Police today removed seven Greenpeace protesters from a Statoil ASA oil rig in the Norwegian Arctic Ocean. Afterward, a Greenpeace ship reached the site of Statoil’s planned oil well with the company’s rig […]
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More than 200 speakers will participate this October in Beverly Hills- all global thought leaders within social, financial and environmental sustainability. Go to the Sustainatopia website to register your interest as a speaker, […]
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With Toyota, Honda and Hyundai announcing cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells, it seems that the future is here, today. At a time when climate change is becoming obvious to all but the […]
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Tim Willmott speaks with Prof. Paul Rogers of the world renowned Department of Peace Studies at Bradford University. Paul worked originally in the biological and environmental sciences, but has worked for the past 30 […]
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A new report by the Carbon Trust says that increasing the numbers of UK employees working from home can cut costs by £3 billion a year for UK employers and employees and save over 3 […]
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Every hotel has them: notices in the bathroom informing guests that they can do their bit for the environment by reusing their towels, rather than expecting clean towels every day. Usually the notice […]
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Planting early-flowering crops, such as oilseed rape, boosts the numbers of bumblebees available to pollinate late-flowering crops, such as sunflowers, according to recent research. Carefully managing the timing and coverage of flowering crops […]
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Kaethe Weingarten is the founder and director of The Witnessing Project, a non-profit organization that consults to individuals, families, and communities locally, nationally, and internationally ‘to transform toxic witnessing of violence and violation […]
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According to agroecoloy.org, agroecology is: The application of ecology to the design and management of sustainable agroecosystems. A whole-systems approach to agriculture and food systems development based on traditional knowledge, alternative agriculture, and […]
9th – 10th September 2014 – The University Of Nottingham, UK The Centre for Urban Agriculture at the University of Nottingham is organising an International Conference on Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture. This […]
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