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
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Do you smoke? Is second hand smoke bad for you?
Sometimes the discussion around smoking is sidetracked into a health issue. Now the overwhelming research indicates that smoking can lead to cancer and that second hand smoke can cause many health issues.
However, studies indicate that second hand smoke does not lead to lung cancer:
Paolo Boffetta et al. Multicenter case-control study of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer in Europe. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Volume 90, Number 19 (October 7, 1998)
Judy Peres - No clear link between passive smoking and lung cancer
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 105(24): 1844-1846 (Published online 6 DEC 2013)
These studies indicate that second hand smoke is not associated with lung cancer but there are many other health issues that are associated with second hand smoke which should not be disregarded including, but not limited to: coronary heart disease, asthma, emphysema, respiratory infections, and childhood ear infections.
There are also issues surrounding tobacco and cigarettes. These include deforestation, climate change, residential fires, soil depletion, cigarette butt litter, and cigarette butt poisoning of animals and children.
Non-Smoker's Rights Association (JUNE 2010) The tobacco industry's negative impact on the environment
Action on Smoking and Health (August 2009) Tobacco and the environment
However, studies indicate that second hand smoke does not lead to lung cancer:
Paolo Boffetta et al. Multicenter case-control study of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer in Europe. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Volume 90, Number 19 (October 7, 1998)
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/90/19/1440.full.pdf
Judy Peres - No clear link between passive smoking and lung cancer
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 105(24): 1844-1846 (Published online 6 DEC 2013)
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/12/05/jnci.djt365.extract
http://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.ca/2013/12/new-study-finds-no-link-between.html
These studies indicate that second hand smoke is not associated with lung cancer but there are many other health issues that are associated with second hand smoke which should not be disregarded including, but not limited to: coronary heart disease, asthma, emphysema, respiratory infections, and childhood ear infections.
There are also issues surrounding tobacco and cigarettes. These include deforestation, climate change, residential fires, soil depletion, cigarette butt litter, and cigarette butt poisoning of animals and children.
Non-Smoker's Rights Association (JUNE 2010) The tobacco industry's negative impact on the environment
http://www.nsra-adnf.ca/cms/file/files/pdf/factsheet.pdf
Action on Smoking and Health (August 2009) Tobacco and the environment
http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_127.pdf
Monday, July 28, 2014
Search of the day (July 28)
NY Times
(21 JULY 2014) Probiotic Logic vs. Gut Feelings
Grist
(28 JULY 2014) What is climate change doing to our mental health?
ecoAmerica
(JUNE 2014) – Beyond Storms and Droughts: The Psychological Impacts of Climate
Change
ecoAmerica
(17 JULY 2014) Using storytelling to motivate new audiences
The
Chronicle of Philanthropy (16 JULY 2014) Reaching new audiences through
storytelling
How to
motivate your audience
Working
Narratives – Storytelling and Social Change, A strategy guide for grantmakers
ecoAmerica
(18 JULY 2014) When climate change becomes heart-wrenching
NY Times
(15 JULY 2014) Anna North – When climate change floods your heart
Sojourners
(AUG 2013) Katharine M. Preston – Mourning for the earth
Sojourners (AUG 2014) Julie Polter –
The rich get richer
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ISN'T NEW. But this spring it became trendy, especially after Pope Francis
dropped the tweet heard ’round the world in April: “Inequality is the root of social
evil.”Around the same time, Capital in the Twenty-First Century—a
just-short-of-700-page book by French economist Thomas Piketty—became a best
seller. Piketty, while not quite as concise as the pope, also sees wealth
inequality as a problem—he focuses on its damaging effects on democratic
institutions. Using extensive data, Piketty makes the case that escalating
wealth inequality is built into
capitalism.
Grist (25 JULY 2014) Gimme 8 percent of
your lunch!. You’re not going to eat it
anyway.
