Environmental Impacts - Animal Behavior

• Light pollution forms 'eco-traps'
  Keywords: Environmental Cues, 
  Source: BBC
  Pub: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  People: Bruce Robertson (Michigan State U.)
  Excerpts: 
  
  ... "Environmental cues, such as the intensity of light, that animals use to make decisions occur at different levels of severity in the natural world," he said.

  "When cues become unnaturally intense, animals can respond unnaturally strongly to them."

  As a result, the false cues could create an "ecological trap" for species attracted by the light. ...
  
  ... They recommended the use of alternative building materials or employing methods to mitigate the problem, such as adding white curtains to dark windows or adding white markings on road surfaces. ...

  
  

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Sustainable Materials

• Green Building Links
  
• Washington State University Resources
  
  
• Books
  
• Materials Matter (Ken Geiser)
  

Chicogo - Massive Change

Date: Oct. 29, 2006
Keywords:

1. Green Building,
   
2. Urbanism,
   
3. Wetlands,
   
4. Sustainable Mobility,
5. Renewable Power
   

Citation:

• The Third Wave, Alvin Toffler
• the Whole Earth Catalog, Stewart Brand, author of The Clock of the Long
  

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News

BBC

• Top 20 polluters gather in Mexico

  Ministers from the world's top 20 polluting nations gather in Mexico for talks on tackling climate change. (3 October 2006)
  Terms: G8, green house effect, climate change
  Source: BBC NEWS

• Assessing GM's Fuel Cell Strategy
  See Comments for Pros and Cons on Feul cell car.
  Terms: Feul Cell, alternative feul, Hybrid car, home-based hydrogen refueling stations, Joseph Romm, plug-in hybrid (Toyota), European Fuel Cell Forum
  Source: Technology Review

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