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The Top 10 Trends in CSR for 2012. BeCitizen - Conseil en stratégie pour une Economie Positive. The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See (part 1 of 8) No Impact Man. Apple Says Data Centers Now Use 100% Renewable Energy. Apple Inc. (AAPL) now uses only renewable energy sources to power its data centers, the iPhone maker said in an updated report on its environmental policies. The company’s data centers now run on energy sources such as solar, wind and geothermal, instead of coal or other fossil fuels, Apple said on its website. The centers house server computers that store and distribute songs, applications and other content from services such as iTunes, iMessage and iCloud. A year ago, Apple was targeted by Greenpeace International, which ranked Apple 12th out of 14 large technology companies in a report called “How Clean Is Your Cloud?”

The environmental group, which held protests at Apple’s offices in Cupertino, California, charged Apple with relying on electricity from coal plants and gave Apple a grade of no better than D in the four categories it tracked. “Increasing our use of renewable energy is our primary objective,” Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s chief financial officer, said in an interview. Jobs in Environment and Sustainability. La Tragédie des Communaux, par Garrett Hardin. Traduit à partir de version du 13 mars 2005, par Michel Roudot Publié dans Science, le 13 décembre 1968 L'auteur est professeur de biologie, à l'Université de Californie, Santa Barbara. Cet article est basé sur une intervention présentée avant la réunion de la Division Pacifique de l'Association Américaine pour l'Avancement de la Science à l'Université d'État d'Utah, Logan, le 25 juin 1968. À la fin d'un article profond sur l'avenir de la guerre nucléaire, Wiesner et York (1) concluaient que : "les deux côtés dans la course aux armements sont ... confrontés au dilemme d'augmenter régulièrement la puissance militaire et de diminuer régulièrement la sécurité nationale.

Après mûre réflexion notre jugement professionnel est que ce dilemme n'a pas de solution technique. De nos jours (quoique cela n'ait pas toujours été le cas) les solutions techniques soient toujours bienvenues. Que Devons Nous Maximiser ? Pollution. Green Resume Depot. Green Collar Blog: Green Recruiters. Green Collar Blog News and resources on green collar jobs Home | Green Job Boards | Green Job Fairs & Events | Green Job Training & Education | Green Recruiters | Solar Jobs | Reports | Associations | Books New! Green Jobs and Careers Group is now available on LinkedIn. Join today! Updates now on Twitter@greeneconomyAbout | Archives Job Board & Services:Green Jobs NetworkGreen Job EngineGreen Job BoardGreen InternshipsSolar JobsWind JobsCSR JobsSocial Good Jobs Featured Jobs Communications and Development Director, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (Pittsboro, NC) Post a green job today!

Green Recruiters This is a listing of recruiters that focus on social or environmental responsibility. EMPLOYERS: Click here to post your green job today! Recent Posts <a href=" by Indeed Categories Archives. Why We Formed | The Sustainability Consortium. Increasingly pressure is being felt by multiple stakeholders to reduce the environmental and social impacts associated with global consumption.

Retailers, manufacturers, suppliers, governments, NGOs, researchers and consumers all hold a stake in the sustainability of global product production and use. As global citizens, we face extraordinary challenges: complexity of global trade and supply networks, world population growth expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, diminishing resources, worker safety and fair treatment, human health and safety. At the core of multiple stakeholders’ interests and at the center of such challenges we find the need to more accurately quantify and communicate the sustainability of products.

The challenge before us, then, is to work collaboratively together, developing an approach that drives better understanding, standardization, and informed decision making. Drivers and Needs for More Sustainable Products and Standardization Consumers Supply Chains Science. Green et Vert - Source inépuisable sur le développement durable.