Articles in the General Category

Foreigners threaten Afghan snow leopards
By solonavi
Posted in Endangered & Extinction, General on 27 June 2008
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reuters
Afghanistan’s snow leopards have barely survived three decades of war. But now the few remaining mountain leopards left in Afghanistan face another threat — foreigners involved in rebuilding the war-torn country.
Despite a complete hunting ban across Afghanistan since 2002, snow leopard furs regularly end up for sale on international military bases and at tourist bazaars [...]

Bottled Water Backlash
By solonavi
Posted in General on 25 June 2008
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emagazine.com
Jennifer Phillips always felt guilty that her large Nashville law firm didn’t recycle. So after big client meetings, she collected all the empty plastic water bottles, took them home and added them to her own curbside recycling bin. Now, she is proud to report that her firm, Bass, Berry & Sims, serves an icy pitcher [...]

Japan holds whale activists without charge
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, General on 24 June 2008
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www.greenpeace.org

Japanese police have arrested two Greenpeace activists for exposing a whale meat scandal involving the government-sponsored whaling programme. The two activists, Junichi Sato, 31, and Toru Suzuki, 41, are being investigated for allegedly stealing a box of whale meat which they presented as evidence.
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We requested an investigation into the scandal, and the Public Prosecutor agreed [...]

Envirofest 2008 @ Singapore
By solonavi
Posted in General on 24 June 2008
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Time: 11 am-8 pm
Venue: Toa Payoh Amphitheatre (in front of Toa Payoh Community Library)
Website: http://www.kolamayeryouths.sg/envirofest2008/
Contact: boonwah_chan@KolamAyerYouths.sg
Envirofest is a platform for local environmental groups to showcase their conservation efforts and publicize their activities so as to raise awareness among the general public of Singapore. It also hopes to build a network that connects the local eco-community, [...]

OneEarth Eco Videos
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, General, Video on 19 June 2008
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oneearth.org
“Neighbors”
Through the extraordinary cinematography of Bob Talbot, this message explores the connection between the health of our oceans & our own health.
Narration is by Academy Award winner Linda Hunt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhIjbQ_3nEU

Visit their website for more videos.

Berkeley’s Solar Boost
By solonavi
Posted in General on 14 May 2008
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emagazine
Berkeley has long been an environmental innovator, and the city is again taking the lead with a plan to loan residents the money they need to go solar. Homeowners will be able to tack the annual loan payments onto their property tax bill.
The proposal eliminates the two major financial hurdles to installing solar electric [...]

Coral Reef Discharges Outlawed
By solonavi
Posted in Coral Reefs, General on 2 May 2008
Stats: 415 views and 1 Comment

reefrelief.org
The Florida Legislature passed a bill yesterday to end a decade’s old practice of dumping poorly treated sewage off Florida’s southeast coast. The House of Representatives passed the Wastewater Disposal Bill (HB 7139), created earlier [...]

Plant a Billion Trees
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, General on 7 April 2008
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http://plantabillion.org/
The Plant a Billion Trees campaign launched by The Nature Conservancy is working in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil to restore 2.5 million acres of land by planting 1 billion trees over the next seven years.
The Atlantic Forest is considered one of the world’s most endangered tropical forests — only 7 percent of this once [...]

$104B appetite for green products
By solonavi
Posted in General, Technology on 2 April 2008
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bizjournals.com
A recent study shows consumers are ready to go green but aren’t finding what they want in the market.
The 2007 National Technology Readiness Survey sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Service at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and technology research firm Rockbridge Associates Inc. found that there was a [...]

Earth Hour
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, General on 27 March 2008
Stats: 129 views and 1 Comment

www.earthhour.org
earthhoursingapore.blogspot.com

Date: 29th March 2008
Time: 2000H – 2100H
Action: Turn off the Lights
It started with a question: How can we inspire people to take action on climate change?
The answer: Ask the people of Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour.
On 31 March 2007, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses [...]