Don't give a damn about climate change? Well, you shouldn't have to, in this movie, its all about protecting the environment for the sake of protecting your own personal benefit, not others!
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged Singaporeans to defend the environment as they would their country. Speaking to a crowd at the opening ceremony of Clean & Green Week Singapore 2011, Mr Lee noted that like Total Defence; keeping Singapore clean & green could only be achieved through the active participation of Singaporeans hand in hand with the government.
Mr Lee's speech brings a renewed hope that there will be positive changes made by the government to give a boost to the local environment scene.
Food, Inc. exposes America's industrialized food system and its effect on our environment, health, economy and workers' rights. Learn about these issues and take action through the Hungry For Change cafeteria and check out the 10 Simple Tips for making positive changes in your eating habits. Learn more about these issues and how you can take action on Takepart.com.
Well instead of the usual article posts, check out this video on a teenager from Malawi who brought wind power to his village. This guy built from scratch a windmill (that works) out of parts and pieces of junk, and used it to generate electricity for his own house. He does not have any formal training or in fact much education. Yet this amazing guy manages to figure out on his own a way to make his windmill dream a reality with some help from library books. A truly inspiring story. Enjoy.
A future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change. Click on "Watch" to view the trailer.
Rajendra Pachauri is the U.N.'s top climate scientist. He leads the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which every five years produces the authoritative assessment of climate science. Their last report, in 2007, helped set the target of 450 ppm (parts per million of CO2) that many environmental groups and national governments have adopted as their goal for Copenhagen. As you all know, that number is out of date. When Jim Hansen and other scientists looked at phenomenon like the Arctic ice melt of the last two summers, they produced new data demonstrating that 350 is the bottom line for the planet.
The efficient WWF Malaysia machinery was immediately felt when I started getting a series of text messages regarding transport, hotel accommodations and our overall visit to Kudat from Betty of the WWF KK office. Then Sofia Johari, the CEPA or Community Education and Public Awareness Officer of Kudat-Banggi PCA left me a message that she was going to coordinate our Kudat trip, and boy, did she just. Upon our arrival, she gave us a professionally prepared powerpoint presentation which in an hour gave us an idea of what the Kudat area was like and what WWF projects there were.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged Singaporeans to defend the environment as they would their country. Speaking to a crowd at the opening ceremony of Clean & Green Week Singapore 2011, Mr Lee noted that like Total Defence; keeping Singapore clean & green could only be achieved through the active participation of Singaporeans hand in hand with the government.
