Something fishy with nanotechnology?
IISD-ELA's Mike Rennie talks about the work being done on nanosilvers at the research facility.
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New partnership encourages health care systems around the world to adopt sustainable and green products and services
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is pleased to announce that it is partnering with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Joint UN Programme for Green Procurement in the Health Sector in an innovative new project to encourage governments of developed and emerging economies to adopt sustainable and green public procurement practices in their health care sectors.
IISD and CLMA sign partnership agreement to improve health of China’s Chao Lake
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Chao Lake Management Administration (CLMA) are pleased to announce that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the sustainable development of Chao Lake to improve it and its basin’s health.
ELA looks into educational programming
Pauline Gerrard discusses the new and upcoming educational possibilities at IISD-ELA.
A Crash Course on Subsidy Definition by Dante, Shakespeare and Russian Folklore
Do you know what a subsidy is and what is not? If your answer is a definite “yes”, you are either new to the field or recklessly optimistic.
Birth control pills have negative effects on aquatic ecosystem, finds study
India's Down To Earth Magazine reports on the latest findings from IISD-ELA.
Outdoor Education
Nick Martin takes an in-depth look at IISD-ELA functioning in an educational capacity. He was there at the site this past summer with some students from Winnipeg's St. John’s-Ravenscourt School and their teacher, Matt Henderson.
Political turmoil does not affect renewable energy market: specialists
"Richard Bridle, a project researcher at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), said in a session on government assistance, “the subsidies for electricity in the region in one year equal the required investments in renewable energy until 2020.”"
New study finds estrogen has detrimental and surprising effects on freshwater wildlife
The International Institute for Sustainable Development-Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) and the University of New Brunswick today release the findings of a study that show that the birth control pill has unexpected effects on aquatic ecosystems.