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Little strokes make big pictures: Covering climate change in South Asian media
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Given the surfeit of media stories on climate in the build-up to the Copenhagen climate conference (7-18 Dec 2009), it would appear that journalists have little or no difficulty in covering this literally hot topic, right?Wrong. The planet is warming, but not all editors and other media gate-keepers have yet warmed up ...2 days ago -
Copenhagen: ‘Fourteen days to seal history’s judgment on this generation’
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Today, 7 December 2009, the latest UN-FCCC climate negotiations begin in Copenhagen, Denmark. It’s not just another environmental conference – this one can make or break the future of our world.Recognising this, 56 newspapers from 45 countries across the world have up with common editorial and demanded that world ...2 days ago -
Viterbo Memorandum by Greenaccord: Time to act on climate crisis is NOW!
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“We know the climate is changing, probably as a result of humanity’s pollution; species are disappearing fast; deforestation is rampant; over-fishing is rife; water shortages are increasing; resource consumption is growing and so is the world’s population.“…If this catastrophe unfolds, historians will look ...1 week ago -
Wanted, urgent: Next-Gen Jacque Cousteaus to be our tour guides to Planet Ocean!
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As my Australian diver friend Valerie used to say, the trouble with many of us land-lubbers is that we have ‘no idea what’s going on in the sea that covers three quarters of our planet’. Yet what we do – and don’t do – affects the fate of the sea and all its creatures and [...]1 week ago -
The Ultimate Race on a Warming Planet: Education vs. Catastrophe
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“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe,” said H G Wells, British writer and social activist (1866 – 1946).This is one of my all time favourite quotes. With amazing economy of words, the author of science fiction classics such as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds has ...1 week ago -
Taste the Waste: Uncovering a crime against humanity and Nature
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“How can we explain the fact that one sixth of humanity goes to bed hungry every night, when the world already produces enough food for all?“The short answer is that there are serious anomalies in the distribution of food. Capricious and uncaring market forces prevent millions of people from having at least one ...2 weeks ago -
The Toilet is still a luxury for 2.5 billion people worldwide…
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It had to happen sooner or later: a world day dedicated to, ahem, toilets. When all sorts of public interest causes are claiming the 365 days of our year, it was only a matter of time.19 November is World Toilet Day – a day to celebrate the humble, yet vitally important, toilet and to raise [...]2 weeks ago -
Available Technology to Help Make Home Lighting More Eco-Friendly
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Everyday we have chioces to make that can help the health of our planet. It seems that there is never enough time to do everything that we can or want to do. Some choices we know, and it’s just a matter of using them. We buy reusable shopping bags and all we need to do [...]3 weeks ago -
From the Maldives to Boulder, Colorado: ‘Small Islands’ film making waves…
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y good friend Dilrukshi Handunnetti, a leading investigative journalist in Sri Lanka, is currently on a Jefferson Fellowship traveling in the United States. She is one of a dozen journalists from the Asia Pacific who have been competitively chosen to participate in this prestigious programme, which in 2009 is focusing ...4 weeks ago -
Going Green Might Help Sell Your Home
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Not only does living green provide a healthier lifestyle and lower electricity and utility bills, but according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), 90 percent of home buyers have said that energy efficiency is a significant factor that they are looking for in a new home! Now that you know it could ...4 weeks ago -
Eco Friendly Shopping Ideas for a Greener Holiday Season
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Now that Halloween is over, its officially the ‘Holiday Shopping Season’ and a good time for some tips on managing our consumption. Over the holiday season, westerners generate more trash than at any other time of the year so here are some helpful ideas to reduce our impact and have a happy, healthy holiday. ...5 weeks ago -
6 Creative and Inexpensive Christmas Gift Wrap Ideas
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If you’re looking for fun, low cost ways to wrap your gifts this holiday season, check out these tips for Christmas wrapping paper. They’re not only inexpensive, they’re also ecofriendly and creative! Before the tips, a quip: “Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas,” ...5 weeks ago -
Satinder Bindra: It’s the message, stupid (and never mind the UN branding)!
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Satinder Bindra left active journalism a couple of years ago when he joined the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) as its Director of the Division of Communications and Public Information (DCPI) based at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi. But thank goodness he still thinks and acts like a journalist.Satinder, whom I first met ...5 weeks ago -
Adrian Cowell and ‘The Decade of Destruction’: A film can make a difference!
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Whatever we might think about Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth, I’m glad it has settled one question: can a single film make a difference in tipping public opinion about a matter of global importance? The answer, where climate change is concerned, is a resounding yes!But years or decades before Al Gore, other ...5 weeks ago -
Linking ‘weather’ to ‘climate’: Journalists’ big challenge then…and now!
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I used to describe my job as one where I try to make sense of our topsy-turvy world. But I’d happily settle for the simpler description ‘connecting the dots’. This is what we as journalists covering development issues must do everyday in our work:• link the macro with the micro; and• find inter-relationships ...5 weeks ago -
Orissa Cyclone + 10: Revisiting Nature’s greenbelt protection…
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his week marks the 10th anniversary of the deadly cyclone that hit India’s eastern state of Orissa.The 1999 Orissa cyclone, also known as Cyclone 05B, and Paradip cyclone, was the deadliest Indian Ocean tropical cyclone since the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, and deadliest Indian storm since 1971. The storm made landfall ...6 weeks ago -
Pierre Fitter from NEWS-X wins TVEAP Environment Journalist Award 2009
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Pierre Fitter from Indian news channel NEWSX was given the TVEAP Environment Journalist Award (Electronic) at the inauguration of the CMS VATAVARAN, India’s premier Environment and Wildlife Film festival, which started on 27 October 2009.This award is sponsored by TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) and is given to “an ...6 weeks ago -
New-and-improved Tinker Bell: UN’s latest Honorary Ambassador of Green
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I always thought Tinker Bell was a bit green — with envy, that is. Peter Pan’s faithful fairy sidekick was far too possessive of him: every time another female appeared to get close, Tink would try to chase her away. She typifies the Jealous Female.And now, Tinker Bell is very officially green, too: The United ...6 weeks ago -
Vatavaran 2009: Every shade of green under the Sun, converging in New Delhi this week
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TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) is once again proud to be associated with CMS VATAVARAN, India’s premier Environment and Wildlife Film festival, as a co-sponsor.The festival runs at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, from 27 to 31 October 2009. It will showcase the best of Indian and international films on environment and ...6 weeks ago -
RSVP to Chat About Keeping Children Safe From Untested Chemicals
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While Mom It Forward does not use #gno events to promote causes, it does offer brands and/or organizations the opportunity to present information in a spirit of education, awareness, and with respect for all opinions. This Tuesday, regardless of where you stand on the issue, join us as we learn more about the ...6 weeks ago

