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Posted By:  vkam
Posted On:  Jun 8, 2008

  Event: NatureWatch/IWA Young Water Professionals Conference/2008 Call for Paper(On-going)

------------------------------------ NatureWatch (On-going) ------------------------------------ NatureWatch is a suite of community-based "citizen science" monitoring programmes including FrogWatch , WormWatch , IceWatch , and PlantWatch .  Through these programmes,...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam
Posted On:  Jun 2, 2008

  China: Plastic Ban Effective Jun 1st

SHANGHAI—Thin plastic bags are used for everything in China and the Chinese use up to three billion of them a day--an environmentally costly habit picked up by shopkeepers and consumers in the late 1980s for convenience over traditional cloth bags. Fruit mongers weigh produce in them,...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam
Posted On:  Jun 2, 2008

  30km - Are You in the Nuclear Zone?

Pickering B Nuclear Plant: Safety has Eroded Canada's nuclear safety watchdog warned last month that it was concerned about an "erosion of safety margins" at the Pickering B nuclear station near Toronto. A letter from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission surfaced Tuesday on...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam
Posted On:  Jun 2, 2008

  Event: Canadian Environment Week Events & More

-------------------------------------------- Commuter Challenge (Jun 1-7) -------------------------------------------- Commuter Challenge is a national program that encourages Canadians to walk, cycle, take transit, carpool or tele-work instead of driving alone to work. The Challenge supports...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam
Posted On:  May 14, 2008

  Zerofootprint Toronto & Go Blue

The City of Toronto has partnered with Zerofootprint to develop a new campaign called "Zerofootprint Toronto", the first-ever community-wide initiative aimed at engaging citizens in the fight against climate change.  The program, which provides free access to the Zerofootprint...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam
Posted On:  May 15, 2008

  NOS for Environmental Employment - Call for Participants

ECO Canada invites environmental professionals with 5 years or more of environmental experience to update the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Environmental Employment. The standards are important to our sector's evolution as they define and communicate: what environmental work is,...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam
Posted On:  May 15, 2008

  E-Coli as Renewable Energy Source?

It seems that what doesn’t kill you can make you greener.  Researchers at Texas A&M University are experimenting with the infamous food-borne bacteria E. coli to see if it can be used as a new renewable energy source. Thomas Wood, a professor of chemistry at the school, says that...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam
Posted On:  May 15, 2008

  Events: Doors Open & Green Toronto Festivals...plus more (May 23-31)

----------------------- Friday, May 23 4:30pm-9:30pm ----------------------- Doors Open Toronto Kick Off Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queen's Park) Speakers: Mayor David Miller, ROM CEO William Thorsell and other VIPs at 6 p.m., plus performances by Tafelmusik and the Toronto Consort....... [view]

Posted By:  vkam
Posted On:  Dec 20, 2007

  Solar Power to Convert CO2 Into Fuel?

What if, instead of spewing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, factories or power plants could recycle the global warming gas and turn it into fuel? Researchers have developed a technique that does just that. The Sunshine to Petrol project at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque,...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam
Posted On:  Jan 4, 2008

  Container City - A Sustainable Housing Solution!

Containers are an extremely flexible method of construction, being both modular in shape, extremely strong structurally and readily available. Container Cities offer an alternative solution to traditional space provision. They are ideal for office and workspace, live-work and key-worker...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam
Posted On:  Jan 8, 2008

  "The Sustainability Test" - Call for Submissions (Due: Feb 4th)

Alternatives Journal is looking for articles that define the boundaries and test the soundness of sustainability in the 21st Century.   It’s been 20 years since Gro Harlem Brundtland coined the phrase “sustainable development.” Since then, the term has had amazing...... [view]

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