Sustainable Communities BA at Dominican University of California
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Sustainable Communities (SC) is a vibrant undergraduate major that addresses current issues by integrating environmental studies with cultural analysis, social action, public policy, and hands-on skill building. The course of study encourages a student’s capacity to think globally and systemically; to clarify value conflicts, motivations, and learning styles ...learn more
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Created: Jan 14, 2009
Updated: Jan 31, 2009
Membership: Open
Semi-Private
Phytotechnologies 6th International Conference
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This conference will explore technologies and issues relating to the use of plants to address current and emerging environmental challenges. Overall, the conference endeavors to address how best to integrate research science and field applications using plants to remedy environmental problems.
Topics of interest:
• Phytoremediation Research on Fate and Contaminants
• Phytoremediation Field Projects
• Use in Developing Economics
• Ecorestoration and Habitat Creation
• Biofuels
• Greenroof Technology
• Carbon Sequestration
• Vegetative Covers
• Constructed Wetlands
• Phytomonitoring
• Molecular Engineering
Dr. Peter Raven is one of the most acclaimed scientists in Missouri history and one of the world’s leading botanists and advocates of conservation and biodiversity, will deliver the keynote address on Dec. 2, 2009. Dr. Raven is the director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Chairman of the National Geographic Society’s Committee for Research and Exploration.
