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Bali Climate Change Agreement - Yippee!

Posted in Canada, Kyoto agreement, United Nations, United States, climate change, climate science, climate scientists, concensus, global warming, post-Kyoto, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 16, 2007 | No Comments »

I guess that Avaaz petition I signed (along with 100,000 Canadians) and the stern emails I sent John Baird, the Environment Minister, and Stephen Harper, Prime Minister, must have worked (ha, ha, ha), as Canadian (and U.S. and Russia) stopped blocking the progress of a UN agreement after pressure from other countries (oh, and me, [...]

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Summary of Climate Change Report

Posted in IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Synthesis Report, United Nations, adaptation, carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, climate science, climate scientists, coastal flooding, droughts, economic growth, environment, extinction, extreme weather, floods, glaciers, global economy, global warming, green, greenhouse gas emissions, heat waves, heavy rains, mitigation, prophecy, salination, science, sea levels, species loss, take action, tropical storms, water salination, water shortages, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »

From the StopGlobalWarming.org website,  http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_read.asp?id=6385211172007 , here is a brief summary of the “Synthesis Report” from the International Panel on Climate Change’s  Climate Change 2007 report.  It is a scary prophecy of what we can expect if we do nothing. So we all need to start doing our bit — now.
The three other sections of [...]

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Greening Schools

Posted in climate change, environment, global warming, green, green activism, saving energy, take action, what you can do, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 18, 2007 | No Comments »

Five Steps to Go Green At School 
If you’ve got kids in school, you have an ideal place to combat climate change and the harsh effects it has on the developing world.
According to Statistics Canada, nearly 5.3 million children spend a good chunk of each weekday in public schools across Canada. Imagine the positive environmental impact [...]

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Socially Responsible Investing - Green Your Investments

Posted in American, SRI, climate change, defined contribution plan, environment, finances, financial planning, global warming, green, green activism, green investing, green living, pension plan, socially responsible investing, take action, what you can do, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »

Socially responsible investing, is a great way to show the corporate world that you put your money where your mouth is - in green investments that reflect your concern for climate change.  It shows that you will support corporations that acknowledge the risk of climate change and have greened their businesses and practices or are in [...]

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How to Fly Without Guilt

Posted in climate change, environment, global warming, green, green living, take action, what you can do, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 15, 2007 | No Comments »

Next Flight: Less than Carbon Zero?
by Ginny Figlar
Getting on that big-ol’ jet airliner is less of a guilt trip when your share of that jet’s carbon emissions is zero. Ante up for carbon offsets offered by some airlines and travel sites, and you’ll effectively “zero out” your portion of the carbon emissions that result from [...]

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