• Blast from the Past: 1972 Australian Newspaper Article about ESRI

    Updated: 2009-12-31 15:51:39
    …from The Age, 18 January 1972… Posted in ESRI, GIS

  • Video: GIS Pioneer Roger Tomlinson

    Updated: 2009-12-31 14:59:15
    In this short video from August 2007, GIS pioneer Roger Tomlinson visits DMTI Spatial in Canada. He discusses principles of GIS and how they have changed the world. DMTI Spatial CTO John Fisher discusses the pervasiveness of GIS in today’s business world. Posted in GIS, Video

  • Texas Students Use GIS to Track H1N1 Flu

    Updated: 2009-12-31 13:45:46
    …from the Winter 2009/2010 issue of ArcNews… Last April, when the spread of H1N1 (swine) flu began, students in Texas watched with a vested interest. The Texas Education Agency made recommendations to reschedule or cancel area and state-level competitions in an effort to limit student travel and minimize contact. With events approaching, like prom, spring concerts, [...]

  • Zeroing In on Natural Resources

    Updated: 2009-12-31 13:25:13
    GIS for Customizing Earth Sciences Applications …from the Winter 2009/2010 issue of ArcNews… Hydrocarbon exploration is an expensive, high-risk operation that involves searching for hydrocarbon deposits (like oil and gas) beneath the earth’s surface. Though visible surface features can provide evidence of hydrocarbon generation, most exploration methods depend on highly sophisticated technology to detect and determine the [...]

  • All Londoners Will be Within a Mile of a Charging Station by 2015

    Updated: 2009-12-31 00:17:00
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org DEC 30 Recent Comment Thanks for your sharing things They’re gorgeous We’re getting r . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it All Londoners Will be Within a Mile of a Charging Station by 2015 Written by Megan Treacy on 30 12 09 London mayor Boris Johnson launched a new plan called the Electric Vehicle Delivery Plan for London that will allow all Londoners to be within one mile of an electric vehicle charging station in five . years The plan calls for the installation of 25,000 charging points at public , residential and commercial spaces by 2015 in order to encourage the addition of 100,000 EVs within the city ASAP . The city government is doing their part by committing to add 1,000 EVs to the Greater London Authority fleet over five . years This is another aggressive move by the city to clean up their transportation . The city successfully instituted congestion pricing in 2003, added hybrid double-decker buses converted the Scotland Yard fleet to hybrids and air-powered vehicles and is testing state of the art fuel-efficiency technology With its track history , I have little doubt the city will meet its EV

  • Call for Papers: “The Computational Turn”, Centre for Research in Art Science and Humanity

    Updated: 2009-12-30 21:07:08
    9 March 2010, Swansea University “The application of new computational techniques and visualisation technologies in the Arts & Humanities are resulting in new approaches and methodologies for the study of traditional and new corpora of Arts and Humanities materials. This new ‘computational turn’ takes the methods and techniques from computer science to create new ways of distant and [...]

  • Evaluating Indiana Bat Summer Habitat on Surface Coal Mine Sites in Southwestern Indiana Using Remote Sensing

    Updated: 2009-12-30 18:41:38
    Shunfu Hu, Michael J. Starr, Randall Pearson, Department of Geography, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville “Indiana bat is among first endangered species list by the federal government due to fragmentation or the loss of its summer habitat. Forest canopy, certain degree of “patchiness”, and summer roosting sites (i.e., snags) appear to be key elements in habitat quality [...]

  • Amazon Initiative Map Viewer: Spatial Policy Targeting for Incentive-based Ecosystem Service Management

    Updated: 2009-12-30 18:04:26
    Supported by the World Agroforestry Center, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, and the World Bank, the Amazon Initiative and its partners are developing an interactive map server for environmental policy targeting. The tool uses spatial information from a large variety of sources and allows users to calculate land cover, biomass. and conservation opportunity costs [...]

