Tag: Clinton Global Initiative

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  Tonic Top Stories: Matt Damon's Promise, Brad Pitt's Report, River Respect

  This week, Tonic was bringing our readers up-to-the-minute reports from the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). While we were busy devoting our attention to Bill himself, our writers were digging up green stories outside of the

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  Stanley Greenberg, World-Renowned Pollster, Talks Enviro-Politico Shop

  Never heard of Stanley Greenberg? Probably means you've been living under a rock for the last, say, twenty years. He's a political mastermind — akin to being described as the world-champion of public opinion

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  "Cool Globes" traveling exhibit arrives on Earth Day

  A 5- foot round and 7-foot tall globe encrusted with crumpled plastic bottles sends a large-sized message about the gargantuan problem of plastic in landfills. A sphere covered

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  Best of Green: Business & Politics (Slideshow)

  Update: Vote now for Best of Show! Now that the initial voting period has ended, it's time to vote for the 'Best in Show' -- check out the category winners in the Best in Show slideshow, and then click over to Planet Green to View & Vote for your

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  Four Big Thinkers' Ideas on Going Green, Ending Poverty

  Poverty isn't a simple

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  Five Poverty-Fighting Clean Water Projects and Designs

  The intersection of green and poverty

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  McKibben Sends a Special Invite, Winning Architects travel to Ecuador, Sustainablog Goes to the Carnival, and More

  350.org: Presidential Invite Campaign Launch by Jamie "We've just launched a new campaign to send McCain and Obama thousands of invitations to the UN Climate Meetings this December in Poland. Get in on the action by watching the video below and visiting

• Protecting the Environment Will Combat Poverty: Wangari Maathai

  The morning plenary session at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting last Friday was on the "Global Impact of Rural Innovation" and had quite a distinguished panel of speakers. Well, every session at CGI had impressive

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  Millions May Gain Access to Clean Water After Clinton Global Initiative 'Mega-Commitment'

  Though the issue of clean water and sanitation hasn't made it onto the environmental radar of late as much as equally critical issues such as global warming, renewable energy or tropical deforestation, it

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  Clinton Global Initiative Highlights: Old World Is Oil, New World Is Renewables

  The Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting is in full swing in New York City. In Thursday morning’s plenary session, Integrated Solutions: Water, Food & Energy, Tom Brokaw moderated a discussion about the entwined issues of

• Highlights from the 1st day of the Clinton Global Initiative

  Former President Bill Clinton seemed happy to be in his role of statesman again on the first day of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) - an event which gathers government leaders, business leaders, rock stars, and sports heroes who work together to

• Bill Clinton Chats With Bloggers About Pickens Plan, Offshore Drilling, Clean Energy--and Gives "TreeHugger" a Thumbs Up

  Former President Bill Clinton sat down last night and chatted with a select group of excited bloggers about current affairs, the economy, and last but not least, the Clinton

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  London to Retrofit Public Buildings for Reduced Emissions

  The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, announced a new project last week to cut public buildings' energy use by 25%. Contracts were awarded for the first stage of the project, in which 42 public buildings will be retrofitted for energy savings over the

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  Clinton Global Initiative Expanding to Universities in March, 2008

  With all the madness leading up to the Democratic Primary down in South Carolina I’m not quite sure how President Clinton found the time to announce the expansion of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to college campuses through CGI U. But it turns out

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  TreeHugger Radio: It's Green Design Contest Season

  This week we recap the events of the Clinton Global Initiative, plus take a look at the plethora of green design competitions that are budding this fall. The city of New York is granting prizes for designers who can envision a hurricane escape plan.

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  Broadcast Your Non-Profit Cause

  At this year's Clinton Global Initiative, YouTube pledged $20 million over two years to kick into gear the YouTube Non-Profit Program, an initiative to encourage non-profit organizations to design and create "brand channels" to build communities, while

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  Clinton Global Initiative 2007: Overall Impact

  Now in its third year, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) managed to collect 245 commitments over its recent three-day annual meeting, adding to the more than $10 billion in pledges pooled toward world causes in its first two conferences.

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  Quote of the Day: William McDonough on Design Humility

  But, I think if anybody here has trouble with the concepts