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Slovenia - Successful and innovative

Slovenia – Successful and innovative

By Making It on 15 May, 2012

A country feature on Slovenia, with an exclusive interview with His Excellency Danilo Türk, President of the Republic.

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Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Balkan, Danilo Türk, deregulation, Elan, European Union, g20, globalization, Gorenje, green economy, green growth, green industry, innovation, Krka, Litostroj, Ljubljana, Making It, Mokronog, OECD, Pipistrel, Revoz, rio+20, Seaway, Slovenia, UNIDO, Yugoslavia | Leave a response

Rags to riches

Rags to riches

By Making It on 20 April, 2012

Reese Fernandez-Ruiz is creating eco-ethical fashion from recycled scrap cloth and fabrics made by women living near one of the Philippines’ biggest rubbish dumps.

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Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Amina Aranaz-Alunan, career potential, designer handbags, eco-ethical fashion, empowerment of women, entrepreneurial capacities, entrepreneurship, fashion designers, handicrafts, Oliver Tolentino, Payatas, Philippines, Rags2Riches, Rajo Laurel, recycled, Recycling, Reese Fernandez-Ruiz, rubbish dump, Singapore, women entrepreneurs, women's economic empowerment, World Entrepreneurship Forum | Leave a response

WindMade and the case for transparency

WindMade and the case for transparency

By Making It on 20 April, 2012

Morten Albæk introduces the first global consumer label identifying corporations and products made with wind energy.

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Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged alternative energy, Bloomberg, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, brands, clean energy, consumer label, Corporate Renewable Energy Index, corporations, Droga5, energy, Global Consumer Wind Study, Global Wind Energy Council, green energy, LEGO Group, Making It, Morten Albæk, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, renewable energy, renewable energy goals, stakeholders, UN Global Compact, Vestas, wind, wind energy, wind farms, wind power, wind turbine, WindMade, WWF | 1 Response

Building the architecture for green growth

Building the architecture for green growth

By Making It on 4 April, 2012

Soogil Young explains how the Republic of Korea is leading the way in de-linking economic growth and environmental degradation

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Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged business-as-usual, carbon emissions reduction, climate change, co2, COP15, Copenhagen, development, EACP, East Asian Climate Partnership Initiative, economy, environment, Framework Act for Low-Carbon Green Growth, Global Green Growth Institute, green business boom, green economy, Green Growth Strategy, green industry, green innovation, Green Investment Korea Forum, green revolution, Green Technology Centre, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emission, Incheon, issue 9, Making It magazine, National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target, OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, President Lee Myung-bak, Presidential Committee on Green Growth, renewable energy, Republic of Korea, Songdo International Business District, Soogil Young, South Korea, UNEP | Leave a response

Interview: Jeremy Rifkin's new world vision

Interview: Jeremy Rifkin’s new world vision

By Making It on 2 April, 2012

Jeremy Rifkin talks about the Third Industrial Revolution, a long-term plan to address the global economic crisis, energy security and climate change.

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Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged African Union, ASEAN, austerity, carbon, co2, collaborate, continentalization, crude oil, energy, European Union, feed-in tariffs, fossil fuels, germany, globalization, grid, growth, Industrial Development Organization, industrial revolution, infrastructure, Jeremy Rifkin, jobs, public-private partnership, renewable energy, rio+20, South Korea, third industrial revolution, transition away from fossil fuels, UNIDO, United Nations | Leave a response

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Manufacturing still matters

Manufacturing still matters

By Making It on 15 March, 2012

Popular economist, Ha-Joon Chang, answers questions about the race to the bottom, going green and the Occupy movement

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Bad Samaritans book, BRICS, China, comparative advantage, development, does industry still matter, economic size, Economist magazine, free market, free trade view, Global, Global Green Growth Institute, going green, Ha-Joon Chang, Haiti, Industrial Development, industrial policy, International, interview, Justin Lin, kicking away the ladder, legitimacy, Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought, manufacturing, natural resources, Occupy economics, Occupy movement, popular economist, race to the bottom, resource-efficient development, South Korea, Taiwán, UK, UNIDO expert group meeting, United Nations, University of Cambridge, world, World Bank, zero sum game | 1 Response

We can do it!

We can do it!

