Harvesting Rainwater New Codes & Design Standards

The topic of water shortages is nothing new as cities around the globe struggle with drought, water quality, supply constraints and failing infrastructure. However, the idea of new plumbing codes and ...

Restoring Aquatic Ecosystems Bioengineering & Ecotechnology

Natural rivers and their floodplains are among the most complex and diverse ecosystems in the world. Rivers have been used for hundreds of years for food, water, irrigation, electricity generation, tr...

USACE Albuquerque District Returning Rivers to Their Natural Path

Think about it; rarely does a perfectly straight line occur in nature. When men bend or straighten elements of nature to suit human purposes, it can result in unforeseen circumstances. Throughout hist...

U.S. Air Force Managing Wetlands at Hurlburt Field

Scientific research estimates that more than one-half of U.S. wetlands have been drained, dredged, flooded or filled since the beginning of colonial America with 45 percent of this loss due to urban d...

USACE’s Steve Stockton: The Urgent Need to Transform US Water Resources Infrastructure

Navigation channels that support international trade and produce one-third of U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), almost 14 million jobs, flood-risk reduction that prevents $22.3 billion in average ann...

USGS Climate Science at ESA – Species, Ecosystems, and Fire

About 4,000 people are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Portland, Ore., Aug. 5-10. The theme of this year’s conference is “Life on Earth: Preserving, U...

Students’ Robot Submarines Enter the Ring in Gladiator-Themed Competition

July 19, 2012, Thirty-two teams of high school and college engineering students are putting underwater robots through their paces in gladiator-themed missions at the 15th annual RoboSub Competition, J...

Outrage as World Bank Funds Power Lines Linked to Controversial Dam

Human rights organizations, including Survival International and Human Rights Watch, have fiercely criticized a decision by the World Bank to fund power lines in Ethiopia linked to the controversial G...

Face of Defense: Mine Detection Dogs Clear Afghan Roads

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan, July 13, 2012 – Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Black moved back toward the mine clearance vehicle to watch from a safe distance as a team traced the wire of a suspected improv...

Obama Administration Releases Report on Progress and Next Steps in Restoring the Everglades

Over $1.5 Billion Invested in the Everglades Since 2009; USDA To Fund Fourth Year of Easements for Water Quality, Wildlife Habitat Improvements in the Northern Everglades Watershed KISSIMMEE, FL., Jul...

Study: Indians Lag Behind Peers in Tests

Test scores of American Indian students nationwide still lag significantly behind their peers of other races, according to a recent study that focused on the academic progress of indigenous peoples. A...

Reordering Life: Contemplate Contentment

Most of us were unconditionally loved and accepted even before we were conceived. We grew and evolved in a protected, ordered and predictable environment where we continued to be loved and accepted fo...

Kids Who Survived the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s

Like everyone else, I receive a mountain of mostly unwanted emails every day. However, once in a while I get something that makes me smile, lifts my spirits and reminds me that, even amidst all the cr...

Slow Living Summit A Visit to Brattleboro Vermont

The Slow Living Summit is part of a particularly “green” end-of-May weekend in Brattleboro, Vermont, which is a prelude to the town’s homage to National Dairy Month – a parade featuring cows p...

Information of Interest, July 2012

1. BP Energy Outlook 2030 Projects Long-Term Energy Trends (www.bp.com) – BP’s Energy Outlook 2030 “highlights the growing role of developing economies in global energy consumption and the incre...

Vertical Harvest of Jackson Hole A Replicable Program for Food Security

Most experts agree that traditional farming will not be able to keep pace with the expanding human population. According to the United Nations, the world’s population is predicted to increase to 9.1...

IAPMO & Uniform Codes Change Meeting Emerging Technologies & Systems

The American National Standard Uniform Plumbing and Mechanical Codes undergo significant revisions every three years to incorporate new technologies and systems. This is done under an ANSI-de...

Naval Base Ventura County Leading the Way with LED Lighting

As the designated “Energy Showcase Base” for the West Coast, Naval Base Ventura County’s (NBVC) charter is to install and test “new and emerging” and “state of the shelf” technologies an...

CH2M HILL A Holistic Approach to Building Performance

Not long ago designing and constructing a “sustainable building” meant complying with a lengthy checklist of “do’s” and “don’ts” without a holistic approach to achieving true sustainab...

Syngas Chemical Looping Ohio State’s LS Fan & Carbon Capture

According to projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA), for at least the next 18 years – until 2030 – approximately 80 percent of the world’s energy consumption will ...

URS, sROI & RISQUE Analysis Transformational Outcomes

Economics is known as the “dismal science.” Its study and application has never known a widespread understanding for most people beyond simple “supply and demand.” In an era of heightened fisc...

The Evolution of an Environmentalist

It was the year 2000 on an early spring day at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, the largest amphibious training base on America’s East Coast. Tramping through the swamp and Carolina p...

Overcoming Pride to Prevent Suicide

2/7/2012 – VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) – As my office has just completed a resiliency stand-down day, I am struck by the increasing numbers of suicides in the Air Force every year. Th...

USDA Tribal Scholars Program

About the 1994 Tribal Scholars Program The Office of USDA/1994 Programs was established to develop policy guidelines and procedures; coordinate and oversee further participation in the Department’s ...

‘Beyond the Horizons’ Clinic Fosters Health, Goodwill

POCOLA, Guatemala, June 28, 2012 – Thousands of local residents in this remote mountain village are getting what for many is one of their first experiences seeing a doctor, nurse or dentist during a...

Electromagnetic and Radiofrequency Fields: Effects on Human Health:

June 2012, For more than 50 years, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has been studying and treating the effects of the environment on human health. In the last 20 years, AAEM physi...

GEMI’s Solutions-Based Sustainability Tools

In 1990 a group of corporate environmental leaders from The Business Roundtable recognized the need for corporate environmental leadership around the world. They had a vision that a wide array of busi...

DoD & Amphibian Conservation: Unlikely Partner Protects Biodiversity

Department of Defense (DoD) lands comprise approximately 29 million acres throughout the United States. Providing the required safety and security buffers for testing and training operations has resul...

Cenotes: Yucatan’s Fragile Wonders

When I first heard the word “cenote” I had no idea what it was. Although I had been to Mexico many times, I never ventured into the Yucatan backcountry. So, when I received an invitation to take p...

Information of Interest, June 2012

1.DoD Facilities Drive Secure Power Technology (www.defense.gov) – The Nation’s top energy user, the Department of Defense (DoD), is pushing commercialization of technology needed to lower costs a...
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