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Prince Charles throws open garden for green festivalLondon (AFP) Sept 8, 2010 Prince Charles was to open the grounds of his London home to the public Wednesday for a garden party aiming to promote sustainability with a mix of weird and wonderful exhibits and displays. "A Garden Party To Make A Difference" will see the prince's gardens at Clarence House plus the grounds of two neighbouring mansions opened up for rare public visits until September 19. The aim of the event is to highlight one of Charles's pet causes - how individuals can take action to create a more sustain ... read more |
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Los Banos, Philippines (AFP) Sept 3, 2010The mobile phone may soon replace the centuries-old straw hat as the Filipino rice farmer's must-have accessory. Already responsible for helping to topple a government in the Southeast Asian archipelago, mobile phone text messaging could now help launch a neat little agricultural revolution. "Precision agriculture could become available to small-scale farmers at their fingertips within a ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 03, 2010Operation IceBridge - a NASA airborne mission to observe changes in Earth's rapidly changing polar land ice and sea ice - is soon to embark on its fourth field season in October. The mission is now paralleled by a campaign to bring data to researchers as quickly as possible and to accelerate the analysis of those changes and how they may affect people and climate systems. "Anyone can acces ... more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 5, 2010A new food fight has stirred up the locavore movement, which promotes eating of local products, after fresh challenges to the assumption that the practice promotes environmental sustainability. The locavore movement, which has been gaining steam rapidly since emerging in California in 2005, is now boiling over following a commentary last month suggesting that the "math" underpinning the prac ... more |
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Amazon at lowest level in over 40 years in Peru: expertsLima (AFP) Sept 1, 2010 The Amazon, the world's biggest river, is at its lowest level in over 40 years near its source in northeastern Peru, causing havoc in a region where it is used as the only form of travel, authorities said. According to officials in Loreto province, the Amazon on Tuesday in the northeast city of Iquitos fell to 105.97 meters (347.67 feet) above sea level, 50 cm (1.6 feet) lower than it was in 2005, so far the lowest reference point in four decades. Low levels have brought economic havoc in areas ... read more |
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