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Video: The climate change tipping point
Posted in: Found on the web by Andrew Zincke , October 13, 2008 – 10:00 am
This video from animator Leo Murray and his friends at the Royal College of Art is worth 11 minutes of your time.
Although Leo admits on his website, ‘I am not a scientist, I’m an animator’, he does a good job of explaining the science behind global warming. The animation itself is deceptively simple and very…
Arc theatre: Waiting for Change
Posted in: Green recommends by Ruth Harwood , October 11, 2008 – 10:00 am
Pause and Play Climate Change
Last week I went to see Arc Theatre’s Waiting for Change – an improvised and interactive play at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre, in London. This play has been used to explore the issues around climate change with secondary school and adult audiences across the UK and worldwide.
The plot revolves…
The credit crunch and planet crunch
Posted in: Burning issues, In the news by Will Watt , October 10, 2008 – 10:12 am
On 15 September Evan Davis hosted a live debate on Radio 4, ‘The Credit Crunch Mess – What’s Next?’ An expert panel tackled three key questions: whether banks should be reined in, whether consumers should be spending less and saving more, and whether the era of American dominance is over.
While talk of de-leveraging, liquidity and…
Ask Chris: electric cars
Posted in: Columnists by Chris Goodall , October 9, 2008 – 12:04 pm
Q: With reference to electric vehicles being eco-friendly, what is the supposed sustainable source of the electricity used to charge the batteries? Are we being sold a conscience-saving dummy? John Bligh
A: Hello John, an electric vehicle travelling at the same speed as a petrol car of the same size will be using about one third…
Green prisons
Posted in: Burning issues by Lily Barclay , October 8, 2008 – 10:23 am
Green architecture, a private beach and organic cuisine might sound like the credentials of a luxury spa, but it’s actually the world’s first ecological jail. Inmates at Bastoey Prison in Norway are responsible for recycling their rubbish, tending the vegetables and caring for the prison’s lambs, cows and pigs. And drugs aren’t the only banned…
Greenpeace and the Kingsnorth trial
Posted in: In the news by Lily Barclay , October 7, 2008 – 10:37 am
Environmentalists everywhere might have been pleasantly surprised by the recent acquittal of the Greenpeace activists. After all, no matter what you think of the verdict, it certainly sent out a powerful message about the public’s changing attitude to climate change.
The six climate change activists were cleared of causing more than £30,000 of damage at Kingsnorth…
A luxury we can’t afford?
Posted in: In the news by Will Watt , October 6, 2008 – 10:05 am
In some ways, a huge sense of relief seems to have come over the country and its media. All those difficult questions posed by the unsustainable lifestyles we lead can all be forgotten in the face of a good old-fashioned recession.
Neil Tweedie in the Telegraph (30 August) urges us to “Forget about carbon offsetting and…
Video: Waikiki - the Venice of the Pacific?
Posted in: Found on the web by Andrew Zincke , October 3, 2008 – 10:27 am
For decades Waikiki, Hawaii, has enticed travellers the world over with a dream of of lazy days spent on beautiful beaches. However, as this clip from the locally produced series ‘Go Green Hawaii’ shows, Waikiki is at risk of becoming a new ‘Venice’ or, at worst, being abandoned.
The basics of rising sea levels are covered…
The new face of giving?
Posted in: Burning issues by Sharath Jeevan , October 2, 2008 – 12:03 pm
The way we give to charity is changing. Not so long ago, we didn’t tend to ask much about where our donations were going – just giving to a reputable “good cause” was enough.
But today, we demand a lot more. We want more control over how our donations are used and greater reassurance that…
Are the green inspectors watching you?
Posted in: Burning issues by Lily Barclay , October 1, 2008 – 10:50 am
The idea of your neighbours snooping through the net curtains might make you feel uneasy at the best of times. But what if they had a green agenda? A new neighbourhood scheme has seen councils recruiting for undercover, unpaid “environmental volunteers” to name and shame their naughty neighbours.
The idea is to reduce dog fouling, fly-tipping…
