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Posted By: IYPF
Posted On: May 14, 2008
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By Joe Leitmann
You may be surprised to know that Indonesia has emerged as the world's third largest emitter of carbon, following the U.S. and China. This is primarily because of land-based emissions from peatland degradation, forest fires and deforestation, complemented by some of the...... [view]
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Posted By: adamclare
Posted On: Apr 17, 2008
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In Feburary the New Yorker looked into the complexity of carbon footprint labeling of food, and the article spent a lot of time looking at Tesco’s efforts. The most important point from that article (I think) is that it sometimes makes environmental sense to eat food shipped from other...... [view]
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Posted By: qnp
Posted On: Mar 10, 2008
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Recently scientists have announced that the world must go carbon zero by the mid-century to avoid the dangerous effects of global warming. After years and years of environmentalists fighting to get their voices heard the world is now finally conscious of this frightening phenomenon. But how...... [view]
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Posted By: adamclare
Posted On: Dec 6, 2007
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The internet is quite kind for the environment, which I guess is why good news appears on this website and not on paper handed out on city streets. Ecogeek has a post about a published report on how much carbon is saved by using the internet .
E-Commerce will reduce emissions by 200 M...... [view]
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Posted By: adamclare
Posted On: Nov 9, 2007
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Granted, many many years ago most places humans lived had little impact on their surrounding environment, and today we’re learning how to do that again. This time though, we got style.
Inhabitat has a story on the greenest LEED building ever built .
The building produces 15% more...... [view]
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Posted By: adamclare
Posted On: Oct 17, 2007
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Terra preta is apparently wonderful and will help us fight climate change. World Changing has a great post about the human made fertilizer that will probably answer all your questions about terra preta.
Because terra preta locks so much carbon in the soil, it’s also a form of carbon...... [view]
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Posted By: adamclare
Posted On: Sep 27, 2007
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Kiwis like the environment so much that they want to make their country carbon neutral! For now, they have committed to produce 90% of their energy by using renewable resources . This is fantastic news that will hopefully inspire other developed nations to do the same.
The country already...... [view]
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Posted By: adamclare
Posted On: Jul 10, 2007
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The old saying “better late than never” comes to mind here as the United State’s Congress has decided to go carbon neutral by 2020 . It is impressive that congress has decided to do this in a nation that has a leader that denies climate change. The fact that congress is trying...... [view]
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Posted By: cherrie
Posted On: Jun 27, 2007
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MPs sensitive over press coverage [ article ] Hmm. China's Boost in CO2 emissions [ blog ] OK, so this reconjured up thoughts over the use of "per capita" as a measure for comparison between countries. I don't know if that is valid for CO2 emissions - I mean, how does population density...... [view]
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Posted By: adamclare
Posted On: May 15, 2007
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MSNBC has a quick and simple list on things that you can do to help you save money and the planet . They have a list of 10 carbon-reducing actions that you can take if you own a house and a car. Those who have neither may not find this list that useful, but there is a bonus tip #11!
From the...... [view]
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Event Date: Mar 18, 2008 & Time: 19:00 PM-21:00 PM Event Location: Various
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