Renewable Energy Efficiency in Buildings & Cities: Assessing Potential for District Energy Systems (DES) in Indian Cities
Preparing GHG emissions Inventory and Climate Action Plan for Melaka State and Constituent Urban Local Authorities
Roadmap of South Asian Cities and Local Governments for the Post 2012 Global Climate Agreement and Actions
With over 50 participants from Indonesia, India and South Africa, the workshop held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on 19 – 20 June 2013 was the ideal platform to share all results achieved during the REEEP (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership) funded project “South-South cooperation between cities in India, Indonesia and South Africa”, a part of ICLEI Local Renewables initiative. During the initiative, the city of Coimbatore acted as “resource city”, providing guidance to the other two municipalities involved, Ekurhuleni in South Africa and Yogyakarta in Indonesia.
Dr. H. Haryadi Suyuti, Mayor of Yogyakarta and host of the workshop, highlighted the Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency (EE) activities undertaken by the city during the last 3 years. The inauguration of the “Yogyakarta Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Resource Centre” symbolically marked one of the milestones achieved by the city. “Space has been allotted for the Resource Centre in one of the main city halls where electricity bills are paid to ensure good visibility” commented the Mayor, wishing that the centre will help disseminate knowledge on RE and EE among the general public.
The city representatives from Ekurhuleni and Coimbatore shared their own experiences as well. Other Indonesian cities present at the event showed interest in going deeper into the lessons learnt during the project, especially in terms of GHG inventory, identification of low carbon actions and strategy for implementation, especially in the context of Local Action Plan for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction.
The next phase will focus on the promotion of the recently completed solar city guidebooks for South Africa and Indonesia at the national and local level.
Representatives of ICLEI South Asia and ICLEI Africa attended the REEEP project meetings in Johannesburg from 3-4 July 2012. Under Call 8 of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) programme, ICLEI South Asia is leading a funded project entitled South-south Cooperation between cities in India, Indonesia and South Africa in partnership with ICLEI Africa and ICLEI South East Asia.
The meeting saw managers from 25 projects from around the world come together to share lessons learnt from challenges and successes mid-way through the project duration.
The agenda for the two days was interactive with the showcasing of all projects through poster exhibitions, where project managers could interact, ask questions and stimulate discussions. The agenda also provided the opportunity for key topics to be discussed through panels which included: building political will and persuading government; final steps for financial solutions; market rules of the game for up-scaling projects; and lastly, encouraging stakeholder and community participation.
The ICLEI team benefited greatly from the participatory discussions and interactions, learning valuable experiences from other projects that are relevant and applicable to the current projects that ICLEI is undertaking in 3 cities under ICLEI’s Local Renewable Initiative, these being Coimbatore, India; Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. These are taking place between December 2011 and March 2013.
Preparation of the nomination dossier of River Island of Majuli in midstream of Brahmaputra River in Assam as a World Heritage Site
Sensitisation Programme for Kolkata Municipal Corporation Councilors and Members of Mayor-in-Council on Climate Change
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Beavers and muskrats and minks, oh my! Those are just a few of the natural creatures outdoor enthusiasts might encounter along the Chattahoochee River.
To Atlantans, the beloved river is the “Hooch.” For residents and visitors alike, it’s a wonderland of wildlife and open water right in the big city’s backyard.
Other critters visitors encounter include includes turtles, lizards, and toads. Fishermen will catch brook trout, bluegills and bass. In spring the river banks and parklands are awash with color, as dogwood, redbud, azaleas and wild violets bloom.
While Alan Jackson made the river instantly popular when he sang "Way Down Yonder on the Chattahoochee," the river actually was noticed far sooner by political officials. President Jimmy Carter, himself a native Georgian, clearly did future generations a favor when he signed 1978 legislation to protect and preserve a 48-mile stretch of the river.
Christened the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, this section of the river came complete with a chain of parkland jewels.
The ancient Chattahoochee starts out in the north Georgia mountains as a sparkling little stream. The spot is Jack’s Knob near the Appalachian Trail. Soaking up rivulets and tributaries, it rushes down the mountainside.
