Archive for October 7th, 2009
A FOUNDATION CORNERSTONE LAID IN ATLANTA.
Extract from the series ‘Letters From 2030’
January 12th 2030
His reflections had been deep, but his resolve in those quite early hours before dawn had been, as always, passionate and resolute to raise the voice of change. To reach out to those still clinging to hope in their isolated locations of humanity and inspire their hearts [...]
Posted: October 7th, 2009 under Climate Change, Foundation News, General, Interviews with Activists.
Tags: Voice for change
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Scorched earth: Wildfires will change the way we live
Extracts – Full article here New Scientist – IF WE are lucky, an international climate agreement will be forged in Copenhagen later this year and emissions targets set in a bid to limit global warming to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels. Agreement in Denmark or not, I find the breezy way so many politicians and [...]
Posted: October 7th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, climate negotiations, Copenhagen, emissions reductions, global warming, International negotiations, Kyoto, natural systems, science, wildfires
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Climate change threatens many in Mekong region: WWF
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Changing weather patterns and rising seas are already affecting many people in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong Basin and climate change threatens the livelihoods of millions more, a report released on Monday shows.
Intense floods and droughts, coastal erosion, higher seas and heat waves in coming decades threaten rice, fruit and coffee crops and [...]
Posted: October 7th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Climate Change, climate negotiations, droughts, emissions reductions, floods, food shortages, global warming, heat waves, natural systems, rice production, sea level rise, Southeast Asia
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Errors of omission – Climate-change models must become even more complex
BUMBLEBEES cannot fly—or so physical models are said to have shown. That the insects routinely become airborne demonstrates the shortcomings of some theoretical accounts of the world. But one of the strengths of the scientific method is that, when presented with evidence that discredits their theories, scientists are forced to concede that their models are [...]
Posted: October 7th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Climate Change, CO2 Emissions, global warming, greenhouse emissions, science, Technologies
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BRANDED GARBAGE WHO PROFITS?
The streets and nature parks of the world, the river systems, the coastal wetlands and beaches as well as the oceans are littered with the branded garbage of those who want to promote there services and goods to us. Be it the wrapping from the fast foods they push down our throats, the cans from [...]
Posted: October 7th, 2009 under Foundation News, General, Green Living.
Tags: Branded Litter, Coca-Cola, Extended producer responsibility, landfill, Litter, MacDonalds, Pacific Gaia, plastic bags, reducing waste, Wal-Mart, Waste cleanup, waste packaging
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