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CONTENTS 62 Busy as a Bee Bees actually essential to the life of many plants – Page 46 Nam Cheong launches new ‘green’ anchor handling tug supply vessel Not just cost-effective but also fuel efficient and environmentally-friendly – Pages 48-49 Weaving hope for the future And true beauty is priceless – Page 50 Tea team produces results Clones of drought and frost resistant tea being grown – Page 52 Luxury eco-development at Sanctuary Ridge PanaHome Malaysia enters JV with Gasing Meridian – Pages 54-55 Pomeroy Studio unveil Newpark A new eco-township set in the 100-year-old former colonial town of Kluang – Pages 56-57 Shining with sustainability System also allows members of staff to monitor energy consumption daily from laptops and iPhones to ensure it is working correctly – Page 58 Google: A better web Better for the environment – Pages 60-61 Two perspectives on the biosphere Economic growth is useless if all the forests are gone – Page 62 46 56-57 Why the phrase ‘Busy as a Bee’ may be becoming extinct Bees actually essential to the life of many plants – Page 63 Horse Sense Horse meat was very popular on the menu of early humans in Eurasia – Page 64 Mad about Madagascar Science has to struggle with the niches of each individual species – Page 65 Hydropower means a lot worldwide Twenty per cent of global electricity has been made by using renewable sources this year – Page 66 If you can’t stand the heat... Warm water now storing heat below the surface is liable to cause future atmospheric temperatures to rocket – Page 67 Forest loss in NZ reveals fire prevention ploys Land use has shifted recently to accommodate frequent large fires – Page 68 Our ancient ancestors couldn’t digest milk Other genes were found relevant to population changes – Page 69 Climate: What does the UN want? Severe irreversible effects must be managed with stringent mitigation activities – Page 70 Future for Aral Sea hopefully assured Still extremely unlikely dead sea will ever resume its former glory – Page 71 6 november-december, green+.2014

CONTENTS<br />

62<br />

Busy as a Bee<br />

Bees actually essential to the life of many<br />

plants – Page 46<br />

Nam Cheong launches<br />

new ‘green’ anchor<br />

h<strong>and</strong>ling tug supply vessel<br />

Not just cost-effective but also fuel efficient<br />

<strong>and</strong> environmentally-<strong>friendly</strong> – Pages 48-49<br />

Weaving hope for<br />

the future<br />

And true beauty is priceless – Page 50<br />

Tea team<br />

produces results<br />

Clones of drought <strong>and</strong> frost resistant tea being<br />

grown – Page 52<br />

Luxury eco-development<br />

at Sanctuary Ridge<br />

PanaHome Malaysia enters JV with Gasing<br />

Meridian – Pages 54-55<br />

Pomeroy Studio<br />

unveil Newpark<br />

A new eco-township set in the 100-year-old<br />

former colonial town of Kluang – Pages 56-57<br />

Shining with<br />

sustainability<br />

System also allows members of staff to<br />

monitor energy consumption daily from<br />

laptops <strong>and</strong> iPhones to ensure it is working<br />

correctly – Page 58<br />

Google: A better web<br />

Better for the environment – Pages 60-61<br />

Two perspectives<br />

on the biosphere<br />

<strong>Eco</strong>nomic growth is useless if all the forests<br />

are gone – Page 62<br />

46<br />

56-57<br />

Why the phrase ‘Busy as a Bee’<br />

may be becoming extinct<br />

Bees actually essential to the life of many<br />

plants – Page 63<br />

Horse Sense<br />

Horse meat was very popular on the menu of<br />

early humans in Eurasia – Page 64<br />

Mad about Madagascar<br />

Science has to struggle with the niches of<br />

each individual species – Page 65<br />

Hydropower means<br />

a lot worldwide<br />

Twenty per cent of global electricity has been<br />

made by using renewable sources this year<br />

– Page 66<br />

If you can’t st<strong>and</strong> the heat...<br />

Warm water now storing heat below the<br />

surface is liable to cause future atmospheric<br />

temperatures to rocket – Page 67<br />

Forest loss in NZ<br />

reveals fire prevention ploys<br />

L<strong>and</strong> use has shifted recently to<br />

accommodate frequent large fires – Page 68<br />

Our ancient ancestors<br />

couldn’t digest milk<br />

Other genes were found relevant to<br />

population changes – Page 69<br />

Climate: What<br />

does the UN want?<br />

Severe irreversible effects must be managed<br />

with stringent mitigation activities – Page 70<br />

Future for Aral<br />

Sea hopefully assured<br />

Still extremely unlikely dead sea will ever<br />

resume its former glory – Page 71<br />

6<br />

november-december, green+.2014

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