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News & UpdatesMarch 28, 2018 $1M Knight Foundation grant to tackle sustainability, resiliency in Miami and Miami BeachSource: Smart Cities DiveThe Knight Foundation has granted the Harvard University Graduate School of Design $1 million for a three-year study to create solutions through community engagement for some of the sustainability and resiliency challenges facing... March 27, 2018 Improving Sustainability In Construction By Analyzing Whole Life Cycle Energy
Source: Science Trends
Buildings concentrate 40% of total energy used in Europe, so the improvement of the sustainability of constructions through a more efficient and use of buildings should be a great priority. In this regard, the wording of the... March 5, 2018 China's global trade plan is piling huge debt on smaller nations
Source: CNN Money
A new report says China's massive plan to pump hundreds of billions of dollars into ports, rail lines and other projects across Asia, Europe and Africa could pile debt problems onto smaller countries. Research & InsightsJuly 26, 2017 AT&T's quarterly profit tops Wall Street estimates, shares rise
Source: Reuters
AT&T Inc's (T.N) quarterly profit topped Wall Street estimates on Tuesday as the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier lowered operating costs and introduced new promotions bundling video with phone service that helped it compete in a... June 20, 2017 Rural divide
Source: Washington Post
merica’s cultural divide runs deep. While rural and urban Americans share some economic challenges, they frequently diverge on questions of culture and values. On few issues are they more at odds than immigration. June 5, 2017 Marks & Spencer Promises 100 New Sustainability CommitmentsSource: Triple PunditMarks & Spencer (M&S) has long been a first mover in the retail sector on supply chain sustainability, garment recycling and human rights. Now the venerable United Kingdom department store chain, which operates about 1,000... Commentary & OpinionJune 17, 2016 Caroline Baum: Have businesses really run out of people to hire?
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Throughout the seven-year old U.S. expansion, as the unemployment rate tumbled from a peak of 10% in 2009 to a low of 4.7% last month, policy makers have been focused on the slack in the labor market. Yes, slack. March 11, 2016 Want Equality? Start with Providing Housing That People Can Afford
Source: Larry Checco, featured commentator
Upwards of $22 TRILLION! That’s what some experts estimate we’ve spent since LBJ launched his Great Society in 1964 in an attempt to eliminate poverty and racial injustice in America. Yet, little has changed. [more] September 3, 2015 EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE: Cities are finally treating water as a resource, not a nuisanceSource: ReutersThe extent to which cities are making natural infrastructure an integral part of their water management plans is new, says Katie Arkema, senior scientist at the Natural Capital Project, an early proponent of resilient... |
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