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…
The war and forest fires
As human culture developed, forest fires increased. This association has been observed since the glaciers retreated, 10,000 years ago. It was thought that the increase in fires was a direct…
Detective Harry Bosch is back in “Echo Park” before retiring
Madrid .- Michael Connelly, American author of famous novel, has picked up in “Echo Park” Harry Bosch, the legendary character who embodies a Los Angeles detective in many of his…
Environment and environmental protection in Finland
Let us, therefore, neither the rich, colorful glossy brochures, which can be batched in the Finnish Touristikzentrale monoplane can still largely unanimous opinion of the Finnish people, the Finnish nature…
York Edelhoff (SPD): Conservation of natural environment
Only tackle what moves. This setting I live not only in my profession, but try this in the Remscheider municipal policy. It is important to me with you to talk…
The natural environment of Newfoundland
By J Settembrino. The human history of Newfoundland and Labrador has been deeply marked by the natural environment, especially the abundance of marine resources. Different cultures have succeeded on the…
Preserving our natural environment
Today, European citizens are demanding safe food and quality products, without creating unnecessary waste, and a healthy environment. In our seas, declining fish stocks, we confront the challenges. Funds for…
Environmental protection
At the dawn of a century, industrial development has led the process of environmental degradation has accelerated dramatically to the point set as a problem that affects the very survival…
Environmental Education Directory
The first half of the 21st century will be a critical area in the evolution of environmental careers. It has been the task of the past 30 years to raise…