10 648 de biciclete, puse la dispoziţia parizienilor şi a turiştilor în 750 de centre, fac parte din programul ambiţios prin care autorităţile franceze vor să încurajeze ciclismul, pentru o lume mai curată. Programul Vélib’ începe în weekendul în care francezii sărbătoresc ziua naţională, 14 Iulie. Continue reading Revoluţia "Velib" în vara bicicletelor la Paris
Prinţul Charles şi-a redus emisiile de carbon cu 9%
Mai puţine curse charter, mai multe călătorii cu trenul şi un Jaguar pe bază de ulei de gătit – acesta este secretul prinţului Charles, care a reuşit, potrivit rapoartelor prezentate de cabinetul său, să-şi reducă emisiile de carbon cu 9%, la 3.775 tone, în perioada aprilie 2006 – martie 2007. Continue reading Prinţul Charles şi-a redus emisiile de carbon cu 9%
Situri naturale din Madagascar, China şi Coreea, pe lista Patrimoniului Mondial UNESCO
Pădurile tropicale din Atsinanana, Madagascar, zona carstică din sudul Chinei şi tuburile de lavă din insula vulcanică Jeju din Coreea de Sud vor fi înscrise pe lista Patrimoniului Mondial UNESCO, a hotărât marţi un comitet UNESCO, reunit în Noua Zeelandă, potrivit unui comunicat de presă. Continue reading Situri naturale din Madagascar, China şi Coreea, pe lista Patrimoniului Mondial UNESCO
Barroso a văzut cu ochii lui cum suferă Groenlanda de schimbările climatice
Schimbările climatice reprezintă cea mai importantă problemă a Uniunii Europene, a declarat Jose Manuel Barroso, potrivit EuObserver. Preşedintele CE a vizitat Groenlanda pentru a vedea cu ochii săi care sunt efectele încălzirii globale. Continue reading Barroso a văzut cu ochii lui cum suferă Groenlanda de schimbările climatice
Eşti dator să fii salvator!
În contextul încălzirii globale şi al poluării tot mai accentuate, salvarea planetei ar trebui să ne preocupe pe toţi. În viaţa de zi cu zi încep să se resimtă efectele industrializării, iar oamenii nu mai pot şi nu mai trebuie să ignore problemele cu care se confruntă planeta noastră. Continue reading Eşti dator să fii salvator!
The Week in Sustainable Mobility (7/1/07)
The package of energy legislation headed to the floor of the US House of Representatives does not contain vehicle fuel-efficiency standards. It does, however, contain provisions to promote plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and components. More… Nearly half (47%) of US car owners are willing to buy a more fuel efficient car should gas prices increase $1, but a strong majority rule out using alternative transportation to offset rising gas prices and are more likely to cut discretionary spending, according to a survey by Discover Financial Services. Discover Financial Services is a business unit of Morgan Stanley, and operates the Discover Card with more than 50 million cardmembers. More… Demand for Canadian crude oil—most of it from the oil sands—by US refineries will likely double from about 1.6 million bpd in 2006 to almost 3.1 million bpd by 2015. Over the same period, demand by Canadian refineries for the Canadian oil is expected to rise from 765,000 bpd in 2006 to almost 1.1 million bpd in 2015, a 44% increase. More… The Chrysler Group and Ford Motor have joined the United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), endorsing and participating in its call for economy-wide mandatory reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. More… (more)
(Posted by Mike Millikin in Transportation at 4:02 PM)
News and Views – July 1, 2007
Farmland to Revert to Forest in China’s Green Plan
Moving Beyond Kyoto
Come On, Gang, Let’s Save the World!
Society ‘Needs the Right Chemistry’
Policymakers Must Rethink Desertification
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(Posted by David Zaks in News and Views at 12:27 PM)
Green Brews: It’s All in the Bottle
The Heineken World Bottle was designed with multiple functions. Image courtesy of hyperexperience.comIf we really want to be sustainable when it comes to our brew, we will consider the package. …
Weekend Review: Palma Collection Jewelry
With all the media attention on "blood diamonds" and unsustainable metals, a more natural option has become necessary. Wood jewelry has been popular for many years, but as clear-cutting…
Privatizing Responsibility: the Times On Green Consumerism
Getting misunderstood by the New York Times is a strange experience: it’s a bit frustrating, but you have to still be kind of flattered that it happened at all. So I certainly have a mixed emotions about the Times’ story today, Buying Into the Green Movement: HERE’S one popular vision for saving the planet: Roll out from under the sumptuous hemp-fiber sheets on your bed in the morning and pull on a pair of $245 organic cotton Levi’s and an Armani biodegradable knit shirt. Stroll from the bedroom in your eco-McMansion, with its photovoltaic solar panels, into the kitchen remodeled with reclaimed lumber. Enter the three-car garage lighted by energy-sipping fluorescent bulbs and slip behind the wheel of your $104,000 Lexus hybrid. Drive to the airport, where you settle in for an 8,000-mile flight— careful to buy carbon offsets beforehand — and spend a week driving golf balls made from compacted fish food at an eco-resort in the Maldives. That vision of an eco-sensitive life as a series of choices about what to buy appeals to millions of consumers and arguably defines the current environmental movement as equal parts concern for the earth and for making a stylish statement… (more)
(Posted by Alex Steffen in Media at 12:44 AM)