  • GeoDesign Summit: Plenary Session Abstracts, Day 2

    Updated: 2009-12-30 17:16:54
    Partial list, subject to change… Ways of Designing Carl Steinitz, Research Professor, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University Five ways of designing will be highlighted from some of Carl Steinitz’ past projects. • Anticipatory: Holistic, Deductive • Sequential: Direct, Abductive • Combinatorial: Simultaneous, Inductive • Constraining: Sensitivity, Experimental • Optimizing: Directed, Goal-Driven Conceptualizing Geodesign in the University Curriculum Ron Stoltz, Professor and Director, School of [...]

  • 125 Years of Topographic Mapping at the USGS

    Updated: 2009-12-30 17:08:44
    …from ArcNews… Read Part 1 – 1884 to 1980 Read Part 2 - From the Dawn of Digital to The National Map Posted in Geography, GIS

  • Will dolphins need noise-canceling headphones? Rising CO2 could lead to louder oceans

    Updated: 2009-12-29 03:43:00
    Get RSS feeds and email updates from Yahoo Green GREEN HOME LIVING GREEN Saving energy at home Recycling Recycling electronics Stopping junk mail Finding a green job Researching global warming basics Saving money Saving water at home Commuting ALL LIVING GREEN TOPICS GLOBAL WARMING TOOLS Measure Your Carbon Footprint Make a Plan to Reduce Your Footprint Change a Lightbulb Find a Reuse Group Save Cash Green Innovations BLOGS The Conscious Consumer Green Picks The Green Cheapskate Driving Directions The Daily Green News Grist Ask Umbra EcoGeek ecomii Healthy Living EcoHuddle Environmental Lovins Climate411 Guest Bloggers All Blogs GIFT GUIDE Technology Home Garden Transportation Food Health Energy Buying Recycling Nature MORE TOPICS SEARCH YAHOO GREEN FOR : Search Green Will dolphins need noise-canceling headphones Rising CO2 could lead to louder oceans By Megan Treacy Posted Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:43pm PST Related : topics Animals Science Nature Pollution More from EcoGeek blog Buzz up Researchers at the University of Hawaii have discovered a strange and potentially damaging result of increased CO2 in the atmosphere : louder oceans . More CO2 in the atmosphere leads to more acidic seas

  • Will Dolphins Need Noise-Canceling Headphones? Rising CO2 Could Lead to Louder Oceans

    Updated: 2009-12-29 03:43:00
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org DEC 28 Recent Comment Until the 20th century a form of internet was already highly developed . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Will Dolphins Need Noise-Canceling Headphones Rising CO2 Could Lead to Louder Oceans Written by Megan Treacy on 28 12 09 Researchers at the University of Hawaii have discovered a strange and potentially damaging result of increased CO2 in the atmosphere : louder oceans . More CO2 in the atmosphere leads to more acidic seas and more acidic seas produce fewer sound-absorbing chemical reactions meaning noise will travel farther and be . louder The researchers have used ocean models and CO2 projections to predict regional sound absorption changes . They found that seas in the upper latitudes and deepwater formations will be most dramatically impacted these areas are facing the worst acidification with sound absorption falling by 60 . percent Low frequency sounds 1,000 5,000 hertz like ship propellers and military sonar will be louder , but scientists aren't sure yet what the impact on marine life will be . The worst-case scenario is that those louder man-made sounds will interfere

  • Futuristic Vehicles: 15 Concept Cars & Transit Designs

    Updated: 2009-12-28 18:00:37
    The future of transportation is undeniably green, but that doesn’t mean we’ll all be driving boring hybrid sedans. From electric cars with bizarre scales that pop up to gather solar energy to rental bicycles that harvest energy and use it to power buses, the transit of tomorrow is all about nixing fossil fuels, ceding control [...]

