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Education and sustainability ... - Daniella Tilbury, International Union for Conservati... - 2 views

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    "Education and sustainability: responding to the global challenge By Daniella Tilbury, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources"
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Natural Growth Project | Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture - 0 views

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    Combining horticulture and psychotherapy it takes as its fundamental premise that everyone, everywhere, whatever their experiences, has a continued relationship with nature.
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The Wealth of Nature - Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Human Well-Being - 0 views

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    "covers legal, academic, and regulatory developments pertaining to the valuation of environmental amenities and disamenities, such as clean air, trees, parks, congestion, and noise. "
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Grounds for Learning, The UK School Grounds Charity - 0 views

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    School grounds are essential to children's learning and development, providing opportunities for healthy exercise, creative play, making friends, learning through doing and getting in touch with the natural world. We believe all children have the right to enjoy and benefit from well designed, managed and used school grounds.
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Global Ecovillage Network Europe - 0 views

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    GEN-Europe is the European ecovillage association promoting environmental protection and restoration of nature through the concept of ecovillages as models for sustainable human settlements.
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    GEN-Europe is the European ecovillage association promoting environmental protection and restoration of nature through the concept of ecovillages as models for sustainable human settlements.
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Defra, UK - Rural and Countryside - 0 views

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    "Defra is the Rural Hub in Government. It is the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, but a great deal of its work is "rural" in one way or another. Some 86% of the land area in England is classified as rural, and most of that is either farmland, forest, managed landscape or natural open spaces,"
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Jeremy Grantham must-read, "Time to Wake Up: Days of Abundant Resources and F... - 0 views

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    "The world is using up its natural resources at an alarming rate, and this has caused a permanent shift in their value. We all need to adjust our behavior to this new environment. It would help if we did it quickly."
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Eco Glossary | MNN - Mother Nature Network - 0 views

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    MNN (Mother Nature Network)Eco-Glossary Want to know more about everything from acid rain to wind power? Check out our eco-glossary to learn more and read recent stories on these topics.
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Bioneers - 1 views

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    "an emerging culture of social and scientific innovators who are mimicking nature¹s operating instructions to serve human ends while enriching the web of life. We take a "solve-the-whole-problem" approach"
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~ Commonwork ~ - 0 views

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    ""Our vision is of a fairer world, in which people collaborate with each other and with nature everywhere, recognising that all are interconnected.""
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00227-2010BKT-EN.PDF (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    Biodiversity is life. Scientists use the word to describe the links and variety between all living things on the planet - including humans. You may think of biodiversity as the environment, or as nature, wildlife, plants and animals, but the important thing to remember is it's all inter-connected. That includes every person too - we all rely on biodiversity for our survival, because of the vast number of goods and services our planet provides for us
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Environmental Justice Foundation EJF: Protecting People and Planet - 0 views

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    "By providing film and advocacy training to partners in the global south EJF protects the natural environment and the people and wildlife that depend upon it by empowering local communities to investigate, expose and peacefully resolve abuses. EJF campaigns internationally on the issues our grassroots partners work locally to solve including cotton production, pirate fishing, shrimp farming, pesticides, wildlife and climate refugees. "
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The Earth Charter Initiative - 0 views

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    The Earth Charter is a set of internationally agreed, cross-cultural, cross-religious, cross-political values to guide our relations with the rest of human and non-human nature. It has an education programme, a youth initiative and a community programme.
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BioThinking for Sustainable Design and Business Vitality - index.htm - 0 views

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    This website aims to be an educational resource for people wishing to understand how the world, both manmade and natural, operates along biological principles. Biothinking results in products, processes and business models that are adaptable, sustainable and well suited to their niche.
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WWF - WWF - 0 views

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    "You are part of nature. You rely on the diversity of life, what we call "biodiversity", to provide you with food, fuel, medicine and other essentials you simply cannot live without. So if biodiversity delivers real benefits to our well-being, why don't we value it more?"
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Biodiversity is life | IYB - UK - 0 views

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    "Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth. It is essential for sustaining the natural living systems or ecosystems that provide us with food, fuel, health, wealth, and other vital services." International Year of Bio-diversity
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The Barefoot Beekeeper - 0 views

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    "This site is about sustainable, low-impact, low-cost, chemical-free, small-scale, 'organic' or 'natural' beekeeping, using simple equipment that almost anyone can make at home. "
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Satoyama Initiative - 0 views

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    Satoyama landscape refers to a traditional Japanese socio-ecological production landscape and an example of multi-functional land use wherein residents employ agricultural practices and natural resource management techniques that optimize the benefits derived from local ecosystems.
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Defra, UK - Environmental Protection - Recycling and Waste - 0 views

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    "Taking action on waste is essential. We consume natural resources at an unsustainable rate and contribute unnecessarily to climate change. Each year we generate about 100 million tonnes of waste from households, commerce and industry."
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Ecological Principles | Center for Ecoliteracy - 0 views

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    "Creating communities that are compatible with nature's processes for sustaining life requires basic ecological knowledge. "
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