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Food & Communication: Recipes for Development (TED Talks on solar cooking)
TED Talks on solar cooking - Louise Meyer was joined by José Andrés and Marcela Valladolid for a TEDx WashingtonCircle presentation titled Food & Communication: Recipes for Development.
World's biggest polluters won't cut back on fossil fuel
Six of the world's major polluters, who participated in this week's Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (AP6 or APPCDC), have launched a multi-million dollar fund to develop clean-energy, but stressed they will be heavily reliant on polluting fossil-fuels for generations to come.
US House committee approves daylight saving time amendment
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee passed an amendment on Wednesday to extend daylight saving time by two months. The bipartisan measure is sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton, Republican of Michigan, and Rep. Ed Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts.
Disputed island disappears beneath sea on India-Bangladesh border
The island of New Moore, an uninhabited territory near the Bay of Bengal between India and Bangladesh, has vanished, according to Indian scientists.
Second round of Bonn UN Climate Change negotiations continue
The 2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 16) negotiations continued this week in Bonn, Germany
Healing ozone layer may contribute to global warming
The ozone hole was potentially a major catastrophe for the planet that was only stopped by the Montreal Protocol, so we can't go back on that
—Professor Ken Carslaw
Largest mass extinction in 65 million years underway
Environmental scientists say they have concrete evidence that the planet is undergoing the "largest mass extinction in 65 million years". Leading environmental scientist Professor Norman Myers says the Earth is experiencing its "Sixth Extinction."
Building a Vibrant Energy Market for the SouthEast
Welcome to the 7th Annual Southeast Bioenergy Conference. Our Planning
Committee is hard at work putting together a program focused on bringing you the
information and technology essential to "Building a Vibrant Energy Market
for the Southeast".
Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference
SSCC sets itself apart from other conferences by creating a program that features in-depth presentations and workshops. Sessions are 50 and 80-minutes in length allowing for dialogue and shared learning.
Cradle to Cradle Design event
In the Cradle to Cradle model, all materials used in industrial or commercial
processes--such as metals, fibers, dyes--are seen to fall into one of two categories:
"technical" or "biological" nutrients.