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As leaders in government and business search for ways to strengthen the U.S. recovery, new research from faculty at Harvard and Columbia indicates that elementary school teachers have an impact on ho… Learn more
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Bachelor’s paradise: how will sea turtles cope with climate change?
Many species have dubious futures in the face of climate change. But sea turtles have a particularly pressing problem: their gender is determined by temperature. Australia has ecologically and … Learn more
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Social Change
Stanford study finds widening gap between rich and poor students
It's long been known that the better off your family is, the better you tend to do in school. Yet despite this knowledge – and programs to help level the playing field – the classroom achie… Learn more
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Lifestyle
Hopeful consumers choose fruit, happy consumers choose candy bars
Many people fall victim to emotional eating, but it doesn't happen only when they're feeling bad, according to researchers. Having a good day at work, for example, can sometimes lead to a candy bar… Learn more
The Arab Spring one year on: the challenges of reforms and democratic transition
The Arab Spring, now entering its second year, was no random event. Rather, it was a synthesis of many interconnected failings within the post-colonial Arab state system ranging from endemic political corruption, to … Learn more
Rare Earth element found far, far away
Nearly 13.7 billion years ago, the universe was made of only hydrogen, helium and traces of lithium — byproducts of the Big Bang. Some 300 million years later, the very first stars emerged, creating additional chem … Learn more
Productive farms can be ‘greener than organic’
Farms that aim for high food production using environmentally-friendly practices could be better for the environment than both organic and conventional farms. A study, led by Oxford University scientists, compared … Learn more
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The Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership is an accredited University of Cambridge postgraduate degree. It is delivered on a part-time basis over 2 years; hence participants can continue in full-time employment … Learn more
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Clean energy prices (not the sky) falling in California
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released a report this month on the costs of California’s progress in generating more electricity from renewable power, and there was good news. Prices of new contr...
Article - Laura Wisland
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Superstar teachers
As leaders in government and business search for ways to strengthen the U.S. recovery, new research from faculty at Harvard and Columbia indicates that elementary school teachers have an impact on how much their students...
Article - Paul Massari - Harvard
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Conservation clusters: making the case
Silicon Valley, Bangalore, Shanghai. At one time or another, each of these locations, among others, has become home to a successful ‘business cluster’ of industries. Although the term was coined as recently as 19...
Post - University of Oxford
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Who owns the sun? Patent law and clean energy
There is a trade war brewing between the United States and China over intellectual property relating to clean technologies – particularly solar power. Steven Chu, a scientist, Nobel Laureate in Physics, and Secr...
Article - Matthew Rimmer for The Australian National University
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What CAM courses at universities should look like
While drizzling treacle on your porridge or spreading it on your toast, you might consider the time when the calorie-laden condiment was an antidote for poison. Of course, these days the crushed vipers that supposedl...
Article - Ian Musgrave
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Wringing more energy out of everyday motions
Randomness and chaos in nature, as it turns out, can be a good thing – especially if you are trying to harvest energy from the movements of everyday activities like walking. Duke University engineers believe the...
Post - Duke University
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Occupy the food system III: a sermon
Eating food can be a sterile, hurried act, offering little cause for joy – or a creative, spiritual act of connecting people, the earth and all of Creation....
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John M. Gerber
for UMass Amherst
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Mining’s small change
Could Australia end up with little to show for its mining boom — as an echo of what happened to Nauru once its considerable phosphate wealth was exhausted? Close examination of the proposed Minerals Resource Ren...
Blog - Peter Carey and Neil Fargher
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Car companies embrace a different kind of cimate change, oil industry threatens to sue
When I think about climate change, the images that come quickly to mind are of melting polar ice caps, heat waves, droughts, and severe flooding. This kind of climate change, or global warming, is one of the biggest prob...
Article - David Friedman
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Archaeologists discover Jordan’s earliest buildings
Archaeologists working in eastern Jordan have announced the discovery of 20,000-year-old hut structures, the earliest yet found in the Kingdom. The finding suggests that the area was once intensively occupied and tha...
Post - University of Cambridge
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