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http://sustainablog.blogspot.com [sustainablog] Neville Ash, a member of the Millenial Assessment synthesis team, sums it up nicely: "The bottom line is that you cannot achieve long-term poverty alleviation without sustainability. "In order to reduce hunger and poverty and increase access to clean water and sanitation, we need to have a strong base of environmental sustainability which is providing these services on which people rely for their well-being." Via WorldChanging and the BBC.

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Environmental News Bits[Environmental News Bits] [Ecology] "Biodiversity and human well-being just cannot be separated...": Regular readers know that I never miss a chance to highlight sustainability initiatives in my adopted home state, so I was really pleased to see this article from the Springfield, MO News-Leader on solar energy experiments and use in the southwest part of the state. From the solar houses at Neosho's Crowder College to Springfield's Discovery Center to rural resident Darryl Stubblefield multiple self-designed solar systems, tapping the sun for energy seems to be a growing trend in the reliably conservative area of Missouri.

Cambridge2000.comhttp://www.cambridge2000.com [Cambridge2000.com] Azara Blog: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment paints bleak picture ...: Nothing positive isoffered here except for a few bland Mom and apple pie phrases such as "maximisebiodiversity and sustainability" and "more sympathetic management of the naturalenvironment". They better do a better job of convincing the rest of the worldthat they have some real, practical, answers which make the lives of most peoplebetter instead of worse.

Imean.comhttp://www.imean.com [Imean.com] Staring At the Sun - Blog publishing system - free blogs for ...: "Biodiversity and human well-being just cannot be separated," said Dr Kaveh Zahedi, the officer in charge of the Unep World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, UK.

Environmentalsustainability.infohttp://www.environmentalsustainability.info [Environmentalsustainability.info] Earth Blog: The format will closely parallel Forests.org's "Forest Conservation News Today", providing commentary and full-text news coverage from a variety of sources of major developments in climate change policy, science and advocacy -- highlighting about one major development a week. Full climate writings and links to news can be found at http://www.climateark.org/blog/ -- the best and most important of which will be sent to this new list.

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