Archive for November, 2006
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
U.S. Farmers Turn Green
Give the earth a break!
The tide is turning, everywhere you look. Today the deadline passed for the 2006 Carbon Credit Program being promoted by the National Farmers Union, and by the look of the “Due to the high number of inquiries about the program, it has been difficult to answer all questions in a timely […]
No Comments » - Posted in Agriculture & Food, Bio-fuels by Craig Mackintosh
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Endangered Penguin List Grows
Following the release of the penguin flick ‘Happy Feet‘ (a CGI animation movie from the makers of ‘Babe’), the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is being petitioned to dramatically increase the number of penguins that are listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Currently, only one of the nineteen penguin species in the world is listed as […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Environment & Wildlife by Craig Mackintosh
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Reduce Global Warming from your Desktop!
Did you know that the CO2 emissions from just 15 computers is equal to that of one car? No, neither did I. You probably also wouldn’t have known, then, that there’s about 660 million computer users worldwide, and between them they consume millions of kilowatts of energy every day - and it’s estimated that the […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Computing by Craig Mackintosh
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Surprise at Rate of Carbon Trading Growth
As a follow-up to the today’s earlier post, an article in the Toronto Star is very interesting in that sheds light on a recently-released World Bank survey - which documents an ‘astonishing’ growth in carbon-trading activity.
According to the survey, buying and selling of emission credits in the first nine months of this year (worth $24.6 […]
No Comments » - Posted in Carbon Market by Craig Mackintosh
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Carbon Trading Moving Forward on Several Fronts
Countries are putting their cards on the table
The current political and environmental ‘climate’ is being very conducive towards getting planet-saving policies written into law.
This week the EU is set to draw hard and fast lines on carbon limits in phase two of it’s ETS (European Trading Scheme). Activities in the EU scheme are being watched […]
No Comments » - Posted in Carbon Market by Craig Mackintosh
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
EPA Not Protecting the Environment?
The heat is on - the topic of global warming is coming to a boil in Washington DC. We’ve already learned that President Bush is being sued over a missing global warming report (overdue by two years), and now the nation’s Environmental Protection Agency is being taken to the Supreme Court by several individual states […]
No Comments » - Posted in Politics by Craig Mackintosh
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Australia Makes AU$60 Million Dollar anti-C02 Commitment
CO2 - better in than out?
The Gorgon Gas Project in Western Australia releases about 9.3 million tonnes of CO2 into the air every year - the unfortunate consequence of it’s natural gas extraction and processing. But, it’s hoping to pump about two-thirds of that 1.6 miles (2.5kms) into the ground. This would make it one […]
No Comments » - Posted in CleanTech - Other by Craig Mackintosh
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Green Jeans Anyone?
Levis has just released a 100% eco-jean line, making them the first international jean manufacturer to release a fully sustainable denim garment. Should the knees in your jeans be wearing a little thin, why not take a look.
“It’s not only organic fabric but the other components are also organic; the finish we use is totally […]
No Comments » - Posted in Consumerism by Craig Mackintosh
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
50,000 Inconvenient Truth Gift DVD’s Rejected
If you’re reading this blog, there’s a reasonable chance you’ve seen An Inconvenient Truth already. We could wish many more would too - especially students. The movie producers feel this way too - so much so that they recently made a generous offer to the U.S. National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) of 50,000 free copies […]
No Comments » - Posted in Education by Craig Mackintosh
Monday, November 27th, 2006
In the Market for a Christmas Tree?
It’s about that time of year already, when one lucky person in your family gets the onerous task of unravelling the spaghetti mess that is your family’s Christmas tree lights. Once done, though, what to hang them on? If you don’t already have a crumpled plastic Christmas ‘tree’ to pull out of the cupboard, what […]
No Comments » - Posted in Consumerism by Craig Mackintosh
Monday, November 27th, 2006
Mandatory Car Energy Rating
Cars in NZ will likely soon be sold with mandatory energy rating information to help consumers make informed choices about the long-term effects of their purchases. This information will be simply fuel economy data, but fast-forward a few years and we may see more elaborate efforts to calculate with a broader angle of view?
1 Comment » - Posted in Consumerism, Transport by Craig Mackintosh
Monday, November 27th, 2006
Energy Produced at a Cost
Sir David Attenborough is not one to sit still. As living-room spectators we’ve travelled the world with him, eagerly looking over his shoulder, entranced with all kinds of weird and wonderful creatures, plants and places. What a life he’s lead! Still, it’s easy to romanticise such quasi-National Geographic type lives from the comfort of our […]
No Comments » - Posted in Global Warming Science, Environment & Wildlife by Craig Mackintosh
Saturday, November 25th, 2006
Is Fuel Economy the Last Word on Vehicles?
More Enviro-Friendly than a Prius?
One of our readers brought this interesting blog-post over on 37signals.com to my attention. It’s definitely worth swinging over and taking a look. In a nutshell, Jason is highlighting a 450 page report, the result of a two-year study to calculate the actual carbon footprint of a vehicle - not just […]
No Comments » - Posted in Consumerism, Transport by Craig Mackintosh
Friday, November 24th, 2006
Buy Nothing Day!
That’s right - surf the net, read a bit, learn something. Just don’t head down to the shops. Today is International Buy Nothing Day, and today we wage war on our consumeristic tendancies. It’s a day to go for a walk, fix that loose door hinge, play ball with the kid, or grandkid, and… um… […]
