Neglect of the natural services provided by biodiversity is an economic catastrophe greater than the global economic crisis by Robert Bloomfield | guardian.co.uk | Monday 11 January 2010 07.00 GMT Starting Monday, celebrations and events across the world will highlight the beginning of the UN’s Year of International Biodiversity and the loss of our richly varied [...]
‘Community solar park’: State hopes Ellensburg idea takes off LEAH BETH WARD | YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC | December 13, 2009 ELLENSBURG – Gary Nystedt was brainstorming with a group of colleagues at a solar energy conference a few years ago when the idea hit him. What if Ellensburg put up solar panels in a park and [...]
By Martin Shankleman | Employment correspondent, BBC News | December 14, 2009 Hospital cleaners are worth more to society than bankers, a study suggests. The research, carried out by think tank the New Economics Foundation, says hospital cleaners create £10 of value for every £1 they are paid. It claims bankers are a drain on [...]
GIZMODO | By Wilson Rothman | December 7, 2009 A Two-Horse Race Do this now: Disregard all other ebook readers on the market besides Nook and Kindle. Unless you plan to get all of your books from back-alley torrents, or stick to self-published and out-of-copyright PDFs, you are going to need a reader with a good content-delivery [...]
The New York Times | by By JARED DIAMOND | December 5, 2009 THERE is a widespread view, particularly among environmentalists and liberals, that big businesses are environmentally destructive, greedy, evil and driven by short-term profits. I know — because I used to share that view. But today I have more nuanced feelings. Over the [...]
By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY, December 4, 2009 The home building industry is struggling, but one sector is booming: green homes. The number of homes winning the government’s Energy Star designation since the program began in 1995 has crossed the 1 million mark. Despite an overall housing slump, 75,000 have been added so far this [...]