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SBN Offsets 450 tonnes of CO2 for World Environment Day

    The Sustainable Business Network (SBN) has planted sufficient trees to offset 450 tonnes of carbon dioxide at planting events for World Environment Day. In total 3000 native species were planted at sites in Auckland and Tauranga during the 100 Tonne Challenge, involving volunteers from several SBN member organisations.   “We set ... keep reading

Written by Celsias this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Carbon Sequestration, Emissions, Events

Do the Maths Tour is This Week -Check out site nearest you

One of the world's most respected speakers and activists on climate change, award winning author and journalist, leader of the Keystone XL pipeline protests in the US - Bill McKibben - is bringing his Do The Math talk to New Zealand in June.  Bill McKibben, a well-known environmental author and activist ... keep reading

Written by Celsias this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Events

Do the Math Tour is Coming to New Zealand

    One of the world's most respected speakers and activists on climate change, award winning author and journalist, leader of the Keystone XL pipeline protests in the US - Bill McKibben - is bringing his Do The Math talk to New Zealand in June.  Bill McKibben, a well-known environmental author and activist ... keep reading

Written by 350.org this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Events, Sustainability

Do the Math on Climate Change

The trailer of Bill Mckibben's "Do the Math" about to screen at a number of locations in New Zealand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLr_lfyRfqY               keep reading

Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Events

Climate Change Inspires New Literary Genre- Cli Fi

When Superstorm Sandy hit New York City last fall, the publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, like most everything else, totally shut down. It was a week before power returned to FSG, according to Brian Gittis, a senior publicist. When he got back to his office, he began sorting through galleys ... keep reading

Written by NPR last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Events, Weather

Green Storm Headed for the IT World

A Green technology brainstorm is headed for the IT world as International Green IT Awareness Week   running from the 1 - 7 June 2013 aims to shine a spotlight on Green IT and pave the way for organisations and individuals to initiate, promote and support Green IT  discussions and action. The ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in April, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Clean Tech, Computing, Consumerism, Events, Industry & Business, Innovation

If We Fail Our Environment, We Fail Our Human Rights

"We continue to fail to protect and conserve our environment in many respects, often with dire consequences for the enjoyment of human rights, despite great progress in some areas,”warned a group of United Nations independent experts on the occasion of Earth Day 2013. “In the decades since the first ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in April, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Events, Politics & Government, Sustainability, Transparency

The Green Challenge Open For Your Entry

Sir Richard Branson is chairing the jury of this year’s Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. The seventh edition of the annual competition for green business plans opens today to sustainable startups all over the world. The winner will receive € 500.000,- to carry out his or her plan. An additional ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in April, about awards, Clean Tech, Design, Events, Innovation, Intellectual Property (1 comment)

Earth Day 2013

When is Earth Day? April 22.What is the history of Earth Day?  The first Earth Day   took place in 1970 and spawned the modern environmental movement. That “national environmental teach-in,” when 20 million Americans took to the streets to demand an end to environmental degradation, led directly to the ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in April, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Events (1 comment)

Climate Change is Far Worse Than I Projected 6 Years Ago - Lord Stern

Climate change is actually far more threatening than it was six years ago when he wrote the famous Stern Report, according to Lord Nicholas Stern.  Stern, speaking at the IMF HQ has  painted a very dire  picture of emissions being at the top end of the Stern Review projections and ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in April, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Events, Population, Poverty

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