Category Archives: Environment

Fossil energy policy

Fossil energy policy

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Basic Earth Day info

Global awareness informationI just got my site spring cleaned, redesigned and updated. Some details still need some tuning. If here’s something funny or wrong, please let me know. Now I have to go and help to finish the spring cleaning of our house.
Happy Earth Day 2011!

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World Water Day 2011

Swimming forbiddenInternational World Water Day 2011 theme is Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge.

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Plight of the Bumblebee

Biodiversity and bumble beesWhen you look at a bumblebee doodling around in the meadow, it doesn’t look pretty effective part of the food chain. Actually bumblebees, bees and other pollinators are extremely important both wild plants and cultivated crops. UN is alarmed at huge decline in bee numbers.
“The way humanity manages or mismanages its nature-based assets, including pollinators, [...]

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British government wants to sell off public forests

UK government wants to sell public forests
One third of British woodland is publicly owned. The government has revealed plans to privatise these forests and woodlands. The sell-off plan has evoked widespread protests. The majority of the British are against the sell-off plans. The Guardian reports:
“A YouGov poll has found that 84% of people agreed the woods and forests should be kept [...]

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