Friday, October 17, 2014

Pets are part off the deck in the Ebola outbreak

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"Pets are not a significant risk for the Ebola virus in United States", according to the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Center for disease control and the State Department of agriculture.

According to a statement from the three organizations, cited by The Dodo, the hypothesis of an American contracting Ebola virus through dogs, cats or other animals is very low.

"The risk of an Ebola pandemic affecting many people in the United States is very low. Thus, the risk of a pet being affected is also very low, since he would have to be in contact with blood or bodily fluids of a person with Ebola. Even in areas of Africa where the Ebola virus is present there's been no news of dogs or cats get sick with Ebola, "said the Center for disease control, CDC North.

On the other hand, an act unlikely to a dog or cat find someone with Ebola, it is not clear whether the animal is a risk to humans. A 2005 study, quoted by the Washington Post, found antibodies in dogs gaboneses, after an outbreak of Ebola--that is, the animals were exposed to the disease, but there is no proof that the canines were infected or contagious.

For the pets of employees exposed to Ebola-like for example in the case of Dallas, United States â€" the small animal Veterinary Association advises that they are quarantined, and are not automatically eutanasiados.

Photo: Marina del Castell/Creative Commons

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The rare foray by an icy Cave of volcanic Russia

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Very little is known on the Kamchatka peninsula, in Russia, but the photographer Sergey Krasnoshchekov did everything to diminish our thirst for knowledge with their last series of photos that captured the beauty of an ice grotto.

Sergey, of 28 years, waited until the summer to make the expedition the peninsula of us so far off the beaten path, but was concerned at the fact that small parts of the cave, with one kilometre, could collapse.

Still, curiosity got the better of him and Sergey ended up coming home with an unbelievable series of beautiful pictures. "The caves are hard to access and we need special cars to reach the site," explained the Russian photographer.

"I spent a few days near the caves, but didn't stay too long in there. I was afraid that the ceiling colapsasse, once that the cave is very close to an active volcano "continued.

The colors that Sergey found inside the cave are amazing and look like from another world â€" and, in fact, Kamchatka is a new world for Westerners.

The photographer took the expedition to capture some volcanic eruptions in Kamchatka peninsula â€" has more than 100 volcanoes, many of them considered by UNESCO as a world heritage site.

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The most creative homes made with Earth

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Every year, the Ghana receives a design competition with earth â€" the Mud House Design â€" whose purpose is to design a home for a single family, with a structure that does not exceed the 18 x 18 meters and that doesn't cost more than € 4,700 ($ 14,460) â€" excluding the cost of land.

The contest aims to invigorate the houses of traditional land â€" that are also being rehabilitated in Portugal, as you can see in this video from the green economy-and try to explain to locals what the earth can be an excellent raw material for sustainable architecture and beautiful design.

After several nominations received, the Nka Foundation announced the winners, they can be seen in the gallery below. The first three images represent the top three winners: the Sankofa House, developed by French Studio M.A.M.O.T.H., received the first prize; the Eban Aya by Atelier Koe, of Senegal, the second; and the Ejisu Earth House, Jason Orb-Smith, of the United States, the third.

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Dead soldier's bedroom in WWI is intact for 100 years

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This little news or anything is related to sustainability, but it's proof that, sometimes, we feel that humanity can really be better one day.

The room of Hubert Rochereau, a French soldier killed during the first world war, remains the same the day that this young man left his home in Belabre, in the Centre of the country, to fight in Belgium, in 1918.

When they received the news of the death of his son, Hubert's parents kept her room untouched, as a tribute to the courage of the son. In 1936, when the House finally sold, they stipulated that the room should not be changed in the next 500 years.

The clause has no legal basis but is being fulfilled by the family Fabre, which occupies the House since the ' 30. "The clause has no legal basis, but we believe that the room should not be changed. If we sell the House, let's find another owner who respect the memory of Hubert Rochereau and keep this museum piece intact, "explained Daniel Fabre, the present owner, the Nouvelle Republique.