By Making It on 8 March, 2012

The front cover of the “We can do it!” issue of Making It has been the subject of many appreciative comments but also quite a few asking about the origins of the image. Here is a brief explanation.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged 1943, 4th quarter 2011, Carolina Guerra, Cartier Women's Initiative Awards, Charles Arthur, climate change, climate treaty, Colombia, country feature, eco-entrepreneur, economic growth, empowering and educating women, empowerment, empowerment of women, end of growth, Europe, European Union, feminism, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, girls, Global Green Growth Forum, green growth, ICHET, ICRW, illustration, Industrial Development, interview, Ireland, issue 8, Jan O'Sullivan, Janez Potocnik, Lauren Brassaw, Lebanon, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Making It, Mali, Matthew Lockwood, Maya Zankoul, Michelle Bachelet, Norman Rockwell, Omar Traboulsi, Paul Polak, renewable energy, Richard Heinberg, Rosie the Riveter, Saturday Evening Post, Soroptomist, South Africa, sustainability, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UN Women, UNIDO, We can do it, WIEGO, women, women entrepreneurs, Zoe Elena Horn | Leave a response

Women are making it

Women are making it

By Making It on 7 March, 2012

Some of the most popular articles about women, sustainable energy and productive activities, that have been featured on the Making It magazine Facebook page

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Adidas, Africa, Articles, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, eco-friendly solutions, ecopost, efficiency, elle magazine, entrepreneurship, environmentally friendly alternative to timber, Ethiopian, featured, gender equality, gender gaps, gender-sensitive, green economy, Industrial Development, Katherine Lucy, knowledge access, Making It magazine, Michelle Bachelet, micro-businesses, Nike, productive activities, Reebok, renewable energy, social enterprise, SoleRebels, south-south, sustainable energy, sustained economic growth, technology, think bigger, UN Women, UNIDO, United Nations, women, women's rights | Leave a response

Hot topic: Climate justice--inclusive sustainable development

Hot topic: Climate justice–inclusive sustainable development

By Making It on 24 February, 2012

Mary Robinson on putting justice for the poor at the heart of the climate debate

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Africa, agricultural yields, climate change, Climate Justice, Cold War, Darfur crisis, development, economic downturn, economy, entrepreneurship, environment, global security community, green industry, green technology, HIV/AIDS, human rights, human security, humanitarian responsibility, Industrial Development Organization, institutions, international security, IPCC, issue 9, Making It, Mary Robinson, Mary Robinson Foundation, migration, militarizing climate change, MRFCJ, NATO, our low-carbon future, policy, political instability, poor governance, population, productivity, resource efficiency, resources, rio+20, social, social cohesion, sustainable industry, UN Security Council, UN Year of Sustainable Energy for All, UNDP, UNIDO, United Nations, water resources, women's leadership, World Conference on Sustainable Development, World Development Report 2012 | 2 Responses

Hot topic: Rethinking climate security

Hot topic: Rethinking climate security

By Making It on 24 February, 2012

Corinne Schoch asks if militarizing climate change might harm those communities most affected by the problem

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Africa, agricultural yields, Al Gore, Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, climate change, Climate Change Group, Cold War, Corinne Schoch, Darfur crisis, development, economic downturn, economy, environment, global security community, green industry, HIV/AIDS, human security, humanitarian responsibility, IIED, Industrial Development Organization, institutions, International Institute for Environment and Development, international security, IPCC, issue 9, Making It, migration, militarizing climate change, NATO, Nicolas Sarkozy, our low-carbon future, policy, political instability, poor governance, population, productivity, resource efficiency, resources, social cohesion, sustainable industry, UN Security Council, UNDP, UNIDO, United Nations, water resources | Leave a response

Sustainability: a lever for economic growth

Sustainability: a lever for economic growth

By Making It on 20 February, 2012

Antonio Tajani explains how the European Union is finding solutions that neither compromise growth nor the climate and environment

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2020 strategy, Antonio Tajani, climate change, development, economic downturn, economy, employment, environment, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Union, financial and economic crisis, green industry, growth and jobs, Industrial Development Organization, issue 9, Making It, opportunities for EU industry, our low-carbon future, policy, population, productivity, resource efficiency, social cohesion, sustainable, sustainable industry, UNIDO, United Nations, Vice-President of the European Commission

