Tag: Sustainable Business
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Plants Moderate Climate Warming
As temperatures warm, plants release gases that help form clouds and cool the atmosphere, according to research from International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the University of Helsinki.
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Integral Fast Reactors: Nuclear’s Forgotten Clean Energy Solution
I wrote a post for CleanTechnica on December 6, 2011 about something I’d never before heard about, integral fast reactors — you guessed right, nuclear reactors. Titled, “Our Nuclear Trash Heap Needs IFRs,” I wrote about a 2008 book by environmentalist, Tom Blees, “Prescription for the Planet.”
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Guest Post: International Examples of Green Roofs
Known for their excellent water retention, green roofs also improve conservation and biodiversity, provide wildlife habitats, improve the thermal insulation of buildings, reduce airborne particulate and lessen the urban heat island effect.
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EcoScraps Milestone Announced on Earth Day
In honor of Earth Day, EcoScraps is pleased to announce that in the past 12 months it has diverted over 30 million pounds of food waste from landfills, an environmental milestone equivalent to removing 3.5 million cars from America’s roads for a day.
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Ecology and Economy and Management of an Agro-Industrial Amazon Frontier
According to Michael T. Coe, Senior Scientist at The Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) and one of the issue’s co-editors, “One important finding presented in these papers is that landowners respond quickly to external and internal forces, particularly signals from government and market forces to be better land stewards.”