  • The five best cities to land a green job

    Updated: 2009-12-28 11:50:00
    Get RSS feeds and email updates from Yahoo Green GREEN HOME LIVING GREEN Saving energy at home Recycling Recycling electronics Stopping junk mail Finding a green job Researching global warming basics Saving money Saving water at home Commuting ALL LIVING GREEN TOPICS GLOBAL WARMING TOOLS Measure Your Carbon Footprint Make a Plan to Reduce Your Footprint Change a Lightbulb Find a Reuse Group Save Cash Green Innovations BLOGS The Conscious Consumer Green Picks The Green Cheapskate Driving Directions The Daily Green News Grist Ask Umbra EcoGeek ecomii Healthy Living EcoHuddle Environmental Lovins Climate411 Guest Bloggers All Blogs GIFT GUIDE Technology Home Garden Transportation Food Health Energy Buying Recycling Nature MORE TOPICS SEARCH YAHOO GREEN FOR : Search Green The five best cities to land a green job By Jim Motavalli Posted Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:50am PST Related : topics Business San Francisco Government San Jose Economics Biofuels Wind Power Finding a green job More from The Daily Green News blog Buzz up In a generally bleak employment picture , the green jobs sector is growing faster than any other . By 2007, a Pew Charitable Trusts report on the Clean Energy Economy counted

  • Holiday Food Coma? Top 5 Food + Nutrition Stories

    Updated: 2009-12-27 18:00:26
    The biggest period of overindulgence of the entire year is nearly behind us now. With only the New Year celebrations to go, many of us find that our jeans are fitting a little tighter and our dietary rules are getting a little lax. It’s the perfect time to take a look at what’s happening in [...]

  • innovation centers as a way to connect with customers

    Updated: 2009-12-27 17:45:02
    The NY Times story shows companies as diverse as 3M and Hershey have innovation centers designed to get their customers to interact with their products and increase their relationships. Investing in places where people can actually go and see innovations in action is a great ROI. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/business/27proto.html?ref=business ...

  • Eat Dirt! Earth & Soil Effects on Food Quality

    Updated: 2009-12-26 18:00:01
    At one time, all farmers knew the easiest way to test and correct the pH of their farm’s soil: they tasted it. While it’s something of a lost art now, installation artist Laura Parker is offering a new generation an entirely new way to connect with their food. Her traveling event “A Taste of Place” [...]

  • Keeping the Desert Green By Banning Solar Plants, Wind Farms

    Updated: 2009-12-23 03:43:36
    , Green Blog Helping environmentally-conscientious business leaders choose environmentally-friendly . solutions About Me Full Bio Welcome to Green Blog Blog Two Paths to Service Class Packet Optical IP Telephony from A-Z IDC report : Profitability and OSS Support : A Return on Investment . Home Archives TMCnet blogs Rich Tehrani Tom Keating On Rad's Radar The Readerboard Unified Communications The SIP Invite First Coffee The Hyperconnected Enterprise Cross Talk Monetizing IP Communications Design vs . Functionality Green Blog VoIP Forums About Me Contact Channels Community Sites Keeping the Desert Green By Banning Solar Plants , Wind Farms One of our blog's readers , Sally , sent me a Dec.21 New York Times story on legislation introduced by U.S . Senator Dianne Feinstein to protect some 1 million acres of the Mojave Desert in California for two parks , the Mojave Trails National Monument and the Sand to Snow National Monument . 160 Yet doing this , said the paper , 160 will scuttle some 13 big solar plants and wind farms planned for these lands via . leases The newspaper reports that a fair-sized portion of that land had been donated to the federal government a decade ago by an

  • The 10 best used cars for your money

    Updated: 2009-12-23 03:00:00
    Get RSS feeds and email updates from Yahoo Green GREEN HOME LIVING GREEN Saving energy at home Recycling Recycling electronics Stopping junk mail Finding a green job Researching global warming basics Saving money Saving water at home Commuting ALL LIVING GREEN TOPICS GLOBAL WARMING TOOLS Measure Your Carbon Footprint Make a Plan to Reduce Your Footprint Change a Lightbulb Find a Reuse Group Save Cash Green Innovations BLOGS The Conscious Consumer Green Picks The Green Cheapskate Driving Directions The Daily Green News Grist Ask Umbra EcoGeek ecomii Healthy Living EcoHuddle Environmental Lovins Climate411 Guest Bloggers All Blogs GIFT GUIDE Technology Home Garden Transportation Food Health Energy Buying Recycling Nature MORE TOPICS SEARCH YAHOO GREEN FOR : Search Green The 10 best used cars for your money By Dan Shapley Posted Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:00pm PST Related : topics Shopping Reviews Cars Buying a fuel-efficient car More from The Daily Green News blog Buzz up Consumer Reports s latest list of best cars list of the most reliable used cars on the market reminds us that for fuel efficiency , sticker price , and often reliability , used cars are the best value . The 2000 Honda

