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Book review : Regeneration by Paul Hawken

Edouard Stenger

This volume has become one of my favorites among the many I have read on climate and sustainability issues since I started back to 2004 (check the list there ). Bringing back Nature from the brink of collapse can be done by implementing regenerative solutions to our land and oceans. It can bounce back if given the opportunity.

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DEP, Partners Join In Luzerne County Litter Cleanup, Call On Pennsylvanians To Help Pick Up Pennsylvania This Fall

PA Environment Daily

Pick Up Pennsylvania, which began in 2004, is a lynchpin in the anti-litter movement growing in Pennsylvania, and DEP is pleased to support this grassroots campaign for community volunteers,” said DEP Acting Secretary Ramez Ziadeh. “DEP The Pick Up Pennsylvania fall campaign runs through November 30 each year.

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Desalination and Alternative Water Supply and Efficiency

Vermont Law

It is important to note the distinction between groundwater desalination and seawater desalination, the latter containing much higher concentrations of salt, which leads to heavy construction costs, significant ocean and coastal ecosystem impacts, and higher energy and water prices. In 2004, the. While simplistic. Desalination Plant.

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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

The company first attracted global attention when it was caught dumping 3,000 tons of toxic mercury-laden waste in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, that originated at a PVC plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It manufactures plastics, and is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). billion complex in St.

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48 Eco Friendly Products You Can Buy Today to Help Stop Plastic Pollution

Onya

To say plastic pollution is a widespread problem is not doing it justice: Only about 9% of all plastic ever made has likely been recycled with 12% of all plastic waste having been incinerated. One million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals die each year from plastic pollution in our oceans. Zero Waste Shopping Gear.

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

These early thinkers were Thales (5) who created natural philosophy and theorized that seismological events such as earthquakes had a natural cause (correct) but assumed (wrongly) that landmasses were giant rafts that reacted to ocean ripples which caused the quakes. He was wrong about this too but Anaximander had another idea.

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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science

Corp Watch

The Real Thing: Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company by Constance Hays (2004). Photo Gallery Image Coca Cola Protests at World Social Forum, 2004, Mumbai, India PHOTO Knut-Erik Helle Read More Image Protesting Coca-Cola PHOTO Adolfo Lujan Read More Image Protest gegen Coca Cola photo Rettet den Regenwald e.V.

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