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Sustainability, no matter how one defines it, requires clear understanding of our society's environmental impacts. Therefore, research quantifying how society meets its material needs, depending on its socioeconomic and technological contexts, provides critical information to aid sustainability efforts worldwide. Once these aspects of society are reasonably understood in relation to the past, further analysis can model future supplies and demands. read more...
The Hawai’i project was started in 2006 to apply the industrial ecology systems perspective to understanding resource flows there, thus expanding our experience with industrial read...

Dr. Weslynne Ashton and Dr. Megha Shenoy led a workshop on Indian National Pollution Prevention Day (25th anniversary of Bhopal disaster) in Mysore, India. They presented results from Nanjangud research to industries, representatives from The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), some universities and media in Mysore. Response was very positive and they suggested that the KSPCB and industries set up some joint working groups to solve two outstanding problems affecting many in the community – beneficial reuse of non-hazardous ash and plastic laminates. Click here for full article.