In association with Instituto e, a non-profit arm of Brazilian high-end fashion brand Osklen, and the Italian Government and Osklen, Forum das Americas’ President, Mario Garnero has helped in the creation of a ground-breaking cooperation program at the Rio+20 and Sao Paulo Fashion Week Junctures.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Jun 2012
Ernst & Young partnering with the Earthwatch Institute has announced that they are sending 30 volunteers based on their skills for expeditions to Costa Rica and Brazil in order to carry out field research and suggest strategies so that economically sustainable and eco-friendly practices can be implemented to local businesses.
By G.P. Thomas
26 Jun 2012
SodaStream, a manufacturer of beverage carbonation systems, has formed a virtual ‘Cage Challenge’ on Facebook following Coca Cola’s attempts to close SodaStream’s environmental Cage Exhibits. Facebook visitors from across the globe can fill up this virtual cage with images of utilized cans and bottles.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Jun 2012
Synthesis Energy Systems (SES), a global provider of equipment, engineering services and technology for converting low cost, low rank coal into chemical products and energy, has completed laboratory-scale testing of Turkish lignite coals for clean power generation projects in Turkey.
By G.P. Thomas
26 Jun 2012
The University of Gothenburg, Sweden, conducted a research on the levels of carbon dioxide in Arctic coastal seas and reached a conclusion that the level of absorption of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide by the Arctic coastal seas is continually decreasing.
By G.P. Thomas
26 Jun 2012
Global Information (GII), an information service company, has announced the release of two market research reports on smart grids and smart metering. The reports find that deployments of smart grids are softening all over the globe due to lack of government stimulus funds and completion of existing projects.
By G.P. Thomas
26 Jun 2012
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a novel technique to fabricate ultra-thin-film solar cells without compromising the solar energy absorption capability, thus paving the way to reduce production costs of solar cells.
By Nick Gilbert
26 Jun 2012
Soluxe Solar, a provider of customer service, products and installation for solar energy systems, has stated that a common misconception about sufficient sunlight exists among people in New England.
By G.P. Thomas
26 Jun 2012
The test drive of an automobile fueled with 93-octane gasoline made from natural gas and biomass was the highlight of a dedication ceremony for Primus Green Energy’s new $7 million demonstration plant at the company’s Hillsborough, N.J., complex on June 22.
Ross Elliott, aka “Mr. Energy”, wants to inspire a new generation of Canadian Passive House architects, designers, contractors and engineers to build to the emerging Passive House standard that can reduce home energy costs by up to 90 per cent. The CEO of Homesol Building Solutions Inc. – currently involved in 8 Passive House projects and anticipating another 30 this year – has assembled a North American team of Passive House consultants at Toronto’s Ryerson University starting July 31st to create a new generation of expertise around the world’s highest residential energy design standard.
We are increasingly exceeding our planet’s limits, with results such as advancing climate change and the destruction of biological diversity which jeopardises our natural life support systems.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have developed nitrogen-enriched iron-carbon nanorods, which can be used as a low-cost alternative to platinum catalysts used in microbial fuel cells (MFCs).
By Nick Gilbert
25 Jun 2012
Scientists from the University of Southampton have announced that they are ground-breaking a new method to measure and monitor the agricultural and industrial impact on the environment.
By G.P. Thomas
25 Jun 2012
At its Rio+20 conference in Rio de Janeiro, the United Nations launched its newest worldwide initiative focused on sustainability solutions and sustainable cities. International sustainability legend Gro Harlem Brundtland, media guru and philanthropist Ted Turner, EU Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard, and 150 VIP guests celebrated the launch of "Sustainia100" by naming 100 world leading projects and undertakings. Among the named winners of this prestigious global honor is Chicago Lakeside, a development on the southeast side of Chicago, IL.
The Blue Planet Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for work in the environment, has been given to ecologist and Counterpart International Board member Dr. Thomas Lovejoy. (www.Counterpart.org)