Emerging Environmental Technologies

GREEN, IT’S THE NEW BLACK [Photo By: Elizabeth Fiend. Ayutthaya, Thailand] BY ELIZABETH FIEND 1/8/8 Pollution and degradation of the environment happens in so many, many unpredictable ways. It’s not just big business and the Feds — yours, mine, everyone’s personal, everyday actions have unforeseeable consequences on the environment as well. Everything is interrelated to extents we can’t even imagine. Rwanda has banned the use of plastic bags for environmental reasons. The bags are trashy, don’t disintegrate, and who would have guessed they would do so much harm to marine life? Plastic bags are made from non-renewable natural resources like oil. Rwanda has switched ... Read Full Story

A new, multi-billion, international cooperative effort to make real progress in the quest to produce energy from fusion (rather than fission, which form of energy production employed by current nuclear reactors and which produces radioactive waste), is under way and it is dubbed ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor). This is the by far the largest such collaboration undertaken in plasma physics , the goal of which is to show that fusion energy can become a viable new source of sustainable energy production. On November 21, 2006 the seven participants (European Union, India, Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, South Korea and the US, formally ... Read Full Story

There are some professions that either attract or produce a disproportionate number of humor challenged practitioners, I would include scientists and environmentalists at the top of that group. Consider how Al Gore-during-while Vice President of Clinton Administration-responded to a question about how he could be distinguished from his Secret Service detail,  he said "I'm the stiff one". Another recent example comes from the British scientist, Dr. James Lovelock who wrote the recent book The Revenge of Gaia , when he was discussing what he considered the most effective option for reducing global warming, he said "just stop breathing". Funny huh? Well, apparently there is ... Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Emerging Environmental Technologies". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article! Read Full Story