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Two events have been held today as part of international project "Green Week", implemented by Campaign IDEA. On the third day of the project, the two events were held in the morning at highway Zig in Surakhani district, Gun.Az reports.
The area underwent Euro-technical service before the action. Over 700 plants were planted during the action. The climate of Absheron and ecological character of the area were taken into consideration before selecting the trees.
Students on Tuesday learned about how the everyday decisions they make can affect their local creeks, streams, rivers and lakes as well as the watersheds where other people live. More than 80 students from Klein and Villa Maria elementary schools, Fort LeBoeuf Middle School and the House of Mercy after-school program participated in an Environment Erie Youth Training Day at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center.
The University of Salford and the low carbon business support company, Envirolink have joined forces in creating a major new initiative to deliver cutting-edge skills to people working in the energy and buildings industry.
The new collaboration, which will include both University and Envirolink staff working together on the Salford campus, will deliver a range of courses and workshops to help individuals and organisations of all sizes reduce their carbon emissions and energy costs from buildings. The collaboration will also work with companies to upskill the industry and adapt to the fast growing and changing market demands.
The woman who established a pioneering sustainability training centre in Findhorn has been named as a world-leading campaigner for the second successive year.
May East, who is chief executive of CIFAL Scotland, has been named in a list of the world’s 100 global sustainability leaders by climate change experts ABC Carbon and Sustain Ability Showcase Asia.
She joins a prestigious list of academics, writers, business leaders and politicians, including US Energy Secretary Steven Chu as well as the Oscar winning actress and environmental activist, Cate Blanchett.
It delivers high standards for Forest School set in the wider context of the environmental education movement, bush-craft, nature awareness and ancient technologies associated with this land.
Forest School is a long term, child-led continuous learning process that takes place over a period of time using a natural space. We aim to combine the Forest School principles with good outdoor learning practice, drawing on traditional and nature-centric models that provide ways of navigating and moving towards a sustainable and regenerative society.
Senior Whitehall officials from 10 Government departments and agencies attended exclusive "training courses" laid on by Shell over two days at its London headquarters, according to documents released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) following a freedom of information request (FOI).
The documents show that in June this year and last, "30-40 mid to senior-level civil servants" attended the two-day "Shell energy course for Whitehall", laid on at the energy giant's expense at its UK head office on London's South Bank.
In responding to the FOI request, DECC said the course was designed to give civil servants an "understanding of the energy industry in the UK and internationally". It added: "The production of and markets for energy in a carbon constrained world were the main themes [of the course]. The programme is an opportunity for DECC staff to hear the views of Shell on the oil and gas industry, meet colleagues and counterparts from other Government departments and exchange views on the industry and Shell's activities."
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd (HSBC) have joined hands to set up a modern environmental training institute in Alwar, Rajasthan, about 100 km from Delhi. The partnership was announced here on Wednesday by CSE Director-General Sunita Narain and Country Head, HSBC, India and Director HSBC Asia-Pacific, Naina Lal Kidwai.
The institute will offer short and long-term courses on environmental governance for regulators and decision-makers, a CSE release said.
The HACH LANGE stands (Nos. 94, 95 & 96) at the WWEM 2012 exhibition in Telford on 7th and 8th November, will feature three free training sessions that will provide attendees with help and advice on how to maximise the benefits of testing and monitoring. Each clinic will provide technical help and advice supported by practical case studies.
WWEM 2012, the 5th in a series of highly successful environmental monitoring events, will return to the Telford International Centre on 7th and 8th November 2012 to provide visitors with the latest information on regulations, standards, methods and technologies employed in laboratory, field and process monitoring applications.
Organised in conjunction with the Environment Agency and the Water Monitoring Association (WMA), WWEM 2012 is also supported by BMTA, British Water, ChromSoc, CIWEM, CoGDEM, Gambica, PROFIBUS, SIRA, SWIG, UKAS, and UKTI..
