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Conférence sur la politique européenne de l'énergie au CESR-Conférences, débats/ Union européenne, Environnement

 

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Intensive agriculture had turned Spain's 325-hectare Tamón Valley in Asturias into an area with low biological diversity dominated by two huge monocultures: fields and eucalyptus plantations. In 1990 DuPont started a greenfield project in the Valley so as to both increase local biodiversity and save the company money.

Gaz de France's subsidiary, GRTgaz, takes biodiversity into account in all of its activities. Specifically, the company is implementing biodiversity corridors above its underground pipes transporting natural gas, helping to connect and maintain biodiversity areas in Ile-de-France. Thanks to these efforts, GRTgaz and local authorities are consolidating the knowledge of biodiversity corridor implementation and adding environmental value to the land that is crossed by gas pipelines.

Call for additional Conference and Pre-Conference Events, 8th International Conference "Computer Supported Collaborative Learning"

Call for paper submission for a Special issue of ALT Journal (ALT-J), Research in Learning Technology: "Mobile and Contextual Learning"

Seven of the top ten companies listed in this year's Fortune International Accountability rating, released on Friday, are members of the WBCSD.

International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC) has just published its latest issue. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest.

Call for eLearning Papers on the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. Deadline for article submissions is January 12, 2009.

The 9th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies ICALT2009. Riga, Latvia, July 14-18, 2009

Regional Experience Sharing and Networking Workshop on Advocacy Project. Participants from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.

Intensive agriculture had turned Spain's 325-hectare Tamón Valley in Asturias into an area with low biological diversity dominated by two huge monocultures: fields and eucalyptus plantations. In 1990 DuPont started a greenfield project in the Valley so as to both increase local biodiversity and save the company money.

Je voudrais en toute simplicité et avec une très grande sincérité dire à la famille de Francine Segrestaa, à ses amis combien je partage leur peine et mesure la perte que représente sa disparition.-In memoriam/ Francine, Eloges funèbres

Avec Michèle Loup, et comme responsable de la Commission Féminisme, je tiens à témoigner de l'engagement de Francine dans la lutte pour les droits des femmes.-In memoriam/ Francine, Eloges funèbres

On parle beaucoup de militance de Francine qui est un des aspects qui réunit beaucoup de monde en ce jour de deuil.-In memoriam/ Francine, Eloges funèbres

Alain m'a demandé de dire quelques mots pour rendre compte de l'engagement et du parcours militant de Francine chez les Verts, et je m'en sens incapable.-In memoriam/ Francine, Eloges funèbres

Francine, je ne t'ai que trop peu connue, mais il est des personnes dont il n'est pas nécessaire d'avoir une longue pratique pour savoir que l'on ne s'est « pas trompé de porte ».-In memoriam/ Francine, Eloges funèbres

« Je me suis élevée dans les ténèbres à hauteur du premier colosse, mue par une force inconnue, et j'ai planté sur lui mon regard. Est alors monté du fond de mes entrailles un chant terrible, tout à la fois hululements et modulations fantastiques. Un cri de guerre, époumonant, qui n'en finissait plus. Rugissement, surgissement venu de très loin, venu du fond des âges. Ce chant d'une violence extrême fusait de moi comme d'un volcan, dévorant toute mon énergie, c'était une suite infinie d'abîmes et de cimes, de vocalises gutturales, qui jaillissaient, se fracassaient puis rejaillissaient. Je n'y étais pour rien, c'était une condensation subite des cris de tous les continents. De tous les assassins, de tous les massacrés.

Où es-tu partie
Mon amie l'aurore
La nuit ne saurait te cacher
Tu es bien trop grande
Pour tenir dans une boite-In memoriam

Across the United States, a race is under way among stores and fast-food restaurants to build environmentally friendly outlets, as a way to curry favor with consumers and to reduce operating costs. Most chains are focusing on prototypes at the moment, but the trend could eventually change the look and function of thousands of stores.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and a top UN official urged industrialised nations Friday to alter their lifestyles and investment modes as part of efforts to tackle global warming.

Francine est morte
Les mots sont vides devant la porte
Le long de ce chemin d'automne
Plus jamais les belles couleurs-In memoriam/ Francine, Eloges funèbres

It is surprising how many forest products a company uses, ranging from paper, for the vast majority of companies, to packaging, wooden pallets and mahogany boardroom tables. Buying the “right” wood, sustainably produced without ravaging native forests or displacing indigenous peoples' rights, is a good way for a company to decrease its environmental footprint while proactively supporting good forest management.

Francine Comte nous a quittés, le 7 novembre, après six ans de lutte farouche contre un cancer. Toutes celles et ceux qui l'ont connue, dans les mouvements féministe et écologiste, la résumeront à deux mots : courage et générosité. Jusqu'aux derniers mois avant l'ultime assaut de la maladie, elle fit son travail comme animatrice du Collectif National pour les Droits des Femmes et conseillère municipale (Verte) de Villejuif. Elle répondait encore cet été à une interview d'Ecorev' (n°30) sur « Féminisme et écologie ».-Articles et débats/ Francine, 2008

Petro-Canada's Fort Hills Oil Sands mining operation is expected to mine more than four billion barrels of bitumen over the next three to four decades, with rates of up to 280,000 barrels of synthetic crude oil per day. In order to address the obvious environmental concerns surrounding the project, Petro-Canada is committed to sustaining the environmental integrity of the area, leaving as small an environmental footprint as possible and providing offsets to compensate for permanently impacted areas.

