o2 alta: September 2008

24.9.08

Capturing CO2 Out of Thin Air at an Industrial Scale

Event Date
2008-11-24 15:00

Location
Science B 146, University of Calgary

Description
Energy and Environmental Systems 2008 Seminar Series

Presenter/Speaker
David Keith, University of Calgary

Are Bees Declining and If So Why?

Event Date
2008-11-12 02:00

Location
Oslo Room, Olympic Volunteer Centre, north end of McMahon Stadium, Calgary

Description
Emeritus Association Speakers' Series

Presenter/Speaker
Ralph Cartar, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and the Natural Science Program

What Role Can Bioenergy Play in Canada/US Relations? A Life Cycle Based Evaluation

Event Date
2008-10-20 15:00

Location
Science B 146, University of Calgary

Description
Energy and Environmental Systems 2008 Seminar Series

Presenter/Speaker
Heather MacLean, University of Toronto

Bio-energy with CO2 Capture: Indirect Mitigation and Its Implications for Evolving Oil Markets

Event Date
2008-09-29 15:00

Location
Science B 146, University of Calgary

Description
Energy and Environmental Systems 2008 Seminar Series

Presenter/Speaker
Jamie Rhodes, Carnegie Mellon University

12.9.08

CO2 emission rates: per country

http://www.breathingearth.net/

A simple but powerful visualization: Breathing Earth. A map of the earth showing CO2 emissions, births, and deaths—by country—in real-time.

o2 background

o2 alta is part of the o2 Global Network, an international network for people interested in sustainable design. The network is made up of the o2 Global Network foundation, regional hubs, local groups, liaisons and individuals (called o2's). It has currently more than 70 country contacts. o2 ("Oxygen") was founded in 1988 in Milan by Niels Peter Flint, Thierry Kazazian, Jorgi Scheicher, Jeremy Quinn and others. o2 Groups in Denmark, France and the United Kingdom followed. Six years later (5 July 1994) Iris de Graaf and Willem Hanhart founded the o2 Global Network foundation, or in short, the o2 Global Network. o2GN, as it became to be known, was set up as an independent organization. Its first home page appeared in November that year, and by August 1995 the network had hosted its first web broadcast, live from Rotterdam.

For nearly two decades o2 has pioneered solutions to a central problem of the made environment: how to foster sustainability while having a good quality of life. The people in this forum have been wrestling with the problems of a throw-away culture, formulating non-polluting production methods, sourcing nontoxic, sustainably managed materials, innovative sustainable product services, sustainable lifestyles, behavior and consumption, and crucially, passing on the knowledge.

The basic idea of the o2 Global Network is "global thinking and local action". Global information and knowledge is exchanged and discussed. Local groups, mostly non-governmental organizations, or o2 individuals organize lectures, projects, workshops and distribute newsletters to promote, educate and implement design for sustainability with all of its facets in mind.

The network involves people with a background in engineering, design, industrial design, architecture, graphic design, arts, fashion, innovation, as well as people from academies, universities, public authorities, companies or knowledge centers.

[from Wikipedia]

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