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Five Ways to Game Global Warming (www.motherjones.com) TMC

These online ecofantasies put the fun back into saving the planet.

Tags: global warming,tmc,environment,sustainability,online ecofantasies

Submitted about 20 hours ago by cdoherty on Sustain | 0 Comments |

A Spend in Need is a Spend Indeed (www.grist.org) TMC

The head of the world's top climate scientists says he is stunned at the trillion-dollar cheques that have been signed to ease the banking crisis when funding for poverty and global warming is... More

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Submitted about 20 hours ago by cdoherty on Sustain | 0 Comments |

Climate Spurs Direct Action (www.yesmagazine.org) TMC

As warnings about the potentially disastrous effects of climate change become even more severe, direct action tactics and civil disobedience have received acknowledgment and legitimacy from some... More

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Submitted 2 days ago by cdoherty on Sustain | 0 Comments |

Warning Warming (www.grist.org) TMC

War, hunger, poverty and sickness will stalk humanity if the world fails to tackle climate change, a 12-day U.N. conference on global warming heard on Monday. A volley of grim warnings sounded out... More

Tags: global warming,warning,environment,global crisis,tmc,climate change

Submitted 3 days ago by cdoherty on Sustain | 0 Comments |

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut (www.grist.org) TMC

Green groups upped the pressure at U.N. climate talks in Poland on Monday with wacky stunts aimed at prodding delegates from around the world to get moving on a new deal to tackle global... More

Tags: greens,un,climate talks,climate crisis,global warming,tmc

Submitted 3 days ago by cdoherty on Sustain | 0 Comments |

The Transition Initiative World Tour: Coming to a Continent Near You (www.chelseagreen.com) TMC

Transition Totnes…Transition Newcastle…Transition North Howe…Kildare…El Manzano…Fujino…Montpelier… They’re popping up everywhere, thanks to folks like Sophy Banks and Naresh... More

Tags: tmc,chelsea green,the transition initiative,climate change,global warming,environment,sustainability

Submitted 3 days ago by robertharding on Sustain | 0 Comments |

A Slow-Down Dirty Shame (www.grist.org) TMC

On the eve of the next round of United Nations climate-treaty talks in Poznan, Poland, U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer warned the world's nations against a "cheap and dirty" fix for the economy that... More

Tags: tmc,grist,united nations,climate change,global warming,dirty energy

Submitted 3 days ago by robertharding on Sustain | 0 Comments |

Recessions and Global Warming (www.prospect.org) TMC

It's hard to say how a global recession will play out on climate change. On the one hand, it's making countries much more nervous about any measures that could have a short-term economic cost. Poland,... More

Tags: recession,global warming,tmc,climate change,fossil fuels

Submitted 9 days ago by cdoherty on Sustain | 0 Comments |

Address Climate Change With These Tips : Green Building Elements (greenbuildingelements.com)

Building Design and Construction recently published a white paper addressing climate change and green buildings. It offers several tips that designers can use to reduce the impact of their buildings.

Tags: climate change,global warming,building design,energy efficiency

Submitted 9 days ago by treehuggerconsulting on Sustain | 0 Comments |

Diet for a Warm Planet (www.motherjones.com) TMC

In 1985 i interviewed James Hansen at his nasa office in New York City about a problem called the greenhouse effect that few outside of science had heard of and fewer would take seriously for another... More

Tags: tmc,greenhouse effect,co2 concentration,fossil fuels,sustainable,global warming

Submitted 22 days ago by cdoherty on Sustain | 0 Comments |

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