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Top businesses move to act on emissions
Last Friday a dozen corporations including Sony, Nokia, Nike and Hewlett-Packard issued an urgent call for firms around the world to reduce the damage they inflict on the planet and to promote a ̶...
Can we offset global warming with aerosols?
Concerned that energy system transformations are proceeding too slowly to avoid risks from dangerous human-induced climate change, many scientists are wondering whether geoengineering (the deliberate ...
Check your susceptibility to flooding
As promised here is a tool you can use to determine whether you are likely to be affected by rises in sea level. Using it you can decide whether you need to think about moving house and also choose po...
Strategies for surviving the coming climate change
The facts are unequivocal. The findings of more than 2,000 scientists now tell us that it is “very unlikely” that we will avoid the coming era of “dangerous climate change”. Fo...
So, what do we do now?
The climate is changing and so is this blog The title of this blog used to be “It’s the only one we have” and its emphasis was on looking at things we could do to prevent climate cha...
Saving the World at 8mpg
Another great website I came across recently is by a guy called Andy Baird, who swapped his house for a gas-guzzling RV, but actually substantially reduced his carbon footprint - and is saving loads o...
Norway building vast ‘Doomsday vault’
Here’s a question. What will happen if global warming wipes out large numbers of plants in its seemingly unstoppable onslaught? And what about all the species man is destroying itself with defor...
Note to other bloggers: I’ve removed the nofollow tag
Thanks to many other bloggers linking here, this blog now has a Google page rank of 5. As I receive a lot of excellent comments to many posts, I’ve often thought it unfair that people contributi...
Prince Charles calls for urgent action on the rainforests
The Prince of Wales has called for urgent action to save the remaining rainforests, saying their preservation is vital to combat climate change. He told a WWF dinner at Hampton Court Palace that it wa...
Al Gore wins the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
As hotly predicted this week, Al Gore has been selected by the Nobel prize committee as one of the recipients of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Al Gore, the former U.S. vice president and presid...
Be the change, share the story and win part of $200,000 for your school
Last year, Ryan Hoye was a 17-year old who wanted to make a difference. Like the rest of us, he was perhaps a little daunted by a world filled with challenges ranging from global warming to war, pover...
It’s my rainforest now. No logging!
After leaving his office in London’s Mayfair, it is a 12-hour journey by air and road before he can view his 400,000-acre plot in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The estate is the size of Greate...
Clothesline restrictions may be headed the way of the Dodo
It started out innocently enough. Concerned about global warming and her family’s energy consumption, Michelle Baker wanted to hang her wash outside. She scoured stores for a clothesline durable...
Sarah McLachlan - World On Fire
The Cool the Earth contest
With the aim of curbing global warming a Japanese organisation is calling for ideas from around the world for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Based on the ideas they receive, prototype projects wil...
Leonardo DiCaprio’s new environmental movie: The 11th Hour
Leonardo DiCaprio’s new movie The 11th Hour is a feature length documentary concerning the environmental crises caused by human actions and their impact on the planet. With the help of over fift...
Malawi youth builds a wind turbine to power his village
After having to drop out of school due to lack of funds, William Kamkwamba from Malawi decided to learn as much as he could from books that had been donated to his primary school’s library. One of t...
New: listedgreen.com - the MLS for green homes
So, you’ve installed solar panels on the roof and have a wind turbine but your realtor doesn’t seem able to find a buyer interested in these things, and prepared to pay the true value of y...
Living beyond uncertainty
This video is an accessible and easily understood description of the scientic explanations of climate change, and what can be done to stop it. ...
Amazon state adopts Brazil's first global warming law
Brazil's sprawling Amazon state on Tuesday enacted the country's first law to fight global warming by selling carbon credits from communities that limit deforestation and environmental degradation. Th...
Tenders invited for UK eco-villages
Construction firms are being invited to bid for the right to build five new villages in England made up of environmentally friendly homes. The developments will provide a test ground for Gordon Brown'...
The Ground Under Overtown
Living in small flats and crowded cities it can sometimes feel impossible to make changes to our lifestyles. This short film about an impoverished community that transforms a few empty lots into perma...
Damien Rice opens up on his environmental passions
Folk-rocker Damien Rice might sing sad tunes about lost love, but his wistful heart is in the right place when it comes to climate change. The environment is an issue that's been near his heart since ...
HSBC in $100m climate initiative
HSBC is setting aside $100m (£50m) for an initiative to tackle climate change. The funding by the UK's largest bank will help charities and environmental groups to research some of the global causes ...
UK products to get carbon rating
A way of calculating carbon footprints is being developed so all UK goods and services can be rated for emissions. The scheme's aim is to allow companies to measure the ecological impact of everything...
Walking on Water
In the first of a series of mini-films, Excellent Development explains how its approach to creating development through conservation is benefiting communities in Kenya. In addition to exploring each i...