A Failed Carbon Emissio...
Last year, 19-year-old Stéphanie David was selected as just one of seven people to participate in the 2010/2011 Challenge Europe Programme, led by the British Council, to reduce carbon emissions in one year. Named a Clim’Actor, the French teenager was placed in charged of an ambitious environmental initiative; one that David recalls the time limitation being a little daunting. Arriving at the British Council on a Saturday morning, the selected seven were asked to choose between...
"The Story of Brok...
Image credit: The Story of Stuff … Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: "The Story of Broke" Takes on Wall St & Government...
"Communities Are M...
From community-owned solar power stations through edible landscaping in parks to feed the homeless to the power of local investing , we’ve featured plenty of localized, community-based responses to climate change and peak oil. But how does community action stack up against regional, national or international efforts? Rob Ho… Read the full story on TreeHugger See more here: "Communities Are More Important Than Nations": Bill...
How to Start a Tool Lib...
Image credit: The Center for a New American Dream When I posted a video about Portland’s tool libraries , one commenter wished that he had something similar in Boise—and I am sure he was not alone. The idea of being able to borrow tools you rarely use, rather than fork out large amounts of cash and then have them sit around the house, is certainly an appealing one. But the encouraging thing about tool libraries and similar sharin… Read the full story on TreeHugger...
Al Gore Strongly Suppor...
Photo: World Economic Forum , Flickr , CC BY-SA The #OccupyWallStreet movement — which has now spilled into Brooklyn and inspired protests across the world — is gaining some high profile supporters. So far, notable backers have included Mark Ruffalo, Naomi Klein, Michael Moore, Kanye West, and Cornell West, among others. Now, Al Gore has voiced some power… Read the full story on TreeHugger Go here to see the original: Al Gore Strongly Supports #Occupy Wall...
#OccupyWallStreet Moves...
Occupy Brooklyn Begins The #OccupyWallStreet movement is now world famous. ‘Occupy’ protests have sprung up in hundreds of cities around the world, from Boston to Reykjavík to Seattle to Madrid. But there’s at least one culturally significant, hugely populous location — one that’s curiously nearby to Liberty Square itself — that still hadn’t seen an Occupy movement sprout. And that’s Brooklyn. This Saturday at 11 am, the Occupy...
Another Food Industry B...
Image credit: Honeydrop Business giving, and even campaigning, is nothing new. But it has been heartening to see how many food industry brands have rallied around the plight of the honeybees to develop serious, substantial responses—from Haagen Dazs’ bee boy mayhem to The Cooperative Group’s Plan Bee —to Colony Collapse Disorder and other threats to pollinators. It’s almost as if they know… Read the full story on TreeHugger Here is the original...
Quote of the Day: David...
Photo: environmentnorth via Flickr / Creative Commons The Occupy Wall Street protests are poised to spread worldwide during its fourth week. Many observers are making the links between financial malfeasance , government corruption , See the original post here: Quote of the Day: David Suzuki on the Occupy Wall Street...Bill McKibben Links Cli...
The climate activism community is now firmly in the Occupy Wall Street fight. 350.org joined in the tens of thousands in the streets of the New York last week; and now Bill McKibben has starkly laid out the links between climate change, the corporations blocking climate action, and the rank effect of the oil industry corrupting the Go here to see the original: Bill McKibben Links Climate, Corruption, Corps in Stirring Occupy Wall Street Speech...