Posts Tagged ‘Scandinavia’

• 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 …

• Norway takes the lead on climate change, announces commitment to reduce emissions with 40% by 2020

  Big and exciting news are coming today from the UNFCCC climate talks currently being held in Bangkok, Thailand. Norway has announced a commitment to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions with 40% by 2020 – based on 1990 levels. This emission …

• James Lovelock: “I hope we are civilised when climate disaster strikes”

  The Inter Press Service has an interesting interview with James Lovelock, known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, about everything from the IPCC to geo-engineering and climate tipping points. Lovelock has earlier said that he believes that climate change is now …

• Sweden’s biggest wind farm is in planning stage, will supply as much energy as a nuclear plant

  Photo credit: phault Sölvesborg, a small village near the coast located in southern Sweden, was first in the world with sea-based wind power. And now it might become the place for Sweden’s and northern Europe’s largest offshore wind farm. The …

• Sweden’s largest wind farm gets its first approval

  Sweden has approved Universal Wind Offshore’s plans to construct Scandinavia’s largest offshore wind farm. The wind farm will be built in the Kattegatt strait about 30 kilometres off Sweden’s southwestern coast and cover an area of about 60 square kilometres. …

• Scandic Hotels bans bottled water

  Scandic, the Nordic hotel company, have decided to ban water on bottle on all of their 141 hotels this year. Instead of bottled water their customers will be offered ordinary and carbonated water from water taps from the hotel. It …

• Ericsson’s greener cell tower

  The cell phone towers are in today’s society a valuable service and you can pretty much find a tower anywhere you go. Yet they look like trash and people can go into legal battles if a company tries to put …