Just a few days ago activists from Greenpeace made a rather remarkable visit to the World Energy Congress in Rome, Italy.
Now they have done it, again. A total of four remote controlled banners unrolled during Fulvio Conti’s speech, he is the director of ENEL, with the text: “ENEL: Do Not Export Nuclear Risk”.
Now how did the old saying go? “Fool me once Shame on you. Fool me twice Shame on me.”
More after the jump (+Video)!
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I love games and so does almost everyone I know. So there is no wonder that the game industry these days generates more revenue than Hollywood does. But getting your hands on your game isn’t the easiest or safest way, and it’s far from “green”.
First you must take your gas guzzling car to the local super mall. But somehow that super mall isn’t so local because you have to travel by car to the areas outside your city. If you are lucky some cities have a good public transportation system but you will still need to spend time, money and oil to get there.
Just today, Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Nobel Prize winner said:
The effects of climate change are being felt already… Climate change will hit hardest the poorest and most vulnerable countries. Its overall effect, however, will be felt by everyone and will in some cases threaten people’s very survival.
Failing to recognize the urgency of this message and acting on it would be nothing less than criminally irresponsible.
Source: The Times of India
As a person and consumer you have the power to do something about climate change. Never forget or think otherwise. Sure you may wonder how much you’ll actually help by replacing your CFLs, recycling etc but in the end all small things path up to something bigger and more meaningful, especially when many join in.
This is part one of a series of posts explaining and giving advice on what you can do to combat climate change from your home, in the store, when you travel and on your spare time. All the things listed are easy to do, some things will take a little longer, but most of them will help save you money (besides all the positive effects on our earth).
How in earths name did they succeed with this one!?
Today Greenpeace activists made a visit to the World Energy Congress in Rome, Italy, to protest about the plans to continue allowing CO2 emissions to increase until year 2030 and the nuclear power expansion ideas. Two activists unfurled a five by seven metre banner reading “Stop Nuclear Madness – Energy Revolution Now” during the actual opening ceremony.
Update: Video and more after the jump.
It’s time for a new week and a brand new “Question of the Week”. But first, let’s see how you voted on last weeks question “Would you vote for Al Gore in the (USA) presidential election 2008?“:
Here comes another clever environment ad. This one is from the national power company Eskom in South Africa.
Related: Clever ad on bridge in Amsterdam
via WattWatt
Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) are low energy efficient light bulbs that you probably already use in every lamp in your home. At least I hope you do, if not shame on you.
As we all also know CFLs have one bad side. They contain small amounts of mercury. These small amounts are not dangerous for you, but in vast amounts they are. That’s why it’s sad that there isn’t a global or major plan to recycle the broken and old CFLs.
But maybe that is starting to change? IKEA recently announced that they will, in USA, offer free recycling of any CFL that walks through its door, even if the CFL hasn’t been bought in one of the many IKEA stores.
It’s a great initiative from IKEA that hopefully other companies around the world will follow.
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A new green political movement is growing that see the climate crisis as a revolutionary possibility to create a new world, a new world based on Eco-socialism.
In September 2001 a meeting regarding socialism and ecology was held outside of Paris in France. Two of the participants, Joel Kovel and Michael Lowy wrote an ecosocialistic manifesto.
The manifesto called for like-minded to getting together started to take form the 7-8th October when about 60 participants from around the world created the Ecosocialist International Network.
At France’s environmental policy making forum, le Grenelle de l’Environnement, Nicolas Sarkozy said this:
“From now on, every major public project, every public decision will be judged on its effect on climate, and on its carbon cost. Each public decision will be judged on how it affects bio-diversity. The onus won’t be on ecological decisions to prove their merit, but on non-ecological projects to prove they can’t be done any other way. Non-ecological decisions must be taken as a last resort. It’s a total revolution in the way we govern our country.”
Let’s just hope this is not just fine words and talk.
In other news from the environmental forum Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday issued a ban on the most inefficient light bulbs by 2010 in France.
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