The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) invites students to participate in Mindmashup: a video contest to illustrate the value of information sharing. The winner will receive $1,000, a public screening and a “Sparky Award”. Perhaps the Chemists Without Borders Open Chemistry position statement and initiatives such as Useful Chemistry could be a good …
Once again, the lack of water is the cause of disaster. In Darfur, the lack of water, as well as the cutting of trees has rapidly caused environmental harm. On the brighter side, the implementation of efficient stoves to make clay bricks has done some good: In the Es Sallam camp next to El Fasher, …
From The SF Chronicle: The Sonoma County Water Agency was directed by the State Water Resources Control Board on Wednesday to reduce its water diversions from the Russian River by 15 percent to protect the fall spawning of salmon. That order spurred Thursday’s restrictions, which will be implemented by individual water districts and other entities …
Los Angeles could sure use this. ELMO
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San Jose Mercury News – Global Philanthropy Forum explores new way of giving Contact Mary Anne Ostrom at mostrom@mercurynews.com or (415)477-3794.
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From an MSNBC article on coal fired power plants: Companies say the new coal plants are better than old ones, though both use the same approach: pulverizing coal, then burning it in huge boilers to power giant turbines. The new $1.1 billion MidAmerican facility will be one of the nation’s biggest, with 790 megawatts of …
See the inspiring article about Dr. Victoria Hale. ELMO