Sustainability
A New Model For Development
Dr. Joanna Rubinstein is the Head of the Center for Global Health & Economic Development for the Earth Institute at Columbia University. She explains how the millennium goals can be achieved through small investments in agriculture, health, education, infrastructure and business development.
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Sustainability
Womensphere is on a mission to increase the world's capacity to maintain well being; in environmental, economic, and social dimensions.
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Earth Institute at Columbia UniversityPromotes sustainable development by expanding the world's understanding of Earth as one integrated system.
Earth Day NetworkWorks with partners in 192 countries to broaden, diversify and mobilize the environmental movement.
Blue LegacyBlue Legacy works to shape society's dialogue to include water as one of the defining issues of our century.
Ocean ConservancyWe believe it's time to look beneath the surface to see where the health of our planet really begins.
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