• Geothermal: Getting Energy from the Earth

    Updated: 2010-08-31 17:57:10
    By Lester R. Brown The heat in the upper six miles of the earth’s crust contains 50,000 times as much energy as found in all the world’s oil and gas reserves combined. Despite this abundance, only 10,700 megawatts of geothermal electricity generating capacity have been harnessed worldwide. Partly because of the dominance of the oil, gas, and [...]

  • Energy and Global Warming News for August 31st: Natural gas is beating up on coal, TVA to idle nine coal plants; Details about road-embedded solar cells

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:07:19
    Natural gas is beating up on coal Coal has always been cheap and dirty. And the dirty part was justifiable because it was so cheap. Now, gas prices are dropping, threatening coal’s dominance in the North American energy market. Which means gas could take over before coal gets a chance to clean up [...]

  • New poll: Americans want EPA action on climate

    Updated: 2010-08-31 15:02:45
    Our guest blogger is CAP’s Daniel J. Weiss. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) wants to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from undertaking any efforts to reduce global warming pollution from stationary sources or additional reductions from vehicles for two years.   This would actually be a four year delay in pollution reductions because it takes two years [...]

  • Your Letters Needed in Response to Newsweek’s The Parent Trap

    Updated: 2010-08-30 20:18:42
    Thanks to Joel Marx for alerting me to Newsweek’s article by Robert J. Samuelson, called The Parent Trap, urging the U.S. to make it easier for Americans to have more babies. ———————- Among the government’s most interesting reports is one that estimates what parents spend on their children. Not surprisingly, the costs are steep. For [...]

  • Quick Reference Guide to Family Planning Research

    Updated: 2010-08-30 16:10:23
    From the Global Health Council. See http://www.globalhealth.org/sources/view.php3?id=1755&type=newsletter. You can get a copy of the guide at http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Programs/RtoP/FP_Research_Guide/index.htm Quick Reference Guide to Family Planning Research The Research Utilization team at FHI announces the completion of the 2010 Quick Reference Guide (QRG) to Family Planning Research. The QRG, a snapshot of the most-up-to-date findings on a range [...]

  • FDA approves ‘morning-after pill’ effective 5 days after sex

    Updated: 2010-08-29 16:05:34
    The Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial new form of emergency contraception Friday that can prevent a pregnancy as many as five days after sex. The decision to allow the sale of the pill, which will be marketed under the brand name “ella,” was welcomed by family-planning proponents as a crucial new option to [...]

  • The Missing Ingredient in the Tamil Refugee Debate

    Updated: 2010-08-28 15:57:00
    Thanks to Tim Murray for this article. ——————– The Missing Ingredient in the Tamil Refugee Debate 490 good reasons are advanced to challenge the acceptance of Tamil boat-people but not one of them is ecological Have you noticed? As could be predicated, the vast subterranean disgust and frustration with Canada’s dysfunctional refugee determination system has [...]

  • BBC film on Population produced by David Attenborough

    Updated: 2010-08-28 15:55:24
    Thanks to Ed Barry for this link to a BBC film on population produced by David Attenborough. It gives a good explanation of population issues to the general public. You can find it at Eric Rimmer’s website at www.ericrimmer.com. It’s an unofficial copy, so please don’t broadcast it.

  • Longevity in the 21st Century, PowerPoint

    Updated: 2010-08-28 02:29:24
    , We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • I’d like to create a water garden or feature, how do I choose a size to suit me? – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A – Week Ending August 28th

    Updated: 2010-08-27 20:21:49
    Creating a water feature is a fun and exciting process consisting of endless designs and limited only by your imagination. Many people think they are have to have a large amount of land to create a great water feature. In reality, a beautiful water feature can be constructed in even the smallest yards or even indoors. Before you start purchasing materials for your pond project, sit down with a pen and paper and take some time to research and design the perfect water feature that fits your situation.

  • The Prince of Wales delivers the BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture

    Updated: 2010-08-27 15:31:51
    If you missed Prince Charles’ July 8, 2009 talk on population and the need to work in harmony with nature, you can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4l0fES43nc. Many thanks to Eric Rimmer for this link.

  • Global population study launched by Royal Society

    Updated: 2010-08-27 15:30:04
    Thanks to SD Shantinath for this BBC article. ———————– The UK’s Royal Society is launching a major study into human population growth and how it may affect social and economic development in coming decades. The world’s population has risen from two billion in 1930 to 6.8 billion now, with nine billion projected by 2050. The [...]

  • Steve Connor: We need a global debate on population

    Updated: 2010-08-27 15:27:25
    Clearly, the population debate in the UK is heating up. Thanks to Mike Nickerson for this article from The Independent. —————– A growing number of scientists are going where politicians fear to tread by calling for a wider public debate on the sensitive issue of the global human population, which is set to rise from [...]

  • How many Brits is too many?

