Ecological Yield

High Yield Eco Investment in Costa Rica

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Duration: 7:15
Updated: 13 Jul 2010

www.costaricainvest.ie Costa Rica Estates in Toronto has opened a dedicated exhibition centre for NatureWalk - an ecological subdivision in Costa Rica. Ideal for pure investors or investors planning a home in Costa Rica, NatureWalk successfully combines the triple benefits of development land, teak and ecology

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SMEE Semporna Marine Ecological Expediton - Fish market science

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Duration: 6:37
Updated: 20 Jul 2012

Surveying coral reefs is particularly challenging because of the limited amount of time that a scientist can spend underwater, observing the reef. They are limited by the amount of air in their tank, the physiology of nitrogen in the human body, and limits of energy. Often, a visit to a fish market can yield many species that haven't been observed while underwater. A cursory visit to the Semporna fish market during the expedition's first "rest day" yielded 122 species of fish in one hour, of which 74 had not been seen during the first week of diving.

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NatureWalk Ecological Sustainable Masterplanned Mountain Community in Costa Rica

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Duration: 11:32
Updated: 04 Mar 2011

www.costaricainvest.ie Tim Alexander from PRG Group, describes the Masterplan for NatureWalk including the condo hotel, equestrian center, botanical gardens, homes and mountain bike facilities. To read more visit http

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Costa Rica - Combine Land & Ecological Jatropha Biofuel Investment

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Duration: 53:59
Updated: 25 May 2011

www.costaricainvest.ie James Cahill from Costa Rica Invest and Simon Coulson, Marketing Entrepreneur simon-coulson.com discuss Costa Rica and the investment opportunities including high yield biofuel investments. www.costaricainvest.ie

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Skyline Parking AG - High Yield Parking Real Estate for Prime Locations

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Duration: 9:50
Updated: 08 Aug 2012

Highest Space Efficiency - Highest Speed - Perfect Reliability and Scalability - Skyline T-Park for stand alone solutions - Skyline L-Park for in-house solutions - Skyline S-Park for shaft solutions Ecological: Transportation with clean energy (electrically): less CO2 emissions Less areas wasted: more green spaces Parking fees can be dependent on the car size: causer principle Lift system with energy recovery: lower energy consumption Less material requirements: low construction time Safe: • Security for the user -- No access to the parking area -- Bright and transparent access area • Security for the car -- No one can access your car -- No maneuvering For further informations please visit www.skyline-parking.com Be prepared for the future of parking systems. Our system has already received many major industry awards and is ready for sale at competitive prices and the highest ROI on the market.

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Environmental Sustainability

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Duration: 1:59
Updated: 24 Aug 2012

Denudation due to traditional slash and burn practices in the young Himalayan Mountains is one of causes of landslide and soil loss. The yield from such a shifting cultivation with virtually no fallow period is so low that the shifting cultivators could hardly feed their families. The indigenous Chepangs and Tamangs in Makawanpur, Nepal, who practices such a traditional practice have initiated agroforestry and started to plant banana, fodder and other nutrient recycling plants to improve their denuded land. And within three years, they have seen a remarkable progress in their lives. They are no longer afraid of landslide and hunger. The reduction of soil loss and landslide and increase in productivity have contributed to Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7- ensuring environmental sustainability and goal 1-eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. Likewise, involving indigenous women in agroforestry initiatives has also contributed to goal 3- promote generate equality and empower women. The replication of this sustainable agroforestry in many parts of the country has also significantly contributed to achieving MDGs.