Sometimes the river is slow, clear and cold. Other times it's a muddy torrent. The waterway travels the Piedmont and coastal plain. Then it flows southwesterly to join the Flint River and form Florida’s Apalachicola River. After a journey of some 500 miles, it reaches the Gulf of Mexico.
Along the way the river sweeps smack through the middle of Helen, a mountain town famed for its Alpine-themed look and activities. It also swings past the site of the country’s first great Gold Rush at Dahlonega in 1828.
A major marker on its route is 26-mile-long Lake Sidney Lanier. It was christened after a 19th-century Georgia poet who wrote “Song of the Chattahoochee.” The Corps of Engineers developed this big project on the Chattahoochee in the 1950s. Today, with its busy boat traffic, sandy beach and waterpark, it’s one of the most visited Corps of Engineers lakes in the country.
How do urbanites take advantage of so much nature in their midst? They canoe, kayak and raft. They hike trails that ramble over 50 miles. They check out plants and wildlife, keeping an eye peeled for the occasional Great Blue Heron. Picnics are a given.
They also fish, and quite enthusiastically at that. Why? The river is a stocked trout stream with 22 species listed as game fish. In the upper Chattahoochee are white and striped bass, brook trout, walleye and darters. Toss a line in the lower Chattahoochee and you might catch a bluegill, crappie or largemouth bass. Throughout the river -- north and south -- are rainbow and brown trout, and channel catfish.
A new 1,977-square-foot Wildlife Clinic is on its way to the Chattahoochee Nature Center. Set near its namesake river, the family-friendly facility is dedicated to environmental education and the rehabilitation of wildlife. The 30-year-old retreat sprawls over 127 acres of preserved wetlands and woodlands north of Atlanta.
Visitors on the Wetlands Trail learn about different types of environments, from a mountain bog to a Piedmont flood plain. They hike the four Forest Trails thick with southern magnolias and loblolly pines. They saunter the river Boardwalk Trail that leads through a bottomland hardwood forest and marsh habitat.
The center welcomes a steady stream of reptiles, amphibians and birds of prey in need of care. “Something is always going on here,” says staffer Lynn McIntyre. “Besides our planned activities, an eagle lays an egg or someone brings us an injured owl.”
Wildlife Clinic will be open by year's end, providing upgraded facilities for animal care. Its opening will also kick off construction of the neighboring Discovery Center, a museum with river-themed exhibits of fish, reptiles, amphibians and birds.
Nature lovers show up throughout the year for naturalist-led trail hikes every Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. From May through September, naturalists lead a weekend sunset voyage on the Chattahoochee for a close-up look at places where beavers lodge and herons swoop.
Canoe trips are two and one-half hours long. Cost is $25 per person for Nature Center members and $30 per person for non-members.
Vivian Holley is travel editor for Southern Seasons magazine, contributing editor for Recommend magazine, and an award-winning freelance travel writer/editor specializing in upscale travel including cruising. She is a longtime member of the Society of American Travel Writers, the Southeast Tourism Society, and the Atlanta Press Club.
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if i had a penny for every time i heard someone bitterly say, “you just can't trust people anymore”, i’d probably have enough money that lunch could be on me today.
you would think me to be delusional if i sat here and said that “all people are trustworthy”. so i wont say that. but what i will say is this: most people are.
there are some who are of the school of thought that trust must be earned. they would not give away their coveted trust, no sir. you’ve got to prove to them, time and time again, that you are worth trusting. and then, and only then, will they take their tough-guy masks off, and ‘let you in.’
while i don’t fault people that think that way; i am not one of them. i trust people. blindly. willingly. and as some might say, stupidly. i would rather give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and be wrong occasionally; than hold the belief that everyone is constantly, knivingly, plotting against me.
i routinely buy fruit from a fruit vendor near my gym in the morning. he’s a very nice man, and we typically exchange a ‘hello’ for a wave; and fruit for money. on my walk past him today, i asked to buy some blueberries, which he sells for $6 per bundle. i reached into my pocket and pulled out a $5 bill, which was all i had with me. he looked at me and said, “bring me a dollar tomorrow.”
he trusted that i would do the honest thing and bring him back the $1 that i owed him. by him trusting me without reason, he gained a very loyal customer. if he’s wrong, he’s out a measly buck, but instead he chose to trust me, a stranger, by giving me the benefit of the doubt.
