Posts Tagged ‘ resources ’

Getting to know Fairphone

Getting to know Fairphone

May 3, 2011

  For the past few months I have been watching online and listening to conversations offline about the initiative by a group of people here in Amsterdam which looks at how mobile phones are made and how their production effects people and the environment around the world.  It is one of those...

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5th World Water Forum

5th World Water Forum

March 17, 2009

Not the sexiest topic for the mass media to cover, but over in a city I like very much - Istanbul - the 5th World Water Forum is taking place.  Essentially a meeting about addressing the state and future of the planet's water, this is supposed to be the...

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bm292 The Battle for Gaza Gas Reserves

bm292 The Battle for Gaza Gas Reserves

January 17, 2009

In 1999 the news came out that there were significant natural gas supplies off the coast of Gaza. Negotiation soon took place between the Palestinian Authority, Israel, British Gas, and a Athens based company. The deal they produced would have given the PA 10% of the profits, though...

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