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The Land Institute

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Duration: 8:35
Updated: 16 Oct 2012

The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas is looking to revolutionize the agriculture industry by developing perennial crops with the same or greater yield than current systems. Here is a look at their history and mission: The Land Institute has worked for over 30 years on the problem of agriculture. Our purpose is to develop an agricultural system with the ecological stability of the prairie and a grain yield comparable to that from annual crops. We have researched, published in refereed scientific journals, given hundreds of public presentations here and abroad, and hosted countless intellectuals and scientists. Our work is frequently cited, most recently in Science and Nature, the most prestigious scientific journals. We are now assembling a team of advisors which includes members of the National Academy of Sciences. These scientists understand our work and stand ready to endorse the feasibility of what we have come to call Natural Systems Agriculture. Our strategy now is to collaborate with public institutions in order to direct more research in the direction of Natural Systems Agriculture. We are seeking funds to construct and operate a research center devoted to Natural Systems Agriculture and to underwrite scientists elsewhere who will engage with us in such research. We estimate the research cost to be $5 million a year for 25 years, which is a small fraction of one percent of the nation's annual agricultural research investment. Important questions have been answered ...

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4. Nuclear Secrecy and Ecology

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Duration: 42:49
Updated: 23 Jul 2012

Environmental Politics and Law (EVST 255) The United States government employed a variety of approaches to protect citizens from danger, including public education, nuclear weapons testing, and gathering data about the effects of nuclear testing. The US government's testing of nuclear weapons at the Bikini Atoll is used as an example of government approaches. Nuclear testing led to ecological devastation, leading the US government to move Bikinians to another island. The case highlights the far-reaching environmental, economic, and health consequences of nuclear weapons testing. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction to Managing Technological Dangers 10:14 - Chapter 2. Expert Deployment to Bikini Island 23:48 - Chapter 3. Developing a Narrative Advantage: Public Education 33:03 - Chapter 4. Returning to Bikini Island: Conflicting Interpretations 40:56 - Chapter 5. Remedies for Those Exposed Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Spring 2010.

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Regeneration - An Earth Saving Evolution : Lifeworks Foundation

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Duration: 5:47
Updated: 19 Oct 2012

There are many more millions of living organisms below the soil than above it and only now are we beginning to understand how intensive agriculture and the widespread use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has killed many of these vital soil organisms. By releasing the soils nutrient pools, these practices have resulted in higher short-term yields. In the long term they have seriously depleted our most important base resource the soil. This extractive nutrient harvesting is not sustainable and history shows us how civilization after civilization has collapsed when they have completed exploited and exhausted their soils. As food security becomes a looming global issue, nutritious food grown in ways that build and maintain healthy, mineral-rich soils is a pressing imperative for the future wellbeing of our population. Biological farming promises an economically and environmentally viable alternative. By remineralising and balancing the microbes in the soil, the microbes are able to build soil health and deliver nutrients effectively to the plant. The microbes in biological fertilisers work symbiotically in collaborative populations, feeding off each other in dynamic, self-perpetuating cycles that work to fix particular problems with the soil or plant. There are specific microbes which capture energy, carbon, phosphorous or other essential elements that make an immediate and cumulative difference to plant and soil health. Added to the soil biological fertilizers go on ...

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The Easy Way to Grow Food in your Vegetable Garden

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Duration: 6:56
Updated: 24 Sep 2012

Jonathan White, Environmental Scientist and Horticulturalist, points out important methods to reduce your effort and increase your crop yield in your vegetable garden with Food4Wealth.

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e.goal | Innovative and sustainable logistic solutions for the future | Bayer MaterialSciencs et.al.

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Duration: 9:52
Updated: 14 Sep 2012

Bayer MaterialScience and partners present concept for the last mile. Global megatrends like urbanization, globalization and individualization pose new challenges for logistics, particularly under the aspect of environmental compatibility and resource conservation. At the same time, however, they also create market opportunities for the future. Bayer MaterialScience is involved in the development of innovative material solutions for future logistics concepts. The company is currently cooperating with a team of partners -- Deutsche Post DHL, Frackenpohl-Poulheim, Hettich, Miele and Zentek -- on a project that forms part of the Future_bizz network's Open Innovation approach. About Bayer MaterialScience: www.materialscience.bayer.com. About future_bizz www.future-bizz.de About DHL: www.dhl.de About Frackenpohl Poulheim: www.frackenpohl-poulheim.de About Hettich: www.hettich.com About Miele: www.miele.de About Zentek: www.zentek.de The team has evolved a pioneering system solution for the commodity flow and recycling stream of the year 2020. The result is new supply and disposal systems that not only represent important value-added for the consumer but also yield ecological and economic benefits. The concept name for the reusable and standardized box -- e.goal 2020 -- is the abbreviation for "efficient green ordering and logistics." "It essentially stands for a sustainable logistics concept for the transport of goods while simultaneously saving space, travel, time and, not ...

