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, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘global warming’
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 David Suzuki Foundation, global warming, environment, climate change, Canada, science, climate science, climate scientists, UN climate conference, Bali, Bali road map, Bali blog, U.S., Russian, international pressure, consensus on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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 , adaptation, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, Climate Change 2007, climate science, climate scientists, coastal flooding, drought, environment, extinction, extreme weather, global economic growth, global economy, global warming, greenhouse gases, heat waves, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, mitigation, prophecy, river flooding, salination, science, scientists, sea levels, UN, United Nations, water salination, water shortages, wildfires 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 [...]
Greening Schools
Posted in climate change, environment, global warming, green, green activism, saving energy, take action, what you can do, tagged activism, carbon neutral, climate change, David Suzuki, earth, education, energy efficiency, environment, Friends of the Earth, global warming, green, greenhouse gas emissions, idling, planet, schools, take action, what you can do, world on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
How to Fly Without Guilt
Posted in climate change, environment, global warming, green, green living, take action, what you can do, tagged air travel, airline industry, airlines, aviation, biofuels, business travel, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, carbon neutral, carbon offsets, climate change, CO2, environment, global warming, green, greenhouse gas emissions, Plane Stupid, train travel, travel, vacations, zero out on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
David Suzuki Website; Disappearing Ice, Polar Bears, Winter Sports; What We Can Do About Climate Change
Posted in climate change, environment, global warming, green, green living, save energy, saving energy, take action, what you can do, tagged conservation, David Suzuki, David Suzuki Foundation, environment, global warming, green, green living, health, oceans, sustainability on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. David Suzuki, a Canadian scientist, writer, broadcaster, speaker, environmentalist, has a useful website www.davidsuzuki.org. You can find information about Solving Global Warming, Protecting Human Health, Conserving Our Oceans, Promoting Global Conservation, and Building A Sustainable Economy. There are books, reports, links, tips.
Shrinking ice, fewer bears, no skiing, no GretzkysPeople often talk about climate change in [...]