The uniform of Hubert, since almost all moth-eaten, still hanging in the closet, and photos of ancestors remain alongside his pack of cigarettes.

Hubert was one of 580,000 soldiers who died on the Western front in the war of 14-18. More than 70 million soldiers were mobilized for the war, which killed about nine million people.

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Drugs and prostitution take Italy out of recession

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The Italy knew today that it is not in the list of countries in recession, thanks to a change of treatment des data throughout the European Union, which now include illegal economic activities, such as drug trafficking and prostitution, in the GDP calculation.

Adding illegal revenues of prostitution, narcotics, black market cigarettes and alcohol to the third largest economy in Europe, the Italian GDP leapt important. So, instead of GDP have decreased 0.1%, with the recalculation he stalled â€" not up or down, according to the Italian Statistics Institute, which allowed the transalpine country escape the third recession in the last six years.

The same review of the calculations should raise the GDP this year, giving the Government of Matteo Renzi more room to keep the deficit below the European Union limit â€" 3%.

The news could also put on the agenda issues such as the legalization of soft drugs, prostitution or other contentious issues of society â€" many of them, is recognized, entering the territories of citizenship, environment and sustainability. Or this idea will be too utopian?

Foto: Johnny Micheletto / Creative Commons

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Coverage of ice in Antarctica is the largest of the last 40 years

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Since 1970 the ice of Antarctica not covered an expanse as large, according to NASA. And although many use this information to deny global warming, the truth is that NASA says that this phenomenon exists â€" exactly â€" due to the planet's climate imbalance.

According to researchers, this gain of ice at the South Pole may have a direct relationship with the temperature increase on Earth, which would have caused the movement of colder air to the region. "Without any geographic barrier to the North, ice can expand freely if show favorable conditions," said Walt Meier, a scientist at NASA.

Another possible cause for the growth of glacial coverage is the low-pressure system from the sea Amundsen, in the Antarctic Ocean, which has been showing changes, leading more wind to the Mainland.

The sustainable planet advances several hypotheses are being raised to explain this new record. What is known so far though is that while the melting in the Arctic keeps growing â€" are lost on average 20 thousand square metres of ice per year, Antarctica gets more coverage.

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The Lisbon stock exchange is the world's sixth most sustainable (with LIST)

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Only 129 of 4,069 global listed companies are to publish their most basic information about sustainability, according to the Corporate Knights Canadian Capital consultant. In fact, only 3% of these large corporations put on your website or send to basic data stakeholders on sustainability indicators, linked to the number of employees, energy, greenhouse gas emissions, accident rate, equal wages, waste or water.

The study-open PDF-admits that the number of companies to publish this data grows from year to year but, still, it's "incredibly low". According to the study, more than 60% of large global enterprises â€" and listed-no dilvulga data on the emission of greenhouse gases; three-quarters are not transparent in relation to its water consumption and 88% does not reveal whether you have more or less employees over the previous year.

This lack of data disclosure is so rampant that the number of companies to announce the amount of energy it uses grew 88% from 2008 to 2012 â€" still, from 2011 to 2012 growth was only 5%.

According to the Corporate Knights, the disclosure of these figures is important because there is a correlation between transparency and what companies are doing on the ground. "We know how the reports influence the behavior, so business reforms should encourage behavior that focuses on creating long-term value, in order to achieve financial stability and sustainability," explained to the Guardian Paul Druckman, Chief International Integrated Reporting Council.

In relation to handbags, Helsinki (Finland) leads the ranking of which more information reveals, followed by Amsterdam (Holland) and Johannesburg (South Africa). The Euronext Lisbon, interestingly, is well positioned in the rankings â€" rose from 16th place in 2012 to 14th, in 2013, and is now in 6th place.

On the opposite side of the ranking are the scholarships from Qatar, in 44th place, Kuwait, on 45, and de Lima (station wagon), in 46th and last post.

See the complete rankings, in English.





Foto: Andreas Poike / Creative Commons

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