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Climate Mitigation Efforts Impact on Tribal Groups

With the Copenhagen conference underway, the world’s attention has turned to the issues of global warming and the measures nations need to take to prevent catastrophic warming on Earth. It is widely acknowledged that CO2 emissions need to be reduced in order to cool the planet, and some helpful ... keep reading

Written by Kate R. in December 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Weather

Seeing REDD: Could There Be a More Complicated Way to Save Forests?

Trying to stop the destruction of the world’s remaining forests is a complicated affair.  One proposed mechanism to help in the battle is a clean development mechanism for developing countries called REDD, or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation.  The general idea behind it is to give developing ... keep reading

Written by Chris Tobias in November 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development, Water

Dirty Stories

In order to generate excitement around humble dirt - the star of a new movie bearing its name - people are being encouraged to visit the official site and share their own soil stories. Dirt! The Movie, due out in December, tells the amazing story of humans and our relationship with the ... keep reading

Written by Kate R. in November 2009, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Deforestation, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Permaculture, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Weather

Greenpeace Host Palm Oil Public Meeting

Greenpeace and the Indonesia Human Rights Organisation are holding a public meeting next Tuesday, in order to discuss issues surrounding the Palm Oil trade. The meeting will be held at Auckland University in lecture theatre 404 of the Engineering Building from 7 - 8.30pm. Greenpeace say the aim is to ... keep reading

Written by Kate R. in October 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Media, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development

The True Costs of Palm Oil (+ Video)

The use of Palm Oil in consumer products has received quite a bit of media attention lately. Large corporates Cadbury and Fonterra have both been on the receiving end of criticism, due to the utilization of palm oil or by-products in their goods. But do people really understand the true ... keep reading

Written by Sarah B. in October 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Children and Families, Consumerism, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Media, Politics & Government (2 comments)

Harvested to make Ecstasy, Cambodia's trees are Felled One by One

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The pulse of dance-club music plays like a jungle beat, as thumping bass notes flirt with flashing lights, liquor and ecstasy of the pharmaceutical kind. Miles and miles away, a little-known multi-billion dollar battle is playing out in the remote wilderness of Cambodia, linking the club scene ... keep reading

Written by Sam Campbell in September 2009, about Children and Families, Consumerism, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans

Activists Board Ship with Palm Kernel Cargo

Greenpeace activists boarded the ship East Ambition in Tauranga's harbour in an attempt to prevent the ongoing importation of palm kernels from Indonesia yesterday. After 10 hours aboard the ship, the last of the activists were removed by police late last night. The palm kernels aboard the vessel are ... keep reading

Written by Kate R. in September 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Deforestation, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Politics & Government, Pollution

Ring Fence not Ring Bark Tree Protection

The Government’s last-minute changes to the Resource Management Act - released yesterday - will hasten the chop for protected trees, despite public outcry.   "While the Greens have suggested slowing down controversial cuts to tree protection, National are hell bent on fast tracking changes. They are using urgency in Parliament and are ... keep reading

Written by The Green Party in September 2009, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Politics & Government

Are We Ready for REDD?

Courtesy of Chinadialogue  : An agreement to curb deforestation is expected to be one of the major outcomes of this year’s global climate-change negotiations in Copenhagen  . There is an extensive, often theoretical, debate about the merits of using market mechanisms to slow deforestation. But ahead of the negotiations in December ... keep reading

Written by Tan Copsey in August 2009, about Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development

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