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Articles/reports wanted for GEN COP22 web section
Continue reading(07 November 2016) – The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is looking for articles or reports to feed its COP22 web section. GEN is currently working on the GEN web section for COP22. It will include a new section called something like “Climate/Ecovillage Documents and Reports” which will include a variety of types of articles and […]
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Carbon footprint of solar panels under microscope
Continue reading(07 November 2016) – As the COP22 opens this week in Marrakesh, recent news about solar power has been positive, with record-breaking tariffs reflecting the fast-declining price of solar electricity. But even solar plants can come with a heavy environmental footprint, writes Andreas Wade of First Solar. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) has a footprint of […]
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Caprio film, Brexit, getting stoned, doing fun stuff and more in the Transition Network Newsletter
Continue reading(04 November 2016) – The Transition Network Newsletter opens this month with a review of an irony free film about Climate Change by the owner of a $200m yacht, an award for a film, a new inspiring French film and two pieces on Brexit. It really isn’t time for everybody to get stoned (as might […]
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Paris Agreement enters into force
Continue reading(04 November 2016) – The Paris Agreement legally enters into force today; 30 days after the EU’s ratification pushed it past the threshold to take effect. The event comes less than a year after the landmark agreement was adopted and just days ahead of the UN climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco. The annual United Nations […]
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Towards an integrated rural development policy 2.0
Continue reading(03 November 2016) – In an article published by ARC 2020, rural sociologist Jan Douwe van der Ploeg (Wageningen University, the Netherlands) outlines his vision for what he calls integrated rural development. In recent years, European agriculture has effectively moved from a highly protected system towards a liberalized sector, with a strong orientation towards the […]