The only UN body with the power to ban trade in endangered animals and plants starts a triennial meeting in Doha on Saturday with bluefin tuna, African elephants and polar bears on the docket.
Besides the proposal to stop cross-border commerce in bluefin, fiercely contested by sushi-loving Japan, the 1975 Convention on International Trade in Endangered [...]

World Environment Day is a very special day that brings us all together for one purpose. To think of how we impact on our environment and to talk about ways we can mitigate that impact.
Every day the world consumes an estimated 1,440 million (1 million per minute) with an estimate of over 500 billion bags [...]

There are lots of days floating around that are not performing any worthwhile purpose. There are a lot of days that do too. So here is the challenge the Foundation would like to set. Let’s get all these wasted days off the couch and make them perform a worthwhile job.
First lets list the ones that [...]

In a classic song of struggle “I Shall Be Released” performed By Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, The Band and Ron Wood, is as needed as a wake up call for many causes today, as it was when first performed.

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On World Environment Day June 5th 2009 the Greenhouse Neutral Foundation with the help of its dedicated staff and all of you, launched the STOPlasticBags – Global action to Ban the Plastic Bag; forever. On September 26th 2009 we held the first ‘Say NO to Plastic Bags Day’. The petition is going strong with over [...]

In 5 days, 2 African governments will try to pry open the worldwide ban on ivory trading — a decision that could wipe out whole elephant populations and bring these magnificent animals closer to extinction.
Tanzania and Zambia are lobbying the UN for special exemptions from the ban, but this would send a clear signal to [...]

Greenhouse Neutral Foundation Comment: – Although this incident occurred in December 2009 it came to our attention recently via a contact in the United States. As many will know we are endeavouring via the STOPlasticBags campaign to highlight how our profligate consumption of plastic bags impacts on our world. This is another stark example of [...]

The Greenhouse Neutral Foundation and its web site are fast becoming one of the most visited places on the web for information on environmental issues that affect not only concerned environmentalists like you and I but everyone here now, and all those to come.
Our web traffic will hopefully continue its strong growth over the coming [...]

This excellent analysis of plastic or paper bags by TreeHugger as they impact our environment should be commended for its in-depth coverage of the data. As many will know the Greenhouse Neutral Foundation on World Environment Day in 2009 commenced a global campaign to Ban the Plastic Bag our initiative later endorsed by the United [...]

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