2003 July | World Student Community for Sustainable Development

Cambridge Climate Protection Plan

8. July 2003

by Philip Michael Sheehy The MIT Student Community SfGS established a partnership with the City of Cambridge to aid in the implementation of the Cambridge Climate Protection Plan. Read what it is about. We are proud to report that we have established a partnership with the City of Cambridge to aid in the implementation of [...]

Interaction with Developing Countries- Education for Street Children in Bangladesh

8. July 2003

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by Dhammika Bokolamulla Chalmers Students for Sustainability CSS wrote a paper about the education of Street Children in Bangladesh that will be presented at the Copernicus Conference that is held this summer in PÃ©cs, Hungary. The hope is to implement this project with the help of Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). A street child is [...]

On the use of photovoltaic ambient energy sources for powering indoor electronic devices

3. July 2003

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by Julian Randall Julian Randall has done his PhD Thesis at the Swiss Fededal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. How can indoor electronic devices contribute to reduce the general enery consumption? Here is the abstract of his thesis. The use of ambient energy systems (AES) for indoor applications is often limited to products of low [...]

Land fragmentation process in the urban fringe of Bangkok

2. July 2003

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by Yuji HARA, Lab. of Landscape Ecology & Planning (UT) Urbanization as a worldwide phenomenon is proceeding exceptionally fast. Very soon many of the suburban or peri-urban or areas at the fringes of urban areas will be exceedingly urbanized. Mega-cities or urban areas with a population of more than 10 million will most likely sprout [...]

Global Warming As Risk: Probabilistic Climate Forecasts

2. July 2003

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by Philip Michael Sheehy Debates on global warming are often framed as uncertain vs. certain climate science. The critics of climate science refer to existing uncertainties as the basis for their rejection of aggressive climate policy. On the other hand, environmentalists consider available scientific knowledge sufficient to call for immediate reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. [...]

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Cambridge Climate Protection Plan

Interaction with Developing Countries- Education for Street Children in Bangladesh

On the use of photovoltaic ambient energy sources for powering indoor electronic devices

Land fragmentation process in the urban fringe of Bangkok

Global Warming As Risk: Probabilistic Climate Forecasts

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