There are many outstanding examples of low carbon development, but it is yet to become mainstream, and how each city or development defines its carbon claim varies considerably. Although carbon certification is now widely adopted as a voluntary carbon market …
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The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has released The Roadmap on the Future Needs of Tall Buildings, in partnership with the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) and the United Nations Educational, …
The RUAF Foundation is an international network of seven regional resource centres and one global resource centre on urban agriculture and food security. The RUAF website contains information on the RUAF From Seed to Table (FSTT) program, the activities in …
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A new paper from the Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) offers a five-point plan on how to win the public and policy argument on climate change. The author argues that a plan is necessary because climate change policy is …
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New research suggests extreme weather events like the recent UK floods do not necessarily make people more concerned about climate change. The Climate Outreach and Information Network (COIN) argues in the report After the Floods, Communicating Climate Change Around Extreme …
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Philosophy Activism Nature (PAN) is a journal publishing articles, short prose pieces and poetry exploring cultural aspects of environmental crisis and cultural perspectives on resistance and renewal (with thanks to the Sustainable @ Lockyer Valley blog).
The mandate of the Vancouver Mayor’s Engaged City Task Force is to increase neighbourhood engagement, and improve upon the many ways the city connects with Vancouver residents. The Task Force has released its final report, outlining 19 priority actions that …
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The State of the Climate – 2014 is produced by CSIRO and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Data and analysis show further warming of the atmosphere and oceans in the Australian region. Air and ocean temperatures across Australia are now, …
The Sustainable Organization Library (SOL) is an online library of around 8000 book chapters, case studies and research papers drawn from nearly 600 books and journal issues, focused on sustainability and social responsibility. Each item is individually tagged with its …
The accepted view that the Rapa Nui, the ancient inhabitants of Easter Island, degraded their environment so much that they destroyed its ability to provide for them now appears to be wrong. New research discussed in the COSMOS article Collapse …
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