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BlogTV: Haiti, seven months later

This week’s edition of BlogTV takes us to Haïti, 7 months after the disaster that shook the country to its core.
What are the challenges and priorities for aid organizations in this “post-emergency” phase?
We spoke with Mathilde Magnier, communications officer of an NGO and recently back in France from Haiti, and Erwan Legrand, President of “Aide Médicale [...]

BlogTV: Camping “Green” with GoodPlanet Junior

An essential part of sustainable development is raising awareness among, and teaching good habits to, future generations. With this in mind, GoodPlanet Junior, a GoodPlanet program, has organised a green-friendly summer camp for kids.
What kinds of activities are organised to help pass on environmentally-friendly messages? What ideas are addressed? And most importantly: what do the [...]

BlogTV: Microcredit, a united solution

Microcredit is an international system that provides a way for entrepreneurs who, for one reason or another, cannot access traditional bank loans. The small amounts of money issued by microfinance institutions (MFIs) are then used by “micro-entrepreneurs” to start and build their businesses.
But how exactly does it work? What kind of help is provided for [...]

BlogTV : A Responsible Use of Paper

In France alone, companies spend more than €400 million a year in useless printing—the equivalent of 1.2 million trees! The production of a single ton of paper represents between 1 and 2 tons of wood, consumes between 5 and 15 m3 of water and requires some 80 kg of chlorine to bleach the paper. It’s [...]

BlogTV: How can I reduce my CO2 emissions?

This week, BlogTV takes a look at two programs launched by the GoodPlanet Foundation: Action Carbone & 10:10.
Open to companies, institutions and indivudals alike, these two programs help us measure and ultimately reduce our carbon emissions.
But what exactly do these organisations do? Are their goals realistic? And who benefits from their intitiatives?              Take a look to [...]

La Boudeuse: choice titbits from the new team of students

This time, a new team of 4 young students aboard the Boudeuse tell us about their adventures through a logbook replete with poetry. These stories are told by young people who find themselves divided between a difficult yet marvellous daily existence – washing the dishes while looking out over the ocean – and extraordinary discoveries [...]

Roads to Development – Microfinance as seen by micro-entrepreneurs

Microcredit is attracting more and more private investors, motivated by the desire to create a form of social financing that is useful for micro-entrepreneurs and at the same time profitable. [...]

6 billion Others – climate change special

The “6 billion Others” project team from the GoodPlanet Foundation, chaired by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, is on the move again. Following the major exhibition last January in the Grand Palais in Paris, it is continuing on its way – and that’s not counting a little surprise in early December for internet users who liked the exhibition [...]

The 2nd Women and Leadership conference in Bahrain

The 2nd Women and Leadership conference will take place on January 17th, 2010 in Bahrain. BNP Paribas, present across five Gulf countries (Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia), organizes this event in partnership with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for the second consecutive year. 

This conference is aimed at recognizing the crucial [...]