Ecological

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• High-Voltage Transmission Lines: Proximity, Visibility, and Encumbrance Effects

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 440
  http://www.appraisalinstitute.org/taj/ Abstract: In this study, over 1,200 home sales in 1998-2007 are aggregated into four study areas with a 345-kV transmission line. Field data are collected on the sale properties relative to proximity to and visibility of transmission line towers, and the extent of encumbrance ...
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• Economic Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services: Methodology and Monetary Estimates

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 440
  http://www.feem.it/Feem/Pub/Publications/WPapers/WP2009-012.htm By using ad hoc value transfer protocols, this paper offers a methodological contribution and provides accurate per hectare estimates of the economic value of some selected ecosystem services for all forest biomes in the world, identified following the ...
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• Eliciting environmental preferences of Ghanaians in the laboratory: An incentive-compatible experiment

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 440
  http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/17107/ Abstract: In this paper Yael Meroz, Andrea Morone, and Piergiuseppe Morone aim to look into the attributes of Ghanaians’ willingness-to-pay for green products. This would help ... assess whether Ghanaians show a preference towards environmental goods. The methodology employed ...
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• Toward the Sentient City: The Future of the Outernet and How to Imagine it?

  
  UgoTrade — Authority: 532
  Amphibious Architecture – “submerges ubiquitous computing into the water—that 90% of the Earth’s inhabitable volume that envelops New York City but remains under-explored and under-engaged.” Toward the Sentient City , brought “architects and urban designers into a conversation that until now has ...
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• Hopenhagen – Make Change Happen

  
  The Succulent Wife's Favorite Things — Authority: 462
  Hopenhagen. As in Hope for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December 7 to 18.Hopenhagen is a tool for “the people”, across the globe, to create a strong, purpose-driven, environmentally concerned community that demands a call to action from the world leaders to make the changes ...
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• Ukraine In Lockdown Amidst Swine Flu Scare

  
  In These New Times — Authority: 141
  Martial law was effectively declared in the Ukraine last week by unpopular President Victor Yushchenko after an outbreak of what health officialsdescribed as flu and respiratory infections. The outbreak has reportedly already infected hundreds of thousands of people in the western regions of the country. In response, ...
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• Mayawati parks: Lawyer says apex court registry gave him wrong dates

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) A Lucknow-based advocate approached the Supreme Court Monday accusing its registry of giving him the wrong dates for hearing of his lawsuit against the Uttar Pradesh government, which led to its dismissal due to his absence during its hearing.Crying foul against the apex court’s registry, ...
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• Eric Sanderson pictures New York - before the City

  
  Talkitect.com — Authority: 116
  Since being introduced to the concept of Landscape Ecology by Profesor Brook Muller at the University of Oregon, I have been fascinated by the blending of architecture and the environment. This fascinating talk takes a step back in time to visualize what life on Manhattan was like before the Europeans arrived. Using ...
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• Collapsible Rain Barrel – a take-it-with you wonder

  
  The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia — Authority: 144
  This Collapsible Rain Barrel gives water conservation a new perspective. Made of laminated, flexible polyester, this tear-resistant container [...] 133 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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• Brown matter

  
  Stand and Deliver — Authority: 513
  No, this post is not about poop. Its about creating a brown matter reservoir for composting. I just started composting last year, even though Ive been married for 11+ years and we have owned houses for the past 9 years. It just seemed too scary and overwhelming, with all the talk about the proper balance of brown ...
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• Economics: NeoClassical v Ecological

  
  popular logistics — Authority: 122
  2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 Spyder "All this matters because economists thought, wrote, and prescribed as if nature did not." J. R. McNeill, Something New Under the Sun. ( ISBN-10: 0393321835) "Global Warming is nonsense. Greenhouse gases mean growth, far as I can see. The Earth is one big resource, ...
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• Hunting across Southeast Asia weakens forests survival, An interview with Richard Corlett

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 136
  A large flying fox eats a fruit ingesting its seeds. Flying over the tropical forests it eventually deposits the seeds at the base of another tree far from the first. One of these seeds takes root, sprouts, and in thirty years time a new tree waits for another flying fox to spread its speed. In the Southeast Asian ...
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• Measuring the environmental costs of tidal power plant construction: A choice experiment study

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 440
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.07.015 Abstract: Korea is considering the construction of a tidal power plant (TPP) at Garolim Bay. However, as the construction of the Garolim TPP (GTPP) is expected to entail some environmental damage, it has become an increasingly important topic for public debate. Using a ...
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• The Local Report: Fire and Smoke

  
  osage + orange — Authority: 124
  . If winter is near then it’s time for the Thatcher Woods volunteers to start burning up piles of buckthorn that have been cut during the growing season. This exercise in beneficial pyromania has become one of my favorite pastimes for a couple of reasons. When I was a kid the chore of raking leaves was enticing ...
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• Mobile Phones- Doctor Calls in Warning

  
  In These New Times — Authority: 141
  7Days8th November, 2009Millions of mobile phone users in the UAE could be at risk of developing brain tumours, according to a leading expert on electromagnetic radiation, who will release his findings in Dubai today.Dr Howard Fisher, who has conducted dozens of studies and written three books on the subject, says ...
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• Clinton Connects Overpopulation to Climate Change

  
  In These New Times — Authority: 141
  Jurriaan MaessenObamboozled7th November, 2009During a visit to India in July of this year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton revealed not only the administration’s commitment to tackle ‘global climate change’, but also her willingness to link it to overpopulation. After a roundtable discussion with Indian ...
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• New book: Environment and Conflict in Africa: Reflections on Darfur

  
  Sudan Watch — Authority: 434
  Environment and Conflict in Africa: Reflections on Darfur Edited by Marcel Leroy, UPEACE Africa Programme Publication date October 2009, 404 pages. ISBN 978-9977-925-63-9 This volume examines climate and ecological changes in Sub-Saharan Africa, and how these relate to conflicts on the continent. Particular attention ...
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• Online Course Takes Guesswork out of Green Wedding Planning

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 677
  It might not feel like wedding season right now, but thats only because most people are in the planning stages, making it prime time for studying up on how to make a wedding green.
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• The Scandal Surrounding Faked Data in Vienna

  
  In These New Times — Authority: 141
  The Scandal Surrounding Faked Data in Vienna Posted in Ecological and Public Health Crisis Tagged: electromagnetic pollution, EM radiation health hazard
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• Relax! The Swine Flu is the Least of Your Worries

  
  In These New Times — Authority: 141
  Surfing the Apocalypse6th November, 2009I’d just like to share the good news that in spite of all the stories that are coming out about the very questionable safety of the swine flu vaccine, that’s no longer a cause for concern. Now that the media have told us that there is a shortage, the only important [...]
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