Many of today’s toddlers face the grim prospect of coping with chronic food shortages in their old age if agricultural science doesn’t adapt to a warming world, concluded scientists in a study published Friday in the journal Science. The stark report, from scientists at Stanford Universi[...]
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October 24th, 2009 - 10:26 pm § in News
What’s hot in 2009? Be clean & green
A few years ago, “green” technologies seemed to be a niche market or business in Europe. Today, energy-efficient refrigerators and air conditioners are standard. Hybrid technologies for automobiles are gaining market share and nobody will deny the fact that renewable forms of energy like[...]
October 24th, 2009 - 10:26 pm § in News
How Green Is the Inauguration of Barack Obama?
The Presidential Inauguration Committee is hoping that the estimated 2 million people who come to see Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday will do like good hikers everywhere do: leave Washington, D.C., as clean as they found it. Thousands of people have volunt[...]
October 24th, 2009 - 10:26 pm § in News
Antarctic ice shelf set to collapse
A huge Antarctic ice shelf is on the brink of collapse with just a sliver of ice holding it in place, the latest victim of global warming that is altering maps of the frozen continent. “We’ve come to the Wilkins Ice Shelf to see its final death throes,” David Vaughan, a glaciologis[...]
October 24th, 2009 - 10:26 pm § in News
SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL’S 10TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
SUSTAINABILITY - TAKING IT TO THE STREETS SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL’S 10TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS FEBRUARY 20-22ND 2009 FEDERATION SQUARE MELBOURNE The Sustainable Living Foundation (SLF) will once again host Australia’s largest sustainability event, the Sustainable Living Festival, he[...]
October 24th, 2009 - 10:26 pm § in News
A City Encouraging Walking & Cycling
The City of Sydney has committed to building a network of continuous green corridors with 55kms of separated cycleways as part of a 200km cycle network, shaded footpaths, tree-lined streets, traffic calming devices and reduced motor vehicle flows, as part of our 2030 Sustainable Sydney vision. [...]
October 24th, 2009 - 10:26 pm § in News
EARTH HOUR 2009 SET TO SWITCH OFF THE GLOBE
• 377 cities already committed, and double the number of countries that participated in 2008 • Archbishop Desmond Tutu leads call for action on climate change • Christ The Redeemer statue to turn off its lights • Iconic Obama artist Shepard Fairey joins campaign February 5, 2009: With eight [...]
October 24th, 2009 - 10:26 pm § in News
Sydney Joins Climate Neutral Network
The City of Sydney has been invited to join the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), an initiative led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to promote global awareness and actions to support climate neutrality at all levels of society. As the first government in Australia to achieve[...]
October 24th, 2009 - 10:26 pm § in News
2009 BANKSIA ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS NOW OPEN
2008 saw many serious distractions, potentially diverting our attention away from addressing climate change and environmental issues. In our 21st year of celebrating environmental leadership and innovation through the Banksia Awards, we realise that it has never been more important to pursue this[...]
October 24th, 2009 - 10:26 pm § in News
Eco-City Under Construction: A Tour of Masdar City
While some of the plans for new ecological cities elsewhere in the world have faltered of late, work on Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City is already underway and plowing ahead at full speed. A small army of workers and heavy equipment currently inhabit the 6.5 square kilometer site, surrounded by a t[...]