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ARTIFICIAL GRASS: MY LANDSCAPE DREAM COME TRUE - 1 views

Having a well-manicured lawn has always been my dream but the maintenance cost of using natural grass has stopped me from making it a reality. Thinking about the constant lawn mowing, installation ...

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Benno Hansen

Do nations go to war over water? : Article : Nature - 1 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 25 Mar 09 - Cached
  • There are 263 cross-boundary waterways in the world. Between 1948 and 1999, cooperation over water, including the signing of treaties, far outweighed conflict over water and violent conflict in particular. Of 1,831 instances of interactions over international freshwater resources tallied over that time period (including everything from unofficial verbal exchanges to economic agreements or military action), 67% were cooperative, only 28% were conflictive, and the remaining 5% were neutral or insignificant. In those five decades, there were no formal declarations of war over water2.
  • it is foolish for Israel, a water-short country, to grow and then export products such as oranges and avocados, which require a lot of water to cultivate
  • water 'embedded' in traded products could be important in explaining the absence of conflict over water
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  • as poor countries diversify their economies, they turn away from agriculture and create wealth from industries that use less water. As a country becomes richer, it may require more water overall to sustain its booming population, but it can afford to import food to make up the shortfall
  • Israel ran out of water in the 1950s: it has not since then produced enough water to meet all of its needs, including food production. Jordan has been in the same situation since the 1960s; Egypt since the 1970s. Although it is true that these countries have fought wars with each other, they have not fought over water. Instead they all import grain.
  • Palestinian and Israeli water professionals interact on a Joint Water Committee, established by the Oslo-II Accords in 1995. It is not an equal partnership: Israel has de facto veto power on the committee.
  • Inequitable access to water resources is a result of the broader conflict and power dynamics: it does not itself cause war.
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      Benno Hansen on 25 Mar 09
       
      From causation to hen/egg
  • although India and Pakistan have fought three wars and frequently find themselves in eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, arbitrated by the World Bank, has more than once helped to defuse tensions over water
  • predictions of armed conflict come from the media and from popular, non-peer-reviewed work
  • I offered to revise its thesis, but my publishers pointed out that predicting an absence of war over water would not sell.
  • most importantly, improve the conditions of trade for developing countries to strengthen their economies
Benno Hansen

Worldchanging: Bright Green: Jane McGonigal on Gaming for Good - 0 views

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  • EVOKE, which she is developing for the World Bank Institute, promises to deliver “a crash course in changing the world”
  • alternate reality game designers are trying to get people to play in the real world. We want people to bring the same curiosity, wonder, and optimism that you feel when in your favorite video games into your real lives and real problems
  • built on top of social networks, so we use ordinary online tools like online video, blogs, wikis, and being part of a network
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  • cognitive scientists now define the ability to play a game as the distinguishing cognitive trait of the human brain
  • my benchmark for the games I want to help create is that they should only be games that serve a humanitarian purpose, that give people a chance to tackle urgent problems like poverty, that lead to world peace.
Skeptical Debunker

Delivering Health, Wealth and Water, Drip by Drip - 0 views

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shared by Skeptical Debunker on 03 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Solar-powered drip irrigation enhances food security in the Sudano–Sahel documents a field research project which found that: "solar-powered drip irrigation significantly augments both household income and nutritional intake, particularly during the dry season, and is cost effective compared to alternative technologies" Over the decades, irrigation has been shown to greatly increase agricultural productivity. Drip irrigation is spreading rapidly in Africa, with significant benefits. "Drip irrigation delivers water (and fertilizer) directly to the roots of plants, thereby improving soil moisture conditions; in some studies, this has resulted in yield gains of up to 100%, water savings of up to 40–80%, and associated fertilizer, pesticide, and labor savings over conventional irrigation systems" The solar-powered systems, however, look to offer the potential for even better results. From the study on impacts of PVDI systems it was reported: "The women’s agricultural group members utilizing the PVDI systems became strong net producers in vegetables with extra income earned from sales, significantly increasing their purchases of staples, pulses, and protein during the dry season, and oil during the rainy season. Finally, survey respondents were asked how frequently they were unable to meet their household food needs. Based on the frequency and most recent incident, households were assigned a food insecurity score ranging from zero (no problems during the previous year) to one (perpetually unable to meet food needs). This score changed significantly for project beneficiaries, as they were 17% less likely to feel chronically food-insecure. In short, the PVDI systems had a remarkable effect on both year-round and seasonal food access."
  • Skeptical Debunker on 03 Mar 10
     
    Several weeks ago, a group of researchers published an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documenting how relatively low-powered solar systems offer the potential to increase food supplies in impoverished arid regions while reducing demands for fertilizers and other costly (in fiscal and other terms) additives.
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
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Vehicle Tracking Device Helped Save My Mother - 1 views

I am a very cautious person. I insisted with my mother who is already in her 60's to put a Geotab Go5 Compact tracking device in her car so that in case she gets lost along the way, I can locate wh...

