Saying goodbye at airports the green way
Groundbreaking work is under way to establish just how big a carbon footprint is created by travel to and from airports.
The three-year study The ABC Project – Airports and Behavioural Change: Towards Environmental Surface Access Travel will receive total EPSRC funding of just under £492,000.
The idea for the study emerged, along with five other airport operations-related projects, from an EPSRC IDEAS Factory ‘sandpit’ that took place in November 2008. A sandpit is a residential interactive workshop over five days involving 20-30 participants, the director and a number of independent stakeholders. An essential element is a highly multidisciplinary mix of participants, including active researchers as well as potential users of research outcomes, to drive lateral thinking and radical approaches to addressing particular research challenges
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Tags: airport, aviation, carbon footprint, climate change, environment, global warming, study, travel
First Study Abroad Program on Climate Change and Sustainable Development Beginning Summer 2010
The Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) is pleased to introduce an eight-week Study Abroad Program, focusing on Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through professional training, hands-on learning, and cultural immersion, students will embark on experiencing how global climate change influences sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Now, students will have the opportunity to explore firsthand the diverse direct and indirect effects of climate change on natural and human systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. Students are encouraged both individually and as a group to delve into complex topics and address challenging questions relevant to contemporary regional and national climate change problems,” said Zvia Leibler Danon, CATHALAC’s officer for international cooperation and development.
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