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Why water managers are looking at tree rings

3rd May, 2013 by Anonymous | Add a comment
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Denver Water is drawing information on historic droughts from ancient trees to plan for water shortages.

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Unearthing the value of soil

22nd April, 2013 by Anonymous | Add a comment
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Healthy soil could be our best hope in the face of climate change, food crisis and biodiversity loss. Katherine Rowland reports.

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The acid test for coral reef conservation

10th December, 2012 by Anonymous | Add a comment
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An underwater mini-lab off the northeast coast of Australia is giving scientists a novel way of seeing how ocean acidification is affecting coral reef ecosystems.

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Singapore's new superpark takes inspiration from Eden

18th October, 2012 by Anonymous | 1 comments
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Biomes with a total volume of 135 Olympic swimming pools, housing over 250,000 rare and endangered plant species, greet visitors at Singapore’s Bay South.

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Can we bring back the wilderness?

1st October, 2012 by Anonymous | Add a comment
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Once a rainforest is gone, it’s gone forever, right? Not necessarily. Katherine Rowland surveys the brave new world of restoration ecology: the art of breathing new life into dying lands.

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Will the Olympics win the green regeneration game?

30th July, 2012 by Martin Wright | 2 comments
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Restorative ecology was at the heart of the winning bid. But how well do the slick sporting venues sit alongside the city’s biodiversity plans?

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Aaron Peirsol: why swimming's just like golf

27th July, 2012 by Amy Kao | Add a comment
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Olympic record holder makes the case for sustainability in a "sport that uses a lot of water"

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The Olympics are a platform for change, says gold medallist Jill Savery

27th July, 2012 by Anonymous | Add a comment
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Jill Savery is a former Olympic swimmer and currently Head of Sustainability for the America’s Cup Event Authority. We asked her how the Games could shape the future.

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What to think of the Games? Ask the birds, says Smit

18th July, 2012 by Anonymous | Add a comment
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From procurement to construction to biodiversity, London 2012 has raised the bar, says Tim Smit, Chief Executive of the Eden Project and a London 2012 Sustainability Ambassador.

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“An extraordinary quality of leadership”: Porritt on the Games

18th July, 2012 by Jonathon Porritt | 1 comments
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Jonathon Porritt, Chair of the London 2012 Sustainability Ambassadors Group, explains what the ambition for London to have organised “the most sustainable summer Olympics of modern times” actually means. 

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