Operating in biodiversity-sensitive regions in Portugal, EDP has a vested interest in demonstrating the overall positive impact of its activities in the country, not least because the company's strategy includes the reinforcement of electricity generation through hydropower. In 2007 EDP founded a biodiversity conservation fund of 2.5 million Euros. The fund demonstrates EDP's capacity and willingness to implement its far-reaching biodiversity policy through improving scientific knowledge.

Assises régionales organisées par les Verts PACA-Conférences, débats/ Écologie politique

Il fait froid dans cette pièce ils ont dit
Eteignez le chauffage on reviendra demain
Pour préparer le corps
Il fait froid je veux sur elle étendre son châle mais ce n'est plus la peine
Elle n'aura plus jamais froid
Cette couverture sur son corps de morte qu'on a mis
Achetée je ne sais plus où je ne sais plus quand
Et pourquoi je lui mettrais pas son châle
Trente-cinq ans qu'on l'a choisi ensemble
À Vézelay- Francine/ Francine, Eloges funèbres

Francine nous a quittés vendredi 7 novembre 2008 à 18 heures.

mais son amour, son sourire, ses livres

restent avec nous.

Nationalistic tendencies have hindered the world’s ability to address developing countries’ interests. A solution that fosters cooperation while supporting the principles of sustainable development is crucial, write John Elkington and Jodie Thorpe.

Corporate leaders gathered in Johannesburg this week to discuss ways to include low-income people in their business and talk about sustainability challenges specific to Africa.

The 14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education - AIED 09 will focus on the theme "Building Learning Systems that Care: From Knowledge Representation to Affective Modeling".

Débat organisé par la Motion OAI-La vie des Verts/ AGF des Verts 2008

Gaz de France's subsidiary, GRTgaz, takes biodiversity into account in all of its activities. Specifically, the company is implementing biodiversity corridors above its underground pipes transporting natural gas, helping to connect and maintain biodiversity areas in Ile-de-France. Thanks to these efforts, GRTgaz and local authorities are consolidating the knowledge of biodiversity corridor implementation and adding environmental value to the land that is crossed by gas pipelines.

Appel à articles, revue "Distances et Savoirs": L'organisation et l'accès à l'information scientifique éditorialisée, vers de nouveaux agencements numériques

Ford Foundation Planning Meeting to develop workplan (November 6 - 7, 2008)

The social capitalist behind the phrase "triple bottom line" talks about why some greenwashing is good.

How current pain can become investor’s gain

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is hosting its annual meeting of business leaders in Johannesburg for the first time. The Council represents some 200 leading global corporations, with a market capitalization of more than $US 7 trillion.

Petro-Canada's Fort Hills Oil Sands mining operation is expected to mine more than four billion barrels of bitumen over the next three to four decades, with rates of up to 280,000 barrels of synthetic crude oil per day. In order to address the obvious environmental concerns surrounding the project, Petro-Canada is committed to sustaining the environmental integrity of the area, leaving as small an environmental footprint as possible and providing offsets to compensate for permanently impacted areas.

California, in the 1970s, passed a law to prioritize energy efficiency. Since then, annual average per capita consumption in the United States has risen to 12,000 kilowatt hours from 8,000 kilowatt hours, but consumption in California has remained flat, at 7,000 kilowatt hours. Among the 50 states, California now tops the ranking for per capita energy efficiency, up from 28th place in 1976.

French retailers signed a voluntary agreement with the government last week to phase-out the most inefficient light bulbs on the market from 2009. The deal is intended to implement a goal adopted as part of a consultation process on France's future environmental policy and backed by French MPs last week.

The deepening economic crisis may appear to be the perfect storm for environmentalism, but many in and around the green movement contend the opposite, seeing in it a time of opportunity.

The winners of the second North American Holcim Awards competition for Sustainable Construction projects were announced last week at a ceremony in Montreal. Total prize money of USD 270,000 was presented to nine projects from Canada and the United States that showcase the latest approaches to address critical sustainability topics including housing affordability, employment, renewable energy, and water efficiency.

Appel à contribution pour la conférence EIAH'2009 - Enseigner et apprendre à l'ère du numérique: regards croisés entre concepteurs et utilisateurs

The 1987 Brundtland Report defined sustainable development as forms of progress that meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The needs of future generations may be hard to predict, but it is even harder to imagine them doing without freshwater, a predictable climate, productive topsoil, pollination and genetic resources.

Operating in biodiversity-sensitive regions in Portugal, EDP has a vested interest in demonstrating the overall positive impact of its activities in the country, not least because the company's strategy includes the reinforcement of electricity generation through hydropower. In 2007 EDP founded a biodiversity conservation fund of 2.5 million Euros. The fund demonstrates EDP's capacity and willingness to implement its far-reaching biodiversity policy through improving scientific knowledge.