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The Biodiversity Partnership of British American Tobacco has developed a tool to help organisations to analyse biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) and create plans to mitigate risks and take advantage of opportunities. The rationale is […]
Challenge of the Balance: A Course on Policies, Politics & Practices of Environmental Management in the Developing World August 1 to 29, 2014 Objective Challenge of the Balance is an orientation programme to […]
In Japan, Masanobu Fukuoka has pioneered perhaps the most energy efficient agriculture in the world, growing a variety of crops together but without ever ploughing the land, thus preserving soil structure and fertility. […]
Capacity for Change: Understanding the Renewable Energy Scenario in India Date: April 28-May 9, 2014 Course content: – Overview – Renewable Energy Debate –Setting the context – Scenario Today in India – Need […]
The private rented sector in England & Wales, accounts for around 4.2 million homes, but it has never been properly targeted or incentivised for energy efficiency. Action to improve the energy efficiency of […]
The Italian Slow Food association was founded in 1986 and the international movement in 1989, ‘for the protection of the right to taste.’ With over 60,000 members in all five continents, Slow Food’s […]
Arup is a multinational professional services firm headquartered in London, UK which provides engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of the built environment. Our cities are facing an […]
In some of this planet’s driest regions, where rainfall is rare or even nonexistent, a few specialized plants and insects have devised ingenious strategies to provide themselves with the water necessary for life: […]
In 1987, the remote fishing village of Chungungo in Chile was transformed by the installation of a fog collecting system, after relying solely on water supplied by truck for years. With a dependable […]
New scheme offers cash incentive to households using renewable heating systems in their homes A new and innovative Government scheme launched today will pay people for the green heat they generate for their […]