The
Atlantic (25 JULY 2014) We eat 92 percent of the food on our plates
Grist
(25 JULY 2014) Out-of-touch dads still want gas-guzzling SUVs
SFU
Public Square – RISE Ideas Competition
Recent
reports predict the ocean that surrounds our Metro Vancouver communities will
rise by 1-metre by 2100(1), putting housing, transportation and ecosystems at
major risk while causing significant economic losses(2).
This
September, SFU Public Square will launch an open ideas competition to address
sea level rise in Metro Vancouver as part of their 2014 Community Summit.
RISE
will provide the platform for people in Metro Vancouver communities to develop
innovative ideas that ensure we adapt and thrive – faster than the waters that
surround us.
Vancouver
Sun (25 JULY 2014) Rising sea levels in Metro Vancouver spark open competition
Innovative
solutions sought as one-metre rise around Vancouver predicted by 2100
Vancouver
Sun (25 JULY 2014) Metro worried BC’s water is becoming a hot commodity
World
Wildlife Fund (25 JULY 2014) US communities and wildlife would be affected by
Arctic Oil Spill
Globe
and Mail (2014-07-28) We can’t stomach the real cost of food
Globe
and Mail (27 JULY 2014) Monday Morning Manager – Hey you: Stop multitasking and
focus
Tyee (28
JULY 2014) To combat weak social ties, a new way to create
Tyee (24
JULY 2014) Steam injection fracking caused major Alberta bitumen leak
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Search of the day (July 23)
The
Independent (22 JULY 2014) How much independence should children have?
Global
Policy (21 JULY 2014) The uneven ‘open data’ revolution: Policy considerations
for cities
Global
Policy – 3D Printing: New economic paradigms and strategic shifts
Global
Policy (21 JULY 2014) Strategies in long negotiations: What we can learn from
climate change
Dale W.
Jamieson and Marcello Di Paola. Climate change and global justice: New problem,
old paradigm. (24 FEB 2014) Global Policy Volume 5, Issue 1 – pages 105-111.
Blue and
Green Tomorrow (23 JULY 2014) The Guide to Sustainable Energy 2014
Grist
(23 JULY 2014) Even rural America can have good public transportation
Global
Policy (23 JULY 2014) The commons as a growing global movement
Mother
Jones (22 JULY 2014) Study finds kids prefer healthier lunches. School food lobby refuses to believe it.
Lindsey
Turner and Frank J. Chaloupka. Perceived
reactions of elementary school students to change in school lunches after
implementation of the United States Department of Agriculture’s New Meals
Standards: Minimal backlas, but rural and socioeconomic disparities exist. (2014) Childhood Obesity Volume 10, Number 4
U.S.
Government Accountability Office (28 JAN 2014) School Lunch: Implementing
nutrition changes was challenging and clarification of oversight requirements
is needed.
American
Enterprise Institute (23 JULY 2014) Why big box retailes are good for worker
wages
National
Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 20313 (July 2014)
Do large
modern retailers pay premium wages?
VOX (22
JULY 2014) Does going on vacation make you more creative when you get back?
Jessica
de Bloom, Simone Ritter, Jana Kuhnel, Jennifer Reinders, Sabine Geurts. Vacation from work: A ‘ticket to creativity’?
– The effects of recreational travel on cognitive flexibility and originality. (2014) Tourism Management Volume 44 – Pages
164-171.
Globe
and Mail (22 JULY 2014) How to make benefit plans healthier
Globe
and Mail (22 JULY 2014) Nothing archived by province in 10 years, BC
Commissioner says
Brian
Stone Jr., Jason Vargo, Peng Liu, Dana Habeeb, Anthony DeLucia, Marcus Trail,
Yongtao Hu, Armistead Russell. Avoided
heat related mortality through climate adaptation strategies in three U.S.
cities. (25 JUNE 2014) PLOS One
GreenBiz
(23 JULY 2014) DuPont and GM’s lessons for closing in on zero waste
YouTube
(6 JAN 2012) DuPont Building Innovations achieves zero landfill goal
Emory
News Center (1 JUNE 2014) Mental health is public health
http://news.emory.edu/stories/2014/06/hspub_mental_health_at_rollins/campus.html
Monday, July 21, 2014
Search of the day (July 21)
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Grist (18 JULY 2014) Hospital food
geets a locavore makeover
Grist (18 JULY 2014) Making school
lunch healthy is hard. Getting kids to
love it is harder. This lady did both.
