Blogs & Ecology

White African writes about Pamoja Media, an ad network created to serve advertisers looking for a one-stop-shop for publishers in Africa, or that reach Africans in the diaspora.

Lee from Tokyo Times blogs some photos showing Japanese pet culture in daily consumption.

The Czech Daily Word writes about the arrival of iPhone in the Czech Republic.

Corporate sustainability -- no longer just the latest collection
of business buzzwords -- now is a required feature in the mission
statement, annual report, and work-force makeup of many companies. In fact, corporate sustainability is becoming more and more important in the business community -- now, you can even track the performances of leading sustainable-driven companies via the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, while the Greenhouse Gas Protocol monitors and measures corporate greenhouse gas emissions.

Mari introduces some funny Japanese items that can be found in online shop.

As part of a new effort to reach out to our friends over at GreenBiz.com, this is the first installment of our weekly Friday wrap of interesting things we’ve found this past week on GreenBiz. Follow the links to find out more and join the conversation below this post. We’re all in this together!

Foreign Notes writes about some of the developments in Ukraine related to the Russian-Georgian conflict.

Polychromed woodcarving of a negro slave by Luiz Paulino da Cunha. Photo by Children At Risk Foundation

In a baffling shift of climate, Hell has frozen over. The flash freeze wasn’t precipitated by a crumbling ice shelf or rising sea—or maybe it was. Rupert Murdoch, the founder and CEO of News Corporation, has decided to render his global conglomerate carbon neutral, as well as educate the public and green up the many tendrils of his enormous news business. Murdoch’s media empire contains such brands as Fox Broadcasting, MySpace, and the Wall Street Journal.

Carpetblogger writes about and reflects over the invasion of Russian holidaymakers to Turkish beach resorts such as Antalya.

Ikechukwu Emelike writes about the recently released results from the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

How to be a Green Entrepreneur

While the traditional economy slows down, green is booming. Riding the wave of the green trend, people are finding or creating unusual new jobs. Earn money and save the planet -- all in a day's work! To further inspire this trend, TreeHugger has collected a list of curious green entrepreneur opportunities we can find in the booming green economy. ...