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Articles Tagged “Social Responsibility”

Trible Bottom Line

Understanding the Triple Bottom Line, its Shortcomings, and the Solution

People, planet, profit – the Triple Bottom Line. While it seems straightforward enough, the Triple Bottom Line is ripe with complexity, criticism, and alternating conceptions on what exactly it means.

Posted in Awareness, Environment, Featured

oil mining at sunset

Energy Security in America: How Well Have We Performed?

Energy security is a policy area all nations – both big and small – must take very seriously. Find out how the United States stacked against countries like Canada, the UK, and Spain.

Posted in Awareness, Environment, Featured

Oil Well

The Shock of Peak Oil

Learn about how peak oil may be approach sooner than imagined in the short, engaging video by Ideas@MaRS.

Posted in Videos

Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah

Too many face the harsh reality of inhaling lead, cadmium, dioxins, furans, phthalates and brominated flame retardants – daily. Sodom and Gomorrah visually captures this world. How did you dispose of your last computer?

Posted in Videos

Starved for Attention

Congo: “The Malnutrition That Shouldn’t Be”

A paradox exists in the Congo: while there are fertile, rich lands able to grow foods, malnutrition is widespread.

Posted in Videos

Organic Farm

The Ethical Appeal of Organic

Ethics serve as a set of moral standards that guide our decisions between right and wrong. How does organic fit in?

Posted in Environment, Featured, Sustainable Living

Teen for Jeans

Teens for Jeans: A Cause with the Youth in Mind

Still looking for a cause to support this season? Hear about how one person is making a difference in their community just by donating jeans.

Posted in Featured, Non Profits and Causes, Reviews

Green Question

The Green Gap and Gamifying Green: Turning Literacy into Action

The people of today now face the Green Gap: the difference between our green intentions and our green actions. If we want to live in a sustainable society, this must be overcome. So how do we do it?

Posted in Awareness, Environment, Featured

Nuru International

Happy Holidays from Nuru International

We’re helping, are you? Let’s raise $200,000 and help combat drought, famine, and extreme poverty. Together, we can equip people with the tools and knowledge to make change.

Posted in Videos

Grain

Why do you eat organic?

Eating organic, local, self-cultivated – why do we do it? Some argue it’s the ethical choice, others argue these are more sustainable, healthy, and enjoyable. Why do you choose organic?

Posted in Discussions, Featured