  • 10 most popular EcoGeek stories of 2009

    Updated: 2009-12-22 22:19:00
    Get RSS feeds and email updates from Yahoo Green GREEN HOME LIVING GREEN Saving energy at home Recycling Recycling electronics Stopping junk mail Finding a green job Researching global warming basics Saving money Saving water at home Commuting ALL LIVING GREEN TOPICS GLOBAL WARMING TOOLS Measure Your Carbon Footprint Make a Plan to Reduce Your Footprint Change a Lightbulb Find a Reuse Group Save Cash Green Innovations BLOGS The Conscious Consumer Green Picks The Green Cheapskate Driving Directions The Daily Green News Grist Ask Umbra EcoGeek ecomii Healthy Living EcoHuddle Environmental Lovins Climate411 Guest Bloggers All Blogs GIFT GUIDE Technology Home Garden Transportation Food Health Energy Buying Recycling Nature MORE TOPICS SEARCH YAHOO GREEN FOR : Search Green 10 most popular EcoGeek stories of 2009 By Megan Treacy Posted Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:19pm PST Related : topics News More from EcoGeek blog Buzz up 2010 is quickly approaching and we can only hope that it holds even more innovations that will benefit the world we live in . As we move forward , here's a look back at the stories you clicked on most during the past year . From gadgets to urine fuel , these are the tops from

  • 10 Most Popular Stories of 2009

    Updated: 2009-12-22 22:19:00
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org DEC 22 Recent Comment Just wanted to say I am a huge fan and love the e-mail blasts not sur . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it 10 Most Popular Stories of 2009 Written by Megan Treacy on 22 12 09 2010 is quickly approaching and we can only hope that it holds even more innovations that will benefit the world we live in . As we move forward , here's a look back at the stories you clicked on most during the past year . From gadgets to urine fuel , these are the top . ten 10.  Power-Generating Shock Absorber is Surprisingly Strong A bumpy road could become an asset if these electricity-generating shock absorbers make it to our cars and . trucks 9. Lithium Supply Fears are Total . B.S Don't let the media frenzy fool you : why a lithium-crisis is not around the . corner 8.    World's First Floating Wind Turbine Switches On Floating wind turbines could be installed in deep water , keeping them out of coastal views and shipping . lanes 7.    New York State Agencies Switching from Bottled to Tap Another government entity realizes the environmental benefits of tap water over bottled . water 6.    Charge Your

  • Map of countries' COP15 emissions, pledges

    Updated: 2009-12-22 02:26:00
    , Get RSS feeds and email updates from Yahoo Green GREEN HOME LIVING GREEN Saving energy at home Recycling Recycling electronics Stopping junk mail Finding a green job Researching global warming basics Saving money Saving water at home Commuting ALL LIVING GREEN TOPICS GLOBAL WARMING TOOLS Measure Your Carbon Footprint Make a Plan to Reduce Your Footprint Change a Lightbulb Find a Reuse Group Save Cash Green Innovations BLOGS The Conscious Consumer Green Picks The Green Cheapskate Driving Directions The Daily Green News Grist Ask Umbra EcoGeek ecomii Healthy Living EcoHuddle Environmental Lovins Climate411 Guest Bloggers All Blogs GIFT GUIDE Technology Home Garden Transportation Food Health Energy Buying Recycling Nature MORE TOPICS SEARCH YAHOO GREEN FOR : Search Green Map of countries' COP15 emissions , pledges By Megan Treacy Posted Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:26pm PST Related : topics Science News Pollution Tools More from EcoGeek blog Buzz up The AP Climate Pool kept us well informed over the course of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP15 negotiations . Part of that great coverage is contained in this interactive map of the participating nations' current emissions and the

