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Benno Hansen

Readers response: will Rio+20 make a difference to sustainable development? | Guardian ... - 0 views

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  • Rio+20 can definitely make a difference to sustainable development is by following through on the clause in the draft document which commits member states to develop an international policy framework requiring companies to publish sustainability reports
  • there is a collective learning curve, and it takes as long as it does, and that some stages have to be gone through first
  • Rio+20 will make a difference, but I think we need to combine it with habitat 2015 and the 2015 World Conference on Women as well. We need to stop thinking of some conferences as make-or-break, and instead look at how each one can move us along further.
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  • By bringing together political leaders, civil society groups and businesses, Rio+20 provides an opportunity to jumpstart a renewed commitment toward a more sustainable planet. This won't come easily-- and it's only possible if we're willing to acknowledge that the world has shifted profoundly since 1992.
  • companies are starting to see sustainability as a competitive advantage. We need to hear these stories
Alex Parker

5 key announcements from IDF14 so far - 1 views

www.cbronline.com/...ents-from-idf14-so-far-4369728

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shared by Alex Parker on 15 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 15 Sep 14
     
    by Joe Curtis| 11 September 2014 Intel Developer Forum is underway: here are the biggest talking points. Lost amid the fuss being made over Apple right now, Intel has made a series of big announcements at its annual Intel Developer Forum, IDF14. Here's five key take aways so far, from the Internet of Things to biometrics.
Alex Parker

Tweeting, Liking & Sharing: Top 5 social media management tools - 1 views

www.cbronline.com/...media-management-tools-4586947

shared by Alex Parker on 28 May 15 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 28 May 15
     
    How do you measure the value of your social media efforts? Social media is now a vital aspect of today's business world. Regardless of industry, businesses and corporations are taking to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and a host of other platforms in order to engage with customers and boost brand awareness.
Benno Hansen

We Don't Know What We're Missing | Psychology Today - 2 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 26 Dec 11 - No Cached
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  • Across generations people construct a conception of what is environmentally normal based on the natural world encountered in childhood
  • with each ensuing generation, the amount of environmental degradation increases, but each generation tends to take that degraded condition as the non-degraded condition, as the normal experience
  • None of us living today have experienced certain forms of interaction with nature that were common even one or two hundred years ago.
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  • Today the Highlands of Scotland are one of the most deforested lands in the world. Perhaps equally disturbing, the Scots of today, according to Hand, have virtually no conception of a forest, of its ecological vastness and beauty.
  • environmental problems can be understood as equally serious across generations even while the problems worsen.
Arabica Robusta

allAfrica.com: Africa: Continent Rejects New Climate Change Pact (Page 1 of 1) - 0 views

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shared by Arabica Robusta on 28 Oct 09 - Cached
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  • Arabica Robusta on 28 Oct 09
     
    "Developed" countries should take responsibility for climate change mitigation.
  • nehasharma786 on 13 Aug 15
     
    nice news change climate environment
eyal matsliah

The No Impact sustainable eating plan - 0 views

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shared by eyal matsliah on 08 Aug 07 - Cached
  • A diet that is local, unfrozen and unprocessed, seasonal, organic or near-organic, has no packaging and is based on mostly grain and vegetables, including little or no beef or dairy
  • Production has its impact by water use, land use, energy use, and herbicide and pesticide use:
  • Eat organic or close to it—to cut down on the chemicals.
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  • Eating seasonally—avoids carbon emissions produced by oil-guzzling boilers used to heat greenhouses and by power plants used to keep things frozen.
  • If  you’re veggie, eat more eggs than cheese—one pound of cheese takes ten pounds of milk to make. It has about the same impact as a pound of beef.  I’ve read that far-away beans as a protein source may be better than local cheese. Eat fresh and seasonal—freezing and keeping food frozen is not so low impact.
  • Bring your own cloth shopping bags and buy loose produce.
  • Distribution means transportation and the average piece of American food has traveled 1500 Miles to get to your plate. I emphasize local because: A regional and local food system would release five to seventeen times less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than our current national and international model (according to this Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture study).
Benno Hansen

