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Sunday, 22 January 2012 |
 The next Ecosummit will take place from 30 September to 5 October 2012 in Columbus Ohio, USA.
The EcoSummit 2012 "will bring together the world's most respected minds in
ecological science to discuss restoring the planet's ecosystems" and be "the first conference ever linking the Ecological Society of America (ESA), The International Association for Ecology (INTECOL) and the Society for Ecological Restoration International (SER)."
http://www.ecosummit2012.org/
Information on abstract submission
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Mukura Forest – an almost lost treasure |
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Sunday, 22 January 2012 |
 Battle against many oddities by an IEES-related orgaisation.
The Mukura Forest is located within the Albertine Rift Region in Rwanda's Western Province, within the Congo-Nile crest. It used to be part of a continuous mountain forest from Nyungwe to the Volcanos Park. Today, this ancient forest range with areas of endemic species in Africa and the world is split in four important protected areas in Rwanda from south to north : the Nyungwe, Mukura and Gishwati forests and the Volcano Park.
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New Book: Sustainable Urban Environments |
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 |
 The urban environment – buildings, cities and infrastructure –
represents one of the most important contributors to climate change,
while at the same time holding the key to a more sustainable way of
living. The transformation from traditional to sustainable systems
requires interdisciplinary knowledge of the re-design, construction,
operation and maintenance of the built environment.
The new book "Sustainable Urban Environments - an Ecosystem Approach" is edited by Ellen van Bueren, Hein van Bohemen, Laure Itard and Henk Visscher.
See http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/book/978-94-007-1293-5 for more details.
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Room for Urban Agriculture in Rotterdam |
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 |
 Since 2007 a group of citizens in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) has been active under the name Eetbaar Rotterdam (Edible Rotterdam). Coming from different
disciplines this expert group has been stimulating and initiating urban
agriculture in Rotterdam, because they believe
urban agriculture can greatly benefit the city.
This independent research was recently presented to a wide range of local and regional actors. The English summary of this highly interesting work is available here:
http://www.cityfarmer.info/2011/06/27/room-for-urban-agriculture-in-rotterdam/
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Interesting TEDx Talk on Aquaponics |
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Friday, 16 September 2011 |
 In a TEDx talk on Aquaponics of March 2011, Charlie Price of Aquaponics UK explores the role aquaponics can play in the future of our collective food supply.
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Toilet of the Future - new project by the Gates Foundation |
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Sunday, 21 August 2011 |
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On July 19, 2011, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that they will give more than US$42 million "for new sanitation grants that aim to spur innovations in the
capture and storage of waste, as well as its processing into reusable
energy, fertilizer, and fresh water.
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Cool design: The Phyto-Purification Bathroom |
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011 |
 Jun Yasumotos Phyto-Purification Bathroom is a nice design draft of a very small, very local, very closed-cycle, ecologically engineered private bathroom system. The aim of it was, to "bring to public knowledge this kind of water recycling process and eventually start a debate over the possibility to integrate it inside our houses", he writes.
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Comment on: Can nuclear power be part of the solution? |
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Friday, 08 April 2011 |
In its recent edition, The Solutions Journal asks this question in the context of the Fukushima disaster (Vol. 2, Issue 3, Apr 05, 2011 ).
The authors R. Costanza, C. Cleveland, B. Cooperstein and I. Kubiszewski argue that the external costs of the nuclear need to be reflected in the prices for electricity generated by all power plants. Costs for the risk of accidents, the safe disposal of waste and for climate impacts. They conclude that the market mechanism will help to find out "whether nuclear power
plants, or some subset of nuclear power plants, should be part of the
energy solution".
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IEES cordially invites you to start 2012 with a nice and special international symposium in Switzerland.
From January 26-28, 2012 ecological engineers meet at Waedenswil to