Positive Ecology
The transformation to sustainability and/as ways to happiness
What seems to be heard most often are the environmentalists predicting doom, and the deniers and delayers arguing that change would hurt us, personally and economically.Recently, we see an emergent understanding that a transformation to sustainability is actually not just about hard choices for "saving the planet," but about ways in which human happiness can ...learn more
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Updated: Oct 25, 2009
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Updated: over 2 years ago
U.S. households rely primarily on three sources of energy: natural gas, electricity, and fuel oil. In the past several decades, electricity�s share of household consumption has grown dramatically, ...
Areas: Energy Efficiency and Conservation, Energy Policy, Electric Power, Sustainable Urban Power
Type: Other - Author: Energy Information Administration
Type: Other - Author: Energy Information Administration
Updated: about 1 year ago
Calls Rise for Public Control of Water Supply
By JIM CARLTONJune 17, 2008; Page A6
FELTON, Calif. -- The faucets in one of six U.S. homes
pour water provided by a private company. Now, some of the...
Updated: about 1 year ago
Education crusader McCain's new aideLisa Graham Keegan brings passion for reform to job48 comments by Ronald J. Hansen - May. 20, 2008 12:00 AMThe Arizona RepublicEarlier this year, as Lisa Graham ...
Areas: Sustainable Communities, Public and Government Education, Education, Government and Sustainability, Corporate Ethics, Sustainability Education, Democracy Education, Access To Education, Sustainability and Technology, Arts Education ...
Type: Website - Author: Ronald J. Hansen
Type: Website - Author: Ronald J. Hansen
Updated: about 1 year ago
EPA might not act to limit rocket fuel in drinking water
By ERICA WERNER
WASHINGTON (AP) — An EPA official said Tuesday there's a "distinct
possibility" the agency won't take action to rid ...
Areas: Water Quality and Health, Water Pollution, Environmental Health, Urban Ecology, Sustainable Urban Environmental Services, Infrastructure, Ecosystem Services, Petroleum in the Environment, Industrial Ecology, Endocrine Disruptors ...
Type: Website - Author: ERICA WERNER
Type: Website - Author: ERICA WERNER
Updated: about 1 year ago
It's Time To Get Rid of the Good-People-vs.-Bad-People View of Drug Use
By Maggie Mahar and Niko Karvounis, Health BeatPosted on June 25, 2008, Printed on June 25, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/sto...
Areas: Education, Government and Sustainability, Cancer, Corporate Ethics, Advertising, Social Development, Crime and Policing, Poverty Alleviation, Ethnic Equality, Rights and Equality of LGBT ...
Type: Website - Author: Maggie Mahar and Niko Karvounis
Type: Website - Author: Maggie Mahar and Niko Karvounis
Updated: about 1 year ago
For Immediate Release:June 23, 2008 Contact: Sara Joseph, 617-447-2527 ...
Areas: Conservation and the Commons, Distributive and Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Water Pollution, Urban Ecology, Infrastructure, Sustainable Urban Environmental Services, Water Quality and Health, Rivers and Creeks, Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning ...
Type: Article - Author: Patti Lynn
Type: Article - Author: Patti Lynn
Updated: about 1 year ago
Perspective on the price of gas
Think a gallon of gas is expensive?
Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 $ 9.52 per gallon
Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 $ 10.00 per gallon
Gatorade 20 oz $1.5...
Country: United States
Areas: Global Food Supply and Sustainability, Consumption and Green Consumers, Sustainable Livelihoods, Responsible Business Practices, Finance Policies and Institutions, Corporate Ethics, Sustainable Agriculture, Agricultural Policy, Public Health, Water and Sustainable Development ...Type: Website - Author: Raging Grannie
Updated: about 1 year ago
US, Berkshire's PacifiCorp discuss dams issue
By JEFF BARNARD
06.11.08,
12:13 PM ET
PacifiCorp, the federal government and the states of Oregon and
California are in talks over how to reso...
Areas: Dams, Inland Aquatic Ecosystems, Restoration Ecology, Precautionary Principle, Environmental Monitoring, Coastal and Marine Human Impacts, Green Banking and Insurance, Cultural Heritage Conservation, Fish, Natural Resource Conservation ...
Type: Article - Author: JEFF BARNARD
Type: Article - Author: JEFF BARNARD
Updated: about 1 year ago
WaterPay For ItTyler Cowen 06.19.08, 6:00 PM ET The sad truth is that hundreds of millions of people in poor countries just don't get enough water. It's common in these countries for women to wa...
Areas: Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning, Public Health, Social Development, Education, Government and Sustainability, Sustainable Urban Environmental Services, Conservation and the Commons, Distributive and Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Water Rights ...
Type: Article - Author: Tyler Cowen
Type: Article - Author: Tyler Cowen
Updated: over 2 years ago
The U.S. Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources (IWR) was formed to provide forward-looking analysis and research in developing planning methodologies to aid the Civil Works program.
S...