Archive for August, 2010

• Swedish Government Wins Greenwash Award

  The Swedish right-wing government has won the yearly greenwash award in Sweden! The greenwash award is given to a company or a person who have done the best job to avoid real environmental action, and instead put effort into creating …

• Global warming evidence is ‘unmistakable’

  A new report released by the Met Office and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has come to the conclusion that there is "unmistakable signs" that "the world is warming". The report is based on 10 different indicators of …

• Individual responsibility versus collective action: An examination of the impact of environmental advertising

  Photo credit: Jesse Kruger Does the individualization of environmentalism have any merits? Can it successfully co-exist with collective action? Environmental advertising (or “green” advertising) assures consumers that they can evoke positive environmental change by adopting simple habits and by purchasing …

• “This may be the only political issue whose results could be catastrophic permanently”

  Here is a quick quote from Tom Toles, a pulitzer prize-winning political cartoonist at the Washington Post, about the ongoing “climate debate”: “We are apparently going to let the debate on the science run until hell freezes over. If you …

• Copenhagen and Lund – two cities in Scandinavia where bicycles dominate

  Here are two videos from Streetfilms and the BBC which shows two cities in Scandinavia where bicycles dominate. You have probably already heard about Copenhagen and the city’s great reputation as a bicycle city. But you might not have heard …

• Wolfgang Sachs on sustainable development vs economic growth

  German scholar Wolfgang Sachs talked about sustainable development versus economic growth in Copenhagen on invitation by The Ecological Council, The European Environment Agency and the Danish newspaper Information. Wolfgang Sachs is a former professor, former chairman of Greenpeace Germany, author …

• A Picture is Worth… How our economy is killing the planet

  The graph below clearly shows that something is seriously wrong with our economy. Our overconsumption and fixation for more and more growth is killing our planet. You can click on the image to see it in more detail or explore …