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Green - Thoughts #2-Eco chic and greenwashed people

Well from where I'm standing it seems that all the world has become green. Companies are changing their names, people are buying only bio, and to go to demonstrate is a
free time activity. Let's all save the planet... well after reading a bit about
BP’s “Greenwash” Advertisement trick (www.eurotope.ning.com/group/infotheoildissasterinthegul

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Added by Ray Schrire on July 24, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Help redesgin Eurotope!

Hello all Members!
Please take 30 sec to help Eurotope and fill in the survey!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/G2WP69F

we are in the process of redesigning eurotope, th… Continue

Added by Ray Schrire on July 12, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Panda Sam needs You! Introducing the Green Project Bank

Hello All!

I have just started a new group called The Green Project Bank, the purpose of the group is to be a platform that we can share skils and ideas with each other. The idea is really as simple as 1, 2, 3.
1. w… Continue

Added by Ray Schrire on June 28, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Power Kick for Africa

Hi guys,

a friend of mine who is working for the World Future Council (WFC) enables a village in Ghana to follow the Football World Cup by installing solar pannels on a roof.

Here is what he published on the WFC site:

In order to point out the potentia… Continue

Added by Caren Herbstritt on June 22, 2010 at 9:22am — No Comments

Green - thoughts #1- boycott BP? Boycott our selves!

Hey All!

I have spent the last days reading about the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. reading and getting depressed. Wow. I really miss the ocean here in Berlin and could´t help myself getting depressed seeing all the photos and reading all the information. I started a group about the oil spill, because many friends and other “green activists” were telling me how the company, BP, were not OK, and that we should boycott them.
Well, I started the group that every one can get inform… Continue

Added by Ray Schrire on June 16, 2010 at 11:16am — No Comments

Is there the need for an intergovernmental panel on biodiversity science?

Hi folks,

I recently came across this very interesting endeavour of building something like the IPCC for biodiversity.

The idea is convincing: biodiversity loss presents one of the major global environmental challenges. Like climate change, it´s a complicated issue with various scientific and political aspects which need to be taken into account to derive sound decisions. Therefore, a movement has developed since 2008 to lobby for such an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platfor

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Added by Mika Huettner on June 11, 2010 at 10:07am — No Comments

ECO-BRIGADE IN GHANA.

As part of efforts by the government to ensure environmental sanitation along coastal regions, Zoil a subsidary of Zoomlion Ghana Limited has established an Eco-Brigade project at Esiama in the Western Region.

The project aims to employ 10,000 people in the Western, Central, Greater Accra and Volta Regions respectively to ensure clean environment along the coastal beaches.

The Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Hon. Sherry Ayittey at the launch

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Added by farid shamsu-deen on April 15, 2010 at 6:14pm — No Comments

Climate Change and Non-Wood Forest Products

Talk about the forest and what readily comes to mind is Timber! But timber is not the only benefit the forest gives. But a major player in the forest economics is Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFPs) or Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs). These are goods of biological origin other than wood, derived from forests, other wooded land and trees outside forests. NWFPs include foods (nuts, fruits, mushrooms, honey, game, gums); food additives (spices, herbs, flavorings, sweeteners); fodder; fibers… Continue

Added by Benji Apraku Gyampoh on April 9, 2010 at 2:27pm — No Comments

Quench your thirst for biodiversity information

Hey Folks,

If you want to know more about biodiversity and development issues, you should check out the CBD technical series reports, which you can download for free:

Check them out at: http://www.cbd.int/ts/

best

mika

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Added by Mika Huettner on April 9, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

New Reef Resilience Free Online Course

ConservationTraining.org
is offering a new innovate training program on Reef Resilience to
provide coral reef managers, trainers, and policymakers guidance on
building resilience to climate change into th… Continue

Added by Mika Huettner on March 16, 2010 at 5:56pm — No Comments

teaching kids to conserve

Educating our kids on energy savings is a challenge. Simply turning off the Bathroom Fan or installing a Ceiling Fan or Programmable Thermostat can greatly reduce consumption. Do any of you know ways to creatively teach our kids these… Continue

