Landen Consulting: An Ecosystem Services Risk Model for CAFO Operations

(www.landenconsulting.com) – An “industrial mega-dairy” (named Tradition Investments, LLC or Tradition Family Dairy, LLC) is attempting to site itself in the rolling hills of Jo Daviess County, ...

US EPA: Creating Equitable, Healthy & Sustainable Communities

(www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice) – Communities across the country are integrating smart growth, environmental justice and equitable development approaches to design and build healthy, sustainable ...

DOD Funds Study of Omega 3 Benefit in Reducing Suicides

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2012 – The Defense Department is funding a new study to determine if something as simple as drinking smoothies with high concentrations of the fatty acids found in fish oils can...

DOD Develops Energy Strategy for Future Force

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2012 – The Defense Department is developing an energy strategy that will carry it forward for decades, Sharon E. Burke, assistant secretary of defense for operational energy pla...

Ham Closes Southern Accord Praising U.S.-Botswana Partnership

Botswana, Aug. 16, 2012 . The commander of U.S. Africa Command closed one of the largest joint exercises ever conducted on the African continent here today, praising the Botswanan military as a capabl...

Pentagon Reaches Out to Food Services to Promote Nutrition

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2012 – Military food and beverage workers who gathered in San Antonio today for an annual training workshop were met with an appeal from a senior Defense Department official: he...

New Malaria Task Forces Will Address Top Africa Killer

STUTTGART, Germany, June 13, 2012 – Two new task forces being stood up by U.S. Africa Command have set their sights on one of the biggest killers on the continent: the mosquito. Malaria – that sam...

C-130s Aid Wildfire Suppression Efforts

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., Sept. 14, 2011 – Six Department of Defense C-130 Hercules aircraft under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command continue to aid efforts to control wildfires...

DOD Announces Renewable Energy Project Review Results

The Department of Defense announced today that a comprehensive review of 249 renewable energy projects proposed in 35 states and Puerto Rico found that 229 have little or no impact on military mission...

Department Recognizes Environmental Stewards

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2011 – The Defense Department today recognized its best stewards of the nation’s natural and cultural resources at a Pentagon ceremony marking the 2011 Secretary of Defense Env...

DOD Teachers Take on Mission in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2011 – Judy Ryan has taught English as a second language in five countries over the past 15 years, but this is her first year teaching in a war zone. Thomas Wiglesworth, a teach...

Miguel Ángel de la Cueva: Oasis of Stone, Visions of Baja California

In our daily lives we have traded the marvelous for the commercial – the world’s eloquence for mere comfort – and fail to understand the source of our alienation, our sadness. As a photographer,...

Portable Solar Chargers a Bright Idea

Green-on-the-go: lightweight portable gadgets harness sunlight to power devices   Courtesy of CableOrganizer.com For those always on-the-go, keeping electronic devices like cell phones, PDAs, iPo...

Looptworks Debuts a Line of Transit Packs and Accessories Created from Upcycled Materials

The Daili, Nansha and Kishi make on-the-go travel a breeze for active adventurers   Courtesy of LOOPTWORKS LOOPTWORKS, a Portland, Oregon based business that repurposes abandoned materials into m...

Keep Buzzin’ All-Natural Body Products Eco-Friendly Inside and Out

Moisturizing beauty creams epitomize Earth Day with natural ingredients and Green packaging Developed in response to a growing concern for environmental sustainability and increased interest in natura...

Secretary of Defense Hagel: Understanding Sequestration Impacts

A May 14, 2013, memo from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel describes the operational impacts of sequestration upon the Department of Defense (DoD), which includes the furlough of most DoD civilians f...

USACE & the Environment: Teaching Real-World Science to Students

On April 22, 2013, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District Environmental Branch colleagues Vanessa Pepi, Erika McCormick and Nicole Silva presented Earth Day topics to more than 200 stude...

Oneness & Our Original Self: Shifting to a New Way of Living

Recently there has been much talk about “Oneness,” which is the state or condition of perfect harmony. Within this state, our “original” self is being revealed to each and every one of us. As ...

Policy Choice Impacts on Global Hunger & Climate Change

The continued prevalence of hunger and poverty along with escalating disasters related to climate change are among the most significant socioeconomic problems of this generation. Fortunately, signific...

Kam Ng, PhD: LITE’s Immersive & Digital Media

Healthcare is changing rapidly, and the main reason is technology. Moving from stacks of papers to electronic records to sharing patient data in cyber space, the industry is coming to a major turning ...

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