Awakening The Dreamer – Home
via awakeningthedreamer.org Interesting initiative. Take charge now, people! Posted via web from Potted Plot
Subscribe:
RSS feed
Potting the Plot
Browsing All posts tagged under »conservation«
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
May 12, 2009
via storyofstuff.com This is the story of the world, please watch! Posted via web from Potted Plot
KLUE: What Makes A City Green?
April 29, 2009
With the help of the movies 'AnInconvenient Truth' and 'Eleventh Hour', awareness of the global environmental crisis has reached new levels. But even before that, since 1970, the year in which Earth Day was founded, every decade has witnessed a greater degree of pressure for businesses and governments to go green. Published in KLUE.
From Social Accounting to CSR
February 2, 2009
An interview for The CSR Digest with Professor Dr Mustaffa Mohamed Zain, one of Malaysia’s academic pioneers in corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Finally, Kyoto Protocol for the USA?
January 30, 2009
First, Obama calls for the dismantling of Guantanomo. Now, the Kyoto Protocol will be ratified? The Year of the Ox is indeed picking up!
CSR Global Summit – 1st Day
January 14, 2009
I'm in Singapore and the first day of the CSR Global Summit has taken place. I'm covering this for a number of publications, but most notably the CSR Digest. It has been interesting so far, and I'm plotting out a number of articles already on several aspects which I had not thought out before.
CSR Report Card 2008 – Part 4 (Community)
January 2, 2009
Logging companies were condemned due to allegations of rape against women from the Penan tribe, an indigenous tribe found in East Malaysia’s forest. The Bruno Manser Fonds (BMF) reported, “Penan women from the Middle Baram area of Sarawak are launching a cry of alarm to the international community over cases of sexual abuse by logging… [Read more…]
GV: To Live By The Slopes
December 23, 2008
Would you buy a house by / on the hills? Within the period of two days, two landslides caused much damage and death in Kuala Lumpur. This perhaps might not have made such major headlines had it not occurred just a few days to the 15th anniversary of the Highland Towers tragedy, which caused the… [Read more…]
CSR Report Card 2008 – Part 3 (Environment)
December 21, 2008
In the first part, Malaysian CSR marketplace issues were explored, while the second instalment discussed CSR at the workplace issues. This instalment will be on the environment. Carbon Trading Malaysian corporate giant, YTL Corp, took a major stake in is believed to be Malaysia’s largest carbon credit consultancy, reported to be seeking opportunities in the palm oil industry.… [Read more…]
Remembering Sheena
November 22, 2008
Remembering Sheena is a campaign to protect animals, especially the abused and the strays in Malaysia. It began years ago when Sheena, an alsation, was starved to death by her owner. Driven by outrage, a group of Malaysians went out to highlight how woefully in need of updating Malaysian animal rights laws are. Now, Remembering… [Read more…]
Islam & Environmental Conservation
November 21, 2008
Amidst all the fatwa outcries on yoga and tomboys, I would like to point out one piece of Islamic news which is good, namely that mosques in Terengganu will be giving a special sermon on environmental conservation, especially highlighting the plight of the turtles. According to news reports, the Imams will emphasize the importance of… [Read more…]
Potted feeds
My Column in the Sun
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License
May 18, 2009
0