  • Map of Countries' Emissions, Pledges

    Updated: 2009-12-22 02:26:00
    , Home Contact About EcoGeek.org DEC 21 Recent Comment Coach outlet[b b i i url url View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Map of Countries' Emissions , Pledges Written by Megan Treacy on 21 12 09 The AP Climate Pool kept us well informed over the course of the COP15 negotiations . Part of that great coverage is contained in this interactive map of the participating nations' current emissions and the reductions they've pledged to make . You can find plenty of articles analyzing what was accomplished or not accomplished over the last two weeks , but this map quickly lays out the current emissions trends around the . world Some of the interesting things revealed by this map are the huge percentage increase in emissions by China 136.2 percent close to triple that of number two Turkey 58.8 percent and the nice size reduction in emissions by Russia since 1990 23.8 percent The U.S . has actually seen a decline in emissions of 1.8 percent , but we're still the largest emitter per capita , so that's not saying much , which also makes our pledge of a 17 percent reduction less than . adequate Image via AP Email this Hits : 3432 Comments 7 Subscribe

  • Don’t Panic: Last-Minute Green Holiday Gift Ideas

    Updated: 2009-12-20 18:00:14
    (image via: wockerjabby) If you’ve waited a bit too long to take care of the people on your holiday gift list, worry not. Our friends at Treehugger and Planet Green have put together a wealth of information for eco-friendly gifts you can find in stores or make yourself. No matter who you’re shopping or making for, [...]

  • Obama Announces Climate Deal in Copenhagen

    Updated: 2009-12-18 21:58:33
    Right now, President Obama is announcing that leaders at the Copenhagen climate summit have reached what the White House calls a "meaningful deal." Details are just starting to emerge, but those inside the Bella conference center, including EDF president Fred Krupp, have gotten a first look at the agreement. Fred says: Today’s agreement leaves the U.S. in [...]

  • Forests Might Be the Big Winners in Copenhagen

    Updated: 2009-12-18 17:27:36
    Negotiators in Copenhagen are still nowhere near a final overall deal, but they are making significant progress on one very important issue — preserving the world's forests. Trees absorb carbon dioxide; the destruction of the rain forests is responsible for about 17 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. That's why Environmental Defense Fund supports [...]

  • Clinton Says Lack of Transparency is a "Deal Breaker"

    Updated: 2009-12-17 16:50:33
    The big news from Copenhagen this morning: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's announcement that transparency is absolutely necessary for any U.S. participation in financing a global climate change treaty. Saying the U.S. is "ready to do its part," Clinton pledged that the U.S. would raise $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poor [...]

  • Rust-dissolving bugs may chow down with variety of utensils

    Updated: 2009-12-16 04:00:00
    S. oneidensis mutant impaired in adhering to an iron oxide can still reduce it.

  • UPI, Green Approaches Work in Unison to Achieve Sustainability

    Updated: 2009-12-15 22:42:17
    , Green Blog Helping environmentally-conscientious business leaders choose environmentally-friendly . solutions About Me Full Bio Welcome to Green Blog Blog Two Paths to Service Class Packet Optical IP Telephony from A-Z IDC report : Profitability and OSS Support : A Return on Investment . Home Archives TMCnet blogs Rich Tehrani Tom Keating On Rad's Radar The Readerboard Unified Communications The SIP Invite First Coffee The Hyperconnected Enterprise Cross Talk Monetizing IP Communications Design vs . Functionality Green Blog VoIP Forums About Me Contact Channels Community Sites UPI , Green Approaches Work in Unison to Achieve Sustainability With more companies looking to migrate and ensure seamless operability , thoroughly following the development cycle and increasing interoperability testing to maximize efficiency are paramount for today's smart data centers Panduit Corp . a leader in unified physical infrastructure-based solutions , announced this month it is partnering with IBM to implement portable modular data center designs that minimize energy use and provide cost-effective and flexible solutions to meet data center capacity . This is a prime example of deploying

