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09-06-11
26 Seconds Campaign Launches BMOR Project Pledge Drive
/PRNewswire/ - Every 26 seconds in America, a student drops out of high school. In an effort to address this startling statistic and encourage high school students throughout the country to be more (BMOR) than the statistic, the 26 Seconds campaign is asking the nation's youth to take the BMOR Pr...
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09-06-11
Making Solar Energy More Affordable - REC Wins 2011 Solar Industry Award for New Innovative Production of Granular Polysilicon
Today, REC received the 2011 Solar Industry Award for the Innovative REC proprietary Fluidized Bed Reactor (FBR) Process, which significantly reduces the energy required to produce Solar Grade polysilicon. This unique technology makes REC the first company to produce solar PV modules with a one (...
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09-06-11
Viacom Recognizes Ten-Year Anniversary of 9/11 as the National Media Partner of the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance
/PRNewswire/ - To commemorate the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) today announced the launch of a multi-platform public service campaign to inspire Americans to participate in the U.S. "9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance" by committing to good deeds, c...
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09-06-11
Pixel Sweeps Awards Season
Grocon's Pixel, currently the most sustainable building in the country as rated by the Green Building Council of Australia, has collected ten awards in the past 12 months in Victorian, Australian and international competitions.
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09-06-11
A New Book That Addresses the Growing Significance of Social Capital in the Business World
How do you establish and maintain a strong long-term relationship between your brand and your consumers? Successful brand managers know that it is all about trust and keeping the consumers engaged.
The success of recent "green" campaigns as a means of connecting with, sati...
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09-06-11
Making Play a Priority: Non-Profit Organization KaBOOM! Announces List of 151 "Playful City USA" Communities
With only 1-in-5 children in the U.S. currently living within walking distance of a park or playground, 151 cities and towns earned recognition from national non-profit KaBOOM! as 2011 Playful City USA communities for their efforts to increase play opportunities for children.
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09-06-11
Green Sectors Top $2.4 Trillion at Midyear
Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) releases its August 2011 update of the GREEN TRANSITION SCOREBOARD® tracking private sector investments since 2007 in green companies and technologies globally, now totaling more than $2.4 trillion.
The Green Transition Scoreboard® ...
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09-05-11
Gisele Bundchen launches a global mobilization to support the forests
Gisele Bündchen, on a recent visit to the Amazon, called attention to the vital role the forests play in our lives. Along with the United Nations Programme for the Environment (UNEP), the model shot an exclusive video warning the need to take urgent action to protect the health of the planet thro...
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09-02-11
Ceres Report: Insurers Slow to Recognize Climate Change Threat to Their Business Models and Larger Economy
Only 11 of 88 major insurers surveyed recently have formal policies in place to deal with growing climate change risks, according to a major new report issued today by Ceres. The report was to have been delivered today at a conference of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) ...
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09-02-11
For More Than 13,000 Children in Need, the Path 'Back to School' Has Run Through Henry Schein
/PRNewswire/ - In 1998, when 150 Long Island children gathered in Henry Schein's cafeteria in Melville, N.Y. to receive new outfits and backpacks filled with school supplies, it would have been difficult to predict that such a modest beginning would grow into an annual even...
