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
Monday, October 1st, 2007
REUTERS – Although 60 percent of urban dwellers in developing nations have been crime victims in the past five years, the general fear of criminal and terrorist attack is out of proportion to actual levels of violence, the agency UN-HABITAT said in a 2007 report. This in turn prompts people and planners to focus far
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
German Government – Germany’s continuing renewables boom created more new jobs last year than predicted. According to a newly published study, around 235,000 people were employed in Germany’s renewables industry in 2006 – almost 50 percent more than in 2004 (around 160,000) and 20,000 more than previously estimated. At least 134,000 of these jobs –
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
The transition to a sustainable energy economy is one of the central challenges for the 21st century. To meet it, we must convert energy more efficiently and make greater use of renewable energy. New information and communication technologies offer diverse chances to take up these challenges. With innovative measuring techniques, embedded systems, sensor/actuator networks, and
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
CSRwire – Formal proceedings to establish the first national standard for sustainable agriculture will be launched in late October. All interested stakeholders are invited to help shape this standard under a transparent, multi-stakeholder consensus-based process governed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Read More
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
GOVERNMENT CANADA – Canada requires a next generation forest measuring and monitoring system that responds to key policy drivers related to climate change and to report upon sustainable forest development of Canada’s forest both nationally and internationally. The Canadian Forest Service, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency, is using space-based earth observation (EO) technologies
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
iNSnet – Thousands of companies issue sustainability reports each year, but who reads them and what do they think of them? As a way to capture the preferences of readers and to alert potential new readers to the value of sustainability information, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and its partners have pioneered the first non
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
CITIZEN-TIMES – In Part 1 of this series on water management in Buncombe County, the long-term sustainability of water usage in Buncombe County was addressed. Part 2 of this series presents ideas for an integrated sustainable water strategy for Buncombe County. Read More
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
PANAPRESS – The Libyan housing projects implementation Office, signed on Tuesday contracts for the construction of 10,042 housing units in Tripoli, Morzouk and Wadi Chati. Read More
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
CORNELL DAILY SUN – The Sustainability Hub, an umbrella organization composed of several student groups, announced recently the formation of the Sustainable Investment Coalition. The Coalition will seek to promote the investment of the University’s endowment, approximately $5 billion, in companies that employ sustainable practices. Read More
