Environmental Sociology

FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: The opening acts (The New Britain Herald)

29 Aug 2008

10:37 a.m., Denver time: The shuttle from downtown Denver took about 20 minutes, and the anticipation on the sleek, double-length hybrid bus was infectious. Only 2 p.m., sunny and 82 degrees, with a line of about an eighth of a mile, six deep. Hawkers with T-shirts, buttons, pamphlets, environmental start-ups, the mood anxious and as sunny as the day.

Protests, Many Small, Prompt Massive Police Response in Denver (Skanner)

29 Aug 2008

DENVER (AP) _ What if they gave a protest and almost nobody came? What if they gave a peaceful protest and the police were the only ones to engage in violence?

Saving Lives Through Smarter Hurricane Evacuations (Science Daily)

28 Aug 2008

Hundreds of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars could potentially be saved if emergency managers could make better and more timely critical decisions when faced with an approaching hurricane. Now, an MIT graduate student has developed a computer model that could help do just that.