Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
ONLINE ATHENS – Geography isn’t a very entertaining subject when textbooks and maps are the only tools students have when it comes time to learn about rivers, lakes and cities. So when wide-eyed second-graders at Winterville Elementary School got to dance and slap high-fives with a living, breathing map of Georgia on Monday afternoon, for
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
DUTCH NEWS – The Hedwige polder in Zeeland is to be flooded to compensate for the loss of wildlife habitat stemming from deepening the Westerschelde estuary, according to Nos and RTL tv on Friday. The news stations say MPs have accepted there is no alternative to flooding the land because efforts to find an alternative
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
DEFRA – UK Community groups will be offered a reprieve from increased charges for surface water drainage, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn announced today. Groups such as scouts, village halls, faith groups and amateur sports clubs – many of which have been facing disproportionally large bills – will benefit from changes to legislation. Read More
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
SWEDEN GOV – The Government has given an additional grant to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which is to be used primarily to support small-scale agriculture in developing countries. Up to 25 per cent is to be used by IFAD, in cooperation with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), to pay
Saturday, September 12th, 2009
MASDAR – Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, the world’s first graduate academic institution dedicated to the research of alternative energy, environmental technologies and sustainability, has commenced with classes for the inaugural intake of graduate students. Lectures began today for the 92 pioneering students who were selected from more than 1,200 applicants from 82 countries
Friday, August 14th, 2009
JRC – Estimates from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) show that 200,000 hectares of land in the EU have already burnt in 2009, compared to a total of 180,000 in 2008. EFFIS continuously monitors the forest fire risk, which at present is still high, and has just released the ‘Forest Fires in Europe
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
COPENHAGEN POST – After several years where water prices have increased by two-three percent annually, prices have soared over the past two years, reports financial daily Børsen. At the start of 2008, consumers faced a 10 percent increase in their water usage prices followed by a 12 percent increase at the start of this year.
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
EU – “It is absolutely vital to reach an agreement in Copenhagen to protect our climate and economic welfare,” says EU Environment Council President and Czech Environment Minister Martin Bursík. Today’s discussion confirmed that the EU is still leading the international debate. “The European Environment Ministers have joined us here in Prague to see how
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
THE ECONOMIST – Any attempt to put an economic value on fresh air, clean water or tropical rainforests can offend the delicate sensibilities of those who argue that the conservation of nature is a moral duty. Yet although the best things in life appear to be free, that does not mean they are without financial
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
DEUTSCHE WELLE – Denmark is a leader in climate policy, but the Danes are also among the highest per capita users of energy in the world. The government in Copenhagen is now trying to change that. When Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen came to power in 2001, he didn’t seem at all interested in
