Food Miles: Another Wrench in the Spokes of Environmental Educators

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Remi Charron Edmonon Aug 7, 2009 16:51 pm
This is one of the better environmental related articles that I've read in a while: http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6064 We have a "food miles" workshop in my environmental ed…

Avoiding Food Waste in the First Place

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Emma Fuchsen Wangaratta Aug 3, 2009 2:32 am
I am looking for similar examples to the project I am currently rolling out. It is a project looking at food waste in the household waste stream. Along the concept of CBSM, this…

Pedestrian-Friendly Traffic Lights

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Leon Arundell Canberra Jul 30, 2009 20:49 pm
I am looking for guidelines on how to program traffic lights, to avoid the unecessary pedestrian delays that discourage walking and encourage unsafe crossings. For some Canberra …

Cool Biz

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j mcgee Tampa Jul 30, 2009 10:56 am
Japan has a program of energy efficiency called Cool Biz/Warm biz. They mandated that government offices raise thermostats in the summer and lower them in the winter, like many o…

Comparing Curbside Recycling to a Community Drop Off Program

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Brenda Maccallum Saint John Jul 24, 2009 14:55 pm
We currently have a community drop off recycling depot program. Residents can recycle paper, cardboard, metal & plastics at local recycling depots. I am interested in any studie…

Feedback on New Digest

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Jul 24, 2009 9:27 am
Yesterday we introduced a revised digest. The principal change is the inclusion of a true table of contents at the top of the digest. We included the table of contents to make i…

Community Composting in Groups with No Knowledge

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Dion Battersby Tbilisi Jul 24, 2009 7:24 am
I am looking for any research, past project reports, or tools for introducing composting to groups with absolutely no culture of it. I'm working with landless, rural displaced p…

Hands-on Activity in Energy Efficiency/Conservation for a 'Teach-the-Teachers' Workshop

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Marcia Lehman Ambridge Jul 23, 2009 13:36 pm
Hello all, I am currently creating a 4 hour session for a Teach the Teachers workshop in Energy Efficiency/Conservation --- new learnings they can take back to their schools to pr…

Engaging Local Business/Industry in Species at Risk Recovery/Protection

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Rebecca D Toronto Jul 20, 2009 11:05 am
Hi, Our project is aimed at engaging a local business community in the protection and recovery of an aquatic species at risk residing in a stream adjacent to the big box store …

Garden Windmills

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Lyne Ciesielski Melbourne Jul 16, 2009 21:53 pm
Hi - Recently my sister was in Norway and saw windmills which provide energy for the suburban household. The installation was comprised of numerous fans facing in different diecti…
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