Hello,
For those scant few readers of this blog, I would like to re-direct you to my newer blog at www.greenandreadallover.wordpress.com
I will be featuring talks/seminars/activities related to sustainability, wellness, and community building as well as featuring some headlines of the week.
Hope you can make it and thanks to those who have visited.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Thursday, August 07, 2014
Search of the day (August 7)
Vox (4
AUG 2014) A university president gave up $90,000 to give his minimum wage
workers a raise
http://www.vox.com/2014/8/4/5967181/kentucky-state-university-president-minimum-wage?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=voxdotcom&utm_content=monday
Urbanful
(7 JULY 2014) What is the true cost of free parking?
http://urbanful.org/2014/07/07/free-parking/?utm_source=Urbanful+Primary+List&utm_campaign=3cd233fffe-August_5_Primary_List_SGA&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fdf64fbc84-3cd233fffe-197309889
Climate
Progress (5 AUG 2014) Six major shipping companies will slow down to protect
whales
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/05/3467453/ships-slow-down-to-protect-whales/
Mother
Jones (4 AUG 2014) 40 million people depend on the Colorado River. Now it’s drying up
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/08/southwests-water-crunch-even-worse-we-thought
Stephanie
L. Castle, Brian F. Thomas, John T. Reager, Matthew Rodell, Sean C. Swenson,
and James S. Famiglietti. Groundwater
depletion during drought threatens future water security of the Colorado River
Basin. (2014) Geophysical Research Letters.
DOI:
10.1002/2014GL061055
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014GL061055/abstract
USA
Today (10 JULY 2014) Water level in Nevada’s Lake Mead drops to all time low
National
Geographic (30 JULY 2014) Groundwater depletion in Colorado River Basin poses
big risk to water security
Journalist’s
Resource (30 JULY 2014) The pen is mightier than the keyboard: Advantages of
longhad over laptop note taking
Jouranlist’s
Resource (24 JULY 2014) Health benefits of urban vegetation and green space:
Research roundup
Journalist’s
Resource (12 DEC 2011) Analysis of health, safety and greening vacant urban
space
http://journalistsresource.org/studies/environment/cities/analysis-health-safety-greening-vacant-urban-space
National
Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis – Documenting the intangible
effects of nature on human well-being
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/documenting-intangible-effects-nature-human-well-being
Global
Policy (4 AUG 2014) As gap between rich and poor widens, global safety net in
danger
NY Tmes
(5 AUG 2014) A new report argues inequality is causing slower growth. Here’s why it matters
http://nyti.ms/1ooz8SR
Standard
and Poor Global Credit Portal (5 AUG 2014) How increasing income inequality is
dampening US economic growth, and possible ways to change the tide.
https://www.globalcreditportal.com/ratingsdirect/renderArticle.do?articleId=1351366&SctArtId=255732&from=CM&nsl_code=LIME&sourceObjectId=8741033&sourceRevId=1&fee_ind=N&exp_date=20240804-19:41:13
Blue and
Green Tomorrow (3 AUG 2014) Science fiction could be influencing peoples view
on climate change
http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2014/08/03/science-fiction-could-be-influencing-peoples-view-on-climate-change/
Urbanful
(5 AUG 2014) Air conditioning is cooking the planet
http://urbanful.org/2014/08/05/air-conditioning-cooking-planet/?utm_source=Urbanful+Newsletter+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c8f35b0000-August_6_Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8e001d386c-c8f35b0000-197436621
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