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The history we grow up with shapes our sense of reality—it’s hard to shake. If you were young during the fight against Nazism, war seems a different, more virtuous animal than if you came of age during Vietnam. I was born in 1960, and so the first great ... keep reading
Written by Bill Mckibben/The Nation this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Education (1 comment)
Harvard University, the world’s richest school, has refused to sell its investments in fossil-fuel companies despite pressure from students to do so. President Drew Faust of the University has released a letter that says “I do not believe, nor do my colleagues on the Corporation, that university divestment from ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Education, Finance & Money (1 comment)
On Friday evening, 60 Brown University students and community members joined Brown Divest Coal to hear ethical arguments for Brown to divest its funds from the coal industry. The event came two weeks in advance of the expected vote on divestment by Brown’s Board of Trustees. At the event ... keep reading
Written by Racel B this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Corporate Social Responsibility, Education, Finance & Money
Like so many civilization-changing discoveries – penicillin, radioactivity, X-rays and smallpox vaccinations – a new twist on solar energy production , uncovered by Penn State researchers, suggests that in the not-so-distant future, solar energy will be not only more efficient, but more affordable than it is today. This is saying quite a lot ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts last month, about Clean Tech, Education, Solar
As part of Eco Week, the University of Canterbury Sustainability Office is hosting the Christchurch premier of Bidder 70. Bidder70 is a movie about the extraordinary, effective activism by University of Utah economics student Tim DeChristopher, who demanded government and industry accountability on the mining of fossil fuels and climate ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Economics, Education, Finance & Money
Local glass container maker, O-I New Zealand (O-I NZ), today allocated $NZ 25,000 in study grants to 15 schools, from the company’s O-I NZ Glass Environmental Fund. Earlier in the year, schools from around the country were invited to apply to the O-I NZ Glass Environmental Fund which ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Education, Finance & Money, Industry & Business
In a landmark study, scientists at The University of Queensland (UQ) have simulated future ocean conditions and found climate change will jeopardise the future of coral reefs. The study in PNAS , finds coral reefs dissolve rapidly once exposed to warmer, more acidic ocean conditions associated with business-as-usual CO2 emission ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Sustainability
“Philanthropy” is usually a word we associate with the world of adults and rich people. Increasingly though, children from a spread of socio-economic backgrounds are participating in and learning about what it means to be philanthropic, both at home and at school. As well as helping those in need, the ... keep reading
Written by Jackie King/The Conversation in August, about Children and Families, Education, Lifestyle & Behavior
The Government of India recently granted dolphins non-human personhood, making India the first nation in the world to recognize the unique intelligence and self-awareness of the cetacean class of aquatic mammals, as noted by Mike Adams in his Natural News article of August 9. Mike recently wrote that “Dolphins are ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August, about Education, Environment & Wildlife, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaZUsASFI6Y When we think about fuel for power plants, oil, coal and natural gas typically comes to mind. Now, try adding wastewater to that mix. In this video, Professor Bruce E Logan from Pennsylvania State University shows us a microbial fuel cell, a device ... keep reading
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