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Sustainable Development Programs in Higher Education

By Mariana Ashley In the last few decades, sustainability has become a major buzzword. While the term sustainability itself has several different meanings, since the early 1980s the term has been used to describe human sustainability on Earth. The United … Continue reading

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Solar power can fuel the world

New IPCC report says that renewable energy can power the world By Rob Plastow A new report by the IPCC issued today says that solar power holds the greatest hope for generating low-carbon energy around the world. The UN’s IPCC … Continue reading

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Pesticides causing bee colony collapse disorder

By Kieron Casey Bees are widely considered an integral part of the world’s ecosystem. They are perhaps the most universally loved insect and are as synonymous with the summer time as clear skies, blossoming flowers and the garden shed. Their … Continue reading

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US Energy Use and Climate Change

Have a look at this excellent flow diagram from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It shows America’s energy use in one image. There’s a lot of waste, a lot of fossil fuels and nowhere near enough renewables. The following year, … Continue reading

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The other CO2 problem: ocean acidification

Hat tip to Skeptical Science – a new documentary by the NRDC with beautiful imagery, touching comment and an inspiring call to arms, called Acid Test brings to the fore the often overlooked impacts of increased CO2 emissions on our … Continue reading

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Floods of 2000 linked to global warming

By Rob Plastow This week the science journal Nature published two major pieces of research that may change the way we think about observing the links between single events and global warming. One of the studies focuses on an event … Continue reading

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Money, money, money

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Prosperity without growth

Following on from his book Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet this video is of Tim Jackson at TED earlier this year. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet … Continue reading

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Nagoya, TEEB and George Monbiot

By Rob Plastow With everyone packed up and back home from the recent talks on biodiversity in Nagoya, some have been telling the media of what a success it was. Others, such as George Monbiot have been a little more … Continue reading

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This year ‘in top five warmest’

by Roger Harrabin http://news.bbc.co.uk This year will be one of the top five warmest years globally since records began 150 years ago, according to figures compiled by the Met Office. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share … Continue reading

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