Special Announcements
- Local Dirt Radio
- Chill Out Video Contest
- $1 Million Study of Inhaling Carbon Nanotubes Funded by Federal Stimulus (from UCDMC)
- Call for Abstracts: Sustainable Groundwater International Conference
Local Dirt Radio
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Local Dirt is a radio show hosted on KDVS 90.3 FM in Davis, CA. The show is a project of Students for Sustainable Agriculture. Interested in checking it out? Local Dirt airs live on Tuesdays from 5-6pm. You can also stream past shows from their website.
If you are interested in helping out, contact localdirt "at" gmail "dot" com.
MODIFIED DATE: 11/13/2009
Chill Out Video Contest
Deadline: | December 31, 2009 |
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Are you taking climate action on campus? Are you a hard-core grassroots organizer? Chair of the Sustainability Committee? Have you spurred an initiative on your campus that reduces its carbon footprint?
If so, Chill Out is the competition for you! Campus Chill Out is looking for campus projects that reduce global warming pollution, including projects in green jobs, students in action, innovative design and campus actions. Students, faculty and staff are eligible to compete.
How to Enter:
1. Create a 2 minute video about your project
2. Fill out the entry form at http://www.facebook.com/l/5d90d;www.campuschillout.org/ with information about your project
3. Upload your video to http://www.facebook.com/l/5d90d;www.gogreentube.com/
Entries are due by December 31.
Winners will receive:
* Grant Money
* Prizes
* National Publicity
For contest rules and entry form, go to http://www.facebook.com/l/5d90d;www.campuschillout.org/
Put your video skills to work and win!
MODIFIED DATE: 11/13/2009
$1 Million Study of Inhaling Carbon Nanotubes Funded by Federal Stimulus (from UCDMC)
Web site: | http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/medschool/newsroom/newsdetail.html?key=3423 |
From the UC Davis Health System, October 28, 2009:
Researchers at UC Davis have received a $1 million grant from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, or federal stimulus, to study the health effects of breathing a ubiquitous substance used in everything from bicycles to electronics.
Called carbon nanotubes, its molecules are one-to-three nanometers — or a billionth of a meter — in diameter. They have a variety of uses in manufacturing because of their strength and electrical conductivity.
“The concern with carbon nanotubes is that they’re incredibly small tubes with properties similar to asbestos fibers,” said grant recipient Kent Pinkerton, a professor of pediatrics in the School of Medicine at UC Davis... (more at the Web site).
MODIFIED DATE: 11/4/2009
Call for Abstracts: Sustainable Groundwater International Conference
Deadline: | December 31, 2009 |
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Abstracts are now being accepted for "Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture: An International Conference Linking Science and Policy".
The conference will be held June 15-17, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA.
This three-day conference will provide scientists, policymakers, agricultural and environmental stakeholders, local, state and federal governmental officials, and consultants with the latest scientific, management, legal and policy advances for sustaining our groundwater resources in agricultural regions around the world.
Topics to be addressed in plenary sessions and technical sessions include:
·Socioeconomic Aspects of Agricultural Groundwater
·Climate, Energy, and Agricultural Groundwater
·Agricultural Groundwater Quality and Contamination
·Conjunctive Use, Agricultural Water Use, and Groundwater Management, Policy, and Regulation
·Groundwater at the Agriculture-Urban Interface
·Groundwater Linkages to Surface Water and Estuaries
Abstract submittal is now open until December 31, 2009.
Check the website, www.ag-groundwater.org, for conference updates.
MODIFIED DATE: 9/28/2009