Environment, Attitudes, and Behavior This isn't the sort of thing I blog about regularly, but it strikes me that this New York Times article on suicide, of all things, has an important lesson about how our physical environments can shape our behavior. ...Imagine Cup Winners - Games for a Sustainable Environment I'll write a full account later, but I wanted to report that the winners were announced today. The games needed to appeal to the competition theme of "imagine how technology can enable a sustainable environment." The first place winner ... SETTING THE TABLE FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT (July 8, 2008) – Small steps can help reduce your family’s carbon footprint – that all-important measure of your effect on the environment. Still, the average American generates 20 tons of carbon dioxide – a heat-trapping greenhouse gas ... You only have yourself to blame… Environmental Sustainability in the Premedia Arena; a webinar series from the IPA for strategic decision makers looking to reduce costs and win business through their knowledge of sustainability. For more information, registration, ... Environment Canada needs your help. The good folks at Environment Canada in Edmonton keep in touch with me from time to time about weather related issues. Sometime back, when I first received a call from them asking what the weather was like here I jokingly blogged that I ... Now, ‘green’ report cards for US colleges In addition to green campus factors, it grades how well a school uses its investment leverage to advocate for the environment. “When people are comparing schools that all say they are leaders on sustainability … ... Ex-officials urge creation of geoscience mega-agency To cut costs and to improve the study of the earth’s environment, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the US Geological Survey should be merged into a single agency, urged a group of former officials ... Why Europe backpedals on biofuel targets “At the moment, on the evidence that we have got, getting to 10 percent is going to be very difficult without causing environmental damage and an effect on food prices.†Adrian Bebb of Friends of the Earth adds: “The political tide in ... EcoURLs: Saving the Environment With Social News I know you like to spread the word about environmental problems and solutions. You probably send email blasts to your family, and save articles to share with friends. When gas prices come up in conversation, you explode with information ... Should we ponder our environment a little more? On a micro scale it is very nice to have out of season food stuffs on the shelves, but there is no way that transportation of goods on that scale cannot be damaging to the environment. Never mind the gasses we pump into the atmosphere ...
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