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Leaked document reveals Rio + 20 sustainable development goals, 10 January [1]

Rio + 20 must empower the grassroots, 8 December [2]

Oil will decline shortly after 2015, says former oil expert of International Energy Agency, January 5 [3] topic

How the European Program to Reduce Carbon Pollution From Aviation Works, Jake Schmidt, 1/5/12 [4] place, topic

David Pencheon: Sustainability by stealth – 8 steps to heaven, 13 Dec [5] topic

Local CO2 Mapping Takes Off (With Your Help!), John Geraci, November 29 [6]

Please Stop Talking About Global Warming, John Geraci, November 17 [7] topic, topic
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References

  1. guardian.co.uk, 10 January 2012
  2. grassrootsinnovations.blogspot.com, 8 December 2011
  3. theoildrum.com, January 5, 2012
  4. huffingtonpost.com, 1/5/12
  5. blogs.bmj.com, 13 Dec, 11
  6. johngeraci.com, November 29, 2011
  7. johngeraci.com, November 17, 2011


"...beware the rise of the geekocracy. If the application developers and data mashers become the favoured voices, a host of citizens could be left behind, unable to contribute to a discourse in a language they don’t speak." Julian Dobson, September 30 [1] topic, topic


Time to talk about legal, September 29[2] topic, topic


Big Society: Inspiring Ourselves, Tessy, September 24 [3]

Big Society – making a market for community organisers and neighbourhood groups, william perrin, September 23 [4]

"...every part of our society must think about its resilience." Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP, 16 September [5] "There are 18,000 charities in England and Wales alone which exist to help and protect the environment – the vast majority of which are volunteer-based organisations operating locally. We want to do everything we can to encourage them to include adaptation in their work – raising awareness about the use of semi-permeable membranes rather than paving to clearing up potential green spaces to help absorb excess rainfall and cool our towns." topic


CBI calls for state help on climate data, the information is not in a format accessible to non-specialists, 13 September [6] topic


An open letter to Nat Wei about Big Society, Julian Dobson, September 13 [7]

Communities Are Much More Than Localities, Hilary Burrage, September 9th, 2010 [8] topic


Openness urged on UK's emissions, Robert Watson, The UK government's chief environment scientist, 3 September 2010 [9] "At face value UK emissions look like they have decreased 15% or 16% since 1990. But if you take in carbon embedded in our imports, our emissions have gone up about 12%. We've got to be more open about this." topic


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References

  1. Living with rats, September 30
  2. Online Journalism Blog, September 29th 2010
  3. thrivingtoo, September 24, 2010
  4. talkaboutlocal.org.uk, September 23rd, 2010
  5. defra.gov.uk, 16 September 2010
  6. independent.co.uk, 13 September 2010
  7. livingwithrats, September 13, 2010
  8. hilaryburrage.com, September 9th, 2010
  9. bbc.co.uk, 3 September 2010