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We Were Wrong on Peak Oil. There's Enough to Fry Us All

Thu, 2012-07-12 00:24 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                  

'The great profusion of life in the past – fossilised in the form of flammable carbon – now jeopardises the great profusion of life in the present.' Illustration by Daniel Pudles

guardian.co.uk - by George Monbiot - July 2, 2012

The facts have changed, now we must change too. For the past 10 years an unlikely coalition of geologists, oil drillers, bankers, military strategists and environmentalists has been warning that peak oil – the decline of global supplies – is just around the corner. We had some strong reasons for doing so: production had slowed, the price had risen sharply, depletion was widespread and appeared to be escalating. The first of the great resource crunches seemed about to strike.

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Elsevier Launches New Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Thu, 2012-06-28 10:44 — Corey Watts

submitted by Joyce Fedeczko

www.elsevier.com - June 25, 2012

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of a new quarterly journal, External link  International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Rio+20: Disaster Risk Reduction

Mon, 2012-06-25 22:13 — Corey Watts
submitted by Linton Wells http://www.ustream.tv - June 17, 2012
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Patient Outcomes and Environmental Monitoring System (POEMS)

Sun, 2012-06-17 23:15 — Kathy Gilbeaux

         

GHRF, and Nepal and Bhutan affiliated NGOs, along with Ministries of Health and Agriculture are partnering to utilize mobile and information technology tools to warehouse health and environmental data together to allow multi-level assessments and cross-correlation of outcomes to assess health and environmental impact. 

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Reporters Without Orders

Fri, 2012-06-08 18:13 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

       

economist.com - June 9, 2012

Can journalism funded by private generosity compensate for the decline of the commercial kind?

BANDITS, terrorists, clan rivalries, lawless security forces and corrupt officials make Russia’s north Caucasus the murkiest part of an often opaque country. Journalism there is difficult and dangerous. Much of the best reporting is done by Caucasian Knot, a bilingual online news service. Whereas most of the Russian national media is owned and controlled either by the Kremlin or by tycoons wary of incurring its displeasure, Caucasian Knot is financed by donations.

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Video - The Atlanta Summit on Sustaining U.S. Leadership in Global Health & Water

Mon, 2012-05-21 23:32 — Kathy Gilbeaux

csis.org - May 21, 2012

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Sierra Leone: Taylor Verdict a Warning to War Crimes Perpetrators

Wed, 2012-05-16 22:52 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor takes notes in court. RNW

allafrica.com - April 26, 2012

Dakar — The landmark guilty verdict today against former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor is a warning to those most responsible for atrocity crimes that they can be held accountable.

A decade after the war in Sierra Leone, the Special Court's ruling marks the first time that a former head of state has been found guilty of war-time atrocities by an internationally-backed court since the Nuremberg trials.

The verdict is a fresh lesson to all those in power that they do not enjoy impunity and a sign of hope in Sierra Leone that those most responsible for the heinous crimes of the eleven-year civil war (1991-2002) are being brought to book.

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Little of Earth’s Water is Usable in Everyday Life

Thu, 2012-05-10 21:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Picture of Earth showing if all Earth's water (liquid, ice, freshwater, saline) was put into a sphere it would be about 860 miles (about 1,385 kilometers) in diameter. Diameter would be about the distance from Salt Lake City, Utah to Topeka, Kansas, USA.
Credit: Illustration by Jack Cook, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Howard Perlman, USGS.

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Homeland Security News Wire - May 9, 2012

Very little of Earth’s water is usable in everyday life; about 96 percent of water on Earth is saline; of the total freshwater, over 68 percent is locked up in ice and glaciers; another 30 percent of freshwater is in the ground; rivers are the source of most of the fresh surface water people use, but they only constitute about 300 mi3 (1,250 km3), about 1/10,000th of one percent of total water

How much water exists on, in, and above Earth?

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Grand Challenges Explorations - Winners Announced May 9, 2012

Thu, 2012-05-10 15:11 — Kathy Gilbeaux
From: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation <***@***.***>
Date: May 9, 2012 1:28:04 PM EDT
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Subject: Grand Challenges Explorations - Winners Announced May 9, 2012
Reply-To: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation <***@***.***>

Dear Colleagues:

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iPavement Puts a World of Knowledge Beneath Your Feet

Thu, 2012-05-03 18:18 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

good.is - May 3, 2012

Now that the United Nations has declared internet access a human right, any small step that helps get more people online is worth celebrating. That's why iPavement, the latest creation from Spanish tech company Via Inteligente, is so genius.

Constructed of a calcium carbonate stone, iPavement looks like your average piece of square tile. But one should never judge a tile by its cover. At iPavement's core is a 5GB microprocessor that can support both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Each tile will also come with its own suite of apps, offering users features like coupons to local businesses and maps to nearby places of interest. Via Inteligente's ultimate goal is to make cities more accessible and interesting by linking iPavement squares to people's increasing number of handheld devices.

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http://www.ipavement.com/en/index_eng.html

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