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
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
DENMARK.DK – Copenhagen should erase its greenhouse gas footprint by becoming a carbon dioxide-neutral city by 2025, according to Claus Bondam, the city’s deputy mayor for environmental and infrastructure issues, reports weekly newsletter Mandag Morgen. Bondam would like to present the first measures for reducing the city’s greenhouse gas emissions before the 2009 UN climate
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
HINDU BUSINESS LINE – The Department of Science and Technology (DST) intends to soon roll out a mechanism to collect real-time data on health/stress status of standing crops and to advise State Governments and other stakeholders on how best to deal with it. The real-time monitoring of crops will be an invaluable input to the
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
OLDHAM CHRONICLE – A new colour map of the Greater Manchester rail network, similar to the world-famous London Underground map, has been launched. cartographers at the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) have designed a map of the county’s train routes to make it easier for people to explore different areas by rail. Read More
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Fifty years ago, a bleeping aluminium sphere the size of a basketball became the first man-made object to orbit the Earth. The launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 took the world by surprise and ushered in the space age. Read More
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese scientists have completed a series of maps providing both general and detailed information on the natural environment of Vietnamese coastal areas. Dr. Bui Cong Que at the Institute of Geophysics said that 70 maps were created using the latest Geographic Information System (GIS). Read More
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
BBC – The government has pledged almost half a million pounds to compensate rural communities affected by quarrying. Eight historical monuments that lie near quarries across England are to be repaired to lessen the environmental impact of mining sand, gravel or stone. Read More
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
