Footprint Network News: Highlights of California’s First Ecological Footprint Report

Jay OwenBeyond GDP

Issue 32, July 2013   Tell a Friend   Subscribe     Footprint Network Blog Our Partners We’re Hiring Ecological Footprint Newsroom About Us About Global Footprint Network   Our mission is to promote a sustainable economy by advancing the Ecological Footprint, a measurement tool that makes the reality of …

Earth Policy Release – Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

Chapter 5. Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future  Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch5   Over the next several weeks, we will be releasing Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity by Lester R. Brown in installments. Look for a new chapter about every other week. Supporting data, videos, and …

UN CONVENES MEETING ON ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

UN CONVENES MEETING ON ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT New York, May 13 2013  6:00PM Senior United Nations officials, policymakers, civil society representatives and other stakeholders gathered today at UN Headquarters in New York for a special Economic and Social Council forum on mobilizing science, technology and …

Good News Agency: A culture of peace is emerging in all fields of human endeavour

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

Good News Agency A culture of peace is emerging in all fields of human endeavour   Good News Agency carries positive and constructive news from all over the world relating to voluntary work, the work of the United Nations, non governmental organizations and institutions engaged in improving the quality of life …

Earth Policy Release – Full Planet, Empty Plates Chapter Two

Jay OwenSustainability News, Earth Systems Science

Chapter 2. The Ecology of Population Growth  Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch2 Earth Policy Release Full Planet, Empty Plates May 9, 2013

E This Week: More Evidence Environment Is Impacting Autism

Jay OwenSustainability News

May 05, 2013 WHAT WE’RE FOLLOWING More Evidence Environment Is Impacting Autism Evidence continues to mount that environmental exposures prior to pregnancy are contributing to rising autism rates. Most recently researchers submitted the results of three studies at the International Society for Autism Research conference in Spain, tying… Continue Reading …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Superstorm Sandy shook the U. S., literally

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News   Superstorm Sandy shook the U. S., literally New understanding of rare white shark movement around Hawai’i ‘First step’ in addressing effects of climate change Weeding out ineffective biocontrol agents Remote-sensing study quantifies permafrost degradation in Arctic Alaskan wetlands New solar-cell coating could enable a major …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News : Early warning signs of population collapse

Jay OwenNature/Biomimicry

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Early warning signs of population collapse Scientists use nature against nature to develop an antibiotic with reduced resistance Goosefish capture small puffins over deep water of Northwest Atlantic Scientists use islands to gauge rainfall’s effect on landscapes Biofilm helps Salmonella survive hostile conditions ‘Sustainable fishing’ certification …

Human Development and the Ecological Footprint

Jay OwenBeyond GDP

  Tell a Friend   Subscribe     Footprint Network Blog Our Partners We’re Hiring Ecological Footprint Newsroom About Us About Global Footprint Network   Our mission is to promote a sustainable economy by advancing the Ecological Footprint, a measurement tool that makes the reality of planetary limits relevant to …