Lights out at Rome's Colosseum, Other Italian Monuments
The Colosseum, the Pantheon and the Trevi fountain were among monuments that went dark across Italy on Friday as part of a national demonstration of concern about climate change. The lights were turned off at monuments, landmarks and public buildings in Florence, Venice, Naples, Bologna, Milan and Pisa - and the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies in Rome -for about half an hour at 6 p.m. (1700GMT) to mark the second anniversary of the Kyoto treaty. The treaty negotiated in 1997 calls for reining in industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" - a first global attempt to control climate change. Thirty-five industrial nations have endorsed the pact, agreeing to cut their global-warming gases by 5 percent on average below 1990 levels by 2012. story- http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_read.asp?id=448162162007
Greenpeace activists locked down at the offices of Kleenex
Manufacturer Kimberly-Clark, while others broadcast chainsaw noises and dumped wood chips in the corridors to highlight the American company's ongoing destruction of Canada's magnificent Boreal Forest.
Greenpeace activists entered the Kimberly Clark headquarters, locked themselves together, and announced that they would stay put until K-C's Vice President of Environment, Ken Strassner, agreed to meet with Greenpeace.
Time to make the change Despite growing pressure from Kimberly-Clark's customers and investors in the form of contract cancellations and shareholder resolutions; blockades in Canada, the U.S., and Europe; and the letters and phone calls of tens of thousands of you around the world, Kimberly-Clark has refused to stop making Kleenex out of clearcut ancient forests. And since April last year, Ken Strassner has refused to meet with Greenpeace, or even to return our letters or calls. full story- http://kleercut.net/en/kc-lockdown http://kleercut.net/en/kc-lockdown
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Strongest Climate warning yet demands action
Current mood: accomplished
Global warming is so severe that it will "continue for centuries," leading to a far different planet in 100 years, warned a grim landmark report from the world's leading climate scientists and government officials. Yet, many of the experts are hopeful that nations will now take action to avoid the worst scenarios.
They tried to warn of dire risks without scaring people so much they'd do nothing — inaction that would lead to the worst possible scenarios.
"It's not too late," said Australian scientist Nathaniel Bindoff, a co-author of the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report issued Friday. The worst can be prevented by acting quickly to curb greenhouse gas emissions, he said.
This year the Japanese government aims to hunt almost 1,000 whales in the Southern Ocean whales sanctuary. Once again Greenpeace will be there to defend the whales.
Our largest and fastest ship, Esperanza, left Auckland this morning on its way to the sanctuary to begin searching for the whaling fleet.
In the Southern Ocean the ship's crew will stay as long as they can amonst the icebergs in the freezing waters of Antarctica. They will help the whales escape the hunt by putting themselves between the whales and the harpoon.
This year's expedition leader is New Zealander Karli Thomas. Karli has a special affinity with whales as she often was out helping save beached whales on Farewell Spit as a child.
Last year over 800 whales died for profit. Greenpeace confronted the whale hunters in the Southern Ocean, saving 82 whales from being killed. We showed the world the brutality of whaling and the through public pressure forced corporations out of the whaling business.
This year, the crew will be carrying out new tactics – many designed by our supporters via the IGO community website. You don't have to be on the ship to help save whales!
While our crew braves the Southern Ocean we will also be focusing on engaging the large number of people in Japan who do not support whaling in the sanctuary starting with 'Whale Love Wagon' - our new internet television show!
Spanish boy meets Japanese girl - Ivan and Yuki hit the road and tour Japan in the "Whale Love Wagon", in search of true love - for the planet, and for whales! They're going to have a whale of a time.
"I've loved Japanese culture since my childhood," says Ivan, "I want to learn more about whales and Japanese culture."
Yuki adds, "I want to deepen my knowledge about whales and express my feelings in my art-work".
I try to but I really can't keep you all updated with environmental news around the world. So all of you got to look around yourselves. Go to www.greenpeace.org and keep yourself updated.
Hello? Steve? This is Green my Apple calling on the iPhone.
Current mood: calm
San Francisco, United States — It was holy week in Apple land, when all us loyal Mac fans turn to face the Macworld conference in San Francisco to hear where Apple is going to lead the consumer electronics industry next. But while we waited hopefully for Steve Jobs to announce better environmental practices, less toxic contents, and the greener Apple we've all been dreaming of, all we got was a phone.
OK, it's a totally cool phone, but still, it's a phone. We wanted an industrial revolution. One that would address the problem of all the e-waste piling up in China and India.
Thousands of participants in the Green my Apple campaign have been dropping some pretty big hints to Apple about what they wanted announced at Macworld.
We even presented Steve with a suggested speech, which was among the top YouTube videos viewed on the day of Steve's keynote.
But when it came time for the real speech, we didn't even get a measly Keynote slide about Apple's continued use of brominated fire retardants, PVC, and stuff that other computer manufactures have already agreed to phase out.
Like Dell.
While Steve Jobs was studiously ignoring everyone's pleas to make Apple eco-friendly, Michael Dell of Dell computers was doing what Steve should be doing: leading. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, (a poor cousin to the grandeur which is Macworld) Dell said:
"I challenge every PC maker to join us in providing free recycling for every customer in every country... all the time -- no exceptions."
Now that's the kind of different thinking we're asking for with the Green my Apple campaign. Steve, he's stealing your moves!
So if you love Apple and you want to buy iPods and iPhones and Macs that aren't going to poison kids in Asia and Africa when they reach the end of their lives, join the campaign to get Steve to do the right thing.
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