Added by Cindy Fallsen on March 6, 2010 at 12:28am — No Comments

Press Release: AMBITION OF ONLY 2 DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SUFFICIENT FOR COPENHAGEN ACCORD MEETING 2°C TARGET

www.climateactiontracker.org press release - Cologne, Berlin, New York: 2 February 2010

Only 2 out of 10 developed countries’ reduction targets submitted to the Copenhagen Accord qualify as ‘sufficient’ to keep global temperature rise below 2°C, finds the update of the ’Climate Action Tracker´ (www.climateactiontracker.org). The reduction targets of all countries currently associate

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Added by Mika Huettner on February 8, 2010 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

NAJU presents their newest brochure "Treffpunkt Erdball 2010"

At the beginning of 2010 NAJU presents their newest brochure "Treffpunkt Erdball 2010" (an adequate translation should be: "Meeting Place Earth"). This publication contains a short review about what was going on in 2009 in NAJUs international work as well as all necessary pieces of information concerning all cross-border NAJU projects in the new year. There will be several youth exchanges with young persons from all over the world in 2010! You can e.g. discover the Rumanian mountains in a two-… Continue

Added by Max Langner on January 29, 2010 at 2:44pm — 1 Comment

Der NAJU-„Treffpunkt Erdball 2010“ ist da!

Pünktlich zu Beginn des neuen Jahres präsentieren die "Internationalen" in der Naturschutzjugend (NAJU) die druckfrische Broschüre "Treffpunkt Erdball 2010". Neben einem kurzen Rückblick, was 2009 alles im Bereich Internationales bei der NAJU los war, enthält der "Treffpunkt Erdball" alle wichtigen Informationen über sämtliche grenzüberschreitenden Projekte der NAJU im neuen Jahr. In 2010 stehen etliche Austausche mit Jugendlichen aus nahen und fernen Ländern auf dem Progr… Continue

Added by Max Langner on January 29, 2010 at 2:23pm — No Comments

Happy International Year of Biodiversity!

Press Release from GreenFacts: Get the scientific facts on current biodiversity loss Brussels, 18 January 2010. The United Nations declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity, inviting the world to take action to safeguard the variety of life on Earth. What is the current pace of biodive… Continue

Added by Mika Huettner on January 19, 2010 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

online course on Climate Change

Are you interested in developing your knowledge about Climate Change and work together with students from all over the world to discuss future solutions? Apply for the new MSc level online course on Climate Change offered by the University of Copenhagen in close cooperation with the Danish Meteorological Institute, UC Berkeley and Australian National University. The online course "Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation" is developed by a team of teachers who are international experts… Continue

Added by Monika Kotulak on January 4, 2010 at 11:14pm — 1 Comment

Disappointment and frustration in Copenhagen

Hundreds of young people gathered in the final night of the climate negotiations in Copenhagen to spell out the truth about the reached political deal: "Climate Shame". (Photo: kindly provided by Robert van Waarden - http://www.vanwaardenphoto.com) Today the climate conference in Copenhagen comes t… Continue

Added by Mika Huettner on December 19, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

The biggest climate demonstration of all times

Hey folks, today I participated in one of the biggest climate demonstrations of all times. According to the organizers of the Climate Action Day up to 100,000 people! filled the streets of Copenhagen and marched to the location of the climate conference. Thousands of them carried banners, costumers and colourful clothes. All were united by the demand for more climate justice. The protesters met representatives from the climate conference in the evening, submitting their requests. From today onwa… Continue

Added by Mika Huettner on December 12, 2009 at 7:32pm — 2 Comments

UN Climate Summit started

Members of the International Youth Climate Movement preform a dance in front of the plenary, calling for strong action and climate justice. (Photos: kindly provided by Robert van Waarden - http://www.vanwaardenphoto.com) Hey, You might have heard it in the media already. The 15. Conference of the P… Continue

Added by Mika Huettner on December 8, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Start of the Conference of Youth prior to the Copenhagen Climate Summit

12/05/2009 Today the Conference of Youth (short: COY) to the United Nations Climate summit was successfully started in Copenhagen. More than 500 people from all over the world gathered together to prepare actions, discuss policy and build a global partnership in order to help making the Climate Summit next week a success. Learn more about COY at… Continue

Added by Mika Huettner on December 5, 2009 at 10:26pm — No Comments