Carbon Footprints

The UK’s BBC News is reporting that 2008 was a ‘Huge year for natural disasters’.
The past year has been one of the most devastating ever in terms of natural disasters, one of the world’s biggest re-insurance companies has said.
Munich Re said the impact of the disasters was greater than in 2007 in both human and [...]

If you, like me, have ever wondered just how many planes, or how many people, are in the air at any one time then the video above should be interesting for you. This is all of the known aircraft in flight over one 24 hour period. Obviously the USA and EU, being the [...]

If we stay on our current path the Earth will enter a period of ‘runaway global warming’ and no scientist on Earth can predict what the consequences of that will be. — DS

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Melbourne’s The Age is running a story that speak more plainly than most when it says “The economy won’t matter if the Earth dies“.
Even if we cut emissions by 15 per cent (equal to a 34 per cent per capita reduction) and the rest of the world stood still, our per capita emissions would still [...]

I am very excited to announce that Carbon Planet has been approved as a provider of GreenPower™ for Australian business customers.
What is GreenPower™?
GreenPower™ is a trademark owned by the NSW Department of Water and Energy, who manage the national GreenPower™ Program on behalf of the various states and territories. Certified GreenPower™ consists of Australian Renewable [...]

From my friends at Freerange Studios. Enjoy and don’t make December 25th your very own “turn it up day”.
To find out more about how coal mining companies are literally ripping the very tops of mountains, you can use Google Earth to see before and after images, or check out the I Love Mountains website. [...]

The Australian Government has just released its White Paper on the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and has set what can only be described as an entirely unambitious target of a 5% reduction by 2020. This compares unfavourably to the EU’s stated 20% by 2020, a target to be matched by incoming US President [...]