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CITYNET Awards - Call for submissions from members. For more info, click here: tinyurl.com/6nsmt4a 6:49 PM Apr 11th via web
Coconut and mango waste could generate electricity for small communities in Asia - SciDev.net tinyurl.com/7fdo663 6:43 PM Mar 27th via web
CITYNET's 16th Japan Forum will look at Sustainable Urban Transport. It's free to attend, reserve your place here: tinyurl.com/726qewr 1:01 AM Mar 15th via web
Tokyo not ready for a big earthquake says consultant after a 20 year study on disaster preparation - Japan Times tinyurl.com/7q3szez 9:35 PM Mar 13th via web
Japanese government will issue unified guidelines on food radiation testing for municipalities - Japan Times tinyurl.com/7djrupp 9:19 PM Mar 13th via web
CityRenaissance 70 Percent of Missing in Japan's March 11 Disaster Aged 60 or Over｜Jiji Press bit.ly/zi4ViB via @discardedbacon #Agingsociety 5:51 PM Mar 6th via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by CITYNET_ORG and 4 others
WorldBank 22% of the developing world's population lived in extreme #poverty in 2008, compared to 43% in 1990. bit.ly/yXJNFI 7:30 PM Mar 6th via HootSuite Retweeted by CITYNET_ORG and 112 others
A residents group in Kanagawa, Japan, have started a service testing radiation levels in food - Japan Times tinyurl.com/7496m5d 6:44 PM Mar 5th via web
Japanese government to pay disposal costs of debris as large amounts of Tohoku waste still remain - Japan Times tinyurl.com/8a8mxyh 6:32 PM Mar 5th via web
CITYNET e-News 61 January/February: News, Events, Resources and Best Practices from Asia-Pacific - eepurl.com/jAHLD 4:13 AM Feb 29th via MailChimp
CITYNET Youth Japan visited a recycling/solar power plant in Kawasaki City to learn more about green energy tinyurl.com/73us3h4 1:07 AM Feb 17th via web
World Cities Summit 2012, focusing on liveable and sustainable cities will take place in Singapore 1-4 July this year tinyurl.com/6r7urcn 12:04 AM Jan 16th via web
CityRenaissance Builders tap post-disaster rush for quake-resistant homes｜Japan Times bit.ly/w2YDhK via @discardedbacon 3:26 PM Jan 14th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by CITYNET_ORG and 1 other
WorldBank Infographic: How much do people spend on #food compared to other household expenditures worldwide? ow.ly/8jI0j 6:35 PM Jan 5th via HootSuite Retweeted by CITYNET_ORG and 71 others
China launches world's largest battery including a solar project and wind farm tinyurl.com/7ylvlu9 5:26 PM Jan 5th via web
Fukushima to conduct blanket screening of rice to be harvested in fall after radioactivity scare - Mainichi tinyurl.com/83tmqn9 12:57 AM Jan 5th via web
Presentations from the recent Climate Change seminar in Dhaka are now available online tinyurl.com/3tyl2vs 12:45 AM Jan 5th via web
Philippines: 25 die in mining landslide after 2 days of continuous rain - BBC News tinyurl.com/85s38fl 12:40 AM Jan 5th via web
CITYNET e-News November/December: News, Events, Resources and Best Practices from Asia-Pacific - eepurl.com/h7BJU 3:31 AM Dec 28th, 2011 via MailChimp
JAPAN: Eco friendly Xmas lights brighten up the night sky with 156,000 LED lights powered by electricity from biodiesel tinyurl.com/ccfwa4b 12:30 AM Nov 22nd, 2011 via web

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