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The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 7 Issue 16, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

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Lizzy Cooper, Class Of 2017, Musselman Library, Elizabeth A. Cooper

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In this new Next Page column, Lizzy Cooper, Class of 2017 and winner of this year’s Silent Leader Award, shares which authors have influenced her interest and activism in food and environmental justice, how she prepared for the Immersion Project trip to Texas she led over winter break which focused on immigration at the U.S. – Mexico border, and the children’s book character who inspired her to wear purple almost every day of second grade.

The Scarlet - Volume Xcvi, No. 15 (March 3, 2017), Scarlet Staff

The Scarlet (Student Newspaper) (2011-present)

The March 3, 2017 edition of The Scarlet (est. 1939), Clark University's student-run newspaper. The Scarlet is intellectually and editorially independent of the University.

Scape Goats, Silver Bullets, And Other Pitfalls In The Path To Sustainability, D. G. Webster

Dartmouth Scholarship

This paper draws from The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin to highlight some of the most likely pitfalls on the political road to a sustainable planet. Through the literary device of dreams that can change the world, Le Guin explores how the individual’s egoistic desire to save humanity can be twisted by the limitations of our psyche and our society, turning an already uncomfortable future Earth into a devastated planet. It is a stinging critique of answers handed down from above, and a call to action for those of us who just get by here below. Her story …

Spartan Daily, March 2, 2017, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2017

Volume 148, Issue 16

The Setonian, March 2, 2017, Seton Hall University

2017

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Educational Policies Committee Agenda, March 2, 2017, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Program Proposals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Melancholy Play (2017), Sarah Ruhl

Season 2016-2017

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Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, March 2, 2017, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Program Proposals

• Offering a Master of Aviation Science
• Offering a Master of Science in Data Science
• Offering an On-Line Certificate in Engineering Education
• Restructuring the Environmental Studies Bachelor of Science program

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, March 2, 2017, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Program Proposals

• Offering a Master of Aviation Science
• Offering a Master of Science in Data Science
• Offering an On-Line Certificate in Engineering Education
• Restructuring the Environmental Studies Bachelor of Science program

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, March 2, 2017, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Program Proposals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Wofford Today Spring 2017, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Wofford Today

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Daily Announcements March 2017, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Communications Office Daily Announcements

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Land Conservation In A Changing Climate:Stewardship Science And Financing, Bradford S. Gentry, Shelley Clark, Colin Kelly, Joshua Morse

Yale School of the Environment Publications Series

Report of the 2016 Berkley Workshop

Held at the Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Tarrytown, NY - July 2016

Wastewater Challenges In Small Minnesota Communities: Wastewater Treatment Operator Survey Results And Affordability Analysis, Kelly Asche, Ed Brands, Zach Johnson, Tayler Vetsch

Center for Small Towns

Well-maintained and properly functioning wastewater systems are critical infrastructure because they protect public health and make local economic development possible in small communities. Such systems, however, can also be expensive and difficult for small communities to keep up with. The purpose of this study was to assess regulatory, structural, operational, and affordability challenges associated with municipal wastewater infrastructure in small Minnesota communities. The findings of this study are based on data from three major sources: 1) a survey of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) operators, 2) the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s Water Infrastructure Needs Survey (MPCA WINS), and 3) the 2011-2015 …

Eco-News March 2017, Office Of Sustainability, University Of Southern Maine

Eco-News

In this issue:

• Trash Talk
• Upcoming Events
• Green Cleaning
• Sustainability Tip

March 2017 News Items, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research and Discovery News

• Stanford names two WMU students as University Innovation Fellows
• Dr. Hadden wins Prestigious Legal Foundation Grant

Gis Mapping And Analysis For The Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission’S West Brookfield Master Plan Project, Laurel Oolie

Sustainability and Social Justice

As a part of West Brookfield’s 2018 Master Plan, The Route 9 and Route 67 Corridor GIS Analysis project was developed for Planners at The Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC) to analyze the major corridors running through West Brookfield, Massachusetts. A series of maps were created using numerous data sources and queries to visualize the area’s land use, development, and environmental features. The resulting maps highlighted existing land uses, constraints, and potential development and conservation opportunities across the town. The Route 9 and Route 67 Corridor Analysis project helped CMRPC to formulate policy recommendations including zoning bylaw amendments and …

Food For Thought | Dr. Vandana Shiva, March 27, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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March, 2017 Global News, Haenicke Institute

Global News

• Living the Arts in the Libraries to take place in April
• Michigan State Geographic Bee to return to WMU's Fetzer Center
• Annual Clark Lecture, two other political talks offered at WMU
• Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in April
• Some 700 to participate in 2017 César Chávez March
• See the world on a budget at 28th International Festival
• 5K walk to raise funds for clean water initiatives
• British author, adventurer to take WMU audience on a journey
• WMU's Ming Li among national diversity award honorees
• WMU to launch Collegiate Pathways program with Forest Hills Public Schools
• Welcoming messages going up …

