397 posts tagged Carbon Neutral

Costa Rica will plan 7 million trees in 2008. Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has called for a national plan of action and a national agenda that would reduce the causes provoking one of the major problems facing humanity today: global warming.

(Photo of Google logo from Flickr and photographer Douglas Porter.) News Update 4: Nonprofit Climate Counts has released its second annual ranking of 56 consumer companies’ commitment to going green. Criteria are measurement of emissions, plans to reduce them, and disclosure.

To develop a better idea of the companies mission and vision i have selected a few of the issues my organisation will attempt to tackle. Deforestation and the destruction of the Amazon Destruction of natural resources Carbon footprint Throw away society Ill- informed citizens about recycling,

Radiohead has taken on the issue of human trafficking, in addition to their work on climate change and their dedication environmental activism and carbon neutral performances. The band has joined forces with MTV to raise awareness about child slavery and sex trafficking.

too many opportunities… May 13, 2008 by waterguy Not a subject line you’d initially think of as being a problem, but the opportunities to help others seems to be taking up an inordinate amount of time lately… It’s currently gone midnight and I’ve just finished reading the YE (young enterprise) submissions I’m helping judge tomorrow evening over in East Grinstead.

Today I was reading the news online and found a great example of why I want live in Costa Rica. This short article talks about Costa Rica’s plans to plant 7 million trees in 2008 to help in its plan to become carbon neutral.  Eventhough Costa Rica is such a small country, they understand how important

This is the first year I’ve been privileged to live in close proximity to an REI, and I’m definitely going to miss the quick access to great outdoor gear when we move in August. REI’s just-released 2008 stewardship report has some great green highlights: A goal to reduce their 2006 emission levels by one-third by 2009 – that’s moving fast, people.

If you are fence sitting on doing your part to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, and, more importantly, fence sitting on pushing your congresscritters to pass MUCH MORE STRINGENT legislation to make sure Corporations and Government do their part, you need to read the blogpost over at TomGram, which

I sometimes wonder about this country. First of all we told the world that we were clean and green and carbon friendly, so we signed the Kyoto Protocol as a sign of good faith. Our government likes to set a good example and we are very PC (politically correct) so we led the way.

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