Legacy of .tv as .bd becomes the focus
Posted by annied in Oxfam, climate change on 31. Aug, 2009 | 1 Comment
The irony isn’t lost on us at green.tv that our domain is defined by one of the world’s first nations that will be wiped out by climate change. A lot of people aren’t aware that .tv is the country designation assigned to the Pacific Island nation Tuvalu. As Oxfam launches its cooperation with the TckTckTck campaign this last weekend, it releases two films on green.tv about Bangladesh (see below). We thought it appropriate to remind you about Tuvalu and places like it*, and the imperative for legal international recognition of climate refugee status.
How Television and Film, when used in conjunction with Social Media, drive sustainability to the masses.
Posted by annied in green media on 28. Aug, 2009 | Comments Off
Adam Shake of TwilightEarth.com gives us a look green new media from across the pond.
World Water Week– the Stockholm Statement, just hot air?
Posted by annied in UNEP, climate change, water on 27. Aug, 2009 | Comments Off
World Water Week from Stockholm: are you thinking what can be more boring and ineffectual than a room full of officials agreeing to agree to manage water and sanitation better? Well actually, the end result, the Stockholm Statement, is worth shouting from the rooftops about.
Climate change, the memory effect
Posted by annied in RSPB on 26. Aug, 2009 | Comments Off
With the nation wide climate protests today, the news from last night that 350.org’s position has been endorsed by the IPCC’s lead climate scientist it seems appropriate to bring the global back to the local by reflecting on how climate change has already begun to alter our everyday lives:
welcome from blog.green.tv
Posted by annied in Uncategorized on 26. Aug, 2009 | Comments Off
Watch. Engage. Act.
At the same time as social media has exploded in blogs, networking sites, and twitter, climate change has become mainstream: 73% of Britons want their government to make climate change a priority, 40% of Americans, 94% of Chinese, and 59% of Indians. Despite this, there is a value conflict between greening the economy [...]