Archive for 'Art & Science of Sustainability'
Sustainability : The Art and Science of it
Posted on 30. Jul, 2009 by Kurt Archer.
We live in a challenging world, with local responsibilities and global pressures. With fast paced lives, and ever changing ideologies. Seems like trying something and sticking to it is being replaced by all you can eat buffets. All to what end? Challenges are indeed among us, however some inspired thinkers do provide some semblance of light [...]
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Greet A Green Ramadan!
Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Sadaf Azhar.
Our Ramadan seems to be focused entirely on ourselves – our own exercise in self-control, our own spiritual growth, our effort in helping to alleviate the suffering and hunger of our own people. Our do good feel-good mentality stultifies at clothing, feeding, and providing education or healthcare. Once we’ve done our duty of doling out [...]
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Why We’re Failing to Sustain – and How Can We Succeed, Right Now
Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Ramla Akhtar.
I just had an Aha! moment about what’s-the-problem-with- sustainability. Conse quently, I saw how can that “problem” be fixed instantly. Because that problem does not lie in nature. The ‘problem’ is how we define sustainability. This is the current Wikipedia definition and by design, it’s the current definition of the collective humanity: “Sustainability, in a broad [...]
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Ethics of Sustainability
Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Andrew Webster.
The natural reaction in an economic downturn is to cut costs regardless of if you are an individual person or a multinational company. And you could be forgiven for assuming that the first thing to be put on a company’s scrap heap is its investment in corporate social responsibility. More often than not, CSR strategies [...]
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Tetra Pak Dairy Hub Initiative : A Community Dairy Development Programme
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by Rutaba Ahmed.
The livestock sector in Pakistan contributes approximately 12 percent of the country’s GDP, 50 percent of the agricultural produce and employs directly or indirectly about 8 million farming households, states a report by Pakistan Dairy Development Company. It is an integral part of the socio-economic activities of rural Pakistan. Within the livestock sector, milk is [...]
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Microfinance – Driving Sustainable Development
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by Rutaba Ahmed.
An ever present feature of developing countries would appear to be the large number of people who live below or around the poverty line, making it even more difficult for these countries to progress. The new international poverty line of $1.25 a day at 2005 prices is the mean of the national poverty lines for [...]
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Business and Intervention: Let’s Talk Governance
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by Ali Sohail.
Philanthropy and directed investments are one form of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). However enhancing internal processes (for instance, corporate governance) is another form, which remains largely untapped, especially in Pakistan. This is a startling reality, as evidence from the west increasingly notes the collusion of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. It is interesting to [...]
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is sustainability sustainable?
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by Sohaib Jamali.
Venice, I realized, is the antithesis of creative destruction, it exists to conserve and appre-ciate a past, not create a future. But that is exactly the point. The city caters to a deep human need for stability and permanence… Venice’s popularity represents one pole of a conflict in human nature: The struggle between the desire [...]
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The CSR Song
Posted on 25. Jul, 2009 by Praetor.
(to be sung to the tune of Mrs. Robinson) And here’s to you big cor-po-ra-tion Bourses love you more and more Wo wo wo God bless you big cor-po-ra-tion Try to do some good night and day Hey hey hey, hey hey hey We’d like to know a little bit about you for our files We’d like to keep a watch on what [...]
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On The Lighter Side
Posted on 25. Jul, 2009 by Rutaba Ahmed.
Greener Gaming Computers An eco-friendlier computer is just a mint tin and soldering iron away. Gaming computers are known to be expensive energy hogs. But what about returning to geeky roots and making a really cool, really tiny gaming computer, where much of the fun is in creating both the device and the games yourself? Thanks to [...]
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10 Tips for A Green Ramadan
Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 by Nimra Amjad.
Ramadan is the month of contemplation, taking stalk of our lives and how we live, to remember those less fortunate than us and giving to them. The following are 10 tips for how you can have an amazing Ramadan and do your part for the planet. 1. Start Ramadan by making the right intentions. What is your [...]
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What’s Happening?
Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 by Admin TBL.
Anti-counterfeit Media workshop National Foods Limited (NFL), Pakistan’s leading multi-category food company, is a strong supporter of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and ethical business practices. NFL recently participated at a special media workshop on IPR protection organized by the Anti-Counterfeit and Infringement Forum (ACIF), in Lahore. Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister Punjab was the chief guest [...]
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