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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 As you all know, that number is out of date.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.
The Mission is to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis - the focus is on the number 350 -- as in parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. But 350 is more than a number--it's a symbol of where we need to head as a planet.
It seems the whale shark is finally safe from the clutches of captivity, at least from Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS). After months of lobbying, animal activist groups SPCA, ACRES and Sea Shepherd have finally convinced the developers to scrap the idea of having a whale shark exhibit.
Click "Read More" to read up on the news report from The Straits Times.
It seems the whale shark is finally safe from the clutches of captivity, at least from Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS). After months of lobbying, animal activist groups SPCA, ACRES and Sea Shepherd have finally convinced the developers to scrap the idea of having a whale shark exhibit.