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started by car tracking on 11 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
Plantora App

Parlor Palm Care: A Complete Guide - Plantora - 0 views

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  • Plantora App on 18 Dec 23
     
    The Parlor Palm, also known as the Neanthe Bella palm or the Good Luck palm, is a popular indoor plant known for its attractive appearance and relatively easy care. Here's a complete guide on how to care for a Parlor Palm: Light, Temperature,Watering, Humidity, Soil, Fertilizing, Pest and Propagation. Read the full article for healthy and thriving Parlor Palm in your indoor space.
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13 Plants That Attract Hummingbirds for a Pollinator Garden. - 0 views

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  • Plantora App on 15 Apr 25
     
    Many hummingbird-attracting plants can be grown in a garden to help pollinate it. Most hummingbird-attracting plants are flowering plants that produce sweet nectar, which is an essential component of a hummingbird's diet. Hummingbirds can feast on approximately 2,000 blooms per day to meet their nutritional demands. These pollinators travel large distances during their migration, and planting hummingbird-friendly plants can help them along the way. Hummingbirds are drawn to plants that produce nectar, but they also choose plants with brilliant colors and tube-shaped blooms into which they can dip their long beaks. Furthermore, red is their preferred color. By growing the hummingbird-attracting plants included in this comprehensive guide, you can also create a visually appealing garden. Furthermore, these plants are easy to grow and require little maintenance. Hummingbirds are quite territorial, so make sure to separate the plants apart.
ReachAMY USA

Strengthen Communities Through Social Service Volunteering: Your Guide to Making a Diff... - 0 views

ReachAMY is a platform that helps people create and manage volunteering events. It allows you to plan, promote, and track your event’s success. Whether you want to organize a community clean-...

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started by ReachAMY USA on 05 Mar 25 no follow-up yet
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    Window Tint's blog on Netlog. Take a look at Window Tint's blog, place a reaction and/or add a rating!
Jacob Martin

The No. 1 Hotel In Glenelg - 1 views

I was so exhausted and stressed with last month's company audit that I felt I really needed a break. And I wanted to make sure that I will be a place that can give me an atmosphere that is totally ...

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Edgar Anderson

Losing Weight Through Professional Help - 1 views

It is not easy being an obese because you always become the subject of ridicule. It is for this reason that I really exerted enough efforts going to the gym in order to lose weight. Yet, I did not ...

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vrocky

Top skincare tips for working women - 0 views

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shared by vrocky on 26 Sep 16 - No Cached
  • vrocky on 26 Sep 16
     
    Working Women Skincare Tips If you are able to run away from fast food fast sufficient, you might be doing a enormous favour to your skin. The ingredients in fast food can damage your health and your skin too. At work, have a some of almonds, berries or some fruits handy. You need habitually eat all types and colours of organic, fresh vegetables, particularly green and leafy ones. Be necessary at least one cup of two-three dissimilar types of berries thrice a week. Take in veggie juices in your diet. These types of foods are sure to improvement your antioxidant
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BEarthright - Spiritual Economics - 0 views

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shared by Joelle Nebbe-Mornod on 25 Jun 16 - Cached
  • Joelle Nebbe-Mornod on 25 Jun 16
     
    "If you own no land to support yourself, you must rent, hire or buy it from those that do, so that you may both live and make a living If you cannot use the planet to feed, clothe and provide for yourself then to stay alive, you must choose to either work for those who own your planet, to become a thief or a beggar, or to die. This servitude has taken on many forms throughout history: slavery, serfdom, day-labour, employment. The only variation being the share of the wealth produced left to the planet borrowers by the planet owners This simple reality underlies much of today's poverty, inequality, lack of freedom, unemployment and powerlessness, experienced as the sheer struggle to get by that looms so large in so many peoples' lives These latter day pharaohs, the planet owners, the richest 5% - allow the rest of us to pay day after day for the right to live on their planet. And as we make them richer, they buy yet more of the planet for themselves, and use their wealth and power to fight amongst themselves over what each posesses ~ though of course it's actually us who have to fight and die in their wars"
Adelaide Venues

Perfect Adelaide Venues - 1 views

We had our engagement celebration at The Marquis and it was a success. Everything was perfectly set up. The food was perfectly cooked, the venue was perfect and intimate and the wine that they have...

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Benno Hansen

Earth Summit is doomed to fail, say leading ecologists - environment - 10 February 2012... - 0 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 13 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • "We are disillusioned. The current political system is broken," said Bob Watson, the UK government's chief environmental science advisor
  • "Last time in Rio we had an unreasonable faith in governments. Since then we've lost our innocence in believing government was wise and benevolent and far-sighted. That's been blown completely out of the water," said Camilla Toulmin, director of the International Institute for Environment and Development, a non-profit organisation based in London.
  • "The UN text [for the summit declaration] is weak," said energy researcher José Goldemberg, who was Brazil's environment secretary at the time of the first summit.
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  • Syukuro Manabe, a climate modeller at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "the political system is not motivated to worry about the future".
  • "Decision-makers should learn from and scale up grass-roots action and knowledge in areas like energy, food, water and natural resources," the panel declared.
Benno Hansen

Environmental progress looks south | Blog | Ode Magazine - 0 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 27 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • the overdeveloped nations of the world need to follow the example of their poor neighbors to the south, which dump far fewer pollutants into the global commons
  • these are the places where precious biodiversity, rainforests and other ecological treasures still exist - the natural ecosystems of Europe and North American were largely ravaged a century ago
  • In 2008, Ecuador became the first nation in the world to enshrine the rights of nature in its constitution. The document now asserts that nature "has the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution"
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  • Kenya adopted a new constitution that declares in Article 42, "Every person has the right to a clean and healthy environment, which includes the right - a) to have the environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations through legislative and other measures."
  • Article 69 of the new constitution also holds the state responsible for maintaining tree cover over at least ten percent of the nation’s land; for encouraging public participation in protecting and managing the environment; protecting indigenous knowledge of biodiversity; and establishing systems of environmental impact assessment.
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).
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