Posted on October 14, 2009 by StartShit
Blog Action Day has partnered with Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection and will this year be lobbying US President and controversial Nobel Peace Prize recipient Barak Obama to show vital leadership by introducing and fast-tracking the implementation of clean energy policies in the States. As one of the primary global carbon culprits, a deal [...]
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Posted on December 18, 2007 by StartShit
A recent publication by the American Consumer Institute shows that Broadband Internet can reduce carbon emissions worldwide by up to 1 billion tons over the next 10 years.
But widespread adoption of the technology is key.
The paper discusses the economic and environmental benefits of broadband Internet delivery against the backdrop of global warming and radical climate change. Current [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2007 by StartShit
This weekend’s Sunday Times – News & Opinion carried a syndicated article in which anti-globalisation doyenne Naomi Klein dealt my excitement – if not determination – to blog for environmental change a bit of a blow.
Klein, the critically acclaimed Canadian activist and author of No Logo, makes the following point about blogging as a medium:
As [...]
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