Coal Mining Costs Appalachia $9-$76 Billion per Year More Than it Brings In: New Study ... - 0 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 13 Jul 09 - Cached
  • illness and premature death in coal mining regions far outweigh any economic benefits
  • though coal mining brought in about $8 billion to the state coffers of Appalachian states, the costs of the shorter life-spans associated with coal mining operations were nearly $17 billion to $84.5 billion
  • Everyone who lives near the mines or processing plants or transportation centers is affected by chronic socioeconomic weakness that takes a toll on longevity and health.
Mark Kabbbash

I take GTXO and My Athlete for a ride! - View Message - 0 views

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Biking Bike Touring investor social network GTXO

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  • Mark Kabbbash on 01 May 09
     
    Log in and check this out!
  • Mark Kabbbash on 01 May 09
     
    From beginning to end it is 42 miles for great fun. Thanks to Patrick Bertagna, the CEO of GTX Corp http://www.gtxcorp.com/?q=/about/ceos_message and John Brennan, the CEO of My Athlete http://www.myathletegps.com/index.html I can prove the usefulness of this fine technology. You will be able to track our progress by the minute (and see just out of shape I am while I drag about 300 LBS around 65 miles yes my son will be peddling......some!)
Arabica Robusta

'No regrets': The World Bank and climate change (Bretton Woods Project) - 0 views

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shared by Arabica Robusta on 08 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Developing and middle income countries were angry that while the draft framework contains a range of prescriptions for developing countries, it fails to recognise that developed countries should uphold their responsibilities to take the lead in combating climate change by reducing their emissions.
  • The draft framework has little to say about existing operations, but the Bank claims to be "leading by example" by making all its offices "carbon neutral", though this will largely be achieved by the controversial practice of purchasing offsets rather than reducing emissions.
Benno Hansen

Proving the 'shifting baselines' theory: how humans consistently misperceive nature - 0 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 24 Jan 10 - Cached
  • what we see as pristine nature would be seen by our ancestors as hopelessly degraded, and what we see as degraded our children will view as ‘natural’
  • two different types of shifting baselines: generational amnesia and personal amnesia
  • Generational amnesia is when knowledge is not passed down from generation to generation.
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  • National Parks are often view by Americans as the emblem of nature—even with roads running through them clogged with traffic.
  • The evidence for personal amnesia comes from an analysis of the responses of those people who thought that the bird fauna of the area had not changed
  • evidence of “generational amnesia
  • over one-third of participants had a static view
  • Personal amnesia is when people forget how things used to be during the course of their own lives, for example they may not remember that things which are rarely sighted now were once common
  • “If we don't realize what we are losing we stand the risk of sleepwalking through the destruction of the natural world without taking action to remedy the situation,”
  • in the western United States wolves have been locally extinct for so long that no one remembers when they were plentiful. As far the community is concerned wolves are not a part of the natural environment
  • The problem is especially exacerbated when scientific data is not available regarding past conditions of an ecosystem
  • human perception of nature is subject to all sorts of failings, due to short life spans, poor communication (generational amnesia), and unreliable memory(personal amnesia)
Jean Peterson

Artificial Grass Perth are Good Alternative to Natural Grass - 2 views

I once used natural grass on my lawn in Perth. However, due to the nature of my work, I had no time to take care of my lawn until it all withered up. But, still I wanted to have a green look in my ...

