Archive for August, 2009

Gardening in the City? Of Course! Window Box and Container Gardening 101 – A CISC Event

August 13, 2009

Want to eat from your own garden, but think you don’t have enough space? Learn the design elements for a good container or window-box garden — the perfect solution when you’re short on growing space — as well as soil mixtures that work well, and tips for planting and maintaining containers all year. Come check [...]

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Tires Made From Trees: Better, Cheaper, More Fuel Efficient

August 6, 2009

Automobile owners around the world may some day soon be driving on tires that are partly made out of trees — which could cost less, perform better and save on fuel and energy. Wood science researchers at Oregon State University have made some surprising findings about the potential of microcrystalline cellulose – a product that [...]

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Toward a Solar Powered NYC, This Weekend on Gov. Island

August 6, 2009
Toward a Solar Powered NYC, This Weekend on Gov. Island

When people talk about productive urban solar power installations, I tend to think of the sun drenched cities of the South: Phoenix, Albuquerque or even Miami.  Their cool and cloudy cousins further north seem to be unlikely candidates for major solar energy infrastructure (especially with summers like the one we’re experiencing in New York!). However, [...]

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Marine Pest Species Costing Billions In Damage To Fisheries, Coastal Communities And Infrastructure Are Spreading

August 6, 2009
Marine Pest Species Costing Billions In Damage To Fisheries, Coastal Communities And Infrastructure Are Spreading

Marine pest species costing billions in damage to fisheries, coastal communities and infrastructure are spreading as the world’s shipping nations continue to largely neglect bringing into effect an international treaty setting out requirements for consistent handling and treatment of ships’ ballast water, according to new report. Global warming presents an obscure increased threat of the [...]

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Americans Rank Climate Change Among Lowest in International Poll

August 3, 2009
Americans Rank Climate Change Among Lowest in International Poll

Last week the Guardian reported on an opinion poll that found the American public ranking climate change lower in priority than almost any other nation included in the study.  We couldn’t even muster a majority (only 44% thought it should be a major focus) and delivered numbers that compared most closely with those of Iraq [...]

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