Climate & Nature
Starbucks Stores Distribute "CO2 World" GOOD Sheet September 25th, 2008
If you're at the local Starbucks and find some knowledge dropped on you about atmospheric CO2, look no further than the good folks at the GOOD integrated media platform. ...more
Gisele Bündchen's new Campaign for Ipanema Supports Atlantic Forests September 24th, 2008
(Photo credit: W Brasil agency.) Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen has showed her interest in the environment before, first with a campaign that showed her wearing a water dress inviting to conserve this resource, and later...more
More Than Pretty Heirloom Tomatoes: Saving Seeds Critical to Combatting Climate Change September 23rd, 2008
The photographer's grandfather had saved these seeds in the 1920s. They were discovered last year and planted in a greenhouse. Photo: Stefan Jansson Local food, local varieties of plants and the entire locavore movement are...more
Chicago Unveils New Climate Change Plan September 22nd, 2008
Image source: Chicago Climate Action Plan Mayor Richard M. Daly laid out a plan to cut Chicago's emissions to 3/4 of 1990 levels by 2020, announced yesterday in an ambitious and comprehensive Chicago Climate Change...more
Greenpeace Ranks Nokia as Most Eco-Friendly Electronics Maker September 18th, 2008
Samsung, Fujitsu Round Out Top Three
Greenpeace has once again updated its list of the electronics makers with the best (and worst) records of producing eco-friendly goods. Greenpeace not only ranks companies by the materials they use in their devices, but also...more
Green Benefits More than Environment, Profitable Too September 16th, 2008
Companies are also seeing healthy returns on their green investments, Zachary Karabell, president of RiverTwice Research and senior adviser to Business for Social Responsibility, writes in Newsweek. Two realities point to a new seriousness about...more
Ban Against Plastic Bags: Buenos Aires Province Joins September 15th, 2008
(Photo: s2art.) The government of Buenos Aires province (independent from the authorities of the city of Buenos Aires) has approved a law to ban shops and supermarkets to give polyethylene plastic bags in its territory....more
The Skeptical Environmentalist September 12th, 2008
Bjørn Lomborg Provides Unique Insight on the Problem of Climate Change
Bjørn Lomborg is a Danish author, academic, and environmentalist. He is an adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School, and Director of Copenhagen Consensus Center. In 2007, he published “Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide...more
‘Global Cooling’ With White Roofs September 11th, 2008
California scientists say white roofs can cut a building’s energy use by 20 percent, and they say they have a formula to calculate how much CO2 can be offset by increasing the reflectivity of rooftops....more
The Man Burns Green September 10th, 2008
The Environmental Mission at Burning Man 2008
Last week, I had the privilege of making my second excursion into the Nevada desert for Burning Man 2008. Situated two hours east of Reno, Burning Man is a weeklong arts, music, and cultural festival,...more
