A comedic look at how janitors feel about office workers who can’t be bothered to recycle. From the wonderful Nature Conservancy. Adendum: Having only ever once watched an episode of Scrubbs, I completely missed that this was the grumpy janitor from that series, and that it was a hospital and not an office. Thank you …
Google has launched the UK Carbon Footprint Project to help people in the UK to calculate, track and compare our carbon footprints with others living in the UK in 3 steps. Step 1: When you decide to get started calculating your carbon footprint, Google will take you to your own personalised iGoogle page with a …
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The amazing REM’s new song Until the Day is Done accompanies the trailer of CNN’s new documentary Planet in Peril. Watch the full documentary on CNN International on Wednesday 24th & Thursday 25th October at 13.00 & 19.00 GMT. “There’s literally one species that holds the cards. It’s our species, human beings, that controls the …
This is a guest post by Pete Roche, editor of the No2nuclearpower website. The UK Government’s consultation on the Future of Nuclear Power – forced on to it by a successful legal action brought by Greenpeace – ended on Wednesday 10th October. By coincidence, Wednesday was also the 50th anniversary of Britain’s worst nuclear accident …
A satirical look at how climate change is affecting the mating habits of the birds and bees of the British countryside.
You may recall a post here a while ago about a group in Sweden who call themselves The Indians of the Concrete Jungle. Their campaign involves deflating tyres on 4-wheel drive vehicles and is spreading across Sweden like wildfire, stirring up a national debate and bringing out the worst in 4×4 drivers. Here is a …
Our government supports the building of new nuclear power stations across the UK as a means of securing a future energy supply. But instead of “bridging the power gap” between fossil fuels and renewables, this means we’ll be creating tens of thousands of tonnes of hazardous radioactive waste which will remain dangerous for a million …
“The youth of this country have been working hard for change. We’ve read the writing on the wall and will not let our leaders fail us on addressing global warming. And what have we already done about it? A hell of a lot.” So say the youth of America in the Power Shift 2007 blog. …
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Climate change is at the top of Europe’s political agenda but not everyone is happy about that. The world’s biggest oil company, ExxonMobil, is working hard to block internationally agreed policies designed to combat climate change. Take a look how ExxonMobil is twisting the facts and help put an end to their misleading advertising. [via: …
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