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Ecology and Society Publishes Faculty Article on Complex Systems ...
The newest issue of Ecology and Society includes an article by SLIS faculty member Hamid Ekbia and University of Redlands faculty member Thomas EJ Leuteritz entitled "Not All Roads Lead to Resilience: a Complex Systems Approach to the ...

Environment Ministers Meet to Accelerate Transition to a Low ...
Monaco/Nairobi, February 2008 — More than doubling annual improvements in energy efficiency could play a key role in averting catastrophic climate change, a report to environment ministers says.

BBC plans to sustain citizenship and civil society. Please tell us how
Here's a story about how the BBC is developing new local multi-media services, its Charter remit for "sustaining citizenship and civil society", the closure of BBC Action network, development of citizen (or networked) journalism, ...

American Cancer Society reports declining cancer death rates
Epidemiologists of the American Cancer Society estimate that there will be 1437180 new cancer cases (745180 in men and 692000 in women) and 565650 cancer deaths (294120 among men and 271530 among women) in 2008. ...

Many working Americans are financially unprepared to retire
According to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College , many US adults have no idea of healthcare cost after retirement.

Antarctic Invasion
Global climate change could open the Antarctic up to predators it hasn’t seen in millions of years.

The First Night Feature: Ring Round The Moon
A glamorous 1950s society ball, identical twins, a ballet dancer and a madcap story which confuses even the protagonists combine to create Jean Anouilh’s Ring Round The Moon...

Contemporary Irish Art Society and a Birthday Blog
Haydn and I gave very brief talks to the the Contemporary Irish Art Society last night, about my recent print work for Art on Paper Gallery (South Africa) and Haydn Shaughnessy Gallery (Ireland and in Second Life). ...

Christian News - Northwest Alabama St. Vincent de Paul Society ...
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Northwest Alabama has found an effective way to help those truly in need and still stay in touch with other charitable organizations and identify any problems it ma Source:[...]

In the “Interest of Society” – Justifications for Taxation
These types of taxation have a greater effect on the poor in society, and those who binge drink aren’t just the poorest in society, most bars are full on a weekend, whether they offer cheap pints or expensive cocktails. ...