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Earth Day completes 40 years

April 22, 2010

Since April 22nd 1970, people across nearly two hundred countries