Pour les magasins physiques, les principales anomalies constatées concernaient l’absence ou la non-conformité des informations sur les modalités de reprise gratuite des DEEE. Pour les sites de vente en ligne, il a été constaté que l’obligation de reprise et les conditions dans lesquelles elle doit être assurée n’étaient pas suffisamment respectées. Plus...
In Tanzania, agriculture sector is known for employing more than 70% of the total population. Agriculture sector faces many challenges including climate change. Climate change causes low productivity in agriculture; low productivity is caused due to poor implementation of agricultural policies and strategies. More...
Tunisia and the region have been witnessing unusually high temperatures during the summer and a lack of rainfall in winter, which is taking a toll on agriculture and posing threats to food security, water resources, health and infrastructure, according to researchers. More...
California recently became the first state to ban plastic straws in restaurants.
Susquehanna University is the latest place to ditch them. More...
A national research effort aimed at protecting freshwater lakes from toxic algal blooms will be led by a new center in Ohio. More...
Because plastic does not break down quickly, it is now considered one of the world’s most significant environmental threats. In an effort to help address the planet’s overage of plastic, UC San Diego recently became the first in the United States to install a road that utilizes recycled plastic. More...
We don’t have long to get our act together on climate change, according to a UN report released earlier this month. In the next 12 years, we need to reverse the trend of Earth’s increasing temperature or face drought, floods and extreme heat – and devastating knock-on effects felt by all life on the planet. More...
By Doug Lederman. "Graduate and Professional Education: An Ever-Changing Environment" is the latest free compilation of articles from Inside Higher Ed. More...
Public Release of Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment
From the announcement: "The Sakai Project today releases its open source Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE) software to the public. Members of the Sakai Educational Partners Program (SEPP) have been reviewing the beta version of the software since their highly successful conference with 170 attendees in June. This release to the public is Sakai Release Candidate 1 (RC1), and it puts the full code in the hands of any institution that wishes to begin using or understanding the Sakai software." The website asserts in nummerous locations that the software is open source, but appears nowhere to specify whether this means GPL or something else. More...
National Parks as Classrooms
I don't emphasize this as much as I should - online learning will succeed when it gets students out of the classroom and into the communities about which we are trying to teach them. In this regard, programs such as the National Parks Program play an increasingly significant role, as students, supported by mobile e-learning, get out into the forest to study the trees. More...
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