Showing posts with label individual-action. Show all posts
Showing posts with label individual-action. Show all posts

'Every little helps' is a dangerous mantra for climate change

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Plastic bag charges may seem a step forward but nudging and tweaking behaviours will never address climate change; a fundamentally different...

Indonesia: Local Businesses Get Help Kicking Their Plastic Habit

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Olga Amato, Jakarta Globe , 6 Oct 13; The resort island of Bali produces 890 metric tons of garbage every day. Imagine five blue whales or...

Malaysia: Teachers pitch in to clean up in vicinity of Satang Island

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Borneo Post , 3 Oct 13; PROTECTING THE REEF: (From left) Junaidi Pauzan, Mohamad Rizamry, Bobby Tiang Ming Chung, Ting Suk Eng, Alice And...

Be your own NGO, advocates Clinton

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New Straits Times 12 Nov 10; NILAI: Former United States president Bill Clinton urged students and guests attending his talk yesterday to b...

Climate Computer Game Lets You Decide Earth's Fate

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Nina Chestney PlanetArk 2 Nov 10; Ever wondered how one person could save the planet from the effects of climate change? A British-made com...

Cashing in on cutting carbon at home

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Mira Oberman Yahoo News 18 Mar 10; CHICAGO (AFP) – Can the promise of a free cupcake or some cold hard cash work better than dire predictio...

16 ways to cut 16 per cent

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If you are an average Singaporean and want to play your part in helping the nation cut down on its carbon emissions, what can you really do?...

From 'urban boy' to green champion

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Teacher gets school and students to pitch in to save the environment Grace Chua, Straits Times 9 Jan 10; NATURE photography, Star Wars Lego...

Reduce, reuse, recycle... and eat less meat

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Getting that steak on your plate involves release of considerable amount of greenhouse gases Victoria Vaughan, Straits Times 6 Dec 09; What...

Five eco-crimes we commit every day

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Dave S. Reay, New Scientist 1 Dec 09; WHEN the UN Climate Change Conference opens in Copenhagen next month, all eyes will be on the delegat...

Europeans Could Save Planet For $3 A Day: Study

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Pete Harrison, PlanetArk 2 Dec 09; BRUSSELS - Europeans could help cut climate warming emissions to much safer levels for just 2 euros ($3)...

Climate change survey says 83% in the UK willing to make sacrifices

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Peter Woodman, Press Association, The Independent 20 Nov 09; More than 80 per cent of people believe climate change is a serious threat and...

Green beliefs win legal protection

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Landmark ruling means employees can sue for unfair dismissal Robert Verkaik and Michael McCarthy, The Independent 4 Nov 09; Employees who r...

Convince public on climate to save planet: experts

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Nina Chestney, Reuters 28 Oct 09; LONDON (Reuters) - The public needs to be convinced about the threat of climate change so governments are...

U.S. households could cut emissions sharply: study

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David Morgan, Reuters 26 Oct 09; WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States could cut climate-changing carbon emissions significantly over th...

Climate change: Global issue spurs global protest

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Marlowe Hood Yahoo News 21 Oct 09; PARIS (AFP) – Could climate change spark the first worldwide grassroots movement? Even as politicians di...

Malawi windmill boy with big fans

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Jude Sheerin, BBC News 2 Oct 09; The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windm...