|
|
|
|
This Green Living community of bloggers offers ways to live eco-friendly at home and work, while also offering news on large scale, earth friendly advances being made worldwide. If you would like to participate, please contact: Laura Roach
|
512 Articles match "Research"
|
The Latest from Green Living
|
MORE
|
|
Stored vitamins can go off in a short time, a week even
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Vitamins and all kinds of health supplements can become useless in as little as a week if they are being stored in kitchens and bathrooms, researchers have warned. Not that the lobby will have it. Supplements and vitamins are ruined by high humidity and degrade within days, even if they are stored in pots with their lids on tight, because each and every time that you happen open the lid you let in air, which means oxygen, and moisture and this combination destroys the product. Within a very short time, so researchers, a week even, you can get complete
Green (Living) Review
- Monday, March 8, 2010
£20 solution to multi billion pound transport problem
Our research tells us that up to 95 per cent of those asked were in favour of transport policies that support walking, cycling and public transport even if these disadvantage the private car". Sustrans' call to action (insert link to docs on website) outlines the ways to get more people walking, cycling and using public transport: Encourage people to change their travel behaviour Create safe, attractive walking and cycling conditions Increase public transport usage by improving and integrating services and reducing fares Ensure
Green (Living) Review
- Monday, March 8, 2010
Air travel to get more energy efficient?
If the research finds a more efficient engine, there is no guarantee that the world’s airlines and military will adopt it. The nine Universities concerned would be better to focus research on projects less grand but with better environmental effect.It By all means invest in low carbon research which is important, but when the ship is sinking it is not the time for the crew to start re-arranging the deckchairs.
...Tags: One of the stories that crept under my personal radar a couple of week ago related to aircraft engines. Aircrafts account of 2% of the greenhouse
Green Me
- Monday, March 8, 2010
|
-
|
The Best from Green Living
|
MORE
|
-
Training manuals and education resources on sustainability
Non-Renewable Resources 14- Overshoot Definition 15- Sustainability Definition 16- Population Trends 17- Global Distribution of Income 18- Critical Thinking Graphs 19- Factors Affecting the EF 20- Population
The Green Changemakers
- Sunday, February 17, 2008
-
Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-based Products
Tags: Research Paper Recycling Fores Source: http://www.sustainableforestprods.org/ Download the Full Reports Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-based Products: an Introduction Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-based Products: Guide and Resource Kit Forest products are renewable goods that store carbon and have in most cases a lower environmental footprint than non-wood products. Well-managed forests provide numerous ecosystem services and societal benefits.
The Green Changemakers
- Wednesday, November 26, 2008
-
Bicycle Boulevard Planning & Design Guidebook
Tags: Transportation Urban Researc Slowly Coming to the U.S. Cycling is extremely green, and there are all kinds of tools in the arsenal of city planners to encourage more of it. One of the newest (in the U.S.) tools is the bike boulevard, a concept that is relatively common in Europe.
The Green Changemakers
- Monday, December 7, 2009
-
-
Research for Sustainability
Research for Sustainability (URL: http://www.fona.de/download_publikation/research_for_sustainability.pdf) download_publikation/research_for_sustainability.pdf) Framework programme for a sustainable innovative society Download (engl.) (URL: http://www.fona.de/download_publikation/research_for_sustainability.pdf) download_publikation/research_for_sustainability.pdf) [915 KB] 5th BMBF Forum for Sustainability Research for Sustainability - Driver Whether it be in the field of health, agriculture, forestry, production, in the distribution and use of goods, in the transport sector or in the production and use of energy - everywhere attempts are being made to derive a greater benefit for all people with a far smaller impact on the environment.
The Green Changemakers
- Friday, August 8, 2008
-
Questionnaire: customer sustainability index on ICT
Tags: Researc Your help on this survey is highly appreciated! "This survey is to understand the general consumption pattern of household Information and Communication Technology (ICT) appliances, and how it may contribute to three dimensional developments of economy, society and environment. It takes no more than 15 minutes to complete this questionnaire." If you are interested in the final statistic result, please directly contact with: SCIndex09@gmail.com Dear All, I would like to ask you for a favor.
The Green Changemakers
- Wednesday, July 15, 2009
-
"Klima 2008/Climate 2008": internet-based climate research conference launched
Welcome to Climate 2008 / Klima 2008 Europe's C02-friendly Scientific Climate Conference 3-7 November 2008 online Call for papers: Individual researchers and research teams (scientists, decision-makers, enterprises, NGOs, individuals and schools) are invited to submit papers for the online-conference until 30 March 2008. Participation: Register for free to take part in this major online event from 3-7 November 2008. The Research and Transfer Centre "Applications of Life Sciences" of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany has launched the research conference
The Green Changemakers
- Sunday, March 2, 2008
-
-
$1.45 million QinetiQ Research on Remote Environmental Sensors
million QinetiQ Research on Remote Environmental Sensors from Green Living Ideas ]
...Tags: million QinetiQ Research on Remote Environmental Sensors environmental sensors environmental technology monitoring remote pollution sensor Measuring and monitoring environmental impact is a continuing challenge. I’m
Green Living Ideas
- Monday, January 25, 2010
-
Urban Research Symposium 2009
cities engaged on the climate change issue, 2005-2007 (pdf) ( presentation - pdf) Toby Warden, National Academy of Sciences, USA Adapting cities to climate change: Opportunities and constraint (Findings from eight Cities) (pdf) ( presentation - pdf) Dirk Heinrichs, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany; Rimjhim Aggarwal, Jonathan Barton, Erach Bharucha, Carsten Butsch, Michael Fragkias, Peter Johnston, Frauke Kraas, Kerstin Krellenberg, Andrea Lampis, Ooi Giok Ling Climate change and the role of cities in the strategies of international institutions (pdf)
The Green Changemakers
- Sunday, February 7, 2010
-
Sustainable Value
And Sustainable Value integrates academic research and real world application. Researchers and practitioners struggle to integrate all three dimensions of sustainability. Sustainable Value builds on decades of this financial markets research to finally assess and manage environmental and social resources similar to economic resources. Sustainable Value is about integration. Sustainable Value integrates the economic, environmental and social dimension of sustainability.
The Green Changemakers
- Tuesday, July 31, 2007
-
-
The Happy Planet Index 2.0: Why good lives don't have to cost the Earth
Tags: Sustainable-development Research Happines From Smart Growth Online The Happy Planet Index is a website that reveals the ecological efficiency with which human well-being is delivered. The Happy Planet Index 2.0: Why good lives don't have to cost the Earth was first published in July 2009. The report presents the
The Green Changemakers
- Monday, August 10, 2009
|
|
|