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Renovated Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh opened for public

Posted by DeshRaj on 07/10/2009

After a green makeover, the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh is all set to welcome its visitors via the John Hope Gateway. The £15m renovation has transformed it to a center of sustainability, since a wind turbine and solar panels power it....

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StalkMarket Calculates Carbon Footprint of Compostable Dishware

Posted by Environmental Leader on 30/09/2009

StalkMarket, a manufacturer of compostable dishware and food packaging, is the third U.S. company to certify its carbon footprint by Carbon Trust, reports The Oregonian.The Carbon Trust certified (pdf) that a pound of StalkMarket’s sugarcane-based plates and bowls emit 6 pounds of carbon ...

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Slavery and institutional development in Africa

Posted by Jim on 23/09/2009

From John Reader’s ‘Africa: a biography’: The phrase commonly used in modern times by people who feel they have been financially betrayed - ’sold down the river’ - originally meant exactly that: appellants who lost their case at the last court of appeal in the Igbo jud ...

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Building Information Modeling Gains Ground

Posted by Environmental Leader on 23/09/2009

Nearly half of the construction industry is using building information modeling (BIM) tools or BIM-related tools, according to a new report from McGraw-Hill Construction. Measurable business benefits include increased productivity, profitability and reputation, but the study finds there is still ...

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Aussie Winery Goes Carbon Neutral

Posted by Environmental Leader on 14/09/2009

Wakefield Wines has completed a life-cycle analysis of its Eighty Acres wines, resulting in a rating that the wines are carbon neutral based on an ISO 14044 compliant Life Cycle Assessment Model.The Australian winery considered the wines’ lifecycle, from harvesting of grapes to recycling of ...

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