Have We Crossed the 9 Planetary Boundaries? Posted 05 August 2011, by Renee Cho, Earth institute, Columbia University, blogs.ei.columbia.edu The world needs to awaken itself to the looming catastrophe of global warming,” said Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, at a recent meeting in Muscat. “We must provide a safe operating space where vested [...]
Archive for August 17th, 2011
17 Aug
Hydraulic Fracturing: Resources for Journalists
Hydraulic Fracturing: Resources for Journalists Posted 15 August 2011, by Kevin Krajick, Earth Institute, Columbia University, blogs.ei.columbia.edu Earth Institute scientists can offer a wide range of expertise to journalists covering natural-gas production using hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking). This includes basics of energy exploration and extraction; rock mechanics; contaminants in underground water; manmade earthquakes; [...]
17 Aug
Tree Rings, Ecology and Culture in Mongolia
Tree Rings, Ecology and Culture in Mongolia Posted 15 August 2011, by David Funkhouser, Earth Institute, Columbia University, blogs.ei.columbia.edu Neil Pederson of the Tree Ring Lab at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is out there – that is, out beyond where human beings generally tread, in the remote forests of Mongolia. As his colleague, Amy [...]
17 Aug
Pedal Powered Street Books Library for homeless
Pedal Powered Street Books Library for homeless Posted 11 August 2011, by Alvin, Planet Custodian, planetcustodian.com Laura Moulton visits various spots on her pedal powered library and makes an effort to provide books to those who cannot access libraries. It’s a routine for Laura to visit Portland street with her mobile library. The procedure is [...]
17 Aug
Creve Coeur Sees Trio Of Corporate Protests Monday
Creve Coeur Sees Trio Of Corporate Protests Monday Activists from around the country target firms based here. Posted 16 August 2011, by Gregg Palermo, CreveCoeurPatch (Patch Network), crevecoeur.patch.com When you talk to city leaders and business executives, they often cite Creve Coeur‘s easy access to restaurants and interstate highways as a sellling point for someone to [...]
17 Aug
Be Fruitful and Multiply
Be Fruitful and Multiply Posted 16 August 2011, by Karen Gushta, The Christian Post, christianpost.com You may have missed the birth of celebrity couple Victoria and David Beckham’s fourth child in July, but Simon Ross, head of the British nonprofit, Population Matters, didn’t. Mr. Ross told Britain’s Observer that the Beckhams and London Mayor Boris [...]
17 Aug
San Diego Zoo Global, PLNU to unveil new economic index
San Diego Zoo Global, PLNU to unveil new economic index Posted 16 August 2011, by Staff, Nazarene Communications Network, ncnnews.org Biomimicry could bring business and sustainability together in a whole new, game-changing way. Lynn Reaser, chief economist at Point Loma Nazarene University’s Fermanian Business & Economic Institute, will unveil the Da Vinci Index at [...]
17 Aug
Biomimicry, Innovation, and the Global Economy
Biomimicry, Innovation, and the Global Economy Posted 16 August 2011, by Bruce V. Bigelow, Xconomy, xconomy.com 8/24/11 5 – 7 pm San Diego Zoo Treetops Room Lynn Reaser, the chief economist at the Point Loma Nazarene University Fermanian Business and Economic Institute, was commissioned last year to conduct an economic impact study [...]
