Tag Archives for Sustainability
SAGE Publishing Editorial on the Library’s Role in Sustainability
The efforts of Madeleine Charney, a Sustainability Studies Librarian at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, to connect sustainability communities across campus and support them with key library resources and services is featured in this editorial by SAGE Publishing. Read More
Championing the Library’s Role in Sustainability
This week, I had the opportunity to catch up with Madeleine Charney, a Sustainability Studies Librarian at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Through connecting sustainability communities across campus and supporting them with key library resources and services, Madeleine demonstrates how libraries … Continue reading
Singapore’s first long-span wind turbine installed at Semakau Landfill
The new turbine is part of NTU’s Renewable Energy Integration Demonstrator – Singapore (REIDS) initiative at Semakau Landfill, in partnership with French multinational electric utility company ENGIE. Read More
We mapped it so you don’t have to: Comparing online data mapping platforms
At the University of Georgia (UGA) Libraries’ Willson Center Digital Humanities Lab, we often help faculty members and students create research projects using new digital technologies. We have limited resources, but great ideas, and this article will share how we … Continue reading
Libraries and Research: Five Key Themes for Sustainable Innovation in Strategy and Services
The New Media Consotrium (NMC) has released a new strategic brief on Digital Literacy in Higher Education. In this new report, it concludes that simply knowing how to use digital tools will not be enough for the future, and that … Continue reading
WHAT EVERY LIBRARIAN IN SINGAPORE OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT SAVING THE WORLD
Saving the world may not be something you associate with your job responsibilities or duties (unless, of course, you’re watching this movie.) But the work you do helps people become more informed, educated and included every day. That’s right: as … Continue reading
NTU 3D-prints greener ‘concrete’
Researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have successfully 3D-printed a material that resembles concrete by combining fly ash, steel slag – a by-product of the steel-making process. Read More
NTU Team Gets More Beer Out of Spent Grains
What better way to use spent brewery grains then to reuse them to brew even more beer? Nanyang Technological University (NTU) researchers have developed a technique to do just that by making use of microorganisms. Adding the food-grade microorganisms to … Continue reading
What is IoT’s disruptive role in the rise of sustaintech?
The crossing point between sustainability and IoT is bringing disruptive technologies to the table, and this new megatrend is turning both investors’ and entrepreneurs’ heads. Read More
Light-powered process could convert carbon dioxide into fuel
Nickel-based photocatalyst a step towards making high-value multi-carbon fuels using solar energy. In what could well be described as a win-win outcome, a team of scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological … Continue reading