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Waste to energy - a report from Bangalore |
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 |
 Going green is not only a mantra but also a practice on the 16-acre campus of ACTS Academy of Higher Education in Bangalore. The success story of using renewable energy for lighting the campus is now paving the way for Australian schools to go green.
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Huber Technology Prize 2010: Future Water |
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 |
 Deadline: 31 March 2010
The 2nd International Huber Technology Prize will be
awarded by the Huber Technology Foundation. Its theme is: "Water supply and
wastewater treatment - New solutions to old problems.
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New Book on Wastewater Irrigation and Health |
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 |
 (to be published in Feb. 2010)
In most developing countries wastewater treatment systems are hardly
functioning or have a very low coverage, resulting in large scale water
pollution and the use of very poor quality water for crop irrigation
especially in the vicinity of urban centres.
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Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy |
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 |
UNC Annual Conference and networking and learning week and launch of the Water Institute at UNC
October 25 and 26, 2010
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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UPDATE: IEES Workshop at EECA conference |
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Monday, 16 November 2009 |
 At this year's Ecological Engineering conference in Paris (EECA, see Ecological Engineering conference in Paris ), IEES will be the host of a workshop on "Benefits of Ecological Engineering Practices". The workshop will take place on Dec. 3, 2009, from 14:50 CET to 17:15. Download program (PDF, 26 kB)
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Tropical House Frutigen Opens its Doors |
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Monday, 16 November 2009 |
 At Frutigen, Switzerland, a new tropical house opens its doors on November 21, 2009. The facility is running on warm water (100 Liters per second) flowing out of the
Lötschberg Base Railway Tunnel. This heat energy is used for the cultivation of fish and a variety of tropical fruit.
See http://www.tropenhaus-frutigen.ch/en.html for more infomation.
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Think Piece on Ecological Engineering |
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 |
 By Dr. Ken Gnanakan
IEES board member
Ecological Engineering is a relatively new science but has made a timely entry as we confront increasing environmental degradation all over the world. With the ecosystems suffering from centuries of unrestrained exploitation we need eco-sensitive and multi-supportive solutions, and this field of studies has provided some very effective answers.
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International Symposium on Sustainable Ecosystems |
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 |
 Harmonious ecosystems for a bright future
Successful pathways to sustainability in Africa
20th - 23rd July, 2009
Valley View University, Accra, Ghana, West-Africa
Download announcement (PDF, 492 kB)
More info: www.vvu.edu.gh or www.ioev.de
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NoMix Pilot at Liesthal discontinued |
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 |
 The Swiss pilot trial with urine separation toilets in a public library in Liesthal (Canton of Baselland) has been recently discontinued. According to the online newspaper bazonline.ch, the NoMix toilets did not serve their purpose well enough.
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