It is nice see that some artists are engaging in ecological issues, an engagement that is surprisingly rare, considering how in the past the arts scene used to be more political - it seems like climate change, alternative energy and green issues in general haven’t caught the art world’s imagination - But, as I said, […]

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A leading international anti-poverty charity, ActionAid has issued a statement criticizing the recent G8 meeting in Hakkaido, Japan. “The G8 meeting in Japan proved to be nothing but an exercise of escapism from responsibilities towards the world and its poor”, says Actionaid.

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I have been reading a brand new book by Brian Dumaine from Fortune and Time and other august establishments. It’s called The Plot to Save the Planet
My first response to reading this was “Wow!”
There are a lot of different organizations working from many different angles trying to come up with products ands methods to […]

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The London’s Guardian reports today that “billions of pounds are being wasted in paying industries in developing countries to reduce climate change emissions, according to two analysis of the UN’s carbon offsetting programme.

“Leading academics and watchdog groups allege that the UN’s main offset fund is being routinely abused by chemical, wind, gas and hydro companies […]

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I received an email from Friends of the Earth, a UK environmental organization, that I’d like to share with readers here as it is about something very important. The UK will soon have its climate change law, which is great news. However, there’s something stinky in the air. The Government are ignoring the country’s share […]

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