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Renewable Energy Credit Tracking System (open access)

Renewable Energy Credit Tracking System

This map shows states that belong to regional programs with standards that require a certain percentage of renewable energy production.
Date: 2008
Creator: Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research at JRC in support of EU Climate Change Policy Making (open access)

Research at JRC in support of EU Climate Change Policy Making

The present (third edition) of “Research at the JRC in Support of EU Climate Change Policy Making” provides overview of the Joint Research Centre research activities in support of EU climate change policy making. This document also presents activities, coordinated within the JRC’s Climate Change Priority Area, that will contribute to a sound foundation of scientific information for future policy actions.
Date: 2008
Creator: Institute for Environment and Sustainability (European Commission. Joint Research Centre)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 60, Number 5, January 2008 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 60, Number 5, January 2008

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community.
Date: January 2008
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Review] Letting Go Of The Words: Writing Web Content That Works (open access)

[Review] Letting Go Of The Words: Writing Web Content That Works

This article reviews the book "Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works," by Janice (Ginny) Redish.
Date: 2008
Creator: Hoffman, Starr
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2007 Annunal Edition (open access)

Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2007 Annunal Edition

This bibliography lists citations of English-language articles, books and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. Most sources have been published from 1990 through 2007; however, a limited number of key sources published prior to 1990 are also included.
Date: 2008
Creator: Bailey, Charles W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Self-Identity Among African American Women (open access)

Self-Identity Among African American Women

Paper examines the impact of social environments on the development of self-identity in young African American women.
Date: 2008
Creator: Jackson, Andrina
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Simple Ways to Add Active Learning to Your Library Instruction (open access)

Simple Ways to Add Active Learning to Your Library Instruction

This paper discusses library instruction. Assessments are recommended to determine the effectiveness of student learning. This paper also discusses a project by the UNT Libraries' in which they developed software to assess library instruction, called Library Instruction Software for Assessment (LISA) and the outcome of that study.
Date: 2008
Creator: Downey, Annie; Ramin, Lilly & Byerly, Gayla
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sleep in College Students (open access)

Sleep in College Students

Paper discusses two studies focusing on sleep in college students - the first examining sleep and insomnia in general, the second examining the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy in treating insomnia.
Date: 2008
Creator: Taylor, Daniel J. (Professor of psychology)
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology in Libraries: Essays in Honor of Anne Grodzins Lipow (open access)

Technology in Libraries: Essays in Honor of Anne Grodzins Lipow

This collection of essays celebrates Anne Lipow's contribution to library technology.
Date: 2008
Creator: Tennant, Roy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thomas Kinkade’s Landscape of Commodity: A Critical Analysis on the Status of the Artist (open access)

Thomas Kinkade’s Landscape of Commodity: A Critical Analysis on the Status of the Artist

Paper discusses the artist Thomas Kinkade and analyzes the reasons why he is not given serious critical attention by the art community despite his popularity.
Date: 2008
Creator: Ignatchenko, Varya
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Towards New Scenarios for Analysis of Emissions, Climate Change, Impacts, and Response Strategies (open access)

Towards New Scenarios for Analysis of Emissions, Climate Change, Impacts, and Response Strategies

This report summarizes the findings and recommendations from the Expert Meeting on New Scenarios, which focuses on the policymaking perspective of climate change, and on climate modeling scenarios for near term and long term.
Date: 2008
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Towards Sustainable Global Health (open access)

Towards Sustainable Global Health

Global health has in recent years drawn increasing scientific, political and popular attention not only due to global epidemics themselves,but also because of the social activities and environmental conditions that shape health threats and influence those who are affected. The study dealswith the issue of 'Sustainable Global Health'which has evolved from the realization that there will be no alleviation of poverty without success in control of serious public health threats, no economic prosperity and sustainability without a healthy workforce, and no social stability and peace as long as people have to suffer from insufficient health services, from malnutrition, from HIV/AIDS pandemics, or from lack of safe water. The study addresses a broad range of issues related to human health at regional and global levels. It includes the theme of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as a tool for the private sector to exercise responsibility and interest in using the workplaces as a route and as means for education, and for a wide participation of every citizen in securing his or her individual health and well-being. Highlighted throughout the study are integrated approaches towards sustainable health.These approaches shed light on both the importance of multilevel health governance and the …
Date: 2008
Creator: Exner, Martin; Klein, Günter; Rechkemmer, Andreas & Schmidt, Falk
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 5, Number 4, 2008 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 5, Number 4, 2008

Tunza is a UNEP magazine for and by young people. This issue is devoted to environmental problems associated with islands, including invasive species, threatened species, and rising oceans.
Date: 2008
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 6, Number 1, 2008 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 6, Number 1, 2008

Tunza is a UNEP magazine for and by young people. This issue is devoted to policies and practices that reduce carbon emissions.
Date: 2008
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 6, Number 2, 2008 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 6, Number 2, 2008

Tunza is a UNEP magazine for and by young people. This issue is devoted to sustainable food production and consumption.
Date: 2008
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 6, Number 3, 2008 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 6, Number 3, 2008

Tunza is a UNEP magazine for and by young people. This issue is devoted to water usage.
Date: 2008
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNEP 2007 Annual Report (open access)

UNEP 2007 Annual Report

The UNEP annual report provides an overview of UNEP's activities for the year of 2007. The report reflects on the transformation of the global economy into a green economy, in part as a result of climate change.
Date: 2008
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNEP Year Book 2008: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

UNEP Year Book 2008: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication is an overview of global and regional environmental issues and policy decisions actions during 2008.
Date: 2008
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
University of North Texas Libraries Grant History: 2000-2008 (open access)

University of North Texas Libraries Grant History: 2000-2008

This document provides summaries of all grants given to the University of North Texas Libraries from 2000 to 2008. The projects that were funded by the grants are described.
Date: 2008
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vermont 25x'25 Initiative: Preliminary Findings and Goals (open access)

Vermont 25x'25 Initiative: Preliminary Findings and Goals

This first biennial report of the Climate Neutral Working Group (CNWG) is being issued as required by Executive Order #14-03, signed by Governor James Douglas in September 2003. It is intended to give a brief introduction to the environmental, economic, and social risks that climate change poses to Vermont. It aims to provide a clear summary of the ongoing energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory of Vermont State Government operations. In addition, the report includes potential emission reduction strategies, energy consumption case studies, and other relevant work conducted by the CNWG since the signing of the Executive Order regarding Climate Change.
Date: January 2008
Creator: Vermont Department of Agriculture
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vermont 25x'25 Initiative: Preliminary Findings and Goals (open access)

Vermont 25x'25 Initiative: Preliminary Findings and Goals

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Date: January 2008
Creator: Vermont Department of Agriculture
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Resources and Climate Prediction: Linking Science with Decisions (open access)

Water Resources and Climate Prediction: Linking Science with Decisions

This brochure summarizes research that focuses on the scientific ability to predict climate on seasonal and year-to-year timescales and the opportunity to incorporate such information into water resource management decisions.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate : Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate : Frequently Asked Questions

This brochure corresponds with the Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate Synthesis and Assessment Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. It highlights observed changes and likely projections in North American weather, and how changes in North American weather are likely to have an adverse economic effect.
Date: 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Writing Transformations: Mediating the Effects of High-Stakes Testing Through the National Writing Project (open access)

Writing Transformations: Mediating the Effects of High-Stakes Testing Through the National Writing Project

Paper discusses the efforts of the National Writing Project (NWP) to mitigate the effects of high-stakes testing on teachers and students.
Date: 2008
Creator: Llanes, Sharaya
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library