Posted By:  adamclare Posted On:  Jun 3, 2008	Ontario and Quebec Don’t Like Carbon
I’m not a big fan of carbon trading but there is good news insofar that two Canadian provinces, Ontario and Quebec have decided to tackle environmental concerns . The Canadian federal government has followed the lead of Bush’s administration and have tried to stop any environmental...... [view]

Posted By:  IYPF Posted On:  May 14, 2008	Engaging With the World's Third Largest Greenhouse Gas Emitter
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]

Posted By:  mbickley Posted On:  May 9, 2008	Our Footprints Calculator
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Posted By:  adamclare Posted On:  Apr 17, 2008	Tesco Labels Food with Carbon Footprint
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]

Posted By:  qnp Posted On:  Mar 10, 2008	Going Carbon Free Today
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]

Posted By:  adamclare Posted On:  Dec 6, 2007	Internet Saves Millions of Tons of Carbon
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]

Posted By:  adamclare Posted On:  Nov 9, 2007	A Very Very Green Building
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]

Posted By:  adamclare Posted On:  Oct 17, 2007	Negative Carbon Output
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]

Posted By:  adamclare Posted On:  Sep 27, 2007	New Zealand to be Powered by 90% Renewable Energy
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]

Posted By:  adamclare Posted On:  Jul 10, 2007	US Congress Aims for Carbon Neutrality
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]

Posted By:  cherrie Posted On:  Jun 27, 2007	21st Century: Carbon and Transparency
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]

The Nature Conservancy
Submitted By:   jcolman Website:  http://www.nature.org/ Phone:  (800) 628-6860 E-mail:  member@tnc.org	Vision:   The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. We are one of the world's......   [view]

Submitted By:   econetizen Event Date:  Mar 18, 2008 & Time: 19:00 PM-21:00 PM Event Location:  Various [view]

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