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Better Place is a project of Shai Agassi, he said a mission, to achieve sustainable transportation, global energy independence and freedom from oil. Better  Place does not makes cars but embraces a joint venture with Nissan – Renault which are building zero-emission electric cars and exchangeable batteries.

Better Place network will provide [...]

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Map of freedom according to Freedom House
Since 1972 Freedom House publishes an annual report, Freedom in the World, on the degree of democratic freedoms in nations and significant disputed territories around the world, by which it seeks to assess the current state of civil and political rights on a scale from 1 (most free) to [...]

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The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. At [...]

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Peace Direct is a charity based in London which supports grassroots peacebuilders in areas of conflict. Peace Direct focuses on supporting grassroots peacebuilders who are local to the conflict and have a clear vision of what needs to be achieved. Peace Direct funds this work, promotes it and learns from it. [...]

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Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi banker and economist. He previously was a professor of economics and is famous for his successful application of microcredit – the extension of small loans. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Yunus is also [...]

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Sistema elettronico del controllo della stabilità che si integra con l’ABS, il BAS e l’ASR.
Quando per ragioni qualsiasi in curva la macchina tendesse a sbandare l’ESP mediante i suoi sensori (d’assetto, d’imbardata, angolo di sterzata) lo rileverebbe e attraverso la regolazione automatica e separata dei freni, del motore e della trasmissione impedirebbe all’autovettura eventuali perdite [...]

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Sustainability discourse is discussion of how to make human economic systems last longer and have less impact on ecological systems, and particularly relates to concern over major global problems relating to climate change and oil depletion.
One of the first and most oft-cited definitions of sustainability, and almost certainly the one that [...]

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video by mdr+ design via youtube
The idea of turning farms into fuel plants seemed, for a time, like one of the answers to high global oil prices and supply worries [...] But now a reaction is building against policies in the United States and Europe to promote ethanol and similar fuels, [...]

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9 April 2008, New Delhi
Urgent measures required to reduce impact of high food prices on the poor.
“World food prices have risen 45 percent in the last nine months and there are serious shortages of rice, wheat and maize,” FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said.
A combination of factors, including reduced production due to climate change, historically low [...]

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