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Wuzzleburg Preschool Garden Awards
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! , a program for pre-schoolers that airs on Nick Jr., has joined with the National Gardening Association to promote gardening for young children through a new grant program. Seventy-five applicants will each receive an assortment of garden … Continue reading
Posted in Funding Opportunities, Schools
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Film Your Issue Short Film Competition
USA Today, the United Nations, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other organizations and media leaders have joined forces to engage young adults (14-24) in contributing to the public dialogue on pressing social issues using the power of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Awards & contests, Schools
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Commuter-Rail Reading: 'Greening Your Office' and 'Biking to Work'
This post in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Buildings & Grounds blog is the first installment of periodic reviews/summaries of books covering architecture, landscape, energy, sustainability, and related topics. The first two featured books are Biking to Work and Greening … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Green Lifestyle, Schools, Sustainability
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Free Water Conservation PSAs to Raise Awareness
Read the full story in Water & Wastewater News. The Weather Channel will air and will make available to governmental agencies and environmental groups public service announcements on water conservation.
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USGS: Groundwater Influences Key to Sustainable Water Supply
Read the full story in Water & Wastewater News. White Pine County, Nev., is a critical recharge area for several major regional flow systems that extend north to the Great Salt Lake and south to the Colorado River, according to … Continue reading
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Off the hook: stronger soft-plastic fishing lure reels in raves
Read the news release. Working with University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering and business school faculty and students, a Wisconsin entrepreneur has perfected a fiber-reinforced fishing lure that may prevent millions of pounds of toxic plastics from polluting waters nationwide.
Posted in Green Products, Plastics
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Partial ban for paint strippers containing dichloromethane proposed
Read the press release. The European Commission has proposed to restrict the sale and use of paint strippers containing dichloromethane. Such paint removers, are used in industry and are also sold in “Do-It-Yourself” stores accessible to everybody. Dichloromethane vapour is … Continue reading
Posted in Chemical Industry, International, Regulation
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Application of the Toxics Release Inventory to Nanomaterials
Download the report [PDF, 16 p.] This research brief examines whether the legal authorities that establish the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) in the Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) could be applied to nanomaterials. Although several organizations have published analyses … Continue reading
Posted in Nanotechnology, Publications, Regulation
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Virtual Solutions to Real-World Problems: An Eco Tour of Second Life
Read the full story from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. If you have never been in a virtual world, here is your chance to visit one of the most popular, Second Life, and see how people are using … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Green Lifestyle, Schools, Web Resources
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Population and Climate Change: Relationships, Research, and Responses
Read the story from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Environmental Change and Security Program. “In general, one can associate lower populations with lower emissions, but it’s not going to guarantee a low emissions outcome,” explained Brian O’Neill, a … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Research
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