Archive for November, 2008

• Organic Skincare and Beauty Sales on the Rise

  Photo credit: Material Boy The current economy is forcing most of us to cut spending anywhere we can. But it looks like we are still willing to fork over a little green when it comes to green cosmetics. I have …

• New climate report says we must rapidly decarbonise our society

  Tomorrow a new and updated version of last year’s climate report, Climate Code Red, will be released. The Climate Safety report from the Public Interest Research Center (PIRC), an independent charity studying and communicating vital global issues in the UK, …

• Key Climate Emergency Facts and Actions Summary for 2009 Australian Climate Action Summit

  The 2009 Australian Climate Action Summit of Climate Change Activists will be held in Canberra on the weekend before the first day of the 2009 Federal Parliament – Saturday 31st January – Monday 2nd February 2009. According to the organizers: …

• No Toxins in Those Stockings

  Well, we all know that we don’t want to give our kids another pile of plastic for Christmas this year, but be careful with those stocking stuffers too. Little girls love lip gloss, lotion and bath gel, and with every …

• Obama: I look forward to working with all nations to meet the climate challenge

  Yesterday, during the Governors Global Climate Summit in California, Obama promised that USA would “engage vigorously” in the climate negotiations and “help lead the world toward a new era of global cooperation on climate change”. Unfortunately Obama yesterday turned down …

• Obama promises actions on climate change, not going to attend UN climate conference

  During a climate summit in California today Barack Obama said, in a taped video, that his “presidency will mark a new chapter in America’s leadership on climate change”. Obama spoke about his support for a cap-and-trade system and that he …

• Obama on 60 Minutes: “We go from shock to trance and that has to be broken”

  In his first interview since the election Barack Obama talked with 60 Minutes about the economy, energy and about the failing auto industry in USA. In the interview Obama said that “the challenges that we’re confronting are enormous” and many, …

• Vattenfall’s latest climate campaign faces protests from environmental organisations

  If you live in northern Europe you might have heard about a new “climate manifesto” from Vattenfall, Europe’s third-largest energy company which is wholly owned by the Swedish government. With this “climate manifesto” Vattenfall is a trying to influence politicians …

• 2008 Walk Against Warming – Thousands of Australians Protest Government Inaction over Climate Emergency

  Tens of thousands of decent Green Australians attended the 2008 Walk Against Warming that was held in Melbourne, Sydney and other Australian centres on November 15, 2008 to protest government INACTION over the mounting Climate Emergency Shortly after the huge …

• Al Gore lays out his energy and climate plan

  Photo credit: World Economic Forum In an article in the New York Times, titled “The Climate for Change,” Al Gore lays out his climate and energy plan, which he says is needed “to begin an emergency rescue of human civilization …