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Lockheed Martin Looks For Partners to Develop Clean Technology and Nanotechnology Solutions

TechConnect World, in association with the Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), and the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), today announced that Lockheed Martin will hold a Special Innovation Symposia at TechConnect World

23 Feb 2009

Low Carbon Clothes on the Catwalk at London Fashion Show

A new WWF standard for low carbon clothing manufacturing features prominently at the London Fashion Show today, as the UK government releases its Sustainable Clothing Action Plan

23 Feb 2009

New Research Report Looks At the Amount of Corn Used for Food and For Ethanol Fuel

About 60 percent of South Dakota’s corn went into ethanol production by 2007-08, the highest proportion of any state. In Iowa the figure was 50 percent, in Nebraska, 40 percent, and in Minnesota and Illinois, 30 percent. The increasing rate of corn for ethanol use has affected the availability of corn for feed and exports

23 Feb 2009

Stop Hoping and Start Living Sustainably

Do you "hope" that everyone will see the light and start living more sustainably to save the environment? If so, you may be doing more harm than good

22 Feb 2009

Green Building Components Promote Sustainable Design and Architecture

The University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture is primed to sharpen and green the cutting edge of design and architecture with the new UH Green Building Components

22 Feb 2009

Expert Advises Congress to Jump Start Economy By Building a Better Battery

"Lighter, more efficient batteries could hold the key to a more economically and environmentally sound future," says William Robinson, Chairman and CEO of Bellingham-based Integral Technologies, Inc., a development-stage company that may have created a new building block for a better Detroit

22 Feb 2009

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Lends His Support to Earth Hour

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has lent his voice to Earth Hour's global call for action on climate change

22 Feb 2009

Glaciers Declining in Tibet and China

Glaciers that serve as water sources to one of the most ecologically diverse alpine communities on earth are melting at an alarming rate, according to a recent report

22 Feb 2009

The Solution to the United States Ageing Nuclear Arsenal

In the March 2009 issue of IEEE Spectrum, Francis Slakey and Benn Tannenbaum argue that the current program of "stockpile stewardship," with some modifications, will be sufficient to preserve the U.S. arsenal for the foreseeable future

22 Feb 2009

Norway Commits 35 Million Euros to Green Buildings

Earlier this month, the Norwegian government asked the Norwegian University of Science and Technology to host one out of eight new national Centers for Environment-friendly Energy Research. Over the next 8 years, The Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings (ZEB) are granted an annual budget of 4,5 million euros

22 Feb 2009