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November 2007 Prof Planet!
 

The ROI has embarked on a new communication program that would highlight the new systems perspectives that Industrial Ecology can offer. A series of illustration in the form of comic strips is being developed for release in the print media all over the world. It is expected that 50 such strips will be made available every year. These can be viewed on the URL http://roi-online.org/profplanet-list.asp

 
 
January 2007 Elections to the International Society for Industrial Ecology
 

Mr. Ramesh Ramaswamy, Director ROI has been elected to the Council of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (www.is4ie.org). The Society’s Council (equivalent to a Board of Directors) is the primary governing body.

 
 
December 2006 Future Environmental Trends Conference
 

The ROI participated in the 3rd Future Environmental Trends Conference between the 14th and 16th December 2006. Mr. Ramesh Ramaswamy spoke on "Industrial Ecology and Environmental Priorities" The international conference was co-organized by Institut Veolia Environment, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the institut du developpement durable.

 
 
August 2006 Gordon Research Conference – Oxford
 

The prestigious Gordon Research conference on Industrial Ecology was held Queen’s College in Oxford, UK in August 2006. It was attended by some of the leading persons in the field. Ramesh Ramaswamy of the ROI, on invitation, made a presentation on the applications of Industrial Ecology in Developing Countries.

 
 
August 2006 People
 

Sébastien Haye, an Environmental Scientist with a Masters from the University of Lausanne, spent four months at the ROI. He was coordinating the ROI project on utilization of agricultural residues.

 


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