Posts Tagged ‘environment’
For those of you who participated in Earth Hour 2010, welcome back to technology! For those of you who didn’t, there’s always next year!
Earth Hour is the name of an initiative aimed to get people to turn off all electrical appliances for at least an hour. Yup, that means no computers, T.V.s, or microwaves. It’s celebrated all around the world. Everything from Big Ben to the Sydney Opera house turned off its lights.
What do you think? Is it a good tool for promoting environmental causes, or just an interesting event?
The past decade has been full of environmental appeals asking us to recycle, make use of reusable containers and bags, and the degradation of the world around us. Some are clearly more effective than others, but this short film by Ramin Bahrani uses the narrative format to create something that’s fresh, strange, and interesting all at the same time. …read more.
Thanks to nhop.ca!
Haiti’s having a pretty hard time right now, since the massive earthquake earlier this month.
Fortunately, a lot of good people from around the world are trying to help… with food, money, kidnapping… KIDNAPPING?!?!
Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries were charged with kidnapping 33 Haitian children and trying to take them across the Haitian border to the Dominican Republic.
The Haitian Prime Minister, Max Bellerive, states,
It is clear now that they were trying to cross the border without papers. It is clear now that some of the children have live parents… And it is clear now, that they knew what they were doing was wrong.
According to ABC News, children were drawn to follow the missionaries with pictures – pamphlets, actually – that showed pools, large houses, and clothes.
The children, although allegedly being taken to an orphanage, were not orphans. …read more.
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s Prime Minister, is left with a bloody nose after an attack.
Is it a riot or climate change talks?
A mystery couple spreads the Christmas spirit.
At The Copenhagen Climate Summit there are bound to be some disagreements among nations. One big dividing line is between the rich nations and the poor nations of the world. They often disagree as to how to pay for any new pollution controls. The cartoon above suggests that perhaps the rich and the poor will be working together in the future. Is the cartoonist being a little too cynical? (Cartoon by KAL)
Thanks Wikicommons
We here at USDemocrazy worry quite a bit about the climate, particularly as our editors are fond of locking us out of the building. As a result we closely follow climate-related news from sites like these:
The Guardian, a British daily, has a whole section devoted to climate change-related news.
British-based BBC News also has a section devoted specifically to climate change.
The New York Times similarly has such an offering stateside.
The Los Angeles Times takes a slightly different approach, providing a section on Environmental news.
The Economist, a weekly news publication, offers environmental and climate news in its Science & Technology section.
Next week will be an important time for the planet as the leaders of 65 countries gather to tackle climate change. Carbon emissions will be a key focus, but the cartoon above suggests other things need to be considered. Is this a fair comment? (cartoon by KAL)
A face that could save the economy.
Three cheers! The worst may be over!
Gas going up… Does your wallet hurt yet?
Fight that case of the Mondays… Check out the best of last week’s late night jokes!
Wal-Mart helps the environment (by forcing its suppliers to).
