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Fitch: Condo conversions 'not sustainable' (BizJournals) A New York financial analysis firm has completed a special report on condo conversions throughout the country and says loans for such projects are riskier than traditional real estate loans. Environment Worsens Failing to Meet Sustainability Standards This is a setback compared to 2003 when 11 of 19 factors were given a negative assessment. ``The environment is deteriorating as only two factors were well assessed compared to five positive factors in 2003 said Jeong Sun-mi researcher of Green Korea United an institute affiliated with the nations leading environmental group. What is sustainable development? Last modified: June 16. 2005 9:59AM Some facts about what sustainable development is and how it will be implemented in Bermuda: l The United Nations? defines sustainable development as: ?Development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.? The Sustainable Development Project Team is tasked with determining how this definition would work in Bermuda. The team plans to create a strategic framework an action ... Sustainable Home Design Seminar at NBM (Interior Design) Paul Konove, president of Carolina Country Builders of Chatham County, will present to builders and architects topics ranging from sustainable site planning, increased energy efficiency, environmentally sound building materials to construction waste management practices. Fitch: Condo conversions 'not sustainable' (BizJournals) A New York financial analysis firm has completed a special report on condo conversions throughout the country, and the news may not please Tampa Bay area investors in the real estate trend. Santa Monica Is Fifth Most Sustainable City (Santa Monica Mirror) Santa Monica was recognized as one of the top ten ?sustainable cities? in the U.S. at a ceremony on the U.N.?s World Environment Day at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco on June 2. Letters: Sustainability a plot to brainwash (Corvallis Gazette Times) The Clemens Foundation deserves kudos for outing the sustainability movement at Oregon State University. "Sustainability" is a social movement that is centrally planned and directed by the United Nations through the Commission on Sustainable Development. WASHINGTON June 16 /PRNewswire/ IREX announces the release of the Media Sustainability Index (MSI) 2004 which provides a qualitative and quantitative analysis of media development in twenty countries across Europe and Eurasia. Trends charted from 2001 to 2004 highlight the positive effects of democratic change that have the potential to advance media freedoms throughout the region. ITSSD: US-Brazil Trade Press Conference WHO: Free Enterprise and Property Rights Groups including: The Institute for Trade Standards and Sustainable Development The American Conservative Union The Center For Individual Freedom Defenders of Property Rights and Americans for Tax Reform. WHAT: Breakfast Press Conference: The future of US-Brazil Trade Relations in the Shadow of Brazil's Piracy of American Intellectual Property. WHEN: Thursday June 16 2005 09:30 AM WHERE: The National Press Club Zenger Room - 13th Floor 529 14th Street NW ... Economic growth sustainable: Costello - Breaking News - Business - Breaking News