List/Grid Monthly Archives: August 2009
More concrete vision of a sustainable future
The world population is stabilized at a level that is within the short- and long-term carrying capacity of the earth’s finite resources. This level is of great debate and is…
Envisioning a Just and Sustainable Future – Creating Solutions
A necessary step in the transition to a sustainable path is to shift from problem-solving to creating. Problems are negative things which we would like to eliminate. However, eliminating the…
The Societal Crisis
Disturbing global trends continue to evidence the fact that human activity threatens our ability “to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet…
Children design Norwich eco-park
A design has been produced for a pioneering £120,000 children’s eco-park, which would be the first of its kind in Norfolk. Officers at Norwich City Council worked with children from…
Higher Education for a Sustainable Future – The Role of Higher Education
Our current level of thinking remains a significant obstacle to the promise of a just and sustainable future. As Einstein observed, “the significant problems we face cannot be solved at…
Envisioning A Sustainable Future
Second Nature imagines a society in which all present and future generations of humans: are healthy and can meet their basic needs; have fair and equitable access to Earth’s resources;…
Echo Park chosen among the “Best Neighborhood”, but with fewer Latinos
Los Angeles, Oct 9 (EFE) .- Echo Park, an area traditionally occupied by Latinos and is now changing its image with modern apartments for executives, has been named one of…
Echo Park Area
“Echo Park Area had disappeared from their world. As a child, had lived for a time with his mother in Apartments Sir Palmer … but times had not been happy…
Hunters of Dune by Brian Herbert
Author: Brian Herbert Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Genre: English ISBN: 0340837489 Publication Date: Sep 2006 “Hunters of Dune” and the concluding volume, “Sandworms of Dune,” bring together the great story…
Is something ecological restoration?
We see posters everywhere announcing the restoration of a quarry, cleaning soil poisoned by lead, the underpinnings of some dunes… but do we really serve these actions? A scientific team…