Greenpeace with two Thai key senate representatives held a press conference on July 16on the issue of Gecko-One coal power plant. Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior’s peaceful protest at the controversial new coal plant in Rayong, has encouraged two key representatives of the ‘Natural resource and Environment Commission’ and the ‘Sub-Commission on Good Governance of the Senate’, to call for immediate halt on the construction of the Belgian owned GHECO-One coal plant. The senate repres more...
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The Heschel Center, in partnership with the Karev Educational Initiative, continues to cultivate the Green School Network – a growing web of schools that have embraced sustainability as a central part of their educational vision.
Through the Green Network, over a hundred schools throughout the country, representing the wide gamut of the Israeli student body - Jewish and Arab, secular and religious, rich and poor, urban and rural – create environmental leadership and implement community-bas more...
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The Sustainable Economics Forum was established by Hagai Kott, a Heschel Environmental Fellow (Year 6), and was selected for nurturing and assistance through the Heschel Center's Environmental Leadership Action Network (ELAN). The aim of the forum is to develop this groundbreaking area of study in an Israeli context, where it is virtually unknown. 'Ecological economics' is a new school of thought which raises serious questions challenging the basic assumptions of the dominant economic thinking. more...
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Global production of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells increased 51 percent in 2007, to 3,733 megawatts, according to the latest Vital Signs Update from the Worldwatch Institute, produced in collaboration with the Prometheus Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. More than 2,935 megawatts (MW) of solar modules were installed in 2007, according to early estimates, bringing cumulative global installations of PVs since 1996 to more than 9,740 MW-enough to meet the annual electricity demand of more than more...
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Beijing-based researcher Eric Martinot, a Worldwatch senior fellow, and Li Junfeng, Vice Chair of China’s Renewable Energy Society in Beijing, examine China’s progress in becoming a global leader in renewable energy. With the breakneck expansion of China’s economy and its reliance on coal, the country grapples with the far-reaching environmental, security, and social implications of its growth. A combination of ambitious targets supported by strong government policies and the manufacturing more...
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The Worldwatch Institute's China Program helps decision makers both within China and around the globe better understand the environmental challenges and opportunities facing this vast country of 1.3 billion people. By tracking and analyzing trends in China's natural resources, pollution, technologies, and policies, Worldwatch serves as a go-to source on the Chinese environmental situation. The Institute has become a leading voice in international efforts to urge decision-makers in China to prior more...
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The Millennium Project publishes a report periodically assessing the current state of the world and projecting developments in the future. The 2008 report is to be published in August 2008; the website provides information on the report and a ten page summary. The report and accompanying CD are expensive, but the summary can be downloaded free. by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu.
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