Stephen Schneider, a leading climatologist at Stanford University, says we can still prevent "a lot of big stuff" by acting now to stop global warming.
Anja Kollmuss shares photos from Nari Jagran Manch / Dalit Women Power, a non-profit she works with in northeastern India, which uses microcredit to empower local Dalit women.
Anders Berntell, executive director of the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), explains why a lack of sanitation undercuts development.
Sculptor Andries Botha served as the National Visual Arts Chairperson in South Africa’s post-
Apartheid government.
“I would say that micro-finance would be preferable, smaller amounts
money managed by individuals.”
Esther Mwauru-Muiru is the founder of the Kenyan branch of the micro-development network Groots
International.
“We are exploiting more than we are giving back in the nature. And if the
world disasters (...) is not enough to tell us,
I seriously don’t know what is.”
Bill Joy is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and a partner in the venture capital firm Kleiner,
Perkins, Caulfield & Byers.
"...you should be very optimistic about renewable energy because
renewable energy is truly free of need for these external energy sources."
Brown University Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Mayank Mehta’s research focuses on
understanding the neural mechanisms of learning and memory.
“Unfortunately, in this world right now, if you want to use energy
efficiently, the model that it is available to us is cities.”
In March 2008, Allianz reached the final of the European Business Awards (EBA) in the field of corporate sustainability. See why we won a "Ruban d'Honneur" for our sustainable development programme.
