“Top Ten Hurricane Disasters” Ranked By FEMA Relief

In the list and Data by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hurricane Katrina (2005) is leading the list followed by Hurricane Georges (1998), Hurricane Ivan (2004), Hurricane Andrew (1992), Hurricane Charley (2004), Hurricane Frances (2004), Hurricane Jeanne (2004), Hurricane Hugo (1989), Hurricane Floyd(1999), Hurricane Fran(1996).Since 1989 there were ten disasters and four of them in last decade [...]

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National Pollinator Week 2007

Pollination and fertilization are important stages in life cycle of flowering plant.”North American Pollinator Protection Campaign” (NAPPC) is working on issues of pollinating animals in North America. June 24 -30, 2007 has been designated National Pollinator Week.”Pollinators such as bees, birds and bats affect 35 percent of the world’s crop production, increasing the output of 87 of [...]

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Earth Hour-Campaign in Sydney

Competition for 60 earth hour, originally uploaded by hangingpixels.

Earth Hour, event has been initiated by WWF-Australia aiming propagation of awareness  and participtive action to reduce Sydney’s greenhouse gas emissions by 5% (during the next year)on Saturday March 31, 2007. Sydney will be turning off lights for one hour at 7.30pm as part of the campaign. [...]

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Nisqually Land Trust- 2007 “Partner of the Year Award”Goes to The Washington State DNR

Nisqually Land Trust, a Non profit corporation and leading NGO involved in conservation in Nisqually water shed presented “2007 Parner of Year Award” to the Washington state Deparment of Natural Resources (DNR) at the Land Trust’s 15Th annual auction gala on March 17,2007 at Saint Martin’s University, for it’s role in Land Trust’s Mount Rainier [...]

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Holcim Forum 2007 – “Urban_Trans_Formation” symposium

The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction was formed in 2003 under Swiss Civil Law and is under supervision of the Swiss Federation. The Holcim Foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland was formed in 2003 and is supported byHolcim, one of the world’s leading suppliers of cement, aggregates,  concrete and construction-related services.The symposium will be in Shanghai, [...]

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