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For-Profit Scientific Publishers and the Culture of Entitlement
Join in Mike ’s rant about for-profit scientific publishers and the culture of entitlement over at scienceblogs.com.
Food security
Reforming the economics of food production and supply would be beneficial for a number of environmental and social problems, argues Peter Baker at BBC online.
Feast or Famine - Science in the Pub
Should Australians cultivate native foods for the table? Join Catalyst’s Paul Willis, New Inventor’s Bernie Hobbs and Les Hiddins (aka The Bush Tucker Man) to debate the sustainability of our current food industry. Sunday Aug 17, 2 to 4pm, King O’Malley’s Irish Pub, Civic.
Australian Science Festival
The Australian Science Festival 2008 will be held in Canberra from August 16 to 24, 2008.
94th ESA meeting
The Ecological Society of America’s next annual meeting will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 2009, on the theme of “Ecological Knowledge and a Global Sustainable Society”.
Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability
The Eighth International Conference of the Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability network: “Kā kaiārahi o te kaitiakitaka: Tertiary Education Institutions Leading for Sustainability.” 1-3 October 2008 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Systems types
Systems types at the DCSWiki (Distributed and Complex Systems).
Architectural sustainability
Ruminations on architectural sustainability over at BLDGBLOG.
New Mandala
An interesting article on academic blogging by Nicholas Farrelly of New Mandala.
Savannah cats banned
Savannah cats have now been banned in Australia by Environment Minister Peter Garrett after receiving over 500 public submissions on the issue.
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