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The Future of Food Panel Discussion - 2012 CGI Annual Meeting

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Duration: 40:29
Updated: 15 Oct 2012

The current food system is not sustainable. Agriculture accounts for 70 percent of the world's use of increasingly scarce water supplies, and deforestation for food production generates more greenhouse gases than all forms of transportation combined. Despite these associated environmental and social costs, one-third of the food generated for human consumption continues to be lost or wasted. With global demand expected to double in the next 25 to 50 years, current modes of production and patterns of consumption must change to ensure global food security. • How can the global food system be redesigned to yield more, healthier food, while reducing our ecological footprint? • How can greater access to markets, new approaches to distribution, and local sourcing bolster food quality and workers' livelihoods, while reducing waste and improving resilience to extreme conditions? Moderator: Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Participants: Akinwumi Adesina, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria Jason Clay, Senior Vice President, Market Transformation, World Wildlife Fund Clarence Otis, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Darden Restaurants, Inc Irene B. Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO, Kraft Foods, Inc.

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Outline of Ecology - Wiki Article

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Duration: 10:31
Updated: 07 Nov 2012

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ecology: Ecology -- scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how the distribution and abundan... Outline of Ecology - Wiki Article - wikiplays.org Original @ http All Information Derived from Wikipedia using Creative Commons License: en.wikipedia.org Author: carol Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( Creative Commons ASA 3.0 ) Author: carol Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( Creative Commons ASA 3.0 )

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Environmental Science - Wiki Article

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Duration: 10:45
Updated: 06 Nov 2012

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, (including but not limited to Ecology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Soil Science, Geolog... Environmental Science - Wiki Article - wikiplays.org Original @ http All Information Derived from Wikipedia using Creative Commons License: en.wikipedia.org Author: Harrison Schmitt Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( This work is in the Public Domain. ) Author: Unknown Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( This work is in the Public Domain. ) Author: Richard Ling Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( Creative Commons ASA 3.0 ) Author: Raimond Spekking Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( Creative Commons ASA 3.0 )

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India's first Ecosan Ph.D - G. Sridevi

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Duration: 2:59
Updated: 03 Apr 2012

The soaring cost of phosphorus and potassium are significantly destabilizing agriculture in recent times. In this connection a recent Ph.D. dissertation at University of Agriculture Sciences, Bangalore, on the use of human urine (Anthropogenic Liquid Waste, ALW) is particularly interesting and pioneering. Billed as India's first Ph.D. on Ecological Sanitation ('Ecosan'), it also makes a connection with the composting toilet movement that provides a solution to environmentally-friendly handling of human excreta. Arghyam Trust funded a study undertaken by a docotral student - Sridevi.G at the GKVK, College of agriculture (Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry) under the guidance of Prof Sreenivasamurthy of the Dept. of Soil Sciences. Maize, banana and radish were fertilized using human urine (Anthropogenic Liquid Waste, ALW), and compared with plants fertilized using chemical fertilizer to provide an equivalent amount of nutrient. It was found that anthropogenic liquid waste performed well in comparison to chemical fertilizer, consistently showing better results in all parameters like grain and stover yields in maize and yield in banana. Sensory parameters in a blind test also showed good results. It was found that applying anthropogenic liquid waste in 6 split irrigations provided the best results. Cost : Benefit ratio for the farmer of using ALW was calculated and found to be better primarily since the input cost of chemical fertilizer is avoided. For root ...

