Horizon International invites your participation with its efforts to reduce Global Climate Change by sharing knowledge of proven initiatives of every scale. Bike paths, energy conservation measures for homes and offices, manufacturing techniques, energy production, transportation, agricultural processes, reduced consumption -- all efforts are important and have a cumulative impact.
We invite you, your colleagues and friends to submit case studies and articles, to provide links to the Horizon Solutions Site, to assist with dissemination of information from and about the Site, and to become a Horizon Associate (consisting of interns, volunteers, and research fellows).
The case studies posted on the Site really "tell the story" so initiatives can be replicated. They include:
· Information on the background of the problem being addressed;
· How and by whom the solution was initiated;
· How long it has been underway; how well it is working;
· Constraining factors such as costs, limitations of materials;
· Applicability and feasibility for replication locally, regionally, internationally;
· Evaluation results, if any and by whom the evaluation was conducted;
· Photographs, graphic and other visual materials; and,
· Resource and contacts for further information.
First, send us an abstract or summary about your proposed study or article. If it is selected, we will invite a submission. For case studies, we will send a form, a template on which you can work directly and that you can submit for evaluation and review.
If you need assistance, one of the Horizon Associates might be able to help you prepare the case study.
Horizon also invites submissions, especially from young people, for the Horizon Solutions Site for Kids of All Ages, www.solutions-site.org/kids. These may include cartoons, games, photo essays, contest ideas, songs, video clips and other media efforts, and ideas for further development of the Kids Site.
Please write to Janine Selendy, Janine@selendy.com.
Case studies and articles currently on the Horizon Solutions Site related to Global Climate Change include:
Photovoltaics for Household and Community Use
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Government of Zimbabwe engaged in a pilot project to help overcome the numerous barriers to widespread adoption of small-scale photovoltaic technology throughout rural areas of the country.
http://www.solutions-site.org/artman/publish/article_24.shtml
Rural Solar Energy Development in Kordofan State, Sudan
The Rural Solar Energy Development Project provided a framework to introduce effective and sustainable use of solar energy resources in Kordofan to improve services and to strengthen the economy of poor rural communities in the State.
http://www.solutions-site.org/artman/publish/article_23.shtml
Research, Development and Commercialization of the Kenya Ceramic Jiko and other Improved Biomass Stoves in Africa
Improved portable charcoal-burning biomass stove reducing fuel use in urban and rural households throughout Africa.
http://www.solutions-site.org/artman/publish/article_22.shtml
Sweden's Successful Efforts to Curb Acid Precipitation and Global Warming
Sweden sets important example in combating acid precipitation and global warming through extensive measures at individual, industrial and governmental levels.
http://www.solutions-site.org/artman/publish/article_21.shtml
Efficient transportation for successful urban planning in Curitiba
Curitiba's Integrated Transport Network has proven that transportation land use and road systems can be used successfully as integrative tools of development in the face of an expanding population.
http://www.solutions-site.org/artman/publish/article_62.shtml
Using carbon emission credits to promote environmentally sensitive agriculture
Participating nations at the Kyoto conference last December agreed that investment in carbon-absorbing environmental practices which offset harmful "greenhouse gas" emissions could be converted into credits. TechnoServe is developing a way for low-income farmers to be included in the international market for carbon emission credits. TechnoServe is investigating the use of these credits to support environmentally sensitive agricultural cultivation by small-scale producers in developing countries.
http://www.solutions-site.org/artman/publish/article_19.shtml
Article announcing "A New Book by HORIZON Scientific Review Board Member James Gustave Speth," Red Sky at Morning, a book by James Gustave Speth, Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and HORIZON Scientific Review Board member. See http://www.redskyatmorning.com/ for more info.
Special Report: Global Climate Change
Global Climate Change -- Kyoto Protocol Implementation: Legal frameworks for implementing clean energy solutions, Edited by Richard L. Ottinger & Mindy Jayne, Pace University School of Law
http://www.solutions-site.org/artman/publish/article_100.shtml
Thank you for what you are doing to help our planet!
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