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Hey hey Assassin’s Creed fans! The new “Assassin’s creed, Brotherhood” is here! The reviews are fantastic. The pros: Fantastic graphics, Great historical accuracy,some surprises. The cons: Can be repetitive with killing after killing. Watch the video review below Video Games | Assassin’s Creed | Review HD XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Go ahead and get the Xbox 360 version right away from Amazon Or if you prefer, get the PS3 version here: Also available... Read Full Story

World Growth Innovators is a new venture that I have created and its first set of innovations are aimed at Haiti. To view what World Growth Innovators is up to, just visit our blog. World Growth Innovators Tweet This Post Related Posts Copenhagen and low-carbon investments A little quote from the BusinessGreen website "The potential impact on low-carbon investments of failing to deliver a meaningful deal at the forthcoming Copenhagen Summit was underlined last week with the news that... Read Full Story

It is always a good sign when large corporations get on the bandwagon.In this case, the sustainable development bandwagon. There are currently two very different strategies taken large corporations in their drive towards sustainable development: • A “sustainable brand” strategy: Clorox and S.C. Johnson have both chosen to create a “green” cleaning range. • A “transversal” strategy: Procter & Gamble targets all mainstream consumers. The company gradually reinforces the “green” dimension... Read Full Story

From Costa Rica: Producing bio fuel, it is important  to ensure sustainable crop production that is environmentally and socially effective as well optimized. The Costa Rica News Tweet This Post Related Posts GM files for bankrupcy--the end of the car era ? I wrote a little essay on the future of the automobile,"The end of the car era ?"in it, I talk about how the snootiness and myopic visions of American auto manufacturers led to this current situation. I also talk about whether it is a... Read Full Story

Indigenous knowledge key to sustainable development: Scientists should not forget to consider the knowledge of natives when it comes to implementing good environmental practices to certain areas. From a blog post in Just Means .   Tweet This Post Related Posts Masdar to be the first zero polluton city The city of Masdar near Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirate wl be the first city to produce its energy entirely by way of renewable energy such as solar and wind energy. They wil also... Read Full Story

The Abu Dhabi urban planning council asked helped from the city of Vancouver to help elaborate their their sustainable urban design.  Vancouver’s  co-director of planning, is serving as the emirate’s “special adviser. The city of Abu Dhabi has requirements that are quite different, mostly heat and drought related. Among other things, they want to develop more walkable communities. You can read the full article at “ Abu Dhabi Showcases Sustainable Urban Design “. Tweet This Post... Read Full Story

When it comes to the production of clean renewable energy, China took the lead last year with $34.6 billion, leaving the US well behind with only $18.6 billion. Cleantech, the new buzzwords which describes the development of clean and renewable energy sources such as wind, sun, geothermal as well as biofuel is a growth industry which apparently grows bigger in some countries than others. For example: Brazil had a good showing with $7.4 billion, some of which went in wind turbines... Read Full Story

A very large version of a stereo lithographic printer is being used to “print” large structures such as sculptures or even houses. The printer uses a mixture of sand with a magnesium based glue that binds the sand into rock. The inventor claims that his process is four times faster than conventional building, costs one-third to one-half the price of Portland cement and creates very little waste. See the complete story on the fast company website.     Tweet This Post Related Posts... Read Full Story

A large corporation like Home Depot only adopted sustainable development measures following a public outcry and boycotts over the sale of their lumber products. Seeing a threat to their profits, they adopted more ecological and sustainable business practice in order to impove their public image. But, in order for corporations to change their ways, it has to hurt on their bottom line and that only occurs when an informed public becomes aware of a situation that needs to be corrected.  Hence... Read Full Story

A European parliament law states that all new buildings will have to be zero energy.  Meaning that they must produce as much energy than they consume by way of heat pump, solar energy, wind energy  and smart energy management. You can read the full article All new buildings to be zero energy from 2019 say MEPs . The new ruling also calls for upgrading the energy performance of existing buildings. Tweet This Post Related Posts Copenhagen and bad journalism I found an interesting story on... Read Full Story