Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Brasilian José Graziano da Silva was named the new Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the first South American to take that role. He has vowed to tackle food-price volatility. Read More
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Urban farming in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is providing a livelihood for thousands of city dwellers, with vegetables bringing in good money for small growers and helping to alleviate high levels of malnutrition nationally, agricultural officials say. The demand for vegetables and the high prices they command in DRC cities – up to US$4
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
The book Earth Platinum is a unique cartographic Atlas – and large. The book defies the imagination with images the size of walls. The project involved many challenges and new approaches from tools to editing to production. V1 Magazine editor Jeff Thurston discussed the project with Gordon Cheers, Managing Director at Millennium House, the publisher of the Atlas.
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Environmental justice in the state of Berlin – Develop and implement a new cross-departmental strategy. Data bases of the Berlin model project: The Berlin Environmental Atlas and the Social Monitoring Urban Development.Socio-spatial distribution of noise pollution, air pollution, bio-climatic assessment of open space supply and residential areas in Berlin. Environmental justice in the state of Berlin: a
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
The South African railway company, PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa), has commissioned Siemens with the delivery of signaling equipment and the construction of the “Gauteng Nerve Center” (GNC) operations control center. It is the largest contract for signaling equipment ever awarded in South Africa. The contract is worth approximately 90 million euros. It
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart energy solutions, today announced the release of GridPoint Energy Manager, a unified platform delivering the future of enterprise and utility energy management today. The software-based solution complements existing hardware and service offerings to manage the deployment and operation of energy endpoints, such as building management systems, solar arrays,
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
The National League of Cities (NLC) announces “Building Cities, Building Futures,” a national tour centering on sustainable infrastructure as a catalyst for economic growth. Sponsored by Siemens, the tour will bring together local business, community and governmental leaders to discuss how to effectively plan and prioritize funding and the options available to promote resiliency and
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
The end of financial year signals the last opportunity for early bird registrations. The conference is attracting more and more interest, with a jam packed program and an exciting array of international speakers on hand. If you have not viewed the latest program, check out exactly what is on offer here. ISDE7 will provide a unique
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Intentional and targeted large-scale interventions in the climate system that aim to reduce global anthropogenic warming is known as geo-engineering. Some of the well-known examples of it are spreading sulphur aerosols into the atmosphere and ocean fertilisation. How viable are these options? The UBA has information on the risks, possible assessment criteria, legal frameworks, and issues some
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Around 800,000 years ago – just when humans learned to make fire – lost the little kiezelwiertje Neodenticula seminae from the North Atlantic. Recently the microscopic algae back with a vengeance, carried by currents from the Pacific through the Arctic ice cover due to sharply decreasing in the Arctic.
