Thursday, October 4th, 2007
UNITED NATIONS — The 62nd session of the UN General Assembly wrapped up its high-level debate on Wednesday as member states urge concerted international efforts to address challenges in the fields of climate change, security, development and the reform of the United Nations. Read More
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
NEW SCIENTIST–We don’t need environmental evangelicals to tell us that sustainable development is a good idea. Yet, if that is our goal, we are heading in the wrong direction – with the exception of Cuba. So says the first study to examine the ecological impact of changing lifestyles around the globe. Read More
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD– A cafe with harbour views that grows its own vegies and serves eggs laid by its own chickens, cheese from its own dairy and bread from its own bakery? This is part of the Sydney City Farm Group’s grand vision for four hectares of waterfront land in Rozelle’s Callan Park. Read More
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
UBC–Canadians are awash in toxic chemicals — and it is costing our health care system up to $9.1 billion and 1.5 million hospital days annually, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia Trudeau Scholar David Boyd. Read More
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
PR — Minneapolis, Minnesota, commuters who need to navigate the constantly changing barriers that surround the Interstate 35W bridge collapse area can create personal routes via a Web application built with ArcWeb Services, which are ESRI’s hosted GIS Web services APIs. Within three days of the disaster, the city had a complete two-tier application designed
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
INQUIRER.NET — Silicon Valley’s capital city San Jose is undergoing an urban development revolution calculated to keep it as the thriving heart of a region renowned for technological innovation. Read More
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
BALTIMORE SUN — It’s nearly impossible to tell how effective Maryland’s 10-year-old Smart Growth law has been at curbing sprawl because state agencies haven’t kept track of where their spending goes, as the law requires, a new study finds. Read More
Monday, October 1st, 2007
Canada.com — The Harper government will unveil within weeks the details of its $33 billion plan to upgrade aging infrastructure, the federal minister responsible for transport, infrastructure and communities said Saturday. Read More
Monday, October 1st, 2007
MERI NEWS — In a country like India, where a lot of running water goes to waste, it becomes very important to apply the technology of watershed management to solve its annual problems of droughts and floods. Read More
Monday, October 1st, 2007
ALLAFRICA.com–Leading African space scientists will gather for the four-day second African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in Pretoria on 2 October. Read More
