http://greenhouseneutralfoundation.org/articles Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:05:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well as they say; if you don't piss someone off every now and then - you just aren't expressing your opinion! See what Glenn Beck is saying about me! Want a weekly update of all the greatest posts on the web? Subscribe for the weekly VOICE FOR CHANGE Newsletter and never miss ... http://greenhouseneutralfoundation.org/articles/2010/03/11/cnnbc-glenn-beck-attacks-bob-williamson/ 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 ... http://greenhouseneutralfoundation.org/articles/2010/03/10/time-to-step-up-the-pace-to-ban-the-bag/ 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 ... http://greenhouseneutralfoundation.org/articles/2010/03/09/time-to-choose-elephants-or-ivory/ Drawing from the Loess Plateau experience in China, this documentary demonstrates that it is possible to rehabilitate large-scale damaged ecosystems, to restore ecosystem functions in areas where they have been lost, to fundamentally improve the lives of people who have been trapped in poverty for generations, and to sequester carbon ... http://greenhouseneutralfoundation.org/articles/2010/03/09/change-in-a-changing-climate/ Greenhouse Neutral Foundation comment: Although this short 30 second presentation does not dwell on the toxicity of the plastic plague in our oceans, let us not forget that many of these plastics contain BPA now being recognised as a harmful carcinogenic toxin. We are now being warned about its effect, ... http://greenhouseneutralfoundation.org/articles/2010/03/09/is-there-life-in-a-sea-of-plastic/ Over the coming weeks and months the Foundations very special guest contributor Lee Hiller, will share her rekindled love of all that makes our fight on Terra so essential that we win for future generations. The fragility of this ecosystem she is privileged to roam and share will inspire many. ... http://greenhouseneutralfoundation.org/articles/2010/03/09/awakening-with-nature/ In the book ZERO Greenhouse Emissions I deal in some detail with the future issue of water scarcity, so this article in Techeye.net caught my attention ‘Beer threatened by climate change’. In the book I point out – excerpt Fosters Group openly and transparently in their “Sustainability report for 2007” ... http://greenhouseneutralfoundation.org/articles/2010/03/09/australia-drops-to-its-knees-and-weeps-%e2%80%93-a-future-without-beer/ Australia's top scientific research organisation says climate change is responsible for a sharp fall in Western Australia's water resources and that the worst is yet to come. The CSIRO has released a report showing significant climate change since the mid-1970s has impacted on surface and ground water yields and rainfall over ... http://greenhouseneutralfoundation.org/articles/2010/03/08/dire-water-supply-outlook-for-western-australia/ Oceanographers have found that a vast floating island of rubbish in the Pacific has doubled over a decade and is now nearly six times the size of Britain. The giant waste collection, known as the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” lies between California and Hawaii and has been gradually growing for 60 ... http://greenhouseneutralfoundation.org/articles/2010/03/08/huge-island-of-rubbish-floating-off-california/ 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 ... http://greenhouseneutralfoundation.org/articles/2010/03/08/beached-whales-killed-by-ingesting-plastic/