Haworth College Of Business News (03/2017), Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

• ANNUAL CONFERENCE SET
• INNOVATION FELLOW NAMED
• EXPLORING CAREER CHOICES

The Experimental Flow To The Colorado River Delta: Effects On Carbon Mobilization In A Dry Watercourse, Thomas S. Bianchi, David Butman, Peter A. Raymond, Nicholas D. Ward, Rory J. Kates, Karl W. Flessa, Hector Zamora, Ana Arellano, Jorge Ramirez, Eliana Rodriguez

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Here we report on the effects of an experimental flood on the carbon cycling dynamics in the dry watercourse of the Colorado River in Mexico. We observed post-flood differences in the degree of decay, age, and concentration of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), as well as dissolved CH₄ and CO₂ concentrations throughout the study site. Our results indicate that this flooded waterway was a limited source of CH₄ and CO₂ to the atmosphere during the event and that DOC age increased with time of flooding. Based on our findings, we suggest that the interplay between storage and …

An Antarctic Stratigraphic Record Of Stepwise Ice Growth Through The Eocene-Oligocene Transition, Sandra Passchier, Daniel J. Ciarletta, Triantafilo E. Miriagos, Peter K. Bijl, Steven M. Bohaty

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Earth’s current icehouse phase began ∼34 m.y. ago with the onset of major Antarctic glaciation at the Eocene-Oligocene transition. Changes in ocean circulation and a decline in atmospheric greenhouse gas levels were associated with stepwise cooling and ice growth at southern high latitudes. The Antarctic cryosphere plays a critical role in the ocean-atmosphere system, but its early evolution is still poorly known. With a near-field record from Prydz Bay, Antarctica, we demonstrate that Antarctic ice growth was stepwise and had an earlier onset than previously suggested. Prydz Bay lies downstream of a major East Antarctic Ice Sheet drainage system, and …

Homestead National Monument Of America, Bat Acoustic Monitoring, September 2016, Daniel S. Licht

United States National Park Service: Publications

Abstract

Homestead National Monument of America is a 211-acre park located in an agrarian landscape in southeastern Nebraska. From September 16 to October 1, 2016, park staff deployed acoustic monitors at three sites in the park for purposes of monitoring night-time bat activity. The three sites averaged 179, 48, and 33 bat detections per night. Night-time bat activity was generally highest in the 1-2 hours following sunset.

Based on the acoustic surveys the big brown (Eptesicus fuscus), eastern red (Lasiurus borealis), northern long-eared (Myotis septentrionalis) and evening bats (Nycticeius humeralis) were present at the …

The Lumberjack, March 01, 2017

Cal Poly Humboldt's Student Newspaper

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University.

Romberg Tiburon Center (Rtc) Water Tank Alteration Proposals 2017, Thomas Fowler, Iv

Architecture

No abstract provided.

Using Ranked Auxiliary Covariate As A More Efficient Sampling Design For Ancova Model: Analysis Of A Psychological Intervention To Buttress Resilience, Rajai Jabrah, Hani Samawi, Robert Vogel, Haresh Rochani, Daniel Linder

Biostatistics: Faculty Publications

Drawing a sample can be costly or time consuming in some studies. However, it may be possible to rank the sampling units according to some baseline auxiliary covariates, which are easily obtainable, and/or cost efficient. Ranked set sampling (RSS) is a method to achieve this goal. In this paper, we propose a modified approach of the RSS method to allocate units into an experimental study that compares L groups. Computer simulation estimates the empirical nominal values and the empirical power values for the test procedure of comparing L different groups using modified RSS based on the regression approach in analysis …

March 2017 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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Reduced Mitochondrial Efficiency Explains Mismatched Growth And Metabolic Rate At Supraoptimal Temperatures., Eloy Martinez, Michael A. Menze, Salvatore J. Agosta

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

The relationship between whole-organism growth and metabolism is generally assumed to be positive and causative; higher metabolic rates support higher growth rates. In Manduca sexta, existing data demonstrate a deviation from this simple prediction: at supraoptimal temperatures for larval growth, metabolic rate keeps increasing while growth rate is decreasing. This mismatch presumably reflects the rising “cost of maintenance” with temperature. Precisely what constitutes this cost is not clear, but we suspect the efficiency with which mitochondria harness oxygen and organic substrates into cellular energy (ATP) is key. We tested this by integrating existing data on M. sexta growth and …

Rethinking Water Governance: Moving Beyond Water-Centric Perspectives In A Connected And Changing World, Rob C. De Loë, James J. Patterson

Natural Resources Journal

From the “water-centric” perspective that is common within the world’s large and diverse water community, water is of central importance, and improving water governance is self-evidently essential. Some water problems can be addressed using watercentric approaches such as watershed management. Unfortunately, evidence is mounting that suggests that many other water problems cannot because their causes and drivers, at scales from local to global, are partly or wholly external to those traditionally considered within the water sector. Water governance in these cases needs to better account for a range of external connections that strongly influence water-related outcomes of concern and contribute …