US Air Force’s Hurlburt Field Black Bear Management Challenges

Department of Defense (DoD) lands, which account for approximately 30 million acres of pristine ecological habitat and rare species, provide a realistic setting for training, testing and mission readi...

Naval Base Ventura County San Nicolas Island Seabird Restoration Project

San Nicolas Island (SNI), the most remote of California’s Channel Islands, has been touched and transformed by humans beginning with its occupancy by the Nicoleño Indians approxima...

The Florida Everglades: Rescuing an Endangered Ecosystem

Fifty percent of one of the world’s irreplaceable gems has disappeared and the other 50 percent is dying, both the result of human development. The Everglades, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Inter...

“To A Billion One:” A Global Affordable Housing Lesson

As a child I learned about the Hebrew expression, “Tikun Olam.” It means repairing the world, which typically means giving Tzedakah, or charity. It is a central tenet of what it means to ...

Kabul & the USACE: The Power of Streetlights

Solar-powered streetlights, installed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), have boosted commerce in a busy business district in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan. According to Kabul Mayor Muhammad Y...

US Coast Guard District 17: Arctic Shield & Cultural Responsiveness

Although the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has served the Nation in ports, at sea and around the world for more than 200 years, USCG District 17 is unique because it is responsible for the entire state of A...

Information of Interest, Apr 2012

1. Am. Acad. of Env. Medicine Urges Moratorium on “Smart Meters” (www.aaemonline.org) – The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) issued a January 19, 2012, letter to the California ...

Green Schools: A 21st Century Imperative

In a recent paper prepared for the upcoming Rio +20 Earth Summit, to be held in Rio de Janeiro June 20...

The Past as Guide to the Future: US Geological Records of Sea-Level Change

Sea-level rise is one of the more certain impacts of future climate change; although, uncertainty surrounds its likely global and regional magnitude. Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions is an unlik...

USACE’s International Services: “Solutioneers” with a Lighter Touch

Most people know the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as a 37,000 person-strong organization that executes large military construction programs or builds and maintains massive civil works projects...

From Brown to Green: Transforming London’s 2012 Olympic Park

In July 2005, British crowds cheered as the city was selected to host the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. London 2012 will be big. Roughly 14,700 Olympic athletes from 205 nations a...

Alternative to Urbanization: Life after the City

Are people eternally destined to live in cities? Are jungles made of concrete, metal and glass the only environment in which they deserve to exist – even in the remote future? Today, these important...

Promoting Sustainable Water Systems

In 1787 the Founding Fathers knew they were forging a charter of freedom to create a new nation by the voice of the people. What they did not realize is that 225 years later the United States would co...

Building Better Roads

Years ago, leading geologists ridiculed naturalist John Muir’s observations that persistent forces of water were responsible for carving Yosemite Valley. Just as the presence of glaciers one million...

Greening a Growing Infrastructure Crisis

In President Barack Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address he declared, “There’s never been a better time to build.” I could not agree more. “So much of America needs to be rebuilt,” the ...

Information of Interest, Mar 2012

1. U.N. Agencies Unveil Proposals to Safeguard Ocean (www.unesco.org) – The Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability sounds the alarm about the health of the ocean and explains how it influenc...

Smart Power Move: Solar as a Crucial US Energy Component

Living and acting in an environmentally conscious way and finding a balance between economics, environment and society is, historically, not a new concept. However, it is a relatively new concept for ...

Gamifying Education

The use of game technology in the service of educational ends can be understood as “gamification.” Gamification is “an informal umbrella term for the use of video game elements in non-gaming sys...

Historic LEED Renovation Environmental & Cultural Stewardship

The concept of stewardship – the belief that people are charged with maintaining their environment for future generations – is a fundamental tenant of both environmental conservation and ...

NCDMM and GKN Aerospace Proving the Viability of Sustainable Machining Cells

Although many civilians may not understand what sustainable machining cells are, the concept is at the core of new efforts within the Department of Defense (DoD) to manufacture sustainable products, w...

CH2M HILL Better Environmental Remediation Outcomes

Tug on anything at all and you’ll find it connected to everything else in the universe,” said conservationist John Muir. Nowhere is this more accurate than in remediation – the science of cleani...

Arctic Report Card: 2011 Update

The 2011 Arctic Report Card shows record-setting changes occurring throughout the Arctic environmental system. Given the projection of continued global warming, it is very likely that major Arctic cha...

Africa Partnership Station: Building Capacity & Enduring Friendships

Africa, with its one billion and counting population, its vast natural resources and its untapped human potential, has the power to assist the world economy, to become a model for equitable developmen...

EPA Cancels Registrations of Two Bird-Killing Pesticides

(Washington, D.C., March 1, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the cancellation of two toxic pesticides that were documented by American Bird Conservancy to have recurr...

February 2012 Headlines

1Oceans May be 150% More Acidic by 2100 (www.unesco.org) – Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels (CO2) are causing the ocean to ac...

CH2M HILL’s Systems Thinking: Sustainable Water in a Changing Climate

People depend on government agencies and municipalities to efficiently manage their water resources for sustainable uses and environmental protection. Water infrastructure currently designed to cope w...

Earth-Kind Innovation for a Kinder Earth

When I was five, my father drove me the short distance to Staten Island, N.Y., to see Fresh Kills, once the largest landfill in the world. I was absolutely speechless. The nearly two thousand acres of...

Information of Interest, Feb 2012

1. Caucasus Region Climate Change Impacts Study (www.envsec.org) – This 2011 report, Regional Climate Change Impacts Study for the South Caucasus Region, is the first cooperative study on the impact...

Education & Innovation Promoting Public/Private Water Solutions

The 2010 Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act (FBPTA) is a far-reaching measure that seeks to assure Federal buildings and property are managed with a priority on energy and water-efficient practi...

City & County of Denver A Model for Sustainable Action

Building smart in the City and County of Denver includes several programs designed to help the municipality and broad community achieve cost reductions and high performance, and to conserve use of nat...
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