A New Strategy to Spur Energy Innovation(journal article)
by Peter Ogden, John Posesta and John Deutch
from Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 24 Issue.2, Winter 2008 pp. 35-44
"No one questions the need to develop new energy technologies. Government can play a critical role by increasing funding and reorganizing its programs."

The Evolution of markets for water : theory and practice in Australia

Jeff Bennett

How policymakers are striving to move away from government regulation and achieve a balance between a property rights and a market based approach to the allocation of water resources.

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The Earth in charter in action : toward a sustainable world

Peter Corcoran et al.

A collection of essays about the Earth Charter, a global initiative that promotes the understanding and implementation of the values and principles for sustainable development.

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Thirst : fighting the corporate theft of our water

Alan Snitow, et al.

Considers the important public policy question, is water just another commodity for corporations to buy up, or is it a natural resource to be protected by the public realm?

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Explorations in criminal psychopathology: clinical syndromes with forensic implications

Louis B. Schlesinger

"Emphasizing on psychopathology from a clinical phenomenological perspective, with legal issues and implications playing a secondary role, an impressive group of contributors explores various disorders that have significant forensic implications."

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Making sustainability work : best practices in managing and measuring corporate social, environmental and economic impacts
Marc J. Epstein

" ’How-to-do-it’ guide for corporate leaders, strategists, academics, sustainability consultants, and anyone else with an interest in making sustainability work for organizations." - cover.

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Internet informed : guidance for the dedicated searcher
David Novak

Techniques to uncover quality information from the internet.

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The State of Food and Agriculture 2007 : paying farmers for environmental services

United Nations. Food and Agriculture Organization

"Concludes that demand for environmental services for agriculture - including climate change mitigation, improved watershed management & biodiversity preservation - will increase in the future, but better incentives to farmers are needed if agriculture is to meet this demand." - cover.

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Clean energy report 2007 : includes the 2007 Sustainable Power Plant Register, small solar generation units and energy efficiency

Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy

A snapshot of Australia’s sustainable energy industry, including statistical information on cogeneration, solar energy, energy efficiency, and employment in the industry.

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Vital signs 2007-2008 : the trends that are shaping our future
Assadourian, Erik, Worldwatch Institute

Highlights critical environmental and social trends in the areas of food and agriculture, energy and the environmental, and transportation and communication.

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State of the world 2008 : innovations for a sustainable economy
Worldwatch Institute

Showcases innovations that have the potential to make our society sustainable in the near term, including renewable energy, innovations in clean production, commons resources, finance for sustainability, and new economic yardsticks.

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Saving for not-so-rainy days (journal article)
by Richard Tooth
from Policy, Vol. 23 No. 4, Summer 2007, pp. 16-19
"The author reflects on the urban water policy in Australia. He argues that water restrictions are not the best way in dealing with shortages. An overview of the policy of underpricing that resulted into subsidising every household's water usage is presented. The author believes that with the growing demand and greater uncertainty in water catchment levels, the most important investments will not be in additional sources of supply but in alternative approaches to managing urban water."

How scientists commercialise new knowledge via entrepreneurship (journal article)
by Colm O’Gorman, Orla Byrne and Dipti Pandya
from Journal of Technology Transfer Vol. 33 No 1, February 2008, pp. 23 - 43
"In this paper, we explore how university-based scientists overcome the barriers to appropriating the returns from new knowledge via entrepreneurship; and we examine how a university-based technology transfer office (TTO), with an incubation facility, can assist scientists in the commercialisation process."

Record keeping in a hybrid environment : managing the creation, use, preservation and disposal of unpublished information objects in context
Tough, Alistair & Moss, Michael

Chapters include: Records and the transition to the digital, Implementing EDRMS and shaping the record, and Security and the digital domain.

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The Weather makers : the history and future impact of climate change
Flannery, Tim

An accessible account of how the burning of fossil fuels has made the planet warmer, how every nation will be affected by these changes and what can be done right now to combat this problem.

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Does knowledge diffusion between university and industry increase innovativeness? (journal article)
by Hans Lööf and Anders Broström
from The Journal of Technology Transfer Vol. 33 No. 1, February, 2008 pp. 73-90
"This paper presents an econometric analysis of the impact of collaboration with universities on the innovative output of firms. We also illustrate the differences that emerge from robustness checks, based on different matching estimators and samples. Our findings strongly suggest that university collaboration has a positive influence on the innovative activity of large manufacturing firms. In contrast, there appears to be an insignificant association between university collaboration and the average service firm’s innovation output. "

Greenhouse solutions with sustainable energy
Mark Diesendorf

"Argues that ecologically sustainable energy technologies based on energy efficiency, renewable energy and natural gas are commercially available today, and that their implementation could halve Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions." - cover.

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Climate change litigation : analysing the law, scientific evidence & impacts on the environment, health & property
Smith, Joseph & Shearman, David J. C.

"Reviews the legal basis of claims and defences available to litigants, discusses obstacles that will stand in their way and summarises the first wave of ground-breaking cases from around the world." - cover.

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Participative Web and user-created content: Web 2.0, wikis and social networking (e-book)
from OECD
This report is one of a series on digital broadband content prepared since 2005, focusing on changing value chains and developing business models and the implications for policy.

Twilight in the desert : the coming Saudi oil shock and the world economy
Simmons, Matthew R.

Argues that Saudi Arabian officials have not been honest regarding the amount of oil reserves they really have, and that the world will soon face a petroleum shortage.

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