David Premi has accepted a contract position to deliver a full credit course for the Bachelor of Technology program at McMaster University commencing in January 2008. The course will provide a comprehensive overview of the principles and processes involved in sustainable development. This is the first time this course has been offered in this program.

AN interesting story of how Hitachi Group is moving towards carbon neutrality in its facilities which includes the establishment of a Chief Environmental Strategy Officer.
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What have often been considered “non-monetary” or intangible benefits of building green include increased productivity, reduced absenteeism, and more effective learning as this article outlines. It turns out this is where the real dollar value of building sustainably lies.
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Controversy thrives when self pronounced environmentalists become developers.
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Financial Times,
11 December 2007
Businesses yesterday told negotiators at international talks on climate change that they needed firm targets to encourage investment in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Sweden First, US almost Last, Says Study
From der Spiegel
Dec 07, 2007
A new report rates the climate-protection performance of 56 countries that account for 90 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. While Germany came in at second best, the US ranked second worst.
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Maybe the hippies were right afterall
TREVOR BODDY
From the Globe and Mail
December 7, 2007 at 11:03 AM EST
Does anyone remember the straw bale house fad of 15 years ago? As architecture critic and design teacher, I got asked back then what I thought of those thick-walled residences stuffed with enough straw to winter a goat herd, [...]

While filming on a set in New Orleans, actor Brad Pitt became seduced by the powerful image of a pink-clad CGI house within the lush Louisiana surroundings. He saw the pink structure as a metaphor, representing the future of renewed housing for those displaced by the recent disasters.
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By ROBIN POGREBIN
New York Times
Published: December 3, 2007
Thom Mayne of Morphosis in Los Angeles designed a house that would float if the city floods. James Timberlake of KieranTimberlake Associates in Philadelphia created a house with native vines climbing up the side walls to provide shade and coolness. Steven B. Bingler of Concordia in New Orleans [...]

By Jeremy Lovell
LONDON (Reuters) – Achieving a high and stable price for carbon is vital but inadequate on its own in the bid to beat climate change, British business leaders said in a far reaching report on Monday.
Governments had to use regulation and taxation to reinforce the move from a high to a low carbon [...]