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World Summit on Climate Change & Global Warming, November 26-27, Tokyo, Japan
Meetings International Pte LTD Conferences welcomes every one of the members over the globe to participate in the International Conference i.e. World Summit on Climate Change & Global Warming (Climate Change 2018) during Nov 26-27, in Tokyo… more...
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Environment
0 replies | 1830 views | Posted on: 06/29/2018 | Last updated: 07/01/2018
The State of Clean Energy Innovation and Opportunities for Growth on the North Shore, April 25, Peabody, MA
In celebration of Earth Day, the North Shore Technology Council and its Sustainability Forum subgroup is hosting a special Earth Day-themed program for the April Business Breakfast. Steve Pike, CEO of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center w… more...
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Environment
0 replies | 846 views | Posted on: 04/13/2018 | Last updated: 04/13/2018
Resilience is on everyone's tongue these days
I hope you’ll check out my latest blog post for US Green Building Council - Los Angeles Chapter on Resilience: "Just over a year ago I started this blog to better understand what people think about the concepts and principles of sustai… more...
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Environment
1 replies | 1231 views | Posted on: 03/19/2018 | Last updated: 03/24/2018
Solar panel lifespan (brief)
What we do know today is that a panel will continue to lose about 0.5% efficiency each year over it´s lifetime, and this is what makes solar panels manufactured today, come with a warranty that guarantees an energy production off at least … more...
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Environment
0 replies | 1852 views | Posted on: 11/27/2017 | Last updated: 11/27/2017
Mayors Step Up to Fill Climate Change Leadership Gap
On Monday, June 26, The United States Conference of Mayors, including both Republican and Democratic mayors from across the nation, met in Miami and adopted several resolutions to fight climate change. One of the resolutions the attendees a… more...
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Climate Change
1 replies | 1335 views | Posted on: 06/30/2017 | Last updated: 07/13/2017
What’s Happening to the Bees?
Pollinators serve a very important role in agriculture. Grasses such as wheat and corn are pollinated by the wind, but most other native crops require pollination by bees or other pollinating animals. Among other important foods, these crop… more...
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Agriculture/Farming
0 replies | 1342 views | Posted on: 06/29/2017 | Last updated: 06/29/2017
How Much Do You Know About Solving Global Warming? (Take the Quiz! via New York Times)
Green entrepreneur, Paul Hawken recently edited a book called “Drawdown.” The new book analyzes one hundred potential climate change solutions and ranks them based on the measure of greenhouse gases that could be eliminated. The interes… more...
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Environment
0 replies | 2166 views | Posted on: 06/15/2017 | Last updated: 06/15/2017
California is Staying the Path
"Against the backdrop of recent awareness-building events designed to bolster against the political sludge oozing out of Washington DC, I spent Friday, April 28th at the 11th Annual Summit on Sustainability at the Getty Center, put together… more...
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Environment
1 replies | 688 views | Posted on: 05/05/2017 | Last updated: 06/07/2017
Webinar: How Sustainable is Our Global Climate Ethos? June 8th 1:15-2:45pm EST
How Sustainable is Our Global Climate Ethos and will it create a sustainable climate? Building on decades of work across the globe by the public and private sectors, has a shared global climate ethos -- a sense of collective commitment … more...
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Climate Change
0 replies | 1514 views | Posted on: 05/24/2017 | Last updated: 05/24/2017
What you count counts
I hope you will check out my latest blog for USGBC-LA: http://usgbc-la.org/blog/spotlight-on-sustainability-what-we-count-counts/ more...
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Environment
3 replies | 1995 views | Posted on: 04/26/2017 | Last updated: 05/03/2017
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