National Jute Board (NJB) is actively engaged in market development of jute products and as part of its promotional activity, a ‘jute festival’ is being organized at Chennai. Nearly 35 jute entrepreneurs from different states ...
Once the lonely crusade of astronomers, the dark-sky movement is finding increasingly vocal support in the lighting community; and is gaining regulatory traction with the sustainability and conservation movements. Plants and animals, ...
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The UK's first Code Level 4 Self Build Show Home - built by leading self-build specialists, Kingspan Potton - has been fitted with lighting and wiring accessory products from the Scolmore Group. The brand new "Wickhambrook" Show Barn at ...
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Clariant announced that its Advanced Denim technology has been honored by two of the prestigious 2012 Innovation Awards organized by ICIS. ICIS Chemical Business magazine revealed the winners of the 2012 edition of its awards. Not only was ...
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During the 1st Denim Premiere Vision Asia show, that it is being held in Shanghai on 23nd and 24th October, Jeanologia, the world leader in garment finishing with sustainable processes, will be presenting its innovative production model to ...
PPR announces the appointment of Marie-Claire Daveu as Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of international institutional affairs of PPR,and member of the PPR executive committee.Reporting to François-Henri Pinault,PPR CEO and ...
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The colour of night-time skyglow may be about to undergo a radical change worldwide, according to scientists of the Freie Universität Berlin and the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries. They predict that with ...
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Soitec of Bernin,France says that its concentrator photovoltaic(CPV)technology is present in most of the eight projects in the sub-category'concentrator solar plants with installed capacity of less than 12MW'after the selection of ...
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Laser ablation sheds light on ancient diet 03 Jul 2012 Results show an African-dwelling hominin preferred harder foods than those eaten by other human ancestors. Old habits Knowledge of the dietary habits of early hominins is a key ...
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The Federal Republic of Germany has selected the proposal of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture(LAVA)for the Green Climate Fund Headquarters,Bonn.LAVA's proposal for the headquarters is an'ecological model project'and demonstrates their ...
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While there’s no dearth of studies examining the presence of questionable chemicals in household staples such as cleaners, toys, and personal care products, similar studies that focus on gardening gear _ hoses, gloves, hand tools, ...
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70 percent of your garden products could contain toxic chemicals and if not used properly, they could be bad for your health. The study conducted by the Ecology Center in Ann Arbor tested more than 150 garden products, from hoses, to tools, ...
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Jim Barna Log & Timber Homes, a well recognized American log home manufacturer started an exciting venture about five years ago by hiring Logdom LLC. As their exclusive international distributor for the Russian Federation. Since then, ...
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New research from the University of Adelaide could help protect one of the world's most globally threatened tree species -- the big leaf mahogany -- from extinction. Big leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) is the most prized mahogany ...
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The measure comes in response to cabinet plans to scrap most government subsidies for nature conservation. The exact percentage will be announced later this month but the forestry service’s budget is expected to be cut by about 40 ...
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