Carbon Footprints

The United Nations Environment Programme has just released their landmark book, “Kick The Habit, A UN guide to climate neutrality”
“Addiction is a terrible thing. It consumes and controls us, makes us deny important truths and blinds us to the consequences of our actions. Our society is in the grip of a dangerous greenhouse gas habit.
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Photo ‘Landing in London’ by Dave Sag and used with permission.
Carbon Planet has always been dedicated to openness and transparency. When dealing with a subject as complex as carbon, and the various ways and means by which emissions are calculated, we’ve always felt that the more information we can share with the world, the [...]

In further sign of the Australian Government’s intention to make up for lost time, The Australian is reporting “Kevin Rudd signs global climate deal,” saying;
AUSTRALIA has signed off on a global deal to restrain global warming to two degrees which could mean Australia must do more to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
The leaders of 16 [...]

The National Wildlife Federation is reporting U.S. House Passes Historic Climate Bill.
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed one of the most critical bills in conservation history.
This legislation–known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act–is an unprecedented plan to address the single greatest threat to our nation’s wildlife and natural resources.
In addition to putting [...]

Carbon Planet is pleased to release issue 13 of Be the Change, your resource for news and information on climate change and carbon credits.
In this latest issue we include feature articles:

Obama’s green future
Flight calculators – we clear the air
Climate change vs global warming – what’s the difference?
Energy efficiency gives us triple whammy.

Plus our regular features:

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Forty years ago the Cuyahoga River caught on fire due to heavy pollution, but Cleveland has since turned this unfortunate incident into an opportunity by striving to make itself of the nation’s greenest cities. After nearly four decades of hard work, Cleveland has grown to become a “green city on a blue lake.”
The [...]

The Australian Youth Climate Coalition is kicking goal after goal. Their latest project, PowerShift, a national conference for youth concerned about climate change, promises to be a seminal event in the Australian Youth calendar. The event is being held at the University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus from Saturday 11 July to Monday 13 [...]

Bloomburg is reporting “Global Warming Bill With Cap-and-Trade Plan Gains Committee Nod“, saying
A House committee passed a climate-change measure that would create a cap-and-trade system to control greenhouse-gas emissions, the most comprehensive effort yet by the U.S. to tackle global warming.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday approved the bill 33-25, with one Republican joining [...]

I believe in peace in our time. Naive perhaps but I really believe that the coming years will see the shunning of the extremism that has polluted many of the great faiths. I believe that the recent hostilities in the Middle East will simmer down in the coming years as prosperity comes [...]

Hack a Hand-crank Flashlight

I love this sort of thing. I am always charging something, my iPhone, my laptop, my Wife’s 9 year old mobile that only holds charge for a few days (but she loves and won’t upgrade until it really truly dies). So being able to charge these devices without drawing off [...]