Posts Tagged ‘video’

• Attack on critical mass in Brazil

  Last week an angry motorist mowed down a large group of bicyclists who participated in a critical mass event in Porto Alegre, Brazil (see video below). According to the Urban Country the attack left at least 15 riders injured and …

• Naomi Klein: Our societies are addicted to risk

  Naomi Klein, the well-known Canadian journalist and social activist who is the author of books such as the highly acclaimed “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism“, recently held a TED Talk about our addiction to risks (see video …

• Watch: Indiscriminate logging in Latvia is fueled by Britain’s markets

  Al Jazeera English takes a closer look at the forests in Latvia which are being cut down at an unsustainable rate in one of their recent episodes of People & Power. “The Baltic nation of Latvia is blessed with some …

• 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 …

• “Al Gore Must Come Out With a Sequel to His Film and Call It An Inconvenient Truth 2: What the F*ck Is Wrong With You People?”

  In one of his recent New Rules segment Bill Maher said that Al Gore should "come out with a sequel to his movie about climate change and call it, An Inconvenient Truth 2: What the Fuck Is Wrong with You …

• Watch: Barack Obama explains basic climate science

  During a visit to Henderson Nevada, President Obama explained basic climate science for the people who had gathered to listen to him at the town hall. “First of all, we just got five feet of snow in Washington and so …

• We must go from capitalism to socialism to tackle climate change, says Hugo Chavez

  In an interesting interview during COP15 Amy Goodman from Democracy Now asks Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, about his view of the climate summit in Copenhagen, climate change, USA, and the huge oil reserves in Venezuela. Watch it: “AMY GOODMAN: …

• Watch Hugo Chavez: Capitalism is the way to the destruction of the planet

  Yesterday Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, made a passionate and courageous speech at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Chavez criticized President Obama’s “laughable” promise to help climate change and also said that capitalism will destroy our planet. Watch …

• The expectations on Copenhagen among young people

  Jonathan Sundqvist is following the COP15 negotiations in Copenhagen from a Swedish/European perspective and is writing about it on Adopt a Negotiator as well as here on Green Blog. Today I walked around and asked a number of young people …

• Watch: Obama scales back goals for America after visiting Denny’s

  Obama will abandon complex policies on emissions, clean coal and refocus on achievable goals like applying deodorant daily, learning what to say when you burp. Don’t worry! It’s just some good’ol satire. Or is it?