Going Green

Food system broken, Oxfam warns

''The food system is pretty well bust in the world'', says Oxfam Chief Executive Barbara Stocking. A broken food system, together with environmental crises, are creating millions more hungry people....

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Energy Saving Project at Leiden Town Hall

Metering, feedback and behavioral changes In 2007, the management of the Town Hall of Leiden, which provides public services to its citizens and hosts many offices, decided to join an...

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Film Review: The Clean Bin Project

A review of the film, ''The Clean Bin Project,'' which will be shown at this year's Projecting Change festival on May 27, 2011. Do you think it is possible to...

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Film Review: What's On Your Plate?

Film review of ''What's On Your Plate?'' which will be shown at the Projecting Change 2011 festival on May 27th. This thought provoking documentary is directed and produced by the...

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Projecting Change 2011 Film Festival and Conference

The ''Projecting Change'' environmental film festival and conference is taking place next week in Vancouver, Canada - and will feature over 15 films and 20 speakers from around the world....

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What car-drivers value in 'going electric'

Electric cars may be the best solution for weaning ourselves off of the gas-guzzling - and greenhouse gas-emitting - combustion engine. But for those selling electric vehicles, there is a...

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Authors challenge basis of US environmental education

Two American authors have challenged the way schools teach children about the environment and have argued that widespread change is needed. Conservationist Charles Saylan and university life scientist Daniel T....

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Current Study Aims to Create New Voluntourism Guidelines

The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) and the nonprofit Planeterra plan to create a new set of guidelines for voluntourism providers to use in developing their programs. The organizations have launched...

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