Articles related to "Sustainability"



2010 Vancouver Olympics Sustainability Star Jury
Big names from industry and government form the Sustainability Star jury for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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Food Circles and Sustainability
Food is the foundation and future of any society.
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Watch Out for Different Definitions of Sustainability
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Ecological Footprints
Step in the mud or wet beach sand and you leave footprints. Children leave little ones. Adults leave big ones. Wildlife leaves footprints of various shapes and sizes too. Apparently nations leave footprints too--ecological footprints. So do states, cities, businesses and households, and our print is much bigger than it should be.
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Enjoyment By Design
Garden design takes it cues from many sources, but the most important is "Right Plant, Right Place". Set yourself up for success by using this simple concept toward sustainability in gardening.
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Food and Public Policy
we need to stop and take a moment to consider how influential our agriculture system is in defining who we are and what we do as a society.
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Food Security
Food security can begin when people begin to share the responsibility for ensuring everyone has enough to eat.
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From here to there.
Food distribution is also a major contributor to climate change and other forms of pollution.
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From here to there.
Food distribution is also a major contributor to climate change and other forms of pollution.
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Hassan Fathy and the New Gourna Experiment
This article is on Hassan Fathy the architect and his New Gourna project in Egypt. The project involved traditional mud brick construction.
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Hemp, a Perfect Cash Crop.
Hemp an important part of the new economy.
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Industry Partnerships, EPA's Environmental Carrot
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Small is Indeed Beautiful
Food production works best on a small, local and interconnected scale.
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The Family Farm
Agriculture is the cornerstone of a strong, viable, healthy and sustainable community.
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The Way Out
We need to reconsider our relationship with food.
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Three Tomato: The Tale Continues
What you eat matters.
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Waste Not!
The economic potential of recycling is only just beginning to be recognized.
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Green Manure Crop Styles
Organic gardeners develop their gardens without the use of synthetic chemicals. Often green manures are used as an ecologically sustainable alternative.
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Swordfish Provençal
Herbes de Provençe create an elegant dinner salad. Sustainable Swordfish is the star. C'est Magnifique!
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What and Who is Self-Sufficient?
What does it take to be "Self-Sufficient"? What needs to be done, to what degree, and involving whom? And how does self-sufficiency relate to self- sustainability?
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Energy Efficiency in New Zealand
The New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy seeks to promote sustainability and improve the quality of life for New Zealand families.
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The organic religion
For years the satisfaction of growing food organically eluded me, but this lesson may be one of the most vital for the future of our families and our Earth.
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Urban Agriculture
urban agriculture plays a major role in building a sustainable city
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A Critical Overview of Food Shortages in Africa
The article looks at problems that exist in eradicating food shortage.Focus should be on those suffering from food shortages
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Urban Agriculture: Moving the Field to the Table
a look at growing food within the city
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Fish Without a Doubt
Like Chef Author Rick Moonen, Fish Without a Doubt is approachable, easy-going, fun. It's also informative. A fish bible. Tentative about fish? This book's for you!
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A Personal History of Awe
Scott Russell Sanders' memoir A Personal History of Awe is recommended nonfiction reading for readers devoted to sustainability and pluralism.
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Bicycle Touring for Beginners
Advice for people planning a first bicycle tour: know your limits, take it easy, travel light, take your own bike if you can
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Bike Touring in Finland
General description and recommended routes for cycle-touring in Finland
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Costing the Quality of Life
Work over the past twenty years to develop ways to measure and cost human and environmental wellbeing is beginning to bear fruit, with implications for policy-makers.
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Cycling the Turku Archipelago
Delightful touring by bike and ferry around the peaceful, idyliic Turku Archipelago off the southwest coast of Finland
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Easter Bunny and the Bilby
The common symbol of Easter the Easter bunny is being replaced by the Easter Bilby in Australia. The rabbit introduced by the first settlers became a plague pest whereas
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Improve the Environment - Compost
Composting recycles your family's wastes reducing landfill, improving the environment and producing without great inputs of time, effort and money the homemade fertiliser
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Standing Up Against Poverty
People all over the world broke a Guinness record for the largest number of people opposing world poverty.
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Threat of Eco-system Collapse
If humans continue our pace of consumption, the Earth's natural resources will be depleted and there will be a major eco-system collapse, according to a new report.
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Top Five Green-Collar Jobs in 2008
Want to know what some of the best eco jobs are this year? Here are five that warranted more than just a passing glance.
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Succeeding as a 'Green' Business
Increasing numbers of businesses, both small and large, are jumping on the 'green bandwagon'. Find out how a company can make its mark as an eco-friendly corporation
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E. F. Schumaker Society, third in a ten-part series on Global Constructs
Non-profit organizations at the international level carry a lot of clout; the E. F. Schumacher Society promotes social and environmental sustainability through human-scale community and natural environmental economic structure. What is local currency?
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United World Awakening, sixth in a ten-part series on Global Constructs
The United World Awakening (UWA) is a global sustainable democracy that is said to be based on an Internet voting system. Does it have a viability in our future?
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Indigenous Intellectual Property
Indigenous knowledge systems are hot property in the global marketplace, heralding a new age of colonisation through the new "papal bull" of Intellectual Property Rights.
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Micah Challenge
All 191 united nations member states have promised to adopt eight Millennium Goals to halve global poverty by the year 2015 as part of the Micah Challenge.
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New Zealand Energy Strategy
An ambitious strategy sets New Zealand firmly on a path towards clean, renewable energy.
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Global Constructs
The global society is speaking out in defense of planet earth and voicing concern through global humanitarianism efforts. This is the introduction of a ten-part series that presents ten differing ideologies concerning globalization of the planet; these reformist and innovation based constructs are presented for your review and our further discussion.
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The Earth Charter, Second Article of a ten-part series on Global Constructs
The Earth Charter purports that in order to build a sustainable global community, nations of the world need to renew their commitment to the United Nations, fulfill obligations under existing international agreements, and support the implementation of the Earth Charter. This article presents a copy of the Earth Charter along with other information for your enlightenment.
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Nongovernment Environmental Organizations (NGOs) - Part I

The 6% Solution
Increase your food supply without increasing the size of your garden.
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Nature's Service. You Don't Get Somethin for Nothin

South American Wines, Chicago and New York City!
Great guides from a wonderful publisher.
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Welcome to the Green Party
An introduction to the Green Party. A brief glimspe at this world-wide political party that is based in grass-roots democracy, ecological wisdom and social justice.
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What To Do With Doggy Poo
Dog poo is an increasing environmental burden washing dangerous bacteria into the water supply. There are alternatives to throwing a smelly plastic bag-full in the bin.
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