Sunday, October 14th, 2007
THE SEATTLE TIMES — Increasing the fuel efficiency of the cars we drive is a great cause. But it’s not enough. We have to go a giant step further with sharp cuts in how far, and how often, we drive. If we don’t, there’s virtually no chance we can reduce our cars’ massive greenhouse-gas emissions.
Sunday, October 14th, 2007
KATC — Not since that other Reconstruction,the one that followed the Civil War, has this slow-to-change city been so reliant on an outsider to shape its future. Ed Blakely, a successful urban planner and developer, was teaching in Australia when Mayor Ray Nagin began calling asking him to take the job full-time. Read More
Sunday, October 14th, 2007
Canadian Architect — The Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS) at the University of Calgary recently announced Branko Kolarevic as Haworth Chair in Environmental Design. In this position, Kolarevic will concentrate on research and teaching in integrated design, bringing together a broad range of field scales, technologies, approaches and sectors. Read More
Sunday, October 14th, 2007
EU – The Freight Transport Package (agenda Oct 18) will encourage improvements in transport and cargo management and the use of available infrastructure through information and communication technologies; and develop the concept of green corridors to address environmental as well as safety and security concerns in the design and operation of infrastructure on the trans-European transport network. Read
Sunday, October 14th, 2007
TASS – Russia’s rocket Proton with three satellites of the navigation system GLONASS is to be launched on October 25, the deputy director of Moscow’s Khrunichev Space Centre, Vladimir Sychyov, told ITAR-TASS on Friday. Read More
Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Vietnam Net Bridge — Participants at a consultative workshop discussed two studies on the links between livelihood,well-being, gender inequality and the environment in Hanoi yesterday. The two studies are part of a project titled Harmonising Poverty Reduction and Environmental Goals in Policy and Planning for Sustainable Development. Read More
Friday, October 12th, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle– Al Gore and a United Nations panel were jointly awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize today for their work fighting global warming, which the former vice president called “a true planetary emergency.” Read More
Friday, October 12th, 2007
NATIONAL POST — The Quebec government will dedicate nearly $30-billion over five years to improve the province’s infrastructure, Premier Jean Charest announced Thursday. Read More
Friday, October 12th, 2007
Metromode — Imagine if the city of Detroit and its surrounding suburbs decided that two years from now they would only buy renewable green power energy for its citizens. What kind of innovations, policies and partnerships would have to develop to meet the region’s deadline? Read More
Friday, October 12th, 2007
NORTHERN IRELAND EXECUTIVE – The UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation) approval paves the way to expand the current Geopark to ten times its current size taking it to an extended area of over 16,000 hectares in West Fermanagh. It will include some of the most scenic parts of Fermanagh including the spectacular
