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Cutler J. Cleveland
Cutler J. Cleveland (born January 21, 1956) is an author, consultant, academic, and business executive. His research primarily involves natural resources, energy use, and their related economies. Dr. Cleveland is the editor-in-chief of the ''Encyclopedia of Energy'' and winner of an American Library Association award. He is also the founding editor-in-chief of the Digital Universe ''Encyclopedia of Earth''. Early life Cutler Cleveland holds a B.S. in Ecology and Systematics from Cornell University, a M.S. in Marine Science from Louisiana State University,Agricultural Sustainability Institute at and a Ph.D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A cutler is a maker of cutlery. Cutler may also refer to: People * Cutler (surname) * Cutler J. Cleveland, scientist Geography U.K. * Cutlers Ait, island in the River Thames *Cutler Heights, district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England *Cutlers Green, hamlet in Essex, England ** Cutlers Green Halt railway station U.S.A. *Cutler, California, a town ** Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District *Cutler, Florida, now part of the Village of Palmetto Bay *Cutler Bay, Florida, formerly known as Cutler Ridge * Cutler, Illinois * Cutler, Indiana *Cutler Township, Franklin County, Kansas *Cutler, Maine, a town **Cutler Regional Airport **VLF Transmitter Cutler, a transmission site for the US Navy * Cutler, Minnesota, an unincorporated community *Cutler, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Cutler, Wisconsin, a town *Cutler (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Cutler and Porter Block, historic city block in Springfield, Massachusetts * Cutler Botanic Garden, in Bingham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The desired result is a state of society where living conditions and resources are used to continue to meet human needs without undermining the integrity and stability of the natural system. Sustainable development was defined in the 1987 Brundtland Report as "Development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".United Nations General Assembly (1987''Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future'' Transmitted to the General Assembly as an Annex to document A/42/427 – Development and International Co-operation: Environment. As the concept of sustainable development developed, it has shifted its focus more towards the econom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – Elvis P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Wildlife Federation
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is the United States' largest private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization, with over six million members and supporters, and 51 state and territorial affiliated organizations (including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands). History On March 10, 1934, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace appointed political cartoonist Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling to be the chief of the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey. Darling asked Congress repeatedly to fund environmental conservation work around the country, but Congress did not do so. Frustrated with the lack of funding to preserve and reestablish wildlife, Darling resigned from the position in late 1935. At Darling's request, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt convened the North American Wildlife Conference in Washington, D.C.. with the goal of uniting individuals, organizations, and agencies interested in the restoration and conservation of wildlife resources. The North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Association Of Energy Economics
International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) is an international non-profit society of professionals interested in energy economics. IAEE was founded in 1977, during the period of the energy crisis. IAEE is incorporated under United States laws and has headquarters in Cleveland. The IAEE operates through a 17-member Council of elected and appointed members. Council and officer members serve in a voluntary position. IAEE has over 4,500 members worldwide (in over 100 countries). There are more than 25 national chapters, in countries where membership exceeds 25 individual members. Some of the regularly active national chapters of the IAEE are; USAEE - United States; GEE - Germany; BIEE - Great Britain; AEE - France; AIEE - Italy. Publications The International Association for Energy Economics publishes three publications throughout the year: * ''The Energy Journal'', a quarterly academic publication * the ''Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy,'' a semi-annual pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
