The defective Chinese drywall situation in the United States first came to light in November of 2008, when the Herald Tribune reported that homeowners in the Sarasota-Bradenton area of Florida were discovering that their homes’ sheetrock walls were eating away the wiring. In fact, the problem may predate 2008, as ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this week, about Architecture, Children and Families, Design, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Pollution, Recycling, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water
Speakers at the opening session of the World Summit on Food Security, hosted by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, called for increased investment in agriculture and emphasized the role climate change is playing in agricultural production. “There can be no food security without climate security,” said Ban Ki-moon ... keep reading
Written by Brett Walton this week, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
Actions Speak Loudest: Keeping Our Promise for a Better World, a new book by Robert McKinnon inspires us to keep a generational promise to leave the world a better place than we inherited. This collection of photos, essays, and calls to action draw attention to thirty-one important issues facing this ... keep reading
Written by Kyana Gordon this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Art & Culture, Children and Families, Climate Change, Design, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media
Al Gore hasn’t been resting on his laurels since An Inconvenient Truth. His substantial new book Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis has grown out of the more than 30 lengthy and intensive “Solution Summits” he has organised to enable leading experts from round the world ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Celebrities, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government
The upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen have highlighted an interesting dilemma. Nations worldwide are trying to shirk their responsibilities around emissions and their economies. So called “developed” nations like the U.S., U.K., and Australia are having a difficult political time getting industries to swallow the fact that big ... keep reading
Written by Chris Tobias this week, about Climate Change, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development
Some very good news on the international front, as the UK Guardian reports today: During a hastily convened breakfast meeting in Singapore, the US president supported a Danish plan to salvage something from the moribund negotiations by aiming for a broad political agreement and postponing contentious decisions on emissions targets ... keep reading
Written by Joe Romm this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Design, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development
When the world thinks of forests and their value to offset global warming, tropical forests come to mind. A report released last week shows that the global impact of Canada’s boreal forest, which stores nearly twice as much carbon per hectare as tropical forests, has been vastly underestimated. The ... keep reading
Written by Canadian Boreal Iniative this month, about Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Weather
Have a look at this video, recently posted by WWF. It shows American youth calling on President Obama to personally attend the imminent climate change conference in Denmark next month. The clip features children discussing the impending effects of global warming on their nation and the world, as well as ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Education, Events, Media, Politics & Government
Internews, an international NGO working to empower local media globally, has announced the 15 winners of the Earth Journalism Awards this week. They have also opened up voting to the public online, in order to find a 16th winner. The winners will travel to Copenhagen next month in order to ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. this month, about Climate Change, Education, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government
The Biennial Solar Decathlon, which pits some of the world’s best engineering students against one another, has culminated with Team Germany’s “Cube House” being declared the winner, says an October 16 press release from the U.S. Department of Energy. “This competition to build zero carbon homes has ... keep reading
Written by Rob Fierro this month, about Architecture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Education, Events, Green energy, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Solar
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