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Environmental Finance has published an article outlining how fund managers are reporting a rise in interest in forestry investment of all kinds.

Protecting the environment and ensuring that all environmental regulations are met is crucial in the Western Canadian Oil and Gas market. When the leaders of a local Calgary environmental company needed reliable IT solutions to support their business, they turned to CTECH.

Alila Jakarta receives bronze status from EarthCheck for its environmental practices including the implementation of their water recycling system, which has the capacity to save around 16,000 litres of water a month.

Dr. Orrin Pilkey, research professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, is leading our next discussion, Global Climate Change: A Primer, on May 14th from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM at McCurdy's Restaurant on Atlantic Beach, NC.

Forestry investors are helping to boost sustainability, claims Forestry Research Associates (FRA).

Forestry Research Associates (FRA) is welcoming an article by Pictet-Timber fund co-manager Gabriel Micheli in Investment Week, giving tips to anyone considering investing in timber.

What do couples who are moving, families who are trying to become more organised, and landlords who must clean out rentals after tenants move out have in common?

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, one of the premier conservation and education-based gardens in the world and a recognized international leader in both Florida and international conservation, has named Leslie Bowe as Director of Corporate Relations. With his new position, Mr. Bowe assumes leadership of corporate outreach including serving as liaison with various local service clubs and organizations.

UK residents and businesses continue to choose Waste King for their efficient, cost effective and reliable domestic and commercial waste and rubbish removal service. Waste King offers a wide range of services for domestic and commercial clients ranging from skip hire Watford and St Albans locations to waste management collection and removal in and around London, Hemel Hempstead and surrounding areas.

LAN Systems, a leading Atlanta IT Consulting company, hosted a Green IT Earth Day event at its offices last week. The event was in celebration of Earth Day and collected e-waste for recycling.

In the power plant, long-term and efficient generation depends on minimizing corrosion and deposition within the steam/water cycle. As a leader in meeting stringent deionized water quality requirements with other measurements, METTLER TOLEDO Thornton has expanded its portfolio to include sodium measurement, the key parameter for initiating regeneration of cation exchange resin and for assuring water purity.

To celebrate Earth Day, Sun Toyota is conducting a 100 Hour Sales Event. It hopes to sell 100 hybrids to 100 families and honor the decision to go green by planting 100 trees in a national forest.

Everyday is Earth Day for volunteers of the GreenFriends Pacific Northwest Litter Project (GFLP) whose members pick up, and meticulously sort and dispose of litter for community service projects. Recently a GFLP work team covered blocks of Hing Hay Park in the International District of Seattle and collected 16, 560 cigarette butts in two hours as part of Kick Butts Day and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids sponsored by the United Health Foundation.

Corodex Electromechanic Co. LLC/Roediger Vacuum GmbH is celebrating after winning the “Water Reuse Project of the Year for UAE” in the prestigious MEED Quality Awards for Projects 2012, the only awards programme in the GCC to recognise completed quality projects.

The specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, Waste King, has contributed funds towards goals and other equipment at St Margaretsbury Football Club. Its donation - part of the company’s on-going corporate social responsibility (CSR) commitment – was prompted by a request from John Waites, of London-based City Interiors, who is connected with St Margaretsbury Football Club and whose company regularly uses Waste King’s services.

Corodex Electromechanic Co. LLC and Roediger Vacuum GmbH are geared up to introduce their award-winning and environmentally friendly Vacuum Sanitation Systems to Qatar this week. The system aims to decrease the dependence on water by using air.

Alex Tongue and Stalk It™ Longboards announce their strategic Team Rider partnership. Stalk It™ Longboards is excited to have a rider of Alex Tongue’s caliber and social conscience on board as its premier Team Rider.

Forestry Research Analysis (FRA) says it is “excited” by the prospects of bamboo being hailed as the new super material, which can be used for everything from housebuilding to garment manufacture.

FRA has said it is ‘disappointed’ to hear that the US is still regularly importing illegally logged timber from the Amazon rain forest.

What do old computer monitors, ancient fax machines and decades-old stereos have in common? Chances are, everyone has at least one of these items just sitting in the attic, garage or basement gathering dust. Another trait these old electronics share is that they should not be sent to the regular landfill along with the rest of the household garbage. Items like these, as well as keyboards, printers and other similar accessories must be disposed of in a specific and environmentally-friendly way.

Forestry Research Analysis (FRA), a research and advisory consultancy, claims that the publication of a report into public sector timber procurement in the UK could lead to a greater demand for sustainable timber.

AirBase Systems Ltd, a start-up environmental technology group, have launched a range of high quality sensors devices for both indoor and outdoor use. The market price of units is approx. $500 - $600 and equipped to measure levels of Ozone, Nitrogen Di-Oxide, total VOC (volatile organic compounds), total suspended particles (TSP), noise, and relative humidity. The units are programmable to include other stressors such as odor, light and sulphur dioxide and works by combining nanotechnology sensors with internet connectivity. Data is delivered via Wi-Fi or GSM to the AirBase data cloud. This has several advantages of traditional data storage methods. By storing information to a remote database, multiple devices have access to a “community” of knowledge and dependency on one access terminal is eliminated. Data will also be made available to mobile phones.

An interesting research project is taking place in the UK, which could lead to some exciting plantation investment opportunities in the future, according to FRA.

Forestry Research Associates (FRA) has welcomed news that lumber prices in the US are rising off the back of a lack of credit in the lumber distribution industry.

Academics from Plymouth University are set to survey local businesses and people who depend on the sea for work or leisure, to determine the economic impact of Dorset’s artificial surf reef. They survey will focus on whether the scheme has value for money. The £3.2m underwater reef, off Boscombe, was closed in March 2011 after only two years, because of damage. A spokesperson for Cascade, a local sales and marketing company commented that the survey was a positive idea, and that it was “important to quantify the performance of the reef, and then make informed decisions.”