A Community of Collaboration: Whidbey Island & Sustainable Agriculture

Industrialization of agriculture has taken a large toll on small, family farms. In the last century, the number of farms fell nearly 65 percent, and the farm labor force dropped from 41 to 1.9 percent...

We Mean Green: One University’s Sustainability Initiatives

The University of North Texas (UNT) continues its leadership in sustainability with its We Mean Green Fund (WMGF) – a $5 per student per semester fee, which funds environmental projects on campus. A...

Collaboration in Space: Global Maritime Awareness

According to the National Space Centre Ltd., satellites monitor the whole planet, but owners and operators don’t currently share information. That will change with a new cooperation initiative, C-SI...

Water & the Economy: Moving Toward a More Secure Nation

What do water and the economy have to do with national security? Clearly, water is a component of natural capital, which serves a function for its value to humans. But, it is also a necessary componen...

New Sustainability Reports Forest & Wetland Carbon Storage

1. U.S. DOI Reports on Natural Carbon Storage of Forests & Wetlands (www.doi.gov) – Forests, grasslands, shrublands and other ecosystems in the Western United States sequester nearly 100 million...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Operating Principles II

The concepts embedded in the original Principles remain vital to the success of the Corps and its missions. However, as the Nation’s water resource challenges and priorities have evolved, USACE has ...

Nature & Adaptability: Solutions for an Uncertain World

Much needed and welcome growth is occurring in the business of looking to nature for ideas and inspiration on how people can make society function better. Initially, these adoptions seemed to come in ...

A Point of Conscience: Protecting Tribal Peoples

Deep in one of the remotest parts of the Brazilian Amazon, in a clearing at the headwaters of the Envira River, an Indian man looks up at an aeroplane. He is surrounded by kapok trees and banana plant...

New Research on Sustainability

1. Dumping of 180M Tonnes of Toxic Mine Waste Threatens World Waters (www.earthworksaction.org) – Each year mining companies dump more than 180 million tonnes of hazardous waste into rivers, lakes a...

Visual Literacy and its Role in Public Schools

In a collaborative, brainstorming environment, it is impossible for children to make a mistake. This is the first of several beliefs taught in “See • Hear • Feel • Film” (SHFF), a writing-ba...

USGBC’s Center for Green Schools Making Healthy, High-Performing Schools A Reality

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) established the Center for Green Schools to educate and to change schools into sustainable and healthy places to learn, work and play. The organization believes...

The Truth about eWaste Impacts to Global Health & Safety

Stop to think about how many cell phones you have owned throughout the past decade. How many laptops and PCs have you had in the past 20 years? In the past 30 years, have you owned three, five, 10 or ...

Helping Uganda’s Orphans SUUBI Community Development Initiative

Uganda’s SUUBI Community Development Initiative (CDI) is a registered, non-governmental organization (NGO) begun in 2008 by a group of schoolteachers who were in despair by the number of orphans in ...

The Shadow Side of Smart Meters

Utilities market smart meters as a tool for customers to manage energy usage, to enable automated notification of power outages and to receive bills for actual as opposed to estimated usage. A smart m...

Disaster & Humanitarian Assistance Medicine

The Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) is part of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) within the Department of Military and ...

EU Greenhouse Gases in 2011: More Countries on Track to Meet Kyoto Targets, Emissions Fall 2.5%

Emissions of greenhouse gases in the European Union (EU) fell on average by 2.5% from 2010 to 2011, although several countries increased emissions. Almost all European countries are individually on tr...

Large-Scale Production of Biofuels Made From Algae Poses Sustainability Concerns

WASHINGTON – Scaling up the production of biofuels made from algae to meet at least 5 percent – approximately 39 billion liters – of U.S. transportation fuel needs would place unsustainable dema...

Leading Consumer Group Files Official Comments with USGBC Objecting to LEED’s Forest Certification Monopoly

Filing cites new report revealing increased consumer costs, billions of losses to U.S. timber industry and poor environmental performance. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Leading...

Malaria Transmission Peaks at Much Cooler Temperatures than Previously Predicted

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The most deadly type of malaria in humans and the one most prevalent in Africa is one that is very sensitive to climate. Previously published scientific studies put the optim...

Land Trust Community to Benefit From Wetland and Stream Mitigation Guide

Washington, D.C. – A handbook jointly issued today by the Environmental Law Institute and the Land Trust Alliance provides the land trust community and others with the tools necessary to understand ...

New Research Links Health Problems with Oil and Natural Gas Development

Largest-ever survey of Marcellus Shale residents living near gas facilities reveals pattern of health symptoms associated with oil and gas development Contacts: Nadia Steinzor, 315-677-4111, nsteinzor...

United States and Canada Sign Amended Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Canada’s Minister of the Environment Peter Kent today signed the newly amended Great Lakes Water Quality A...

EPA Awards $15 Million to Assist U.S. Small Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $15 million in funding to provide training and technical assistance to small drinking and wastewater systems – those servin...

USACE, International LEED & Passivhaus U.S. Army Europe Green Building Achievements

Green has always been a purposeful color in the U.S. Army. Vehicles are painted green; Army combat uniforms are stitched with green thread, and official Army history is captured in the Green Books. To...

Hawaii’s Path to Energy & Food Sustainability

In Hawaii, we’re known for the beauty of our beaches and mountains, unique historical attractions and aloha spirit of our people. However, visitors are often shocked to learn about some of ...

Information of Interest, Sep 2012

1. Climate Change and Security: Risks and Opportunities (www.lloyds.com) – A Lloyd’s of London – International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) 360° Risk Insight Report, Climate Change an...

EPA Opens Registration for Campus RainWorks Design Challenge Competition

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened registration for student teams from colleges and universities across the country to participate in its new design competition, ...

Running Out of Time: Climate Change Policy Failures

In January 2011, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) jointly announced that 2010 tied 2005 as the hottest years in...

The Need to Protect the Scientific Deliberative Process

A situation has arisen involving scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) that should concern all those who value the principles of academic freedom and responsibility, and believe th...

What is Good Water Stewardship?

With a growing awareness of the value and fragility of our water resources, it was expected there would be increased interest in knowing more about how we as a society interact with water. But what do...
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