Archive for March, 2009

• iYo YoYo – The yo-yo charger for your iPhone and iPod

  Swedish designer Peter Thuvander has come up with the iYo YoYo, a nifty green alternative way to charge your iPhone or iPod. “To celebrate my new Iphone and the fact that darkness is looming over me. I´ve done this: An …

• Watch: Vattenfall’s greenwashing campaign continues to face protests

  Last year I reported about Vattenfall, Europe’s third-largest energy company which is entirely owned by the Swedish government, and their latest greenwashing campaign. Their campaign involved a “climate manifesto” to hide their own dirty businesses, and on top of that …

• IPCC scientists says climate change have exceeded their estimates

  Photo credit: jonasclemens During the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently scientists warned that the pace of climate change ”have largely outpaced” the models and estimates from the IPCC 2007 report. They warned …

• European cities sign climate change agreement, pledges to go beyond the 20% agreement

  Mayors from 400 cities around Europe have signed the Covenant of Mayors agreement and promised to go beyond EU’s 20% by 2020 energy and climate goals. The whole idea with the Covenant of Mayors pact is to “go beyond” EU’s …

• Watch: Coen Brothers New “Clean Coal” Ad

  The Reality Coalition recently released a new TV ad, called “Air Freshener“. It’s directed by Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen. In the ad a pitchman tries to sell a “Clean Coal Clean”-scented air freshener that works just as …

• Fertilizer Plants, Soccer Fields, Elementary Schools, Air Pollution and the Economic Crisis in Salamanca

  I play soccer in a large park in the eastern part of Salamanca. West of the park are the train tracks and on the other side of the tracks is a large elementary school, immediately east of the park is …

• Green Blog is now on Twitter!

  You can now find us mini-blogging, posting updates, commentaries and links on Twitter. If you got a Twitter account just go to http://twitter.com/envirospace and follow us! We are interested in everything related to the environment and politics. So if you …

• Guiding the public towards a greener way of life

  On Saturday the 21st of February, an unusual event took place in the central square of Athens. The Tourist Guide Organisation took a very important initiative in raising public awareness by organizing a unique exhibition. Using a small part of …