2011-06-24 09:23:32 // Sustain Team
// The Idealog Blog
It’s no big secret that agricultural emissions are a big problem in New Zealand, with close to 50 percent of them coming from methane and nitrous oxide from the pastoral farming industry alone. In developing nations, the number sits at a much more measly 10 percent. So when the New Zealand-led Global Research Alliance (GRA) on agricultural greenhouse gases (GHG) was launched as part of Copenhagen climate talks back in 2009, it was welcomed by many, including the Green Party of New Zealand. And late last week the GRA got an extra boost times two. At a ministerial Summit in Rome more than 30 countries officially signed the GRA and Government also took the opportunity to announce it will set up a $25 million fund to support research on mitigating GHG emissions from pastoral farming.
2010-08-10 12:11:54 // Deirdre Robert
// The Idealog Blog
Circular buildings are an unusual site and the Danish Pavilion by architect group Bjarke Ingels Grouparchtec (BIG), as part of the Shanghai Expo 2010, is no exception. The architects created the pavilion as a means of fostering interaction between visitors and some of Copenhagen’s most famed attraction
