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Air Travel. Does it have a cleaner future?

September 26th, 2010

Air miles are now becoming an important component in the determination of global trade and the general public are becoming more and more concerned with the effects of airliner pollution and energy use to the extent of preferring to purchase locally made or Read more…

Energy, Pollution

How Cities Mimic Life

September 14th, 2009

Mega cities are now thought to replicate living organisms in that they Breathe, Consume Energy, Excrete Wastes And Pollute — It is interesting that the scientific trend of viewing the world’s biggest cities as analogous to living, breathing organisms Read more…

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Restoration Based Environmental Markets

August 9th, 2009

Do They Work? What are these markets?
Ecological restoration is an activity that ideally results in the return of an ecosystem to an undisturbed state. Ecosystem services are the benefits humans derive from ecosystems. Read more…

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Are Microbes The New Oil?

January 4th, 2009

With the increasing shouts of alarm over the use and production of biofuels, scientists are actively looking for alternative fuel sources that won’t impact adversely on the lives of millions of people world wide. So what should they be looking at in their search for new and Read more…

Energy

Biofuels – Do They Really Affect Biodiversity?

January 3rd, 2009

Air New Zealand has just become the latest airline to float the skies using bio fuels in a move that is hailed (by some) as a huge advance in the struggle to find an alternative to the oil based economy. Many however are justifiably concerned that the increase in plantations Read more…

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