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Rebuilding Banks
A Special Report on Banking from The Economist offers insight in to the changes we might expect from the world of finance. I like the first few paragraphs (below) which put the scale of the problem in to perspective. The report shows that the industry will be ruled by attention to liabilities (and risks) rather …
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The blind people and the elephant … I mean weather.
If you tried to judge whether the 2008-2009 winter in the Northern Hemisphere was colder or milder than usual based on the conditions where you lived, it would be something like the ancient Indian story of the blind men and the elephant. If you couldn’t see the whole elephant, and you could only touch its …
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World Business Council for Sustainable Development news digest
Just linking around … A handy digest of international business news relevant to sustainable business. A free subscription is available for this fortnightly newsletter. Sign up here or read articles on the WBCSD website here.
Dealipaedia – The business deal wiki
Just linking around … Dealipaedia is a weekly digest of business deals. The great thing about it is that it is open so it covers a wide range of transactions which is not restricted to an industry segment. Having said that it is more US focussed, but that can change as global users increase. Sign …
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Emerging Markets Private Equity NewsWatch
Just linking around … You can read the Emerging Markets Private Equity Newswatch online or subscribe to the newsletter here. Handy for industry professionals; interesting for others with an interest in VC.
The prophecy is coming true!
They said that pigs would fly before a black man became president, and then after Barack Obama had been in office for 100 days, swine flu. Sorry! Just grabbing at straws now … 🙂