Carbon Credit Schemes Don’t Fall From the Sky, You Know
Posted by annied in carbon trading, climate change, energy on 23. Oct, 2009 | 1 Comment
Local Carbon Trading Scheme translates greenhouse gas emissions in a way everyone can understand
“I want my kids to feel they can do something about their future right now. I think everybody feels like this is all the hand of god, but this is a thing we’ve all been complicit in… I don’t want my kids to look at the future and feel like they can’t do anything about it. So I don’t want them to wait for some big carbon crediting scheme to come dropping out of the sky. I want them to feel like in their day-to-day approach they can do something,” says Sam Nelson, co-founder of the Maia Maia Project.
Clean Up the World: a call to action
Posted by annied in Clean up the World, UNEP, climate change on 15. Sep, 2009 | Comments Off
Come the weekend of the 18-20 September, Clean Up the World participants from all across the globe will simultaneously take that grassroots action as part of the Clean Up the World Weekend. Actions such as tree planting, local clean ups, education campaigns, and water conservation projects.
5 Odd & Important green news stories from the bank holiday weekend
Posted by annied in Green News, WWF, green media on 02. Sep, 2009 | Comments Off
1. Japan elected a leftist government, but it doesn’t necessarily mean tougher action on climate change.
According to our friends at ClimaticoAnalysis.org, environmental activists ought to tone down the celebrating a wee bit (check out their blog post on the subject). Although the government wants 15% cut in GHG emissions by 2050, the DJP wants 30% [...]