Darfur Refugee Camp: United States Agency for International Development/Wikimedia CommonsThe oceans and atmosphere are warming, and now the global warming blame game is also heating up. Inuit in…
Tip o’ the Day: Offset Your Summer Travel
If you're flying or driving to your vacation destination offset those CO2 emissions your trip generates by purchasing carbon credits.
First you'll need to calculate how much you'll need…
Calea ferată Giurgiuleşti-Cahul ucide lebăda albă, bizamul şi hermelina din Lunca Prutului
Nici o autoritate română nu s-a interesat de dezastrul ecologic la care este supusă Lunca Prutului Inferior ca urmare a lucrărilor pentru calea ferată Giurgiuleşti – Cahul, desfăşurate într-o zonă protejată prin tratate internaţionale şi bilaterale româno-moldovene. În urma avertismentului lansat de ziarul Gândul în urmă cu două săptămâni, directorul Agenţiei pentru Protecţia Mediului Galaţi, Mihai Turcu, a avut, la insistenţele noastre, o scurtă discuţie prin telefon cu ministrul Mediului din Republica Moldova, Constantin Mihăilescu. Continue reading Calea ferată Giurgiuleşti-Cahul ucide lebăda albă, bizamul şi hermelina din Lunca Prutului
Mayors Continue to Lead Charge Against Climate Change
Schwarzenegger addresses US Conference of MayorsOver the weekend, the mayors of approximately 1,000 cities converged on Los Angeles for the annual meeting of The U.S. Conference of Mayors. Designed…
Climate Change Scorecard for Consumers
A new nonprofit group called Climate Counts has released its first annual scorecard ranking companies on what they are doing to slow climate change. Specifically, 56 consumer businesses in eight…
Canadian Schools Go Green With Ontario’s Plan
Ontario's Liberal Party unveiled its plan for statewide environmental sustainability education, Education Minister Kathleen Wynne announced yesterday. "We must help students build on the…
Desert Dust Cuts Mountain Snow, May Spur Warming
Desert dust blown onto Rocky Mountain peaks has cut the duration of snow-cover by a month or more, and the same thing is probably happening in the Alps and Himalayas, researchers reported Monday.
Lake Tahoe Fire Destroys 200-Plus Buildings, Clouds Lake with Ash
A raging wildfire near Lake Tahoe on Monday forced hundreds of residents to flee towering flames that destroyed more than 200 buildings, turned the sky orange and fouled the lake’s famously clear waters with falling ash.
The Slow Home Movement
In the legendary story of the founding of the Slow Food Movement, Carlo Petrini planted his feet at the Spanish Steps in Rome and declared that he would not stand for the introduction of McDonald’s into the historic area. Fast food would not squelch the rich traditions of Italian culture. And indeed it did not. Petrini not only succeeded in elevating resistance against that McDonalds, but against fast food the world over, by providing appetizing alternatives through the Slow Food Movement. In the years since, slow has become something of a meme in its own right, applied to numerous other fields and issues as an understood strategy of peaceful but active resistance to harmful trends and changes. Whether it’s in food, medicine, or urban planning, slowing down is a decidedly noble form of 21st century activism. The newest slow kid on the block is the Slow Home Movement, a web-based design community and resource library dedicated to taking residential architecture back from the grip of the “cookie cutter houses and instant neighborhoods” churned out by community-blind development corporations, to revive the presence of good design and empower individuals to create homes that will support and fulfill them for a long… (more)
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London Mayor Wants to Crush American Ambassador for Refusing to Pay
The most recent episode in the ongoing dispute over the London congestion charge, once again pits the Mayor against the American Embassy. A congestion charge of £8, around $16, is levied on private…