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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Student volunteers in the University of Massachusetts Permaculture Committee are repurposing a 12,000 square foot grass lawn into a sustainable permaculture garden. This spring, the garden will begin to supply over 1,000 pounds of fresh vegetables, herbs, fruit and berries to the school’s dining commons each year. To track their progress, visit UMass Permaculture Blog [...]

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By Winthrop Professor Kadambot Siddique, FTSE Chair in Agriculture and Director The University of Western Australia, Institute of Agriculture Maintaining adequate global food supply at a time of rapidly rising population, significant economic growth, increasing food and stockfeed demand, changing climate, declining natural resources, trade liberalisation and regional disturbances is a critical issue for mankind. [...]

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