Joe Alcamo Appointed UNEP Chief Scientist
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments OffJoe Alcamo, who was the first person to introduce me to the concept of virtual water (and who is a very smart thinker about water, climate and sustainability in general), has just been appointed the first ...
Joe Alcamo Appointed UNEP Chief Scientist
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments OffJoe Alcamo, who was the first person to introduce me to the concept of virtual water (and who is a very smart thinker about water, climate and sustainability in general), has just been appointed the first ...
Biofuel Startup Announces Huge Yields From Engineered Organism
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments OffA Massachusetts company, Joule Biotechnologies, has unveiled what it says is a technological breakthrough that uses genetically engineered organisms, sunlight, water, and concentrated carbon dioxide to produce up to 20,000 gallons of biofuel per acre. The ...
Australia’s Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis
Saturday, March 21st, 2009 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments OffFolks at the Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis in Sydney, Australia seem to be doing some pretty terrific work these days. I have noticed their involvement in several cool projects lately: Researchers there worked with the Stockholm ...
Australia’s Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis
Saturday, March 21st, 2009 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments OffFolks at the Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis in Sydney, Australia seem to be doing some pretty terrific work these days. I have noticed their involvement in several cool projects lately: Researchers there worked with the Stockholm ...
Mining the Moon?
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments OffSomeone please tell me if I'm missing something. The New York Times reported last week that on October 22, India launched its first unmanned spacecraft to orbit the moon. The craft is expected to remain in space ...
Dennis Meadows and Computer Modeling
Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments OffDennis Meadows, in an email discussing computer models, suggested that beyond their obvious functions, computer models often have one or more of the following purposes: #1: Provide useful information about the future behavior or the future coefficient ...
DNA Forensics May Prevent Elephant Poaching
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments OffA shipment of forest timber traveled around the southern tip of Africa and across the Indian Ocean before it arrived at the Hong Kong dockyards two years ago. During a routine X-ray examination, customs officials discovered ...
Bonobos, Berkeley and Mars
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments OffSeveral things I've meant to blog on and haven't: The Bonobo Conservation Initiative, which is not only saving our awesome laid-back, sexed-up little cousins, but is being smart about it, by building a network of local bonobo-supported ...
Bonobos, Berkeley and Mars
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments OffSeveral things I've meant to blog on and haven't: The Bonobo Conservation Initiative, which is not only saving our awesome laid-back, sexed-up little cousins, but is being smart about it, by building a network of local bonobo-supported ...
The Currency of Status
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments Offby Clark Williams-Derry Brain research suggests a link between money and social standing., from Sightline Daily I've been trying to work this tidbit into a post for weeks, but I haven't found an opportune moment. So here's ...
Mapping the Inheritance
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments OffOne of the Worldchanging slogans is "We've inherited a broken future." That is to say, mainly, that the direction in which we're headed leads right over a cliff. But it might be read a different way: ...