  • Making Solar More Reliable

    Updated: 2009-12-14 18:25:26
    Green Blog Helping environmentally-conscientious business leaders choose environmentally-friendly . solutions About Me Full Bio Welcome to Green Blog Blog Two Paths to Service Class Packet Optical IP Telephony from A-Z IDC report : Profitability and OSS Support : A Return on Investment . Home Archives TMCnet blogs Rich Tehrani Tom Keating On Rad's Radar The Readerboard Unified Communications The SIP Invite First Coffee The Hyperconnected Enterprise Cross Talk Monetizing IP Communications Design vs . Functionality Green Blog VoIP Forums About Me Contact Channels Community Sites Making Solar More Reliable Solar power is in theory fairly straightforward : sun to panel . 160 Yet there are many factors affect solar performance including cloudiness , dust and dirt , shade , obstruction shading , and inter-panel-row . shading Moreover it is often difficult if not impossible to accurately tell which electricity-producing mechanisms i.e . in this case modules are failing without costly added service visits to detect the issues on top of the amounts charged for fixing them . 160 Solar is not like wind , local hydro or wood biomass-fed generators where there are visual , aural , and in the

  • Business At Copenhagen

    Updated: 2009-12-14 04:00:00
    Firms are on-site supporting climate-change action, showcasing green products

  • Nanotech Breakthrough: Self-Cleaning Solar Panels

    Updated: 2009-12-10 02:10:00
    : Home Contact About EcoGeek.org DEC 09 Recent Comment This is a great post . I’m glad it was bumped . Otherwise I would’ve . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Nanotech Breakthrough : Self-Cleaning Solar Panels Written by Megan Treacy on 09 12 09 Solar panels may have just become more low maintenance . While conducting research on a cure forl Alzheimer's , scientists at Tel Aviv University ended up with a nanotech breakthrough that could mean no more worrying about keeping solar panels clean they can clean themselves The researchers were conducting experiments on ways to control peptide atoms and molecules Alzheimer's sufferers have a particular peptide found in the plaques that form in their brains and they found a way to get peptides to self-assemble in a vacuum . The resulting arrangement of peptides acts as a dust- and water-repelling . coating Not only can the coating keep solar panels clear from debris , but it also could be used as a supercapacitor , meaning better lithium batteries . Two boosts to clean tech with one discovery If that's not enough , drug company Merck is funding continued Alzheimer's research at Tel Aviv

  • Dueling Op-Eds on Copenhagen Talks

    Updated: 2009-12-09 21:46:36
    Let's start with the good news first: Environmental Defense Fund president Fred Krupp wrote an op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal outlining the need for the Copenhagen talks to make progress toward an effective verification and compliance system in a final agreement. Fred says: The road to a serious global agreement goes through the U.S. Congress… The [...]

  • 2000's Were Warmest Decade on Record

    Updated: 2009-12-09 00:25:13
    The past decade was the warmest on record, according to a new analysis unveiled today at the international climate change summit in Copenhagen. The World Meteorological Association held a news conference in Copenhagen to announce a provisional summary of their study. They found that the overall global warming trend is continuing and shows no signs of [...]

  • EPA Declares Greenhouse Gas Pollution a Health Hazard

    Updated: 2009-12-07 22:10:07
    The Environmental Protection Agency officially announced today that greenhouse gases are a danger to human health. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson made the announcement at a news conference this afternoon. The statement finalizes an initial "endangerment finding" made last April, and sets the stage for U.S. action at home as officials from across the world gather in [...]

  • Recommended Reading: Good Op-Ed About Copenhagen

    Updated: 2009-12-07 19:13:53
    If you're following the Copenhagen climate talks and you're looking for some interesting reading, we recommend Paul Krugman's latest op-ed in the New York Times, "An Affordable Truth". In Krugman's words: If things go well in Copenhagen, the usual suspects will go wild. We’ll hear cries … that climate-change policies will destroy jobs and growth.  The truth, however, [...]

  • New Date for Obama's Copenhagen Trip

    Updated: 2009-12-04 23:41:28
    The White House just announced an updated schedule for President Obama's trip to the international climate change talks in Copenhagen. The President will now go to Copenhagen on December 18th. That means he'll be there for the final day of negotiations – and will have a chance to ensure the talks make progress toward an effective treaty [...]

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