Earlier this month Ernst & Young and GreenBiz Group released a new study, entitled ‘2013 Six Growing Trends in Corporate Sustainability.’ Based primarily on a survey of the GreenBiz Intelligence Panel of executives and thought leaders engaged in sustainability, this study reveals that “companies are increasingly connecting the dots between risk management and sustainability by making [...]
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Raz Godelnik, the co-founder of Eco-Libris and an adjunct faculty at the University of Delaware’s Business School, wrote a blog post for Triple Pundit that explores why sustainable topics are sometimes ho-hum. “While it would be hard to guess what specifically makes you excited, it’s probably not a sustainable product, brand or culture phenomenon,” he writes. Godelnik [...]
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Posted in ecology on Oct 4th, 2012
The New York Times reported that Barry Commoner, a founder of modern ecology and one of its most provocative thinkers and mobilizers in making environmentalism a people’s political cause, died on Sunday in Manhattan. He was 95 and lived in Brooklyn Heights. He is probably best known for his work on the global effects of radioactive [...]
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Posted in ecology on Sep 19th, 2012
Posted in ecology on Sep 13th, 2012
From our THI headquarters south of Livingston, Mont. thick, black smoke has been seen billowing from the Pine Creek Fire. The 12,000-acre blaze will be recorded during a fire season that’s already five times Montana’s normal level for acres burned. As crews work to douse the blaze, at least seven Paradise Valley drainages are under [...]
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Posted in ecology on Jun 24th, 2012
Richard Matthews has put together a handy list of 40 apps that help you keep track of water usage and energy usage, choose green products, even donate to green organizations. “There was a time when eco-apps did little more than provide lists of so-called “green” products and services. Now green-themed apps have turned mobile devices [...]
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Posted in ecology on May 1st, 2012
Sorry, tropical rain forests. Grasslands have the most plant species—at least when the area studied is smaller than a few parking spaces. In a recent study, biologists scoured data from previous papers about plant-rich ecosystems around the world and discovered that grasslands harbor the most plant species in areas less than 540 square feet (50 square meters). Read [...]
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Posted in ecology on Dec 12th, 2011
Ecological services derived from healthy streams, wetlands, and riparian zones include food, freshwater, flood control, water treatment, and recreational opportunities to mention only a few. They are vital for human well-being and maintaining healthy wildlife populations. Their benefits are felt locally in the form of providing drinking water and food, while on a global scale [...]
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Posted in ecology on Jan 24th, 2011
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/8669977 w=400&h=225] Green Fire: Aldo Leopold a Land Ethic for Our Time from Jeannine Richards on Vimeo. On Saturday, February 5, the Aldo Leopold Foundation released “Green Fire,” the first full-length, high definition documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold. The film explores Aldo Leopold’s life in the early part of the [...]
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Posted in ecology on Oct 26th, 2010
In his brilliant reflection on one of the oldest professions in the world, Professor Gedeon Dagan writing in “Water Voices From Around the World” exposes the common ground shared by ancient and modern hydrology. Dagan notes that “hydrology is intertwined with economy, political and social issues; predictions had a serious impact on the sustainability and [...]
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