Tag: Great Greenness
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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.”
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Guest Post: Sustainable Landscaping for LEED at Rio Salado College Downtown Green Learning Campus
The College’s goal of the 2 1/2 acre downtown location was to revitalize the existing campus with multifaceted LEED-certified buildings with sustainability focused education for both high school and adult learners. The first phase of development was to implement a two-story Adult Learning Center (15,000 S.F.) that offer a full array in-person adult basic education…
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Sustainable Development: The First Step Land Reclamation Is Environmental Assessment
We only have a limited amount of space on Earth, and much of it is taken up by oceans or ice fields, is too far away from population centers to be useful, or is polluted. It makes sense to reclaim polluted lands whenever possible. The process is quite simple: improve land that has been disturbed…
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Seattle School Certified as World’s Fourth Living Building; First on West Coast
A program of the International Living Future Institute, the Living Building Challenge (LBC) is widely considered the world’s most rigorous building performance standard. A Living Building generates all of its own energy through clean, renewable resources; captures and treats its own water; incorporates only non-toxic, appropriately sourced materials; and operates efficiently and for maximum beauty.…
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CO2 Removal Can Lower Costs of Climate Protection
“Carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere allows to separate emissions control from the time and location of the actual emissions. This flexibility can be important for climate protection,” says lead-author Elmar Kriegler. “You don’t have to prevent emissions in every factory or truck, but could for instance plant grasses that suck CO2 out of the…