Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
UNESCO PARIS – An exhibition entitled "Planet Earth: From Space to Place”, organized by the Science Sector, is inaugurated today by Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden and Goodwill Ambassador, Claudia Cardinale . This event will be held at UNESCO Headquarters throughout the General Conference and features the work of the Organization related to sustainable
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
AL BAWABA – Contracts with a combined total of US$1.25 billion have been awarded in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to Japanese architectural giants Nikken Sekkei. The world’s top architectural practice and global leader in sustainable technologies, Nikken Sekkei will be presenting a series of selected ‘green’ designs from its extensive international portfolio
Monday, October 15th, 2007
EUROPEAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION – Tradable permits are all the rage in environmental policy. They are already used internationally to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality. A group of economists and ecologists from the UK, the Netherlands and Germany, are working together to find out whether such schemes could work for wildlife too. So far,
Monday, October 15th, 2007
BARCELONA REPORTER – Spain uses economic boom and demographics as pollution excuse | When it comes to the environment, Spain is the China of Europe. According to the government, population growth and the economic boom of the last ten years are making it very difficult for Spain to fulfill pollution emission limits and other environmental
Monday, October 15th, 2007
BELLONA NORWAY – A new study from Bellona concludes that wide deployment of CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) can reduce global CO2 emissions by 33 percent by 2050. This proves that CCS is an important options for mitigating climate change. Read More
Monday, October 15th, 2007
AME INFO – DWC Commercial City, the business and commerce capital of Dubai World Central (DWC) – the 140 square kilometres urban aviation project under development in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates – has finalised its master plan that incorporates the best of city planning processes from around the world. Read More
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
