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September 2008 Blog Posts (4)

Bad news from climate science: Carbon emission growth increases rapidly

Press release from http://www.globalcarbonproject.org

25 September 2008 Updated global carbon budget released

Growth in the global carbon budget

Today the new Global Carbon Budget was launched simultaneously by Global Carbon Project co‐chair Michael Raupach in France at the Paris Observatory, and in the USA at Capitol Hill, Washington by GCP Executive Director Pep Canadell. The Global Carbon Project posted the most recent figures for the worlds’… Continue

Added by Mika Huettner on September 26, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

about Haiti...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Haiti faces a deepening crisis after storms destroyed much of the impoverished country's rice crop, sparking fears of a repeat of the deadly food riots earlier this year that brought down the government. read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N1530652.htm

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The severe flooding is a major setback for a poor country struggling to pull itself out of a downward spiral. In addition to killing hundreds of people, the storms hurt… Continue

Added by Johho on September 17, 2008 at 4:45pm — No Comments

YOUR FAVORITE - Blog one of your favorite environmental actions !

Dear young environmentalists,
Please, each one of you: provide a short text on your favorite environmental action. But choose one, which is nice and simple and won´t take years to accomplish! The idea behind it is that everyone else should be able to join you in doing this action. So please write, every little step changes our world!

Added by Mika Huettner on September 17, 2008 at 8:11am — 8 Comments

BE CREATIVE - its for a good sake: Film, photo, poetry, art, music !

Dear members,

Matt (you might remember, he did the ecosystem service workshop at the conference in Bonn) sent me this message with the request to participate at their great project. So, come on everyone! A great chance to get active and to have a positive impact on the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona!!!

Besides sending your creative work to Matt, you can of course also upload it here on your page!

So have fun being… Continue

Added by Mika Huettner on September 4, 2008 at 4:55pm — 1 Comment