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Category Archives: Environment
Mottainai – How to save nature for future generations
In Finland we have every spring a happening called “Nuukuusviikko”, something about Thrifty Week in english. NGO organisations encourage people to live their daily lives using less energy and natural resources.
The Green Changemakers have found a Japanese term for Thrifty Week. It is Mottainai! 🙂 It is an old Japanese word with love and compassion […]
Snowmen Against the Climate Change 19th February
Here in Finland some folks have found a way to deal with the global warming. They build artificial refrigerated skiing tunnels, so people can ski even though we have no snow! Brilliant!
Friends of the Earth in Finland tells more about the Snowmen Against the Climate Change campaign.
After US the Flood…
Avaaz.org reports from Bali:
Climate negotiations in Bali are in crisis. Things were looking good till now: near-consensus on a delicate deal, including 2020 targets for rich countries, in return for which China and the developing world would do their part over time. IPCC scientists say such targets are needed to prevent catastrophe. But Japan, […]
UN Climate Change Conference starts in Bali
UN Climate Change Conference started with good news. Australia’s new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ratified the Kyoto Protocol as his first official act. The move by Rudd, leaves the United States as the only advanced economy yet to ratify the protocol.
The road ahead is harsh and challenging. As the Climate Action Network puts it: […]
Google wants renewables to be cheaper than coal
Cheer up Santa, some good news for a change!
Ecogeek reports that Google has today announced an initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal. The newly created initiative, known as RE<C, will focus initially on advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal systems and […]