August 23, 2012 archive

Earth Overshoot Day

Yesterday,   August 23, was Earth Overshoot Day: in 8 Months, humanity exhausted earth’s budget for the year, Global Footprint Network calculated.

Taking conflict out of consumer gadget

Enough Project, a non-profit sponsored by Center for American Progress issued its 2012 report on Company rankings on conflict minerals, where the top companies engaged at eliminating conflict minerals from their supply chain are in evidence.

They see a light

The most influential members of the Italian government have been the leading actors of the annual convention of Comunione e Liberazione, the powerful catholic sect with a strong bias for business and many leaders convicted or prosecuted for bribing. Probably due to the mystic atmosphere in the “Meeting” and against any evidence and data (see …

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