Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? No, it's an environmentally friendly transportation system

by Andrew 30. April 2009 09:29
It turns out that Tokaido Shinkansen (Japan's 'Bullet' Trains) is comparatively a very green way to travel. We stumbled across this interesting piece of trivia...  When you buy a bullet train ticket, it comes in a small envelope. Written on the envelope is a short paragraph on... [More]

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The Google settlement.

by EdwardMilford 30. April 2009 04:26
Does this phrase mean anything to you? If so, you are probably a publishing insider for the talk has been of little else in recent weeks, yet it has had very little coverage in the mainstream press. Essentially this is the proposed settlement between Google and copyright holders of the legal actio... [More]

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Earthscan community planning manual in the field

by DanHarding 22. April 2009 10:38
In March members of John Thompson & Partners, one of our publishing partners for The Community Planning Event Manual, were invited by the Governor of Puducherry in India to present the results of a previous workshop in Auroville on the subject of "Sustainable Regions - Cooperative Pl... [More]

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Watch a lecture from Wendy Sarkissian's North American Tour

by Earthscan News 22. April 2009 09:38
Globetrotting Earthscan author Wendy Sarkissian is now back in Australia after a mammouth tour of North American speaking engagements promoting her book Kitchen Table Sustainability and the Tools for Community Planning Series. Click here to watch her lecture at Simon Fraser University, Vancou... [More]

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Can We Afford the Future?

by Molly Scott Cato 9. April 2009 09:49
I've been reading the book with this title by Frank Ackerman (yes, I know it's a different publisher, but humour me, please!) and have wondered about the wisdom of engaging with conventional economics when trying to develop an economics that is sympathetic to people and the planet. It... [More]

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Reasons to be cheerful – part 42

by EdwardMilford 8. April 2009 11:27
 Recent figures released by the European Photovoltaic Industry show the continued,  phenomenal growth of the photovoltaic (PV) industry. The global, annual manufacturing capacity increased to 5.6 GW from 2.4GW in 2007. Put another way, more manufacturing capacity was installed in 2008, t... [More]

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Germany lays out path to 100% renewable economy

by MikeFell 8. April 2009 05:55
Germany, already a world leader in installed renewable energy capacity, has announced its strategy for becoming 100% reliant on renewables by 2050 (as reported by Renewable Energy World). The ambitious target will be achieved, according to the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, through a... [More]

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Radio praise for Pittock’s Climate Change

by Earthscan News 1. April 2009 06:06
When the studio panel on yesterday's BBC Radio 4 Home Planet show were asked to recommend a readable, authoritative book for information on climate change, science writer and editor Dr Lynn Dicks of University of Cambridge was quick to highlight Climate Change by A. Barrie Pittock, of which a... [More]

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