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started by Jean Peterson on 12 Jan 11 no follow-up yet
Benno Hansen

Jared Diamond Video: With Climate Change, Americans Have Unique Chance to Avoid the Fat... - 0 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 19 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Jared Diamond talks about climate change, drawing parallels between modern Americans and the Classic southern lowland Maya – who failed to take the actions that might have avoided the collapse of their civilization
  • we must not only slow its pace by reducing emissions, but we must prepare for its impacts and adapt
Jean Peterson

Great Job GreenPlanetGrass - 1 views

Thank you GreenPlanetGrass. We are pleased with the installation of our synthetic lawn. It looks terrific and just what we had hoped for. We were quite impressed with all the aspects of your operat...

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started by Jean Peterson on 06 Apr 11 no follow-up yet
Alex Parker

The remarkable decline of oil spills in the Baltic Sea - lessons learnt? - 1 views

www.offshore-technology.com/...ills-in-the-baltic-sea-4379564

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shared by Alex Parker on 15 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 15 Oct 14
     
    Oil spills in the Baltic Sea have continued to drop off in recent years as a result of various authoritative measures, revised legislation and improved aerial and satellite surveillance. Ross Davies takes a closer look at the region's success story Some years back, the Baltic Sea had something of a reputation as being a cradle for oil spills.The figures speak for themselves.
Alex Parker

Big rigs: how to move the world's largest rigs - 2 views

www.offshore-technology.com/...he-worlds-largest-rigs-4265775

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shared by Alex Parker on 14 May 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 14 May 14
     
    Oil and gas rigs are some of the biggest moveable structures in the world. Modern rigs cost millions of dollars and can weigh up to 30,000 tons.
  • Alex Parker on 06 Jan 15
     
    Oil and gas rigs are some of the biggest moveable structures in the world. Modern rigs cost millions of dollars and can weigh up to 30,000 tons. So what does it take to move these engineering marvels? We ask David Wells, CEO of consultancy, and rig-moving specialists, Aqualis Offshore.
Alex Parker

Could China lead the Electric Vehicle revolution? - 1 views

www.power-technology.com/...lead-the-ev-revolution-4424176

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shared by Alex Parker on 20 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 20 Nov 14
     
    China has signalled plans to invest $16bn into its electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, a move that could stimulate massive growth in EV sales and help the country cut carbon emissions. We take a look at the project and find out what impact an EV revolution could have on the power grid.
Alex Parker

March's top stories: China plans space power station, E.ON to shut German plants - 1 views

www.power-technology.com/...r-plants-to-go-offline-4547445

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  • Alex Parker on 15 Apr 15
     
    China intends to develop a solar power station in space as part of its efforts to cut down greenhouse gases and tackle energy shortage, and E.ON plans to take two of its gas-fired power plants in Germany offline due to unprofitability.
Benno Hansen

British town grows all of its own vegetables, witnesses improved civic life and reduced... - 1 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 30 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Fresh herbs, succulent greens, and tasty fruits can be found growing near civic buildings, college campuses, supermarket parking lots, and various other places. Small garden plots, raised planting beds, and even small soil strips in these areas can be found brimming with fresh produce, all of which are free to anyone who want it, and at any time.
  • 70 large planting beds located all around the town to plant raspberries, apricots, apples, blackcurrants, redcurrants, strawberries, beans, peas, cherries, mint, rosemary, thyme, fennel, potatoes, kale, carrots, lettuce, onions, vegetables, and herbs
  • "If you take a grass verge that was used as a litter bin and a dog toilet and turn it into a place full of herbs and fruit trees, people won't vandalize it. I think we are hard-wired not to damage food," said Warhurst
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  • the Incredible Edible program has improved community relations, and reduced crime by an incrementally higher amount every single year since it first started
Alex Parker

Climate change to fuel dramatic rise in energy demand by 2050 | Verdict - 1 views

www.verdict.co.uk/climate-change-energy-demand

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shared by Alex Parker on 25 Jun 19 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 25 Jun 19
     
    An exhaustive global study has found that climate change is set to drive up energy demand significantly by 2050, suggesting policymakers and the energy industry need to take action now to prevent a surge in energy related costs over the next few decades.
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