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• New Report Identifies Strategies to Achieve Net-Zero Energy Homes

  
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  Chances are you know how many miles your car logs for each gallon, liter or tankful of gas, but you probably have only a foggy idea of how much energy your house consumes, even though home energy expenditures often account for a larger share of the household budget. This disparity in useful energy data is just one of ...
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• The FDA Patient Network Website – Patient-Centeredness that Walks the Walk--David Harlow

  
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  The FDA launched an impressive  patient network website this month, after nearly four years of research, focus groups, usability testing and more. The twin goals for this website are promoting the educational mission of the FDA, and promoting opportunities for patient advocacy within the FDA — and earlier in the ...
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• A Teacher-Leader Testimonial on our work from Operation HOPE South Africa

  
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        Good Afternoon Mr John Bryant  I do hope that I find you well. I would like to thank you for sparing your time and effort to come and address my learners at Sandtonview Combined School, on Monday the 22rd of April 2013. Your presentation was so inspiring to me as the Educator/Teacher ...
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• Glad’s Brilliant Trash Bag Tent Could Solve the Waste Problem at Music Festivals

  
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  California-based company Glad may specialize in dustbin liners and food storage containers, but they recently unveiled a brilliant one-person trash bag tent for camping , music festivals and other outdoor events. The concept was launched at the SXSW 2013 music festival in Austin, Texas, where tents were distributed ...
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• U.S Army Announces $7B in Renewable Energy Projects

  
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  The U.S. Army has just launched the first in a series of renewable energy contracts that will eventually total $7 billion by the end of this year, using power purchase agreements along with a standard procurement tool that is expected to crush any obstacles that are put in its path. That includes the notorious budget ...
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• Managing Government Information as an Asset

  
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  A new Open Data Policy of the US Government says that ‘starting this week (9th May 2013) new and modernized Government information systems should use open and machine readable formats by default’. ‘To promote continued job growth, Government efficiency, and the social good that can be gained from ...
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• An interview with Prof. Calvin Jones: “Economics is a child of the oil age”

  
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  The other day I read an excellent piece by Calvin Jones, Professor of Economics at Cardiff Business School (see right) called Technology Cannot Tackle Climate Change .  Having argued that, due to a range of issues, economic growth is no longer possible, he writes: “Faced with these issues it is easy to withdraw ...
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• 10 Best Cities to Retire in Canada 2013

  
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  I often write about how Canada ranks on a global scale in areas such as best countries to live , the  smartest countries , the  happiest countries , the   most peaceful countries , the  most sustainable countries , the  friendliest countries , the  most charitable countries , the  most prosperous countries , ...
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• Four Easy Ways to Lessen your Carbon Footprint

  
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  Climate change is a very real problem. Over the last century, the average temperature of the Earth has risen by around 0.75°C, and with consumer demand on the increase for manufactured products that happen to emit carbon dioxide, this trend only looks set to continue, with potentially disastrous environmental ...
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• Building Transportation Infrastructure in a Broken Political System

  
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  By Robert Cruickshank Over at his blog, Alon Levy has an interesting post calling for more democracy in the planning and authorization of transportation infrastructure. Levy points to Switzerland as an example of a political system where transportation projects are routinely put to a referendum and the results are ...
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• What does Transition look like in South Africa?

  
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  Here’s a fantastic video from DW (“Germany’s International Broadcaster”) about Transition in South Africa.  It is a clip from a longer programme called ‘Global 3000: The Globalisation Program’ , and it looks at the work of Transition Town Greyton  in South Africa.  It is a fascinating response to the ...
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• Identifying ecosystems at risk – the new IUCN Red List

  
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  We know quite a lot about which species around the world are most endangered. The Red List of threatened species, developed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), identifies species that are most at risk of extinction. But scientists have become increasingly concerned that the habitats of ...
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• Cut Out - Unwelcome expansion into Englewood

  
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  As families are forced out, Englewood comes to terms with a neighbor intent on expanding its rail yard operations. Read more →
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• It look as if electric vehicles are finally on the right road

  
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  On paper the EV, or electric vehicle, looks ideal. You can still qualify for a grant to help you buy one, which reduces the price of a van by 20%, with absolutely no emissions from the exhaust. What many fail to realise, however, is that they rather eradicating pollution, they are actually transferring it to a ...
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• Next Monday: Webinar – ‘Local Economic Blueprints: pioneering or pointless?’

  
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  On May 13th at 1pm BST , Transition Network and Resilience.org will be hosting a Webinar entitled  Local Economic Blueprints: pioneering or pointless? and you are cordially invited to join us (details for how to watch it will be posted here at the end of the week).  It will look in more depth at the recently ...
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• Be Effective With These Home-based Business Tips

  
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  Running the home commercial operation consists of competency, determination, as well as persistence. It involves lots of campaigns to get the lot some-more buyers as well as sales. Don’t be duped by the candid design – it takes duty as well as persistence. When we have been ready to have the work as well as [...]
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• County Council outlines Lancaster road improvements, Sustainable Transport plans

  
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  Lancashire County Council has announced a number of road improvements and Sustainable Transport initiatives, as part of its Environment Directorate 2013/14 Commissioning Plan for Lancaster . Work has already begin on some work and although the start and completion of works may change (the plan is updated through ...
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• Case Study of Two Successful Township Health Centers in Rural China

  
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  Case Study about Two Successful Township Health Centers in Rural China Abstract : The Township Health Centers (THCs), which serve China’s rural residents are hospitals with Chinese characteristics. A comparative study of two THCs found that their performance is linked to their successful adaptation to the new ...
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• To cut emissions, the housing sector has to pull its weight

  
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  If we are to reduce emissions enough to limit the impacts of climate change, all sectors are going to have to pull their weight. It’s a big job: scientists tell us we need reduce emissions by up to 90% of 1990 levels by 2050. Australia’s residential sector is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, ...
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• Former German President waxes lyrical about Transition

  
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  Thanks to Transition Town Freiburg in Germany for this.  Horst Köhler, recently-resigned German president (and former president of the IMF) gave a speech to a big world mobility conference (i.e. lots of car companies in the audience), in which he waxed lyrical about Transition!  And a few days later he stood down. ...
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