Submissions tagged with sustainability
(4 documents)
Ecologists and the development of sustainability curricula for majors vs. non-majors
Background/Question/MethodsEcologists usually study interactions among living and non-living things at a particular spatial scale. Ecological curricula often have a biological focus except in e…
Received 14 August 2009 18:42 UTC; Posted 17 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology
Indigenous ecological knowledge as social capital: How citizen science can help us replenish the bank
Background/Question/Methods In our increasingly urban world, indigenous knowledge of local ecology is declining rapidly, because survival in industrialized urban environments does not depend …
Received 14 August 2009 01:45 UTC; Posted 14 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology
1st INCF Workshop on Sustainability of Neuroscience Databases
The goal of the workshop was to discuss issues related to the sustainability of neuroscience databases, identify problems and propose solutions, and formulate recommendations to the INCF. The repor…
Received 17 June 2008 16:13 UTC; Posted 18 June 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience, Bioinformatics
Sustainability and Environmental Chemistry in Semi-Arid/Arid Regions: A Unique Research Opportunity with Global Implications
Dr. Sierra Rayne will be speaking on the interplay of sustainability and environmental chemistry in semi-arid and arid regions worldwide. Drawing on his previous, current, and proposed research on …
Received 12 August 2007 05:50 UTC; Posted 15 August 2007
Posted to: Chemistry, Earth & Environment