Monday, November 15th, 2010
This book illustrates that sacred natural sites – the world’s oldest protected places – although often under threat, exist within and outside formally recognised protected areas and heritage sites. They may well be some of the last strongholds for building resilient networks of connected landscapes as well as forming important nodes for maintaining a dynamic
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
The City of Saskatoon hosted a Saskatoon Speaks discussion on campus Nov. 8 asking for student input into the city’s visioning process. Saskatoon Speaks is a community initiative designed to promote discussion between City Council, city planners and residents regarding Saskatoon’s future. Its $400,000 budget was reallocated from the Transportation Infrastructure Expansion Reserve — a reserve
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
The fourth satellite of the Italian Earth observation constellation COSMO-SkyMed was launched successfully at 07:20 p.m. on 5 November 2010 (03:20 a.m. on 6 November in Italy), via a Boeing Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The satellite was duly acquired at 04:27 a.m., Italian time, by Telespazio’s Fucino Space Centre, which
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
IBGE reveals today, November 4, the resident population in each of the 5.565 Brazilian municipalities on August 1st, 2010, according to the results of the 2010 Population Census, carried out from August 1st to October 31, which enumerated 185,712,713 people in the whole Brazil.
Saturday, November 6th, 2010
Alberta has access to twice as much wind power now that a 90-kilometre transmission line is up and running between Pincher Creek and Lethbridge. AltaLink CEO Scott Thon says the 240-kilovolt line strengthens the existing electrical transmission system in the southwest part of the province. Read More
Friday, November 5th, 2010
As part of the Scottish Sustainable Communities Initiative (SSCI), a Charrette Series was held between 1 and 25 March 2010. The SSCI Charrette Series provided a unique and innovative opportunity for Scotland to develop new approaches to sustainable planning while enabling a new level of public engagement in the place-making process. A ‘charrette’ is an
Friday, November 5th, 2010
Today, a Toronto development is receiving Government of Canada support for the planning and design of a healthy, energy-efficient and sustainable community in the Regent Park area. The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Earlier today, the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure announced changes to the Ontario micro Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program, the program guaranteeing the price paid to renewable energy generators. The proposed changes are designed to address the backlog of microFIT applications, and to ensure Ontario builds a strong solar manufacturing sector, and electricity ratepayers are protected
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
The Australian Government has approved more than $241 million in Caring for our Country funding to protect the Australian landscape and help ensure our farmlands remain viable into the future. The funding includes: $181 million in base level funding for 56 regional natural resource management organisations around Australia more than $60 million for 168 competitive open
Friday, October 29th, 2010
A team of EU-funded scientists is studying Indonesia’s Merapi volcano, which started erupting on 26 October and has taken the lives of over 30 people. As well as monitoring the eruption, the team is also examining civil protection efforts in the region and investigating the impacts of the eruption on the local economy and the
