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Sustainable Happiness: "Happiness that contributes to individual, community or global well-being and does not exploit other people, the environment, or ...
Bangalore is blessed with over 300 days of sunshine a year. So when we decided to consolidate Swiss Re's ...
STORY URL: http://www.swissre.com/rethinking/solar_power.html
It's no secret that all insurers try to sell insurance policies with more ammunition in their arsenal than lowest ...
It's impossible to turn on the TV in the US today without hearing about two topics: The 2016 Presidential ...
A reinsurer underwrites a risk that is initially borne by a different party, thereby transferring part of that risk to ...
King Canute (Cnut) ruled the Anglo-Scandinavian or North Sea Empire (England, Norway, Denmark, and parts of Sweden), until his death ...
Europe’s energy transition could be in worse shape indeed. While it is not certain whether the EU will meet ...
Another major step in the process of ASEAN integration is going to unfold in 2015 -- the formation of the ASEAN ...
As President Bill Clinton stated during the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, "Every five days, one million people move from ...
STORY URL: Making 100 cities more resilient | Swiss Re - Leading Global Reinsurer
Pledge will support at least 100 cities in building resilience to natural...
Climate Week NYC, marking its 5th anniversary in 2013, is the global summit that has become a key event on ...
STORY URL: Climate Week NYC
Join us for the fifth anniversary of Climate Week NYC. See you there, September 23-29, 2013.
My war on plastics began when I first heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Then I found out there ...
There's a huge amount of noise in the media around fracking in the UK media - inevitable with the recent protests ...
STORY URL: How safe is fracking?
DOZENS of protesters, including a member of parliament, were arrested on August 19th during demonstrations around Britain against hydraulic fracturing, or fracking....
The first time I came to live and work in Zurich, I was amazed by the city's first-rate public transport ...
STORY URL: C40 Cities: Seoul Car-Free Days Have Reduced CO2 Emissions by 10% Annually
Seoul's Weekly No Driving Day program is improving air quality, congestion and saving energy. Every year, two million cars stay off the road – decreasing traffic volume by 3.7%. CO2 vehicle emissi...
Some colleagues of mine have been having a discussion about which might be the lesser of two evils. Here at ...
STORY URL: Joe Smith: How to use a paper towel | Video on TED.com
You use paper towels to dry your hands every day, but chances are, you're doing it wrong. In this enlightening and funny short talk, Joe Smith reveals the trick to perfect paper towel technique.
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Over 7 million tons of food are thrown away in the UK on an annual basis, according to the Waste ...