    Updated: 2010-08-27 15:26:08
    Thanks to Sally Mattison for this article. —————— Environmentalists in Britain and elsewhere have sometimes been reluctant to talk about population in recent years. But with the U.K. Office of National Statistics projecting a 9 million rise in the country’s population to 70 million by 2030, it’s increasingly difficult to get away from the old [...]

  • Prince of Wales calls for population control in developing world

    Updated: 2010-08-27 15:24:55
    Thanks to Bob Walker for this article from The Telegraph. ———————— He said more needs to be done because of the “monumental” problems that face the environment as population numbers “rocket” and traditional societies become more consumerist. There needed to be more “honesty” about the fact the “cultural” pressures keep the global birth rate high. [...]

  • Webinar: Modelling water and life

    Updated: 2010-08-26 18:30:21
    Another quick one today just to show the webinar of my recent 10-minute ‘Four in 40′ talk sponsored by The Environment Institute and the Department for Water. This seminar series was entitled ‘Modelling as a Tool for Decision Support’ held at the Auditorium, Royal Institution Australia (RiAus). “Four in 40″ is a collaboration between The [...]

  • Where To Find and Buy Delicious Raw Milk

    Updated: 2010-08-26 15:31:12
    I love milk. Raw milk, anyway. I never buy milk from the grocery store, even if it is organic. Raw is really the only way to drink it. You can read up on the so-called raw milk “debate” if you really want to, but just take my word: raw is better and it’s the healthiest [...]

  • Simple educational tool to explain biodiversity

    Updated: 2010-08-25 18:30:13
    What is biodiversity? Cool animated explanation.

  • Green Business Blog Carnival #11 at Green Marketing TV

    Updated: 2010-08-25 01:59:57
    Better late than never, right? The folks over at Green Marketing TV ran into some issues last Friday that forced a postponement of the Green Business Blog Carnival… but they were able to get Edition #11 posted yesterday, and it was worth waiting for. So, what’s the buzz in the green business blogs over the past [...]

  • A Global Shift to Renewable Energy

    Updated: 2010-08-24 17:41:40
    By Lester R. Brown As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. The old energy economy, fueled by oil, coal, and natural gas, is being replaced by one powered by wind, solar, and geothermal energy. [...]

  • How do I calculate my pond size? – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A – Week Ending August 21st

    Updated: 2010-08-19 19:12:04
    If someone were to ask you how big your water garden is, how would you respond? Most pond owners have an idea of how many gallons their pond my hold or how many square feet their water feature occupies, but have you ever really measured to see how close your guesstimates comes to the actual numbers?

  • 100 actions to slow biodiversity loss

    Updated: 2010-08-18 18:30:19
    I received an email a few days ago from Guillaume Chapron of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet) asking me to promote his ‘Biodiversity 100‘ campaign on ConservationBytes.com. I think it’s an interesting initiative, and so I’ll gladly spread the word. Teaming up with George Monbiot of The Guardian, the Biodiversity 100 campaign [...]

  • Unbounded economic growth destroying biodiversity

    Updated: 2010-08-16 07:08:32
    “…we can’t have more of everything instantaneously“ “…increasing takeover of the ecosystem is the necessary consequence of the physical growth of the macroeconomy“ “…consider telling the economist to go to hell“ Herman Daly – Last month I had the privilege of listening to Rob Dietz of the Centre for Advancement of the Steady State Economy [...]

  • Can Koi get sunburns? – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A – Week Ending August 14th

    Updated: 2010-08-13 17:07:01
    Now that beach season here it is time to venture out into the great outdoors and soak in some of that summer sun. You can safely bet your Koi will be doing the same, as they love the sunshine and can be found sunning themselves in the shallows of your pond. Unlike us, however, they can’t lather on the sunscreen. So what can you do to make sure they don’t overindulge and end up with a sunburn?

  • General call for ConservationBytes.com contributions

    Updated: 2010-08-09 21:30:14
    After just over two years running this blog, I’ve now built up a pretty good audience of conservation-interested people. The blog now has a monthly view rate of over 12,000 and >80 e-mail subscribers, so the material is being viewed far and wide. I want to thank all of you for your interest and comments. [...]

  • Environmental Genomics PhD and Postdoc positions

    Updated: 2010-08-07 21:30:04
    My colleague, Professor Alan Cooper of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA at the University of Adelaide, asked me to advertise a couple of cool research positions that he’d like to fill by the end of this year. – Environmental Genomics: PhD and Postdoc opportunities We are looking for interested postgraduate students who are highly motivated [...]

  • Waterfall Foam – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A – Week Ending August 7th

    Updated: 2010-08-05 15:50:55
    The key to constructing a quality water garden, or anything for that matter, is to use the proper tools. While you may be able to fashion a lot of your own components or incorporate random on hand materials into your pond build you can miss out on potential benefits that result from years of product testing and development as well as functional design. While this holds true for anything from skimmers, filter media, and waterfall boxes, it is also true of small scale materials like waterfall foam.

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