http://theforestfoundation.org promoting sustainable livelihoods Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:39:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Moises Velasquez-Manoff,   Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor / November 20, 2009 A new report by the National Research Council seeks to put a dollar amount on the “hidden” costs of energy produced by burning fossil fuels. These costs aren’t factored into the market prices of coal, ... http://theforestfoundation.org/newprojects/2010/03/03/market-externalities/ Mission of the Working Group: Over 2 billion people have been left out of the purported economic gains of the globalization process of the last decade.   The disparity between rich and poor has been increasing, and the global economic collapse has shown the strong inter-connections between developed and developing worlds.  Clean ... http://theforestfoundation.org/local-area/2010/03/02/working-group-on-sustainable-livelihoods/ Okay, it's not that bad...well, yes it is.  After years of deliberations, and months of preparations, the world came away with very little to celebrate from Copenhagen.  In fact, status quo prevails and worst case scenarios seem almost inevitable.  MK and I wished we had gone to participate in the ... http://theforestfoundation.org/uncategorized/2009/12/19/the-post-copenhagen-apocalypse/ "Good evening everyone, Mayor Bell, City staff. This is exciting to see so many of you and to hear such good ideas.  We have everything we need to solve these problems and there is great evidence of leadership in this room by the turnout. My name in Marc Dreyfors and wear a ... http://theforestfoundation.org/events/2009/12/11/goal-site-makes-formal-presentation-to-mayors-forum-on-jobs/ Green Infrastructure (not to be confused with green technologies) is essential to developing sustainable communities.  Durham is already widely recognized as a center for the creative class, a contemporary name for “knowledge” workers. These aren’t just jobs for artists but all jobs that require thinking and/or creating for a living, ... http://theforestfoundation.org/events/2009/12/10/green-infrastructure-is-critical-to-creative-class-communities/ A Community Supported Energy Project, or CSE, is a lot like a CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture.  Across the country, CSA’s have ”sprouted up” as Americans realize that locally produced food has an array of benefits, including better tasting, healthier and lower impacting food, keeping money local and supporting farm ... http://theforestfoundation.org/local-area/2009/11/23/what-is-a-community-supported-energy%e2%80%9d-cse-project/ Since their controversial article in Grist Magazine in 2004, the authors have been back-pedaling to explain themselves to the environmental community from whence they were “reared,” and in this book they have done so. The major premise is that the environmental movement ceased being a “movement” and reduced itself ... http://theforestfoundation.org/uncategorized/2009/10/23/review-of-break-through-from-the-death-of-environmentalism-to-the-politics-of-possibility-by-nordhaus-and-shellenberger/ Triangle Clean Cities hosted a tour of the Gaffney, SC Freightliner truck chassis facility, owned by Daimler (which to my surprise also owns Detroit Engines, Thomas Built buses, Winnebago, and a number of other giant engine and vehicle manufacturers).  I traveled with Rich Cregar, a friend who has been helping ... http://theforestfoundation.org/events/2009/10/11/freightliner-custom-chassis-fccc-state-of-the-art-in-truck-design/ A Community Supported Energy (CSE) Project and Incubator Space for the Arts and the Emerging Green Economy-- a project of The Forest Foundation The North Wing of Goldenbelt Manufacturing in Durham, NC is the last building in need of redevelopment, connecting us to our historical roots in the tobacco industry. It sits ... http://theforestfoundation.org/local-area/2009/09/16/green-is-golden-belt-redevelopment-project/ The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Obama Admin. budget policies make a number of basic, false assumptions, which are reflected in the “Green Jobs Report”: One, that the economy will tank so badly that people will forget the need to transition to a “green economy,” shifting into ... http://theforestfoundation.org/uncategorized/2009/03/18/critique-of-white-house-%e2%80%9cgreen-jobs-report%e2%80%9d/