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Bio ecological production of rubber without fertilizing

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Duration: 1:08
Updated: 25 Mar 2012

is a new project of the VOLKSGRUEN - the Earth's friendly fertilizing free production of latex (rubber) even by less or water's pure agriculture the trees brings a rich yield. Here is the testimonies video from an owner of a 10 hectares big estate... BioRubber at www.geocities.jp

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Natural Capital Speaks!, excerpt from 'Costa Rica Counts the Future'

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Duration: 12:53
Updated: 21 Nov 2011

In a series produced by Griesinger Films from 1991 to 1996, the 180 minute DVD Natural Capital Speaks! presents four provocative 45 minute documentary videos that cover the historic emergence of the young science of ecological economics. Providing unprecedented access to the inspirational analyses and prescient warnings of some of the world's most renowned ecologists, economists, scientists and politicians, Natural Capital Speaks! captures the fascinating, early days of an economics that counts the earth This excerpt is from: COSTA RICA COUNTS THE FUTURE, 45 minutes, 1996, San Jose, Costa Rica -- Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres, Juan Martinez-Alier, Donella Meadows, Paul Ekins, Dr. Rodrigo Gamez, Dr. Alvaro Umana and three rural Costa Rican Southern Zone cooperatives appear in this elegant, bilingual documentary (with Spanish/English subtitles) that presents Costa Rica's adoption of ecological economics as official policy. CO2 mitigation services; secondary forest protection; commercial exploration and preservation of biodiversity; botanical medicine; eco-tourism; organic agriculture; economic opportunity for women; and sustainable yield mangrove charcoal production are included in this richly illustrated video. Be sure to watch excerpts from the three other videos in the series featured in the DVD 'Natural Capital Speaks!': An Introduction to Ecological Economics, Investing in Natural Capital, and Conversation for a Sustainable Society.

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BAMBOO HOUSES IN COLOMBIA DW-TV Edited by GUMIRA.wmv

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Duration: 7:08
Updated: 09 Nov 2012

Ecobamboo was established in 2004 and shaped by experienced profesionals. It is committed to forest- and agro-industrial development, focussing on Bamboo as a "Non Wood-Forest Product " an its transformation into standarized and marketable elements for furniture and construction industry. The company´s aim is the market and to facilitate Your access to homogenous material of high quality, with reasonable wholesale prices. The yield of the abundant guadua clumps in the surrounding area of the processing plant in Candelaria is based on sustainable harvesting concepts, recommended and surveyed by the local environment authorities called "CVC", - a regional section of the environmental ministry of Colombia. The Export of our selected culms is backed up by all requiered papers. Selected and Immunized Guadua Mature and almost straight stems are selected, cut and cured by our provider and deliverd within a month to Ecobamboo. Taking in mind the health of our clients, our workers and our natural environment we choose Borax and Boric Acid as the only ecological preservation agent. After dipping the culms for 5 days in 6% boric salts, followed by cleaning with a Power washer and drying in shadowed spaces we obtain poles of excellent properties for construction and craftsmanship. Bamboo Sheet Production Ecobamboo also produces beams and boards of laminated guadua. Our long term aim are prefabricated elements for the construction sector and the furniture industry on a national and ...

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Vietnam: The Price of Rice

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Duration: 5:46
Updated: 04 Apr 2012

Learn more: pulitzercenter.org Rice is the staple of food of asia, and vietnam is the second largest exporter of rice in the world, although it's a country about the size of california. So the style of rice cultivation being practiced to produce such high yield is increasingly dependent on commercial fertilizers, to the point where now many farmers are only realizing a financial return large enough to buy their next year's supply of fertilizer. Vietnam is also home to an extraordinarily diverse human and natural ecology. Some conservationists consider it the most diverse ecosystem on the planet. Small scale sustenance level farming has for hundreds of years preserved this diversity, particularly in the mountains where large scale agriculture is very difficult. But as Vietnam becomes more and more a part of the global economy, sustenance level farming becomes less viable, and farmers need more cash to pay for their daily needs. Now with the pressure for cash, many of the highlanders are turning to other resources for cash, most notably to small scale illegal logging and poaching wildlife. They sell their bounty to middlemen who reap a huge profit from this illegal cross-border trade. Many of the small farmers living in the highlands and other marginally arable land, are ethnic minorities, who have maintained their traditional ways of stewardship of the environment for many generations, and are resisting this trend. Outer Voices travelled to Vietnam and Laos during the ...

