All posts tagged "sustainability"

  • Daniel Lim Cypress High School 11th Grade
    The earth is running dry

    The earth can be seen to many as a vast world capable of fulfilling humanity’s every need. Though it has been supplying humans and animals alike with what seems to be an ample supply of resources, the...

    • Posted October 19, 2015
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  • This file photo shows Oh Joon, South Korea's ambassador to the United Nations, speaking at a meeting of the Security Council. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea to chair UN organ on development

    SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) — A veteran South Korean diplomat will assume the presidency of a key United Nations organ on sustainable development, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Oh Joon, the country’s ambassador to the U.N., will...

    • Posted July 22, 2015
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  • In this Jan. 12, 2015 file photo, participants form human letters "2020" during a countdown event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo. Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics promised the most innovative, impeccably run and "sustainable" Games ever. With just a little over five years to go, doubts are mounting that they might not deliver on that last pledge. On Tuesday, April 7, 2015, the World Wide Fund for Nature and others that are backing use of renewable energy, including Masato Mizuno, the sports-goods magnate who led Tokyo's bid for the games, issued a formal call for faster action. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
    Tokyo turns focus to delivering ‘sustainable’ 2020 Games

    TOKYO (AP) — Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have promised the most innovative, impeccably run and “sustainable” games ever. With just a little more than five years to go, doubts are growing whether they will deliver...

    • Posted April 7, 2015
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