Environment

One Wednesday during January 2009, I visited the City of Botany Bay when they still had the manual recycling collections with crates. Down in Botany everything is collected weekly, with the council removing the garbage and green-waste and Veolia taking care of the recycling.

The truck in this video is what I believe to be one of Veolia’s (formerly Collex) original recycling trucks, specifically designed for the collection of bottles and containers. The truck is broken into four compartments: the top is for steel cans, aluminium, cartons and plastic containers, and the bottom three compartments (from left to right) are for clear, green and brown glass. The bottles are tipped into a ‘tray’ like section which spans across the rear of the truck where all the sorting takes place. I remember a lot of these types of trucks existed when recycling was first introduced, before MRFs started to really come into fashion.

I hope you enjoy the footage of this rarely seen collection, it’d be great if you rated and commented, be sure to check out the second video of this and take a look at the other Botany videos. I’d also like to give a big thanks to the hard-working guys on the back of this truck, very friendly blokes and nice to have a chat to. With what I saw, they’re a speedy team and definitely deserve a cold beer at the end of the day!

Body Make: Collex (now Veolia)
Model: Kerbside Bottles Sorter
Chassis: Mitsubishi FUSO Fighter
Council: City of Botany Bay
Contractor: Veolia Environmental Services
Collection Type: Bottles Recycling

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Enviromental Justice Video Constest. Rescuing practices of the past can be beneficial for our future. Senior Citizens can enlight us with their knowledge. They want to be part of the solution instead of becomming victims of enviornmental Hazards. Let the experts talk and lets explore our past to built a better future.City of Laredo Environmental Services Department and Amigos Adult Day Care.

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My client is a large environmental consulting firm who is looking for an experienced environmental planner with 8 years of experience with NEPA documents and reporting. Positions are located in Kansas City, Chicago, Denver and Dallas. please send resume to mark@greenmanalliance.com

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Full unedited video: http://blip.tv/file/2933396
This video is from citizens communication in front of the Austin Environmental Board dealing with city water fluoridation on December 2nd 2009.

Austin Fluoridation Report
http://www.austinchronicle.com/media/content/921482/11-13-09.water_fluoridation_report.pdf

MSDS Sheets on the product used to Fluoridate Austin Water
http://www.lciltd.com/lciprod.htm

Fluoride Free Austin
http://www.fluoridefreeaustin.com/

Fluoride Action Network
http://fluoridealert.org/

Information on Edward L. Bernays, the father of modern propaganda.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Engineering_of_Consent

Here’s what Austinites can do to HELP:

Action item-1: Email or telephone the City Council politely urging that they convene the independent, unbiased task force/committee the Environmental Board envisioned.

Action item-2: Email or telephone the City Council politely urging an end to water fluoridation, based on mounting scientific evidence of harm, uselessness for its professed purpose of improving children’s dental health, and cost issues.

You can conveniently email all council members from the www.fluoridefreeaustin.com Take Action tab. Their phone numbers can be found under the Council Members tab.

Action item-3: Contact Assistant City Manager Rudy Garza to politely let him know that we, the public, are the largest group of stakeholders and we demand a place at the table.

Mayor Lee Leffingwell
Phone: (512) 974-2250
Fax: (512) 974-2337

Chris Riley, Council Member Place 1
Phone: (512) 974-2260
Fax: (512) 974-3212

Mike Martinez, Mayor Pro Tem
Phone: (512) 974-2264
Fax: (512) 974-1887

Randi Shade, Council Member Place 3
Phone: (512) 974-2255
Fax: (512) 974-1888

Laura Morrison, Council Member Place 4
Phone: (512) 974-2258
Fax: (512) 974-1886

Bill Spelman, Council Member Place 5
Phone: (512) 974-2256
Fax: (512) 974-7655

Sheryl Cole, Council Member Place 6
Phone: (512) 974-2266
Fax: (512) 974-1890

City Manager Marc Ott
Phone: (512) 974-2200
Fax: (512) 974-2833

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Full unedited video. http://blip.tv/file/2933396
This video is from citizens communication in front of the Austin Environmental Board dealing with city water fluoridation on December 2nd 2009.

Austin Fluoridation Report
http://www.austinchronicle.com/media/content/921482/11-13-09.water_fluoridation_report.pdf

MSDS Sheets on the product used to Fluoridate Austin Water
http://www.lciltd.com/lciprod.htm

Fluoride Action Network
http://fluoridealert.org/

Fluoride Free Austin
http://www.fluoridefreeaustin.com/

Information on Edward L. Bernays, the father of modern propaganda.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Engineering_of_Consent

Here’s what Austinites can do to HELP:

Action item-1: Email or telephone the City Council politely urging that they convene the independent, unbiased task force/committee the Environmental Board envisioned.

Action item-2: Email or telephone the City Council politely urging an end to water fluoridation, based on mounting scientific evidence of harm, uselessness for its professed purpose of improving children’s dental health, and cost issues.

You can conveniently email all council members from the www.fluoridefreeaustin.com Take Action tab. Their phone numbers can be found under the Council Members tab.

Action item-3: Contact Assistant City Manager Rudy Garza to politely let him know that we, the public, are the largest group of stakeholders and we demand a place at the table.

