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The town of Ghent, Belgium has a data-intensive system for waste collection whereby all roll carts are outfitted with radio tags (RFID tags) that track each and every pound of waste. Does this system “work”? Depends on what you measure.

The information in this blog post combines data gleaned from a Lisis report in May 2006 and a personal visit by the blogger, Meredith Sorensen, to Ghent, Belgium in 2008.

In 1998, Ghent introduced a system that created a direct link between the amount of waste… Continue

The REI Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by outdoor gear and apparel retailer REI, has established the Mary Anderson Legacy Grant in celebration of the company co-founder’s 100th birthday. The annual grant will recognize the contributions that Anderson made in the lives of young people during her years as a teacher, over her years of working at REI and through her life-long love of the outdoors.

The Foundation will award the first $50,000 Mary Anderson Legacy Grant in 20… Continue

Wallace Center at Winrock International and the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) announce the release of Community Food Enterprise: Local Success in a Global Marketplace, a groundbreaking study of 24 locally owned food businesses. These community food enterprises (CFEs) appear poised for sustainable growth and competitiveness both locally and globally. A companion website at www.communityfoodenterprise.org offers additional… Continue

3BL Media, the experts in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability and cause marketing communications, today announced that it has launched 3bl.me, the company’s cause-based URL shortener. For each URL shortened via 3bl.me, 3BL Media will make a donation to worthwhile organizations, with initial recipients including Volunteermatch, Sweatfree Communities, and World Wildlife Fund UK. Additional charities and causes will be identified on a monthly basis via “crowd-sourcing” for nominat… Continue