Image via Wikipedia Upcoming Conference: The Green Science Policy Institute Fire Retardant Dilemma Symposia How can we achieve fire and environmental safety as well as protect public health? This series brings together contributors from industry, government, academia, and citizen groups to share information and research results on the impacts of new fire retardant technologies, materials, …
May 4, 2009 Dear Colleague: The widely acclaimed and longest-running Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference in the world is being held June 23-25 at the country’s first environmentally friendly hotel and conference center in beautiful College Park, Maryland, USA, a short subway ride from our Nation’s Capital. You won’t want to miss this conference! You …
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Image via Wikipedia Olga Speranskaya works to identify and eliminate chemical stockpiles in former USSR countries. “Russian scientist Olga Speranskaya successfully transformed the NGO community in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) into a potent, participatory force working to identify and eliminate the Soviet legacy of toxic chemicals in the environment.” Olga’s work …
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2009 — Scientists and engineers will face a host of obstacles over the next decade in providing clean water to millions of people caught up in a water shortage crisis, a panel of scientists and engineers said today at a briefing at the Broadcast Center of the National Press Building on the …
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Image via Wikipedia High in the Andes lie the world’s largest reserves of lithium, the metal which is likely to help power the electric and hybrid vehicles of the future.Watch this great report by Lindsey Hilsum, UK Channel 4 News (Updated on 07 April 2009): Related articles by Zemanta Hybrid Car Future Hinges on Bolivia’s …
EPEAT is a system to help purchasers evaluate, compare and select electronic products based on their environmental attributes. The system currently covers desktop and laptop computers, workstations and computer monitors.
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Image via Wikipedia Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf details her rise to power and her personal experiences with domestic abuse in her book “This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life.” Johnson-Sirleaf talks about her life and country with Margaret Warner. Related articles by Zemanta Learn about Ellen Sirleaf and John Sentamu (5min.com)
Image via Wikipedia See this award-winning film! The other night, I watched a troubling film on the Sundance channel on cable TV entitled “Flow: For The Love of Water”. (Often, I get fired up about things I’ve recently become aware of, then realize that others have been working arduously on the issue for a long …
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