Www.daraint.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/EXECUTIVE-AND-TECHNICAL-SUMMARY.pdf. Www.elephantenergy.org. Mission - Sustainable Economies Law Center. Legal education, research, advice, and advocacy for just and resilient economies.
Our Mission SELC cultivates a new legal landscape that supports community resilience and grassroots economic empowerment. We provide essential legal tools so communities everywhere can develop their own sustainable sources of food, housing, energy, jobs, and other vital aspects of a thriving community. Or as Lady Justice says it: How We Create Change Learn how all of SELC's work interrelates to create systemic change for community resilience. The New Economy in Practice We strive to model the change we want to see in the world. Based in Oakland, California, SELC is a fiscally sponsored project of Community Ventures, a California 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Our Approach — Orphans to Ambassadors. Orphans to Ambassadors enhances an orphanage's infrastructure using sustainable technologies to improve self-sufficiency.
We firmly believe that the people we serve are fully capable of providing for themselves if given the proper tools. Our approach Enables self-sufficiency Reduces the costs of running an orphanage Lessens environmental impact Promotes green technologies Energy and Food Independence Most of our partner orphanages spend the majority of their income on food. Sustainable Education Orphans to Ambassadors believes whole heartedly in educating people about the benefits of sustainable practices. Partnerships O2A partners with like minded groups to leverage resources, knowledge, and increase impact on the ground. Reports and musings from a year spent traveling the world on a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship exploring holistic sustainability and vibrancy through the ecovillage, Permaculture, and Transition Town movements.
Bhutan aims to be first 100% organic nation. The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, famed for seeking "happiness" for its citizens, is aiming to become the first nation in the world to turn its home-grown food and farmers 100 percent organic.
The tiny Buddhist-majority nation wedged between China and India has an unusual and some say enviable approach to economic development, centered on protecting the environment and focusing on mental well-being. Its development model measuring "Gross National Happiness" instead of Gross Domestic Product has been discussed at the United Nations and has been publicly backed by leaders from Britain and France, among others. It banned television until 1999, keeps out mass tourism to shield its culture from foreign influence, and most recently set up a weekly "pedestrians' day" on Tuesdays that sees cars banned from town centers. Elsewhere, the fertilizer urea is sometimes added to soil, while a fungicide to control leaf rust on wheat is also available. "We have developed a strategy that is step-by-step. The secrets of the world's happiest cities.
Two bodyguards trotted behind Enrique Peñalosa, their pistols jostling in holsters.
There was nothing remarkable about that, given his profession – and his locale. Peñalosa was a politician on yet another campaign, and this was Bogotá, a city with a reputation for kidnapping and assassination. What was unusual was this: Peñalosa didn't climb into the armoured SUV. Instead, he hopped on a mountain bike.
His bodyguards and I pedalled madly behind, like a throng of teenagers in the wake of a rock star. A few years earlier, this ride would have been a radical and – in the opinion of many Bogotáns – suicidal act. I first saw the Mayor of Happiness work his rhetorical magic back in the spring of 2006. Peñalosa insisted that, like most cities, Bogotá had been left deeply wounded by the 20th century's dual urban legacy: first, the city had been gradually reoriented around cars. In the third year of his term, Peñalosa challenged Bogotáns to participate in an experiment.