Dear friends, In our search for practical solutions to reduce car travel, we stumbled upon this innovative 'low carbon' shopping bike. The design looks fairly simple, and potentially something that one can do at home. We give you, the Cart Bike! The picture above is a project by Ryan McFarland. See his design and guide [...]
Dear friends, So, Earth Hour 2009 has come and gone. What happened on Saturday night at 8h30pm? Did the whole world join in on this craze to switch lights and electrical appliances off for an hour? If so, how successful was it, and what happens now? After the build up over the last few weeks [...]
Dear friends, Here's a group of great people that's doing some amazing awareness-building and action-taking-work on climate change across the globe - 350.org 350ppm. An important number. Important because this number 350ppm (as in parts per million), is the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. But 350 [...]
“We wouldn’t be the first life form to make itself extinct. But what would be unique about us is that we did it knowingly. What does that say about us?” - The Archivist, The Age of Stupid (Peter Postlethwaite) This new documentary film is set in 2055, a little less than half a century on [...]
OSLO, March 24 (Reuters) - A proposed U.N. study of climate extremes will be a practical guide for tackling natural disasters and fill a gap in past reports focused on the gradual effects of global warming, experts said. Floods, mudslides, droughts, heatwaves or storms are often the main causes of destruction and human suffering [...]
On 2 April 2009, world leaders from the G20 countries – representing 85% of the world’s output – will meet in London. "World leaders are meeting at next week’s London G20 Summit to tackle an economic crisis -- we desperately need them to agree to a bold global rescue package to stimulate, regulate and [...]
At Project 90 by 2030 we are always on the hunt for what we call "Climate Champions". These are individuals or groups of people who just get in there, take action and make simple changes in their lifestyle/behaviour and in living more sustainably. There are probably many to speak about, but we will be be [...]
How well do we utilize the resources that we pay for? This is the question that Sue Bellinger explores in her post about consumer behaviour, waste reycycling and what ends up in our landfill sites. A must read if you care at all about happens to 'stuff'!