Mayor Lee Leffingwell
Phone: (512) 974-2250
Fax: (512) 974-2337

Chris Riley, Council Member Place 1
Phone: (512) 974-2260
Fax: (512) 974-3212

Mike Martinez, Mayor Pro Tem
Phone: (512) 974-2264
Fax: (512) 974-1887

Randi Shade, Council Member Place 3
Phone: (512) 974-2255
Fax: (512) 974-1888

Laura Morrison, Council Member Place 4
Phone: (512) 974-2258
Fax: (512) 974-1886

Bill Spelman, Council Member Place 5
Phone: (512) 974-2256
Fax: (512) 974-7655

Sheryl Cole, Council Member Place 6
Phone: (512) 974-2266
Fax: (512) 974-1890

City Manager Marc Ott
Phone: (512) 974-2200
Fax: (512) 974-2833

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/01/Iran_North_Korea_and_Nuclear_Energy

A panel of defense policy analysts discusses the likelihood of a nuclear terrorist attack on the United States.

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A panel consisting of Joseph Cirincione, Andrew Krepinevich, Bruce Blair, and John Holdren discuss Where Do We Go From Here: Iran, North Korea, Nuclear Energy and the Road to a World Without Nuclear Weapons at the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival. The event was moderated by Jeffrey Goldberg.

Andrew Krepinevich is a defense policy analyst, president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at George Mason University’s School of Public Policy.

Scott Kleeb is an American rancher, professor, and political candidate in Nebraska. Kleeb is the Democratic candidate in the election for the open US Senate seat being vacated by Republican Chuck Hagel.

John P. Holdren is Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the Kennedy School, as well as Professor of Environmental Science and Public Policy in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. His work focuses on causes and consequences of global environmental change, analysis of energy technologies and policies, ways to reduce the dangers from nuclear weapons and materials, and the interaction of content and process in science and technology policy.

Bruce Blair is president of the World Security Institute, a nonprofit organization that he founded in 2000 to promote independent research and journalism on global affairs. Blair is an expert on US and Russian security policies, specializing in nuclear forces and command-control systems. Blair, a MacArthur Prize awardee, has taught security studies at both Harvard and Yale universities.

Jeffrey Goldberg is the staff writer and Middle East correspondent for the New Yorker. He joined the staff of the New Yorker in 2000.

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This is a video that demonstrates the evolution of a city from start to finish. From just a shell of empty zones, public buildings and utilities, the city develops into a bustling metropolis of tall skyscrapers and complex high tech industry. Sit back and watch this happen.

The city had everything it required at the very start. I didn’t add or alter things during the video. The city was left to develop by itself.

Like all my videos, no cheats or money boxes were used to make this video. I used NAM to help with the transportation within this city.

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This tutorial deals with how to build your first city within a new region. The tutorial is specifically tailored towards beginners of sim city 4 who have perhaps only just started playing the game. There may be afew tips experienced players may also take away from it.

Over my years playing sim city, I have been sent many messages from players going bankrupt during the building of their first city. If you follow this tutorial, and build in the way I show you, you will not go bankrupt. The city that you create with this tutorial will be an excellent platform that you can use to start building the rest of your region.

It’s not the most elegant of cities, however in my opinion, it is probably the best way to start off your region. Your first city will have a low level of education, so you should concentrate on facilitating dirty and manufactuing industry. Building a ’square layer’ of industry around the outskirt of your city will provide you with all the industry you require. It also sufficiently segregates the pollution and ensures you can export products from your city quickly and easily. You don’t need much commercial in your first city because your sims do not have the education to demand it.

Don’t forget my ’strips technique’ of building will reduce commute time through all areas of your city too.

Just remember that, when you have maxed out the city – somewhere where I got to at the end, start a new city and use those road connections. If there is one thing you take away from this tutorial is that making road connections is the key to making the really great citys, so keep making the cities, keep connecting them, and keep on going back to upgrade them.

As said before, I am not stating this is the only way you should build your first city, however it works for me. The strips method may be a little boring to some people, however it’s efficient and significantly helps with city building.

I hope you find this tutorial helpful and I look forward to hearing your feedback

As with all my Sim City 4 videos, I did not use any cheats or money boxes. NAM was used to correct the bugs associated with transit.

Duration : 0:4:2

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IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP NORFOLK BEAUTIFUL, THE CITY HAS KICKED OFF THE 2009 GREEN GOVERNMENT CHALLENGE.
THE GOAL IS TO INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ACROSS THE BOARD INCLUDING, RECYCLING, WASTE MANAGEMENT, LAND USE, MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AND BUILDINGS.
CITY LEADERS HOPE THE FRIENDLY COMPETITION AMONG VIRGINIA LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CREATES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND PRACTICAL ACTIONS THAT SAVE MONEY AND CUT CARBON EMISSIONS.
IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP NORFOLK BEAUTIFUL, THE CITY HAS KICKED OFF THE 2009 GREEN GOVERNMENT CHALLENGE.
THE GOAL IS TO INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ACROSS THE BOARD INCLUDING, RECYCLING, WASTE MANAGEMENT, LAND USE, MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AND BUILDINGS.
CITY LEADERS HOPE THE FRIENDLY COMPETITION AMONG VIRGINIA LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CREATES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND PRACTICAL ACTIONS THAT SAVE MONEY AND CUT CARBON EMISSIONS.
www.norfolkbeautiful.com
www.norfolk.gov

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