UBC/UW Summer Institute in Sustainabilit [ GreenBiz ] Jul 10, 2008  This UBC/UW Summer Institute in Sustainability will provide the intellectual perspectives and practical skills necessary to integrate sustainability as a core value within an organization, and develop programs that represent best practices in sustainability planning. Read More ...

Sustainable Communities Successful Leade [ Smart Growth Online ] Jul 11, 2008  With climate change pushing environmental concerns upward on many government and business agendas, sustainability in its full breadth and depth is now recognized as a critical value and perspective. Read More ...

'Youth Taking the Lead For A Sustainable [ Scoop.co.nz ] Jul 10, 2008  AIESEC New Zealand recently held its annual strategic planning conference at the University of Auckland. One of the main objectives of the 5 day event was a move towards a Sustainable Future. Read More ...

Vital Signs Americans rate U.S. health-c [ Market Watch ] Jul 13, 2008  International comparisons of health-care systems can be tricky to tease out, but the Dutch appear most satisfied with their system and Americans the least satisfied, according to a new survey of 10 industrialized countries. Read More ...

Housing woes spread to business properti [ Denver Post ] Jul 12, 2008  Las Vegas has the distinction of having one of the worst housing markets in the country. But now that slump, along with job losses and high fuel prices, is infecting Sin City's commercial real estate market, sending vacancies in all sectors sky high. Read More ...

Rhode Island Briefs [ The Providence Journal ] Jul 12, 2008  Nominate a property: The Providence Preservation Society is seeking the help of concerned residents, property owners, nonprofit agencies, neighborhood advocacy groups and others to assist in identifying Providence's most threatened and endangered places. Begun in 1994, the society's Most Endangered Properties List has served as a catalyst for sustainable development through the identification of ... Read More ...

Ambac Insures $264 Million Military Hous [ Centre Daily Times ] Jul 11, 2008  Ambac Financial Group, Inc. today announced that it has partnered with the United States Air Force, Balfour Beatty Construction Co., as developer, and Capmark Finance, as lender, to finance the $264 million Air Mobility Command West military housing transaction. The transaction involves the privatization of over 3,500 existing single-family and townhouse-style housing ... Read More ...

Kenya Of Sustainable Pregnancies And Vir [ AllAfrica.com ] Jul 14, 2008  Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni are not the best of friends, an impression that one gets when the two men are together. Read More ...

Ambac Insures $264 Million Military Hous [ Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance ] Jul 11, 2008  NEW YORK----Ambac Financial Group, Inc. today announced that it has partnered with the United States Air Force, Balfour Beatty Construction Co., as developer, and Capmark Finance, as lender, to finance the $264 million Air Mobility Command West military housing transaction. Read More ...

$220M luxury housing project starts on M [ Honolulu Advertiser ] Jul 13, 2008  MAKENA - A $220 million luxury housing project led by Maui developer Everett Dowling is now under way in South Maui. Read More ...

American-fueled Energy Market Ramps Up [ Richfield Reaper ] Jul 13, 2008  - Farewell, foreign oil. There's a new fuel in town. Consumers are anticipating the arrival of sustainable and cleaner-burning fuels that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil, as stated in the recently passed energy bill of 2007. Read More ...

$65,000 for society [ Gulf Daily News ] Jul 13, 2008  Citi Foundation donated $65,000 to the Children and Mothers Welfare Society to help low-income Bahraini families. The cheque was handed over by general manager Mayank Malik to Micro Start programme financial controller Shaikha Aysha bint Hamad Al Khalifa. Read More ...

UTEK Corporation's TekScout and Sigm [ Centre Daily Times ] Jul 14, 2008  UTEK Corporation , a leading innovation services company, and Sigma Xi, the international honor society of science and engineering, today announced an alliance which will bring together UTEK's TekScout service and Sigma Xi's membership of approximately 60,000 research scientists and engineers in 85 countries. Read More ...

Iran, Algeria keen on housing cooperatio [ Islamic Republic News Agency ] Jul 14, 2008  Iran - Algeria - Meet Iran and Algeria have called for expansion of bilateral housing cooperation. The interest was expressed in a meeting between the visiting Iranian Minister of Housing and Urban Development Mohammad Saeedi-Kia, and his Algerian counterpart Noureddine Moussa. Read More ...

Canadian HC hails Barrick [ IPP Media ] Jul 13, 2008  Canadian High Commissioner Janet Siddall says she is impressed by initiatives by Barrick Gold Tanzania mining company to collaborate with residents from surrounding villages in scaling-up social development. Read More ...

Spending $1 Billion to Restore Fiscal Sa [ New York Times ] Jul 13, 2008  Peter G. Peterson, co-founder of the Blackstone Group, will finance a media blitz to get the public to focus on what he considers the real news of the day: the nation is going broke. Read More ...

Sister city bonds growing stronger [ Stamford Advocate ] Jul 14, 2008  While Fairfield County residents enjoyed barbecues and fireworks, members of the Greenwich Choral Society celebrated Independence Day in an unlikely place: France. Read More ...

Better off -- but closed off [ The News & Observer ] Jul 14, 2008  Rebuilt public housing complex is much more appealing, but not welcoming. Read More ...