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...

The Critical Need to Increase U.S. Foreign Language Capabilities

With international demands for U.S. assistance with diplomatic intervention, humanitarian operations and disaster relief efforts, a burning call exists for bilingual personalities in every field of st...

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...

Islam and Democracy: A Contradiction of Terms?

In August 2011, the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies organized a seminar, “Islamists and Arab Revolutions: Challenges of Democratic Transition and Rebuilding the State,” in Doha, the capital city of ...

Women, War and Natural Resources

Environmental conservationist and human rights activist Wangari Maathai, PhD, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her efforts to teach women in Kenya to plant trees. Together, she and the wo...

Immigration and Unsustainable Growth

The United States is facing a future of too many people and too few resources, and its nation’s leaders fail to discern, or refuse to acknowledge, this reality. The one thing President Obama and Gov...

Living in the Donut: A Safe & Just Space for Humanity

Humanity’s greatest challenge in the 21st Century can be stated simply: It is to ensure that all human beings can lead lives of dignity and opportunity within the means of this one planet...

The Arctic is Opening but the U.S.A. is Not Prepared

Environmentalists have talked about it for decades. Scientists have predicted it for awhile now. The U.S. Navy has been warning that we should prepare for it. Now even business is banking on it: Royal...

The International Impact of the Drought

Our corn crop will not be the only casualty of the drought and high temperatures in the Midwest this summer. Food prices at home and food security abroad are also hanging in the balance. As corn price...

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 ...

A Walk through History: An Insider’s View of the U.S. Coast Guard

On August 4, 2012, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) celebrated its 222nd anniversary. The event was vividly portrayed to Admiral Robert Papp, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, because...

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 ...

Space-Based Ocean Environmental Protection & Global Maritime Awareness

In the past few years a revolution has occurred in space-based Earth observation systems and, led by the space-based Automatic Identification System (AIS), their utility throughout the world’s water...

Water for Everyone Forever: A Human-Needs Business Model

This is the story of how $150,000 in corporate dollars from CH2M HILL became potable water for 4,384 high school students, sanitation facilities for 6,325 people, career training in water maintenance ...

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 ...

The U.S. Coast Guard: A Unique Military Service in Every Way

Admiral Robert Papp, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, leads a vital military service with far-reaching responsibilities. One of these responsibilities currently receiving widespread attent...

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 ...

Siberia’s Baikal: The Greatest Lake

You know, we Siberians live in fear of being exiled to Moscow, says Leonid Yevseyev, and we both laugh. Yevseyev, a native-born Siberian, is beside me on a promontory as we l...

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...

Visual Dysfunction vs. ADD/ADHD Misdiagnosed Child Behavior Disorders

Children presenting with inattention that can contribute to behavior disorders are often misdiagnosed and/or misrepresented. Teachers and parents commonly characterize these children as being difficul...
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