Kearns J, Wellborn L, Knappe DRU. Physico-chemical characterization of charcoals and biochar materials to assess their potential as low-cost adsorbents in simple drinking water filtration systems. manuscript(s) in prep. Cervini-Silva J, Kearns J, and Banfield JF. Steady-State Dissolution Kinetics of Mineral Iron Phosphate in the Presence of Desferrioxamine-B and Oxalate ligands at pH = 4-6 and T=11-40 ˚C. manuscript in prep. Kearns J. Exposing the Bi-Partisan Myth of Clean Coal. Published online at Matador Change Magazine, October 2008. Kearns J, Saquing C, Knappe DRU. Charcoals: An Electron Microscopy Study. Aqueous Solutions, pub. (www.aqsolutions.org). August 2008. Kearns J, Five-Gallon Bucket Filter for Drinking Rooftop Rainwater. Permaculture Activist Magazine, Issue #69, Autumn 2008. Kearns J. The Tao of Vagabond Travel. Published online at Brave New Traveler Magazine, June 2008. Kearns J. A Five-Gallon Bucket Filter for Rooftop Harvested Rainwater. Aqueous Solutions, pub. (www.aqsolutions.org). April 2008. Kearns J. Simple Field Tests for Water Quality. Aqueous Solutions, pub. (www.aqsolutions.org). January 2008. Kearns J. Agrichemicals of Concern in Northern Thailand. Aqueous Solutions, pub. (www.aqsolutions.org). December 2007. Kearns J. Pesticide Use in Thailand and the US: Ecological and Human Health Effects. Aqueous Solutions, pub. (www.aqsolutions.org). December 2007. Kearns, J, Hand-up or handout? The case against microloans. Published online at Brave New Traveler Magazine, December 2007. Flanagan J and Kearns J. Self-reliance in water treatment: Providing safe drinking water to communities using charcoal filtration to remove pesticides. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Gross National Happiness, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2007. Kearns, J. How local self-reliance will overthrow the system. Published online at Brave New Traveler Magazine, November 2007. Kearns J, Agrichemicals of Concern in West Bengal, India. Aqueous Solutions, pub. (www.aqsolutions.org). Fall 2007. Kearns J, Charcoal Filtration Basics. Aqueous Solutions, pub. (www.aqsolutions.org). Fall 2007. Kearns J, Why GDP says little about authentic happiness. Published online at Brave New Traveler Magazine, October 2007. Kearns J, Constructing an Adobe Kiln for Making Charcoal. Aqueous Solutions, pub. (www.aqsolutions.org). Fall 2007. Kearns J. DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Water Purification: Basic System Design. Aqueous Solutions, pub. (www.aqsolutions.org). Fall 2007. Kearns J. Five reasons why ‘slow travel’ beats ‘going on vacation’. Published online at Brave New Traveler Magazine, October 2007. Kearns J. Drinking water purification using homemade charcoal: possibilities for self-reliance in water treatment. Permaculture Activist Magazine, Issue #65, Autumn 2007. Kearns J. The crisis of too much energy. Published online at Brave New Traveler Magazine, June 2007. Kearns J, Zawacki J. Drinking water purification using homemade charcoal: possibilities for local self-reliance in water treatment. Technical paper for Pun Pun Organic Farm and Seed Saving Center, Panya Sustainable Living Project and You Sabai Thai Cooking School communities. Ban Mae Jo, Chiang Mai, Thailand. March 2007. Kearns J (contributing author): Living Planet Report 2006. WWF, UNEP WCMC, Global Footprint Network, pubs. October 2006. Kearns J (contributing author): Africa’s Ecological Footprint—Ecological Capital and Human Well-being. Swiss Development Corporation and Global Footprint Network, September 2006. Wackernagel M, Rees W and Kearns J (either co-author or contributing author). Our Ecological Footprint—Reducing Human Impact on the Earth (second edition), New Society pubs. (in prep.). Kearns J, Straw Bale Building and the Possibility of Global Social and Ecological Transformation. The CASBA Journal: Newsletter of the California Straw Building Association. Volume XI, Number 3. July, August, September 2006. Kearns J (contributing author): The Ecological Footprint—Living Well Within the Means of Nature, Ecological Footprint promotional material. Global Footprint Network and Swiss Development Corporation, pubs. 2006. Wackernagel M, Moran D, Goldfinger S, Kearns J. Ecological Footprint Accounting—Comparing Earth’s Biological Capacity with an Economy’s Resource Demand, in The Future of Sustainability, Keiner M, ed., 2006. Kearns J, Wermer P, Killackey B. Distribution Line Ecological Footprint Calculator, an MS Excel-based program for calculating the Ecological Footprint of electrical power distribution systems. Global Footprint Network, pubs., prepared for BC Hydro (Canadian electrical power utility), April 2006. Kearns J (contributing author): The Ecological Footprint—Answering Common Questions. Global Footprint Network, March 2006. Kearns J, Wackernagel M, Wermer P, Murray M, Bolen N. Proposal to Develop a Web-Based Personal Ecological Footprint Calculator and Interactive Sustainability Scenario Building Interface. Proposal submitted to Environmental Protection Agency, Victoria, Australia by Global Footprint Network, February 2006. Kearns J and Wackernagel M. Critical Response Paper: A Preliminary Review of and Some Responses to ‘Sustainable Consumption and Production – Development of an Evidence Base: Study of Ecological Footprinting’, 2006, Final Report prepared for Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), United Kingdom, by Risk and Policy Analysts, Ltd. Critical Response prepared by Global Footprint Network, February, 2006. Kearns J (contributing author): Tracking Europe’s Ecological Footprint, in The European Environment—State and Outlook 2005. European Environment Agency, pubs. 2005. Kearns J, Vishwanath N, Al Hoori S, Ferguson B, Luk A, Ryan S, Wu P, Stolarick K, Lange D, Weinberg R, Wackernagel M. Interactive Global Ecological Footprint and Sustainability Scenario Modeler, a web-based educational application for modeling potential future Ecological Overshoot conditions given user-defined inputs regarding population, resource consumption, and technological efficiency. Global Footprint Network and the Department of Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University. December 2005. Kearns J, Let us not be ‘Ordinary Intellectuals’, in: What We Think: Young Voters Speak Out. Robbins D and Grabow R, eds. 2004. |