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Asda turns to Canary Islands bananas to cut carbon footprint

Supermarket chain Asda is to be the first to sell bananas from the Canary Islands, in an attempt to reduce the fruit's considerable carbon footprint.

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Two PhD Scholarships in Life Cycle Assessment and Management for the Building Sector

The New Zealand Life Cycle Management Centre is offering two exciting opportunities to outstanding candidates with research interests in Life Cycle Management and its application to the building sector. You will study for a PhD at Massey University in association with the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ).

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Environmental Life Cycle Approaches Position Advertised

A new Senior Lecturer position at Massey University that has been created to support the work of the New Zealand Life Cycle Management (NZLCM) Centre. The deadline is the 25th January.

Launch of Life Cycle Management Centre

An inaugural workshop held on 25-26th August 2009 in Palmerston North marked the initiation of the NZLCM Centre. The event titled 'The Role and Importance of LCM in Land Based Industries™' was well attended by forty practitioners and researchers from around NZ. The first day was a full agenda of ten expert presentations, on the second day Crown Research Institute teams presented their interests and focus areas. A new Professorial position is in the process of being created to further develop the NZLCM centre.

New Book: Prosperity without Growth.

Following publication earlier this year of the influential report Prosperity without Growth? by Professor Tim Jackson and the UK Sustainable Development Commission. Tim Jackson’s new book: Prosperity without Growth : Economics for a Finite Planet draws upon the SDC report, and is scheduled for release in Nov 09.