Tag: activism
The last waltz – Bob Dylan and the band – I shall be released – HD
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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Posted: March 12th, 2010 under Action Needed, General.
Tags: activism, activists
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Time to step up the pace to BAN THE BAG.
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 [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2010 under Action Needed, Foundation News, General, World News.
Tags: activism, petitions, plastic bags, plastic pollution, StoplasticBags
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Time to Choose: Elephants or Ivory?
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 [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2010 under Action Needed, General, World News.
Tags: activism
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Beached whales killed by ingesting plastic
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 [...]
Posted: March 8th, 2010 under Action Needed, General, Nature.
Tags: activism, natural systems, plastic bags, plastic pollution, plastics, StoplasticBags
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All aboard, please take your seats and fasten your seatbelts. There is a 25% chance this plane will crash.
By Bob Williamson – Greenhouse Neutral Foundation
The reality of that welcome to us would be our reply, “I’m not getting on this flight!”
Yet we are all in fact on that flight with climate change and the plane has taken off.
Much has been promoted in the media lately that climate change science is somehow conspiring to [...]
Posted: February 27th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, Climate Politics, Foundation News, General, Green Living, Nature.
Tags: activism, Antarctica, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, climate change emissions reductions, finite resources, glacial melt, global warming, icesheet loss, methane, natural systems, resource depletion, stop climate change, Tipping Points
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Does your breakfast cause rainforest destruction?
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010 under Action Needed, General, Green Living, Nature.
Tags: activism, activists, Amazon Rainforest, habitat loss, Palm Oil, species extinction
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‘When You Look At The World’
The Foundations good friend and collaborator on a number of projects J.P. Taylor is an inspirational environmental teacher. In ‘When You Look At The World’ J.P. calls us to action to take a stand at a personal level to save the destruction of the Worlds remaining forest lands from clear felling for palm oil plantations.
As [...]
Posted: February 22nd, 2010 under Action Needed, Foundation News, General, Nature.
Tags: activism, Amazon Rainforest, habitat loss, Palm Oil, species extinction
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A waste packaging initiative – a small step forward.
Jay Kilby of think2100.com has taken the initiative to launch a petition to ask consumers to take a stand on pushing for environmental product stewardship of unnecessary waste packaging. As all who know of the environmental educational messages of the Greenhouse Neutral Foundation over the last few years, waste packaging has been a major focus [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2010 under Action Needed, General, Green Living.
Tags: activism, Extended producer responsibility, landfill, paper waste, plastic pollution, plastics, reducing waste, waste packaging, ZERO Waste
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Tits and Ass or Climate Change? Welcoming the Environmental Journalist to the Endangered Species List
By Leah Lamb I think it’s endearing when someone calls me a journalist. However if forced to categorize, I would place myself in the informed environmental enthusiast bucket. Journalists are a unique brand who dedicate their lives to a craft. While it excites me to see the 6,000 or so bloggers talking about the environment, it is [...]
Posted: February 11th, 2010 under General.
Tags: activism, Climate Change, global warming
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CRUDE – Action you can help with.
The final judgment is imminent after a long legal battle between oil giant Chevron and brave indigenous peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon, who are seeking redress for the multinational’s dumping of billions of gallons of toxic waste in the rainforest.
If Chevron is forced to pay billions in damages, it’ll be a big step forward in [...]
Posted: February 5th, 2010 under Action Needed, Foundation News, General, Nature.
Tags: activism, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, Oil Industry, pollution, World News
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