Courtesy of Arizona State University News By Skip Derra Conversion of large swaths of Brazilian land for sugar plantations will help the country meet its needs for producing cane-derived ethanol, but it also could lead to important regional climate effects, according to a team of researchers from Arizona State University, Stanford University and the Carnegie [...]

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Courtesy of ASU News Faculty and students in ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration are collaborating with artists of an upcoming exhibition centered on the issue of limited earth materials, specifically copper, on view Feb. 8 through May 11 at the ASU Art Museum. The exhibition, titled “Cu29: Mining for You,” will explore the [...]

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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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EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University’s Tiny House will open its normal-sized door to the public for the first time March 5 to 10 so visitors can feel what it might be like to live life small. Very small. “We designed the house with the motto that the greenest square foot is the one you don’t [...]

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Water scarcity impacts at least 2.7 billion people in 201 river basins for at least one month each year, according to a new report published in the online journal PLoS ONE from the Public Library of Science. “Global Monthly Water Scarcity: Blue Water Footprints versus Blue Water Availability”,  analyzed 405 river basins around the world, [...]

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The Rodale Institute, founded by organic agriculture pioneer J.I. Rodale, is a non-profit organization dedicated to regenerative organic agriculture research and outreach to farmers, policymakers, and the general public. QUALIFICATIONS: Have, or are currently working towards, a bachelor’s degree preferably in biology, environmental science, agronomy or a related field  (Preference to those who have completed [...]

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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence In August 2011 mild-mannered Stanford professor, Sebastian Thrun, offered his course in Artificial Intelligence online with free enrollment for anyone -  160,000 thousand signed-up. Remarkably (well maybe not so remarkably, this is a computer science guy) he was able to accommodate all who wanted to virtually attend. As Reuter’s Felix Salmon [...]

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On Friday September 16th in more than 30 countries, parking spaces will become parks.  PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that invites citizens everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good.  Started in 2005 by Rebar, a San Francisco-based art and design studio, PARK (ing) Day invites people to [...]

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National Public Radio’s Terry Gross is took her interview show “Fresh Air” on a weeklong tour of food including “How the A&P Changed the Way We Shop,” “Alice Waters: 40 Years of Sustainable Food,” and the impending doom of the Cavendish banana.  She roamed the food world to offer commentary on “the science, politics and [...]

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Many of San Francisco’s wide streets contain zones of wasted space, especially at intersections.  So the city’s “Pavement to Parks” projects is designed to temporarily reclaim these unused areas and quickly and inexpensively turn them into public plazas and parks.  Sometimes even a couple of parking spaces can create a “parklet.” The success of these [...]

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