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April 10, 2012
April 2, 2012
World 'pretty well given up' on hope for US leadership on climate change
One of the world’s most widely known and respected senior scientists tells ABC News that current denial about the basic daunting realities of manmade global warming is “just foolishness.”
He also reports that the rest of the world has now “pretty well given up” on its hope for U.S. leadership in dealing with global climate change.
His assessment reinforces our findings at the recent global climate summit in Durban, South Africa, that the vigorous anti-climate science movement in the United States has significantly damaged American prestige among European leaders who are struggling to deal with the daunting impacts of global warming.
(Source: sarahlee310)
April 2, 2012
An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future.
This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US.
Read more about wind and about wind power.
via basquavita:
Astonishingly beautiful real-time visualization of wind in the US. Have you seen it? If not, you really need to click through and see this baby in action.
(Thanks to the lovely Posey Gruener for the heads-up.)
WHOAH.
sioux falls is right in the eye of it!
There is something unbearably stirring about staring into the eye of a windstorm - especially when it’s from the comfort of your own wind-less home, viewed on a monitor, the brain struggling to relate what it is seeing as real.
April 1, 2012
Vancity Powers… Climate Smart!
ft. Elizabeth Sheehan & Gil Yaron
Climate Smart offers local businesses education and support in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Executive director Elizabeth Sheehan reflects on Vancity’s role in supporting their work and expanding their reach as she endorses Gil Yaron for Vancity Board. Visit gilyaron.ca to learn more.
Video shot and edited by Trevor Jansen, produced by Hilary Henegar
March 27, 2012
A minor remedy for the climate blues from 350.org
When you’re feeling down and overwhelmed about the magnitude of the work ahead to achieve climate justice, go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/350org/ via 350.org.
I posted a tweet to that effect last night after the CCPA fundraiserwith Bill McKibben (apparently a former schoolmate of Stephen Harper’s!), who showed photos from all over the world of people creating human “drawings” and carrying signs declaring their commitment to bringing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from its current level of 392 parts per million to below 350 ppm, which scientists say is the ceiling for preserving life on planet earth as we know it. At that level:
… the earth’s soils and forests will slowly cycle some of that extra carbon out of the atmosphere, and eventually CO2 concentrations will return to a safe level. By decreasing use of other fossil fuels, and improving agricultural and forestry practices around the world, scientists believe we could get back below 350 by mid-century.
March 25, 2012
Video: The 21-Hour Work Week
“One have to try and recapture the idea that there is something called the good life, to which wealth is a means. And orient our social institutions to it.” - Lord Robert Skidelsky
via Permaculture.co.uk:
“Money that you don’t have, to spend on things you don’t need, to create impressions that won’t last on people you don’t care about…”
Tim Jackson, Professor of Sustainable Devlopment, Surrey University
In the UK and USA particularly we work long hours yet we are getting poorer, not only financially but in terms of time and cultural wealth. The New Economics Foundation compare our economies with Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, all of which have shorter working weeks and yet have robust economies.
Moving towards a 21 hour working week could solve many of our most pressing social, economic and environmental problems. Anna Coote, Tim Jackson and Juliet Schor outline NEF’s vision for a better, more economically robust and low carbon world.
Work less, grow more food, contribute to your community, take care of your friends and relatives and buy less consumer goods that you don’t really want anyway. Focus on what makes feel happy, not what makes you look good.
February 28, 2012
Concerned for Conservation: An open letter to Tumblr
via good:
Dear Tumblr,
We are writing to ask you to consider adding a ‘Conservation’ or ‘Environment’ featured tag.
We’re not outright asking. We know that featured tags are those that have a certain amount of traffic, but please consider the following:
1. The field of conservation is wide-ranging. As a result related content is tagged under a mix of terms. Combining the traffic for the following (and related) tags could amount to enough traffic for a featured tag. Like Science, with it’s different fields, combined under one umbrella term.
- Conservation
- Environment
- Sustainability (already featured in your directory)
- Eco-friendly
- Nature
- Climate Change
- Global Warming
- Wildlife Trade
- Recycling
- Renewable energy
- Endangered Species
Followers, please feel free to add to this list any tags that may have missed out.
2. It’s the right thing to do. Conservation issues are as pertinent to modern society as Science, Politics, Film, Fashion…….even Nail Art which has it’s own featured tag.
3. Tumblr is opening up as a platform for high profile conservation organizations, much as Facebook and Twitter are now the most used platforms for sharing conservation news.
- WWF
- ARKive
- National Resources Defence Council
- Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoot programme
- Scubazoo
[Edit] Forgot Earth Hour. How silly!
Social media is a powerful tool in conservation, and can make a difference in the “real world”. We’d hate to see Tumblr left out of the excitement. Especially with it’s viral powers.
4. Tumblr has been an essential part of publicizing social and political changes in several countries during protests and revolutions last year. The content that would be featured in this tag involve changes that affect us globally, and deserve a share of the spotlight.
We hope you will consider looking at the combined content of the above tags to see if they merit a featured tag.
As there is no central email to contact Tumblr on, please reblog and spread the word if you agree!
I totally agree and have suggested this to tumblr staff as well. In its absence, I’ve often felt a responsibility to post environmental and conservation issues in the science tag - cause, without its own category, where else would it go? And while I think it does OK there, I think “environment” is broad enough and important enough a topic to deserve its own category.
I mean, it’s gotta be at least as worthy as Robots. (And I do love me some robots!)
We are so in agreement here and we also tag much of our environment content in science. (Also, some fine Tumblrs here to follow.)
Co-signed. (Energy and/or Climate would be nice buckets as well.)
Make it so, Tumblr!
I’ll start using #conservation today. To find relevant content on my site prior to 28 Feb, check out #environment #climate #sustainability #energy (there’s also an #enviro or two that have slipped through the cracks).
(Source: mad-as-a-marine-biologist)
February 24, 2012
via good:
It’s Time for Americans to Chill Out About Gas Prices
A better strategy than wishing for lower prices and believing politicians who promise to magically make them lower would be to take actions that will break the link between gas and transportation.
February 20, 2012
Canada threatens EU over oil sands emissions rating
The EU seeks to reduce its carbon footprint by 6% over the next 10 years so it is considering a total ban of oil sands crude, which has a carbon value 23% higher than so-called “conventional” oil, through a “fuel quality directive” that could hamper future oil/tar sands exports. Of course, the Harper government is spending mega $$ to stop the ban so Canada can continue destroying habitat and contaminating our water.
February 17, 2012
came for a view, smuthered by smog, that kind that concentrates at the rim of the hilltops. #eastvan #vancouver #climate #enviro #350 (Taken with instagram)
December 26, 2011
It stinks. #climate (Taken with instagram)
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