Americans Increasingly Unworried About the Environment

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2010-03-16

People grasp what their drinking water has to do with them.

Ecosystem Modeling

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2010-03-16

An ecosystem is no more nor less than the sum of individual responses of diverse cooperating or competing organisms to stimuli from events in their environment.

Women - Mar 15

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2010-03-15

-Malaysia begins caning women for adultery
-Fred Pearce: overpopulation worries are a potentially racist distraction
-1325 implementation - Where is Secretary-General's leadership?

Texas State Board of Education Continues Debate Over Standards for Social Studies

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Thu, 2010-03-11
by Terrence Stutz

AUSTIN - State
Board of Education members resumed their volatile debate over social
studies standards Wednesday as the panel neared its first vote on what
Texas students will be taught in U.S.

World crude oil production may peak a decade earlier than some predict

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2010-03-11

In a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil and intensify the search for alternative fuel sources, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventional crude oil production will peak i

Why GM Has No Place in a World in Transition

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2010-03-10

The piece builds on Lynas’s previous much publicised conversion to nuclear power, arguing that if we are to apply the scientific rigour that underpins climate science to all other areas of life, in

Transition Culture roundup - Mar 9

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2010-03-09

-A March Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition
-Transition on ‘One Planet’ on BBC World Service
-Transition Sunshine Coast delivers EDAP

Using behavioral science to make smarter energy policy

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2010-03-09

On Friday, journalist John Fleck made a great point, comparing coverage of two new pieces in Science

The Story of Transition Tales

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2010-03-08

This is the story of Transition Tales, a small group within Transition Town Totnes.

On ‘Bloody Sunday’ Anniversary, US Vows to Step Up Civil Rights Enforcement

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-03-08

NEW YORK - The federal Department of Education plans to intensify its civil rights enforcement efforts in schools around the country, including a deeper look at issues ranging from programs for immigrant students learning English to equal access to college

Food & agriculture - Mar 5

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-03-05

-A Future for Agriculture, A Future for Haiti
-Towards a more sustainable livestock sector
-Red Menace: Stop the Ug99 Fungus Before Its Spores Bring Starvation

Deep thought - Mar 5

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-03-05

-Empires on the Edge of Chaos
-Majoring in Idiocy
-Climate-Resilient Industrial Development Paths
-Can we design cities for happiness?

Climate Change and Environmental Education

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2010-03-03

Probably many of the scenarios presented in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) most recent reports on the natural and social impacts of global warming will take place not in the year 2100 or even 2050...Therefore, it is critically urgent to adopt policies which truly address the environmental problems we face.

Playing to Win Universal School Gardens

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2010-03-02

When I started volunteering this winter as a garden science teacher with Washington Youth Garden, entering one 3rd-grade classroom every week to help instill knowledge and enthusiasm b

Westminster University occupied in the fight against cuts

Syndicated from Libcom on Mon, 2010-03-01

Over 200 staff and students at the University of Westminster have protested, stormed the board of governors meeting and are currently in occupation, vice-chancellors office, in regard to recently proposed tutoring and administrative job cuts.