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So what’s with EU enlargement or why we shouldn’t expect Croatia and Iceland to join soon [Hristo HRISTOV]
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The process of EU enlargement took a major blow when it became apparent that once in the union, countries like Bulgaria and Romania can not be forced to comply with higher standards in fighting corruption and organized crime. The integration of diffe...
Smart Meters to fight climate change [keithdemicoli]
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Smart meters will enable remote, real time and accurate meter reading, removing the need for physical meter reading and billing based on consumption estimates. It is believed that such devices could reduce global CO2 emissions by 15% by 2020.
Devin McIntire - ‘The Age of Stupid’ is Sadly Lacking
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Without hope, heroes or solutions, Greenpeace's new Climate Change movie 'The Age of Stupid' fails where it counts most. A few nights ago I was fortunate enough to attend the global premier of "The Age of Stupid" as did many others around the world b...
Lucy Setian - Banner warned the G20 masters for the danger of the Climate Destruction
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Banner warned the G20 big men for the “Danger. Climate Destruction Ahead. Reduce CO2 Emissions Now”. 14 activists of the world eco organization Greenpeace have been arrested in the US city Pitsburg on the eve of the Group of 20 summit Wednesday,...
Adela - Dyssekilde - Little Architecture, Many Sustainable Homes
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Coming from a country with a poor (okay, with 0) tradition in moving from the urban to the rural areas, Dyssekilde was a curiosity of nature for me. And because there have already been published really good articles on the eco-village I'm not going t...
Vihar Georgiev - My Conceptual Framework on Climate Change
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Writing about climate change can be done in various ways. So what perspective to choose on that complex issue? Is it more about emotions or scientific evidence? Is it about environment preservation or solving complex social problems?Writing about cli...
Peter Sain ley Berry - The Environment Matters in ‘The Age of Stupid’
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When discussing climate change we have a tendency to focus on man-made carbon emissions and on sustainable energy. But the environment plays a massive role and our destruction of the environment is not being discussed as much as it should be. The l...
Domen Savič - Dyssekilde Ecovillage: Interview with Birgitta Steen
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Interview with a villager Birgitta Steen from the Dyssekilde Ecovillage. We talk about her reasons for coming here and her way of life. This is a short version of the interview, the whole thing was over half an hour long. Authors are Domen Savič (S...
Aija Vanaga - Latvia - so again!
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Look into speech of President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers at NY Climate summit and change in law that has been adapted in the Parliament couple days ago. A great deal of being nice in NY and real at home. Welcome here! Nearly 100...
Jodi Bush - If British Airways can do it so can I…
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This week the aviation industry pledged to cut carbon emissions by 50% for 2050, a move that has widely been viewed as a preemptive strike to avoid taxation on airlines. It's got me thinking. Should we as individuals also think about making some chan...
Conor Slowey - Emissions Trading suffers a blow in Europe
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The ETS has suffered another blow to its credibility after the EU Court of First Instance handed down a judgment overruling a Commission decision that lowered the amount of emission allowances for Poland and Estonia.The Emissions Trading Scheme in th...
Joe Litobarski - TH!NK2 Podcast
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The "Thinkcast" is the TH!NK2 community podcast. It is not officially part of the competition, but rather is being completely organised and run by the community (although the EJC have offered their support). Podcasting represents a more direct way fo...
Benno Hansen - Let’s go HOME - to a sustainable carbon cycle
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All participants in the TH!NK ABOUT IT Climate Change blogging competition have been handed a copy of the HOME DVD. A fine educational movie with plenty of slow motion and breathtaking bird perspective scenery. Having the opportunity to see Home one...
Daniel Nylin Nilsson - Did we have too much science?
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Check your facts and do it well. But there is a limit to what stories they can tell.Many observers have made the point that the early environmentalist movement was more romantic than interested in science's hard facts. I think academical science was...
Vitezslav Kremlik - Recommendation to bloggers? Do not Th!nk.
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Usually people are urged to switch OFF their mobile phones in a lecture. Mr. Jørgensen actually asked “switch OFF your brains please, thank you”. Mr. Asbjørn Jørgensen, a lecturer from the Danish School of Media, was the high...
Fidelius Krammel - Global Premiere of ‘The Age of Stupid’ - Start of Joint COP15-Campaign Efforts
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The global premiere of 'The Age of Stupid' took place in over 700 cities around the world yesterday. Beside beeing a spectacular and well made film it's a central element of efforts to create wide and strong support for a fair, ambitious and binding...
Hemant Anant Jain - Will COP 15 change anything?
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The answer, no surprises there, may be a NO. Even as you read this, powerful lobbies are at work, stuffing governments with money and ill-logic. By December, all the selling and dealing will be done. And there will perhaps be no remarkable solution,...
Jodi Bush - Oh my, what big feet you have…
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Faced with the shocking largess of my carbon footprint, and with just 75 days until COP15, I’ve decided to dedicate the next three months to kicking my carbon habit. The challenge - how low can I go? From eating to traveling, from entertaining to s...
Joeri Oudshoorn - The Age of Stupid - putting climate change in perspective
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Tuesday September 22nd the movie Age of Stupid was shown worldwide to ask for attention for Climate Change. The movie reports from a preservation archive in 2055, about our times. It was the age of ignorance, the Age of Stupid. We know the facts, we...
Lucy Setian - Bloggers launched the Internet Greenpeace
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90 bloggers started the first Internet Greenpeace project. Totally green, they fighed over a bier in Copenhagen, after they understood that the water mills aren`t used as air-conditioner for the fishes in the sea. Eco-emotions made friends, enemies a...
