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In case you missed the memo, climate change is happening. Luckily those of us who wish to wise up and cut down on our energy consumption can do so in style.
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Utilities are fighting with solar advocates over an obscure but important policy called "net metering." Here's what's at stake, and why it matters.
High-speed rail is still just a dream in America. But why then aren't smart roads a reality? It is possible to imagine a world in which smart pavement, smart cars, and embedded monitoring and controls would turn highways from gulches that pollute a wide swath of land around them with both particles and noise would become more like rivers. Read more at the article link...
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Texas leads the nation in wind power; in Washington, hydroelectric dams provide 60 percent of the state’s energy.
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Mark Vander Meer gives a presentation on soil science as it relates to forestry. I was presenting in another room at the same time, so Mark gave permission to Jocelyn Campbell to record this for me. Once I saw it, I thought it was so good, that I asked Mark if it was okay to put it up on YouTube.
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Representatives from 195 nations party to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification will meet in Windhoek to assess progress and plan future actions.
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In the future, 3-D printers won’t just print replacement organs (like the type we’ve covered in the past).
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Want to lower your carbon footprint? Looking at how you heat and cool your living space will likely make the most difference; your transportation choices are next on the list in terms of impact.
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Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Company is planning to test the world's first hybrid wind-current power generating system this year off the coast of Japan
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The Rockefeller Foundation plans to fund positions in 100 cities worldwide.
The most recent U.N. demographic projections show world population growing to 9.3 billion by 2050, an addition of 2.3 billion people.
In 1984 Madonna ruled the airwaves, Apple's Macintosh personal computer went on sale, Iran accused Iraq of using chemical weapons, and The Chicago White Sox defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 in the longest game in Major League Baseball history.
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Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has shown what they call the "first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis".
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An analysis of the nation's largest metro areas reveals some of the top urban destinations for people who love the outdoors.
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The key, according to a new report, is forming partnerships with farmers.
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America's green jobs movement parades as many green hues as our national parks, ranging from deep green work to pale green employment.
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If managed effectively and accountably, oil, gas and minerals can stimulate economic development, but too often, secrecy, corruption and weak institutions obstruct effective development.
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"When I brush my teeth, I try to remind myself to brush like I do when I’m camping (to conserve water)," designer Michael Buckley writes.
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Editor's note: We're proud to support the Earth Policy Institute's online publication of Lester Brown's most recent book Full Planet, Empty Plates by publishing selections from the book.
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A bit of background: "conservation banking" refers to banking for listed species under the ESA (a backgrounder is available here), whereas habitat credit trading (HCT) refers broadly to voluntary offsetting that seeks to protect imperiled species and habitat. HCT has been in the news a lot recently thanks to interest in incentive mechanisms to protect so-called 'Candidate Species', which may be eligible for listing under the Endangered Species Act but the listing hasn't happened yet.
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A bit of background: "conservation banking" refers to banking for listed species under the ESA (a backgrounder is available here), whereas habitat credit trading (HCT) refers broadly to voluntary offsetting that seeks to protect imperiled species and habitat. HCT has been in the news a lot recently thanks to interest in incentive mechanisms to protect so-called 'Candidate Species', which may be eligible for listing under the Endangered Species Act but the listing hasn't happened yet.
In an effort to encourage outdoor music festival clean-up, Glad, the venerable purveyor of plastic wrap and trash disposal accoutrement, introduces a camping tent that doubles as a giant garbage bag.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and four universities recently completed a study that sounds an ominous note for the future of many cities’ water supplies.
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A nice videoscribe about the difference between fast and slow thinking. Theres a useful reference to the concept of "priming" which operates out of conscious awareness. Graphic and visual coaching creates the space for the client to do some slow thinking and resolve challenges that fast thinking hasn't reolved.