Grist (21 JULY 2014) California’s next
oil rush might be surprisingly delicious
KTVU (21 JULY 2014) San Francisco bus
provides showers for the homeless
ABC News (20 JULY 2014) Bus becomes
shower for homeless in San Francisco
Climate Progress (20 JULY 2014)
California couple tries to conserve water, ends up facing $500 find for brown
lawn
Climate Progress (21 JULY 2014)
Multiple wildfires burn through Washington, leaving one dead and destroying 150
homes
Pew Research (21 JUNE 2013) Sesame
Street reaches out to 2.7 million American children with an incarcerated parent
Sesame Street – Little Children, Big
Challenges: Incarceration
Pew Research (17 JULY 2014) In
post-recession era, young adults drive continuing rise n multi-generational
living
Brookings (21 JULY 2014) The Great
Income Divide
NY Times (18 JULY 2014) Arthur C.
Brooks – Love People, Not Pleasure
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Search of the day (July 17)
Regina
Leader Post (17 JULY 2014) The Price of Progress
CBC News
(16 JULY 2014) Report says civil servant sick leave costs minimal for taxpayers
Globe
and Mail (17 JULY 2014) Public servants’ sick days immaterial to Ottawa’s
bottom line
Globe
and Mail (17 JULY 2014) We’re getting hysterical about child safety
Globe
and Mail (16 JULY 2014) Goodbye lawns?
Gardeners adapt to changing climate
Daily
Digest News (16 JULY 2014) Changes in pill color and shape may disrupt use,
researchers say
NY Times
(14 JULY 2014) Jane E. Brody – we are our bacteria
Maintaining
microbiome diversity
Canada.com
(16 JULY 2014) Record drought scorches California farmers with billions in
losses
R&D
Mag (2 JULY 2014) Reseasrch could lead to dramatic data farm energy savings
Washington
State University has developed a wireless network on a computer chip that could
reduce energy consumption at huge data farms by as much as 20%.
Amory
Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute – The storage necessity myth: how to
choreograph high-renewables electricity systems
Centers
for Disease Control (18 JULY 2014) Pedestrian traffic deaths among residents,
visitors, and homeless persons – Clark County, Nevada, 2008-2011
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/prhttp://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6328a1.htm?s_cid=mm6328a1_eeview/mmwrhtml/mm6328a1.htm?s_cid=mm6328a1_e
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/prhttp://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6328a1.htm?s_cid=mm6328a1_eeview/mmwrhtml/mm6328a1.htm?s_cid=mm6328a1_e
Collaborative
Consumption (14 JULY 2014) Pioneer interview with Ed Kushins of HomeExchange
Grist
(16 JULY 2014) Houston’s one-bin-to-rule-them-all recycling plan smells a
little like racism
Grist (16
JULY 2014) Lay off the almond milk, you ignorant hipsters
Mother
Jones (24 FEB 2014) It takes how much water to grow an almond?
Grist
(17 JULY 2014) Four things you should know about Detroit’s water crisis
CBC News
(11 JULY 2011) Water meters may be on tap for Vancouver
Metro
Vancouver (2010) Water consumption statistic report
Stanford
Social Innovation Review (Summer 2014) The Upside of CSR
Stanford
Social Innovation Review (10 JULY 2014) Three transformative business
sustainability trends
Climate
Progress (17 JULY 2014) The one metric that’s hiding the true cost of climate
change
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