Water News
Water News

Online, Televised, Blogged, YouTube and More New Media at the Clinton Initiative


BY KEITH SCHNEIDER
Senior Editor, Circle of Blue
(also posted on Modeshift)
NEW YORK (September 29th, 2007) – Live television images from the various plenary and working sessions are everywhere at the Clinton Global Initiative. They appear on screens as big as king size bed sheets in the main conference hall. They illuminate flat screens that stand in [...]

Read the full story....

............................................

Climate Change Is A New Global Organizing Principle


BY KEITH SCHNEIDER
Senior Editor, Circle of Blue
NEW YORK – The X Prize Foundation, which developed a new philanthropic idea called “revolution through competition,” told participants today at the Clinton Global Initiative that it would commit $300 milion in the next seven years to help solve global crises in each of the four CGI focus [...]

Read the full story....

............................................

Straightening The Noodles at Clinton Global Initiative, Plus Jolie-Pitt


BY KEITH SCHNEIDER
Senior Editor, Circle of Blue
(reposted from Modeshift.org)
NEW YORK – This morning at the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative, Lee Scott, Wal-Mart’s chief executive, explained to hundreds of international leaders why his corporate behemoth, one of the iconic companies of this age, has very quickly embraced environmental sensitivity and energy efficiency [...]

Read the full story....

............................................

Onward to Clinton Global Initiative in New York


Three years ago when he founded the Clinton Global Initiative, which has emerged as one of the most influential and prestigious annual gatherings of world leaders, former President Bill Clinton understood that the new century’s formative operating principles depended on collaboration, not hierarchy. Only through the efforts of untraditional allies working together could people make progress on any idea or project of real significance.

Read the full story....

............................................

Say Hello to Keith Schneider, Career Adventurist


As we race the dawn to complete the details for this exciting week at the Emmys and the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, I thought I’d point out a most significant modeshift within our midst.
Click over to Keith Schneider’s Modeshift blog entry, “You say goodbye, I say hello.” Thank you, Keith. It’s an [...]

Read the full story....

............................................


Bottom