Courtesy of Arizona State University News Governet, innovators of technology solutions for higher education institutions, announced today that Arizona State University, renowned for its academic leadership and achievements in sustainability, will adopt CurricUNET Meta, the award-winning online curriculum management system as part of its ongoing effort to reduce paper consumption and save resources. Currently serving [...]

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The Worth of Water from ASU Research on Vimeo. The story of the American West is a story of water, and of our Herculean efforts to capture and spread that water across an arid landscape. As our western cities continue to grow, however, we need to find ways to curb our thirst. In this mini-documentary, [...]

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The University of Melbourne and the Lord Mayor of Melbourne today launched Australia’s largest green roof research and outreach project at the University’s Burnley Campus near Richmond. The Burnley Green Roofs Project will determine the best plant species and soils to use on city roofs, demonstrate how green roofs can use storm water and reduce [...]

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Courtesy of UBC University of British Columbia researchers have found that when the animals at the top of the food chain are removed, freshwater ecosystems emit a lot more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. “Predators are disappearing from our ecosystems at alarming rates because of hunting and fishing pressure and because of human induced changes [...]

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Courtesy of UC Berkeley News Center By Carol Ness A forest-to-be of redwood trees and red-berried toyon shrubs sprouted on a hillside near Lawrence Hall of Science over the weekend, thanks to the hard work of 100 volunteers from the UC Berkeley campus and community. The saplings are native species, and were planted to replace [...]

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Courtesy of Penn State Live According to Mike Henry, when visiting a developing country, the fastest way to cross cultural barriers and make friends is to wield a pickaxe. And that’s exactly what he plans to do later this month when he arrives in Ghana. That doesn’t sound like a very friendly gesture until you [...]

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Courtesy of The Australian National University Ecosystems worldwide are in danger of losing large, old trees forever, without more research and policy changes to better protect them, warns a new study published in Science. Lead author of the paper, Professor David Lindenmayer from the Fenner School of Environment and Society in the ANU College of [...]

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Courtesy of Penn State Live When you’re closely involved with something, it’s easy to take for granted how good it is. But for junior Veronica Pasi, spending 10 weeks last summer managing invasive plant species as part of a hands-on internship in Illinois’s Glacial Park provided a new appreciation for her Penn State education. A [...]

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Courtesy University of British Columbia Researchers from the University of British Columbia’s Project Seahorse today released the first-ever footage of a little-known seahorse species. The video was filmed off the coast of Senegal and shows a West African seahorse being caught and released by local fishers. The animal swims away, unharmed.     The footage [...]

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With rapidly declining natural environments comes new opportunity for the inhabitants of these ecologically endangered regions – capitalist opportunity. Granted that the majority of areas facing habitat loss are located away from the general public and therefore relatively unknown, theses sites are in serious danger of falling completely out of existence. There is however a [...]

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