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conservation internships abroad

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conservation internships abroad
I wanted to study abroad for this coming August. Do you know of any programs?

I wanted to do a month long internship/charity/volunteer work for August 09. I know it’s last minute, but I’ve been searching for a while now. I would love to do conservation, management, communications, art, economics, environmental studies, because those are within my fields of study.
Here’s the rub: it has to provide accommendations, flight ticket, meals and/or stipend.

rotary.org. rotary is the cheapest of them. it will provide everything. just go to their website and if u have any questions. just respond. age: 15 1/2-18 1/2 years old. btw, i have a question, what are you nta (non teenager activities)? cuz im applying for college soon and i need some lol…

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February 20th, 2010 at 8:55 am

energy conservation rebates

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energy conservation rebates
Why do energy companies promote energy conservation and efficiency?

My gas company gave me a free energy audit of my home, and offers generous rebates to install insulation and other energy saving products. I don’t understand why they do this. If I use less gas, they make less money. Why are they doing these things?
By the way, I won’t believe any answers that say “it’s the right thing to do”, or “they want to be green”. I don’t buy that. Profit drives almost all business decisions, and this doesn’t seem profitable to me.

They have a set price they can sell their product for. They have to go through a long process to raise their prices. By keeping the volume of gas for sale down, they don’t need to expand infrastructure which costs lots of money and would necessitate a price hike.


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Do rebates work? they may have only a tiny impact on renewable consumption.(CONSERVATION): An article from: Energy


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Making tax incentives work for you: pumping energy back into economy; energy rebates 101.: An article from: Hardware Retailing


Making tax incentives work for you: pumping energy back into economy; energy rebates 101.: An article from: Hardware Retailing


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February 20th, 2010 at 4:25 am

conservation biology topics

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conservation biology topics
What are the causes of polar bears getting closer to extinction?Why is it important to understant the issue?

I am doing a ecology project in my biology class. We chose a conservation issue to focus on and we are to create a flyer on our issue and present it in front of the class. I am going to choose the topic about polar bears nearing extinction. Any input will help.
Thanks!

I did a similar project in biology a couple years ago.
There is a ton of information out there…
What I found is that melting glaciers are creating greater distance between ice floes. Hence, polar bears have to swim greater distances from piece to piece. They get tired and drown. In 2005, I think, there were more than 70 found dead from drowning.
Additionally, with warming temperatures, polar bears are moving into habitats they didn’t previously occupy, and leaving ones they did. People and polars don’t mix too well.
Another issue is the entire food chain itself. All aspects of the environment are changing… too little food for this leads to too little food for that leads to hungry polar bears.
Like I said, there’s a bunch of stuff out there – google!
Good luck!

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The Balance of Nature?: Ecological Issues in the Conservation of Species and Communities


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Ecologists, although they acknowledge the problems involved, generally conduct their research on too few species, in too small an area, over too short a period of time. In The Balance of Nature?, a work sure to stir controversy, the distinguished theoretical ecologist Stuart L. Pimm argues that ecology therefore fails in many ways to address the enormous ecological problems now facing our planet.E…

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With the dedicated reasearch and highly readable prose that are his hallmarks, Farley Mowat painstakingly recounts the grim fate of the wildlife of the North Atlantic seaboard after the arrival of European man. This “howl of outrage” (Kirkus) chronicles how whales, once one of the most complex and stable life forms on Earth, became virtually eradicated; how great auks, numbering the hundreds of m…

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February 10th, 2010 at 11:44 pm

preservation partners development

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preservation partners development


Conserving energy: Foster + Partners are working with Libya on plans for the world's first regional-scale conservation and development project in the ... An article from: The Architectural Review


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Partners in preservation: Institutions of higher education


Partners in preservation: Institutions of higher education




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February 8th, 2010 at 9:32 am