Letters Reader Commentary RE: “THE ENERGY INNOVATION IMPERATIVE” BY JOHN HOLDREN In his article, “The Energy Innovation Imperative” (Innovaciones, primavera 2006), Professor John Holdren makes a compelling case for a highly accelerated transition to the…
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Mahad Ibrahim, Aman Bhandari Jaspal S. Sandhu, y P. Balakrishnan Making Sight Affordable (Part I) Aurolab Pioneers Production of Low-Cost Technology for Cataract Surgery Blindness from causes treatable by modern medicine afflicts millions of people…
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INNOV0102_06-05-31_FINAL.qxd 6/6/2006 5:46 PM Page 80 David E. Winickoff Genome and Nation Iceland’s Health Sector Database and its Legacy Iceland is a small democratic state of nearly 300,000 inhabitants that sits in the North Atlantic…
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INNOV0102_06-05-31_FINAL.qxd 6/6/2006 5:45 PM Page 68 Randall B. Kemp and Sanjeev Khagram When the Land Tells a Story Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Landscape Monitoring and Humanitarian Relief Innovations Case Discussion: Pingree Easement The…
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INNOV0102_06-05-31_FINAL.qxd 6/6/2006 5:44 PM Page 44 James N. Levitt Conservation via Satellite Leveraging Remote Sensing to Monitor the Pingree Easement Despite increasing human population pressures around the world, and the unprecedented environmental impacts that come…
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INNOV0102_06-05-31_FINAL.qxd 6/6/2006 5:44 PM Page 36 Jerry Mechling Tools for Compliance in a Networked World Innovations Case Discussion: RENCTAS Dener Giovanni’s story of RENCTAS (the Portuguese acronym for National Network to Fight the Trafficking of…
John P. Holdren
John P. Holdren innovations TECHNOLOGY || GOVERNANCE || GLOBALIZATION mitpress.mit.edu/innovations The Energy Innovation Imperative Addressing Oil Dependence, Cambio Climático, and Other 21st Century Energy Challenges Society faces many energy challenges in this century, but “running…
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Dener Giovanini Taking Animal Trafficking Out of the Shadows RENCTAS Uses the Internet to Combat a Multi-Billion Dollar Trade Animal trafficking, the third largest illegal trade in the world after drugs and arms, es un…
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INNOV0102_06-05-31_FINAL.qxd 6/6/2006 5:52 PM Page 145 Geoff Mulgan The Process of Social Innovation Every truth passes through three stages. Primero, it is ridiculed. Segundo, it is violently opposed. Tercero, it is accepted as being self-evident….
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INNOV0102_06-05-31_FINAL.qxd 6/6/2006 5:51 PM Page 123 James Turner The Next Innovation Revolution Laying the Groundwork for the United States Nations seem most open to economic innovation when they feel threatened. In the late 1970s the…