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Dhanwarlo O Avva.mp4

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Duration: 12:57
Updated: 09 Oct 2012

Dhanwarlo O Avva (A Grandma in Dhanwar) is a 6 minute 20 second film made by Masanagari Mayuri, an eight year old girl from a dalit farm labouring family that lives in Pastapur Village of Medak District. Mayuri studies in the Government Primary School in her village Pastapur. Dhanwarlo O Avva is the profile of an 80 year old woman who is still robustly engaged in ecological agriculture by maintaining a vibrant biodiversity on her farm. She does not not only use any chemicals on her farm but has last applied farmyard manure as far back as eight years ago. Thus through her cropping she has maintained the fertility of her soil and produces a wonderful yield of a wide array of crops. It is this protagonist that Mayuri follows in her little film, talking to her, getting to know of her farm and home and maing her own observation about her protagonist and what she represents for her. This child's observation of an ecological farmer and her farming is summed up in her closing remark: Ratnavva does not buy any food from outside. while the rest of us have to buy it from outside. If everyone was like Ratnavva how nice it would have been! This is as far as a child can go in defining food sovereignty.

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AUSSIE FREE CAMPING MACQUARIE WOODS JULY 2009

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Duration: 1:31
Updated: 16 Apr 2012

A pretty place to free camp between Orange and Bathurst. Drop toilets, water (that needs to be boiled), fires allowed. Lots of birds. "The Forestry Commission of NSW established Macquarie Woods so people could learn as much as possible about trees. It is situated on the Mitchell Highway midway between Bathurst and Orange. The amenities have been planned to make visitors feel welcome. Four main areas have been set up to show how careful harvesting of wood can produce a substantial yield while maintaining the structure and ecological values of the forest. Those areas are: Heritage grove, Arboretum, Farm tree demonstration area and Demonstration forest"

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27. Interspecific Competition

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Duration: 39:54
Updated: 13 Sep 2012

Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior (EEB 122) Competition among species, or interspecific competition, can have an even greater effect on selection than competition within species (intraspecific competition). This is often the case in lower density populations. Different species can have positive, neutral, or negative effects on each other's fitness, and the effect species 1 has on species 2 is not necessarily the same that 2 has on 1. The effects that cohabiting species have on each other shapes evolution the same way that selective pressures from within a species or the physical environment shapes it. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction 01:21 - Chapter 2. Classical Patterns 07:43 - Chapter 3. Experiments Demonstrating Competition 14:22 - Chapter 4. Conceptualizing Competition 33:02 - Chapter 5. The Reality of Competition 38:16 - Chapter 6. Conclusion Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Spring 2009.

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ecoLogicStudio - East London Algae Farming Network

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Duration: 2:00
Updated: 08 Jul 2011

The world is urbanizing fast and our society is losing its direct connection with the natural and rural landscape. We therefore must become more efficient in developing novel frameworks of urban self-sufficiency. Our goal is to develop a new renewable bio-energy infrastructure within London's East End and to correlate the increase in local biodiversity with community development. Our approach combines design sensibility towards the context, use of cutting edge digital technologies and knowledge of urban biodiversity. Our potential for innovation is in the use of digital design and media technology to create new urban interfaces; these are engineered to promote the evolution of local business oriented towards the production of renewable bioenergy. The first prototypical interface is a moving laboratory to monitor the hotspots of TechCity for the potential implementation of an algae farming bioenergy infrastructure. East London's old canals, ponds and reservoirs network offer an invaluable resource that could be redeveloped as an algae framing bioenergy network. An online interface will connect the monitoring stations and the new emergent biofuel farms producing a real time and open source map of potential algae farming, energy yield, Co2 adsorption and the related local community and business development. The monitoring station will be commercialized as self-contained travelling unit, and could be rented to interested boroughs as part of their environmental and social ...

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