The prosperity index

The prosperity index

By Making It on 16 February, 2012

The Legatum Prosperity Index provides the world’s only global assessment of national prosperity based on both wealth and well-being

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific Region, Australia, botswana, Canadá, chile, China - Hong Kong SAR, China - Taiwan, Costa Rica, definition of prosperity, Denmark, economy, éducation, Entrepreneurship and opportunity, Europe, Finland, GDP, Ghana, global assessment of national prosperity, governance, happy healthy and free citizens, Industrial Development Organization, Israel, issue 9, Kuwait, Legatum Prosperity Index, Making It magazine, Mali, Middle East and North Africa, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, our low-carbon future, personal freedom, safety and security, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, social capital, South Africa, sustainable industrial development, Sweden, Switzerland, The Prosperity Index, the United States, Tunisia, UN, UNIDO, United Arab Emirates, United Nations, Uruguay, wealth and well-being

A case of 'homeland security'

A case of ‘homeland security’

By Making It on 15 February, 2012

Alejandro Litovsky and Paulina Villalpando look at how the risks of investing in farmland create opportunities for sustainability

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agribusiness beyond compliance, agricultural land, Alejandro Litovsky, Apple, biofuels, biological diversity, China, civil society, climate change a threat, crops to feed livestock, development, drought, Earth Security Initiative, ecological limits, ecosystems, environmental footprint, Ethiopia, food commodity prices, government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa, human security, hydropower plants, Industrial Development Organization, industrial productivity, investing in farmland, issue 9, labour standards, land security, local communities, Making It magazine, opportunities for sustainability, our low-carbon future, Paulina Villalpando, productivity, risk management, Rodale Institute, Saudi Arabia, scientific research, sustainability, sustainable industrial development, transparency, transparency of investment deals, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, water consumption

The third industrial revolution

The third industrial revolution

By Making It on 14 February, 2012

Jeremy Rifkin explains how the five pillars of a third energy-communications revolution will create the foundations for the next great wave of economic growth

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged business, Christiana Figueres, climate change, communication/energy nexus, consumers, debt, different energy system, economic competitiveness, electric plug-in and fuel cell vehicles, energy internet, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, fossil fuel energies, Foundation on Economic Trends, government, Green Industry initiative, hunger and starvation, incentivize transformation, industrial civilization, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, issue 9, Jeremy Rifkin, ldc, least developed countries, living standards, Making It magazine, micro-power plants, mobile phone and ict sector, national policies, new economic narrative, new energy systems, oil, our low-carbon future, poverty, renewable energy technologies, smart and just grids, Sustainable Energy for All, sustainable industrial development, technology, third industrial revolution, UN, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, universal access to modern energy services

The new economy: inclusive and sustainable

The new economy: inclusive and sustainable

By Making It on 14 February, 2012

Morgan Bazilian and Kandeh K. Yumkella see unique opportunities arising from the creation of a radically different energy system

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Christiana Figueres, climate change, communication/energy nexus, different energy system, economic competitiveness, Green Industry initiative, Industrial Development Organization, issue 9, Jeremy Rifkin, Kandeh Yumkella, ldc, least developed countries, Making It magazine, mobile phone and ict sector, Morgan Bazilian, national policies, new economic narrative, new energy systems, our low-carbon future, poverty, renewable energy technologies, smart and just grids, Sustainable Energy for All, sustainable industrial development, third industrial revolution, UN, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, universal access to modern energy services

Features

  • No place to plug in
  • Promoting sustainable lives and livelihoods
  • Empowering women entrepreneurs, at home and abroad
  • Coping with the crisis

Global Forum

  • Hot topic: Growth – the end of the world as we know it?
  • The future of corporations
  • The barefoot economist
  • Is nuclear power necessary for a carbon-free future?

Hot Topic

  • Hot topic: Does energy efficiency lead to increased energy consumption?
  • Hot topic: The many benefits of energy efficiency
  • Hot topic: Aviation – meeting the climate challenge
  • Hot topic: Sustainable shipping

Policy Brief

  • Solutions to the gender pay gap
  • Gender-sensitive industrial development
  • Measuring women’s economic empowerment
  • Beyond the ‘resource curse’

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