Showing posts with label Sustainable Development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sustainable Development. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Friday, May 16, 2008
Friday, May 09, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Google turns the lights out!
Google users in Ireland had their "lights turned out" on the Google.ie homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour.
On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in theirlocal time zone. On this day, cities around the world, will hold eventsto acknowledge their commitment to energy conservation.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Think Before You Fly!
This site looks at what we would need to do to balance out the extra CO2 consumed by taking a flight.
Click here for the site.
Click here for the site.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Google Earth and Darfur
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC has teamed up with Google's internet mapping service, Google Earth, to try to halt what they see as genocide. The Darfur region of Sudan has a vast quantity of new information in the form of photos, video and testimony highlighting the crisis in the Darfur region. Here is a link to the BBC story on this project.
In addition there are statistics on refugees and internally displaced people.
Download google earth by clicking on the logo.
More information can be found at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum site and in the BBC's In Depth: A Nation Divided.
This is a good case study example of appropriate technology in the region from the Practial Action NGO.
Play the Darfur is Dying game for a glimpse of the daily struggle for many refugees.The Darfur Wall is a great way of fundraising and appreciating the scale and seriousness of this humanitarian disaster.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Ecotourism in Kenya
This site has case study examples of ecotourism schemes operating in Kenya.
Click here to read about them.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Tourism
Click here to find the Wikipedia definitions of Ecotourism.
The International Ecotourism Society
An Ecotourism factsheet from TIES...click here.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Climate bill set to be unveiled by the UK government
The government is due to announce its climate change bill, aiming to cut Britain's carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by the year 2050.
Click here to read about it.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Recycling websites
Recycling general:
End of Life Directive - vehicles 1
End of Life Directive - vehicles 2
NEDDC Policies:
Derbyshire County Council:
Tyre Recycling:
Paper recycling:
Plastic Recycling:
Glass recycling:
Landfills
Incinerators
Soil Erosion & Forests
Fossil fuels
Alternative Energy
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter12.html (Hydro Power)
Jatropha bean diesel - D1 plan (bio diesel)
Jatropha bean diesel (bio diesel)
Jatropha bean diesel in India (bio diesel)
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
The Environment
Links for all things GREEN!
General Links
This is the general links section
Irish Government and EU Websites
http://www.irlgov.ie - The Government hompage
http://www.irlgov.ie/tec/energy - The Department of Energy site
http://www.environ.ie - Dept. Of The Environment
http://www.europa.eu.int - The European Commision Web Site
Various Irish Enviomental Agencies
http://www.antaisce.org - An Taisce,The National Trust for Ireland
http://www.epa.ie - Environmental Protection Agency Ireland
http://www.enfo.ie - ENFO, The Environmental Information Service
Irish Enviomental Organisations
http://www.greenparty.ie - Irish Green Party
http://www.corkenviroforum.com - The Cork Environmental Forum
Internation Organisations
http://www.worldwildlife.org/ - The World Wildlife Fund
http://www.earthvision.net - The Earth Institute
http://www.greenpeace.org - Greenpeace
http://www.iol.ie/~foeeire/home.htm - Earthwatch - Friends of the Earth Ireland
Other Scientific and Enviromental Sites
http://www.newscientist.com/ - New Scientific
Information sites.
http://www.environ.ie Dept. Of The Environment
http://www.enfo.ie - Irish Environmental Information[/url]
http://www.epa.ie -[/url] Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland[/url]
http://www.repak.ie -[/url]
http://www.10steps.ie -[/url] 10 steps to help the environment
http://www.wildireland.ie/recycle Lists recycling centres nationally
http://www.irelandrecycling.ie Recycling directory of Ireland
http://www.downtozero.ie a positive, sustainable waste campaign organised by VOICE (Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment)
Local Authorities - List of Local Authority websites, enabling you to
find information about recycling in your area.
http://www.wastenot.ie Information site for the South-East
http://www.lifetowaste.com
http://www.irish-energy.ie Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI)
http://www.recycle-more.co.uk Information pertaining to the UK
http://www.irisheartworm.com Information on composting and Vermicomposting
(composting with worms).
Companies Involved in Recycling
http://www.oxigen.ie
http://www.indaver.ie
http://www.electronic-recycling.ie Electronic Recycling provide a total environmental
management service for the disposal of obsolete
computer, telecommunications and other electronic
office equipment.
http://www.wastechange.com Wastechange enables European trade and industry to
locate cost effective recycling, waste management
and waste exchange solutions for all categories of
commercial waste and by-products previously
destined for landfill.
http://www.connaughtwasterecycling.com For paper/plastic recycling in Connaught.
Ireland has a Waste Management Plan. This includes the Waste Management Act (1996) and the Change Our Ways Policy document in 1998 (Format - Abode PDF Size: 726KB).
Energy Information
Government Related Sites
http://www.irlgov.ie/tec/energy - The Department of Energy site
http://www.ens.dk - The Danish Energy Agency
http://www.irish-energy.ie - Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI)
http://www.cer.ie - The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER)
http://www.managenergy.net - EU site on renewable energy sources
http://www.corknrg.com - Cork City Energy Agency
http://www.codema.ie - City of Dublin Energy Management Agency
http://www.iol.ie/~ecea1 - East Connacht Energy Agency Site
Energy Suppliers
http://www.esb.ie - Electrical Supply Board - The National Electrical Energy Supplier
http://www.bge.ie - Bord Gáis Éireann - Irish Gas Board
http://www.bnm.ie - Bord na Móna - The Irish Peat Board
General Energy Sites
http://www.cat.org.uk - The Centre for Alternative Technology
http://www.caddet-re.org - CADDET Renewable Energy website - a unique source of global information on proven, commercial applications covering the full range of renewable energy technologies
http://www.cse.org.uk - Centre for Sustainable Energy UK (CSE)
http://www.earthed.info - EARTHED is a new magazine providing information and education on renewable energy
Energy Efficiency
http://www.weea.org - World Energy Efficiency Association
http://www.saveenergy.co.uk - An Energy saving website
http://www.est.org.uk - The Energy Saving Trust
Wind power
http://www.iwea.com - The Irish Wind Energy Association
http://www.iwea.com/links.html - Various links on Wind Energy from the IWEA
http://www.kilronanwindfarm.com - Kilronan Wind Farm
http://www.ewea.org - European Wind Energy Association
http://www.windpower.org - The Danish Wind Industry Association
http://www.bwea.com - Promoting wind energy in and around the UK
http://www.dewi.de/dewi/dewi.html - DEWI German Wind Energy Institute
http://www.wpm.co.nz - Windpower Monthly - a wind energy news magazine
Solar Power
http://www.pv-uk.org.uk - The British Photovoltaic Association (Solar power)
http://www.greenenergy.org.uk - The Solar Trade Association Ltd
Nuclear Power
http://www.antenna.nl/wise - NIRS/WISE is the information and networking center for citizens and environmental organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation, and sustainable energy issues.
Other Sites
http://www.fuelcells.org - The Online Fuel Cell Information Center
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