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Green Thing film competition

August 7th, 2008 · No Comments

So you are a student, you like to be green and make films? So here’s an opportunity for you.

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Tags: miscellaneous · Green consumption · Environmental cost of meat · Aviation

Planet Green: How Green is making it big time

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I was surfing TV channels and saw this station: Planet Green from the Discovery Channel.
I watched a show about one household reducing its footprint and saw some ads for other shows. There were some problems with what I saw: They were pushing a hybrid SUV for a family of four. The family would […]

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Tags: green tips · Green consumption

World Environment Day

June 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Today is World Environment Day, organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the slogan for this year is “CO2, Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy”. New Zealand is this year’s host, with events taking place in the city of Wellington. The objective of the day is to highlight resources and […]

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Tags: environment · Inspiration · Carbon emissions · Initiatives · Green consumption

Meat and the environment

March 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I was recommended The Meatrix by a friend and thought it deserved being shared. The Meatrix is an organization that discusses issues related to food, factory farming and sustainable agriculture. Factory farming has become a major environmental concern because it produces 20 per cent of all carbon emissions (compared with transportation’s 18 per cent figure). […]

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Greenwashing versus greenhushing

March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

We live in world where marketeers will do anything to buck the latest trends and dress their products with the emblems of credibility. This practice when applied to green issues has been called for a while greenwashing. Imagine Coca-Cola trying to stoke up its green credentials. The company has actually, although it has been accused […]

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Tags: eco friendly · green politics · Sustainable Development · Green consumption