Anyone else pre-ordered Halo 4 yet? If so, limited or regular. If not then you need to sort your life out. If your excuse for not pre-ordering is not having and xbox then you really do suck [Just kidding: PC GAMERS FTW]
Legal wrote: Anyone else pre-ordered Halo 4 yet? If so, limited or regular. If not then you need to sort your life out. If your excuse for not pre-ordering is not having and xbox then you really do suck [Just kidding: PC GAMERS FTW]
there's a rumor going around that halo 4 will be on the PC. anyway, I actually just pre-ordered halo 4 at game stop, free hazop armor here I come (not like I'm actually gonna wear that stuff, I'm just gonna hope they don't take ODST armor out of the game, I can't live without my ODST helmet. )!
Actually, I don't think they give you the armor, just the design on it. We also pre-ordered from Gamestop, and I think it was called "forest" or something. I remember hearing somewhere that Gamestop also gives you the "arctic" camo for the BR, but they didn't mention it in the email...
yeah, my worries about the possibility of the ODST armor being removed stems from the fact that I don't think it would be canon for a spartan 4 to be walking around in ODST armor.
lordpyromon wrote: yeah, my worries about the possibility of the ODST armor being removed stems from the fact that I don't think it would be canon for a spartan 4 to be walking around in ODST armor.
I don't think it would be canon for spartan II's to be wearing it either. That didn't stop Bungie though. And don't get me started on that retarded Hyabusa armor...
I will not pre-order it yet. I play it with my friend, co-op. I will sell my Xbox 360, because i'm only keeping it for Halo 4. But my friend have 360, and I will play it with him.
i love how we get a custom arctic weapons skin and you guys don't LOL, i haven't pre-ordered the limited edition yet (cause im lazy)but ill do eventually.... from gametop(eb games)
Besides the katana isn't very canon either but everyone loved it. What I like about Bungie is that they did things like that for the lulz
the hyabusa armour was a reference to the game ninja gaidien or something like that, because bungie let them put a playable spartan in one of their ninja games. then, returning the favour, bungie put in the hyabusa armour in halo 3.
that rumour is now false, according to me. people found a "system requirements forthcoming" on the halo 4 main page, but later on it just turns out to be the amount of gb for the game (halo 4 needs a minimum of 8gb worth of space, if you are wondering).
however, it would be stupid to release halo 4 on pc, if they haven't released halo 3 on pc, as halo 2 is the last halo to be on pc....
but apparently in a interview, Frankie said stuff like "we will look into the pc in the future".... so could that mean halo 3 for the pc? i hope so.
on a completely different note i've just noticed that our clan is the first and only clan that Halo wrexx hasn't joined...do you think we should be insulted
G Sgt John Burns wrote: on a completely different note i've just noticed that our clan is the first and only clan that Halo wrexx hasn't joined...do you think we should be insulted
Honestly, considering how much ranted and raved in the daily story thread about this revolution; I couldn't care less. If he does, great, if he doesn't, fine.
With all the stealthed squid heads going around, I made sure to order thermal vision scopes, lenses, and binoculars from HC.
CPL Novan wrote: With all the stealthed squid heads going around, I made sure to order thermal vision scopes, lenses, and binoculars from HC.
It wasn't on the daily. He ruend my welcome home thread. If he trys to join, I say we don't let him. Besides, if we get in a clan warI want every soldier presant and comitted, not choosing who hes going to betray. If he joins, hes not going to be in my squad.
thats like saying about the 75th rangers, what happened to the other 74, well only three other battalions existed...
not bad, not bad, recruited two more people who body act for me and are my mates, one of them is signing up to the site now called zacazoid, also I will create a recruitment video for the clan imminently. secondly, anyone who wishes to join the halo reach branch of the clan that i have just started should send me a message over xbox live. G.T dont shoooot me, i will not be here the next week so don't worry if i do not accept straight away, dismissed Marines.
Sure, we have gaps for a rifleman, zack, we will hold some practice or tyrouts when the game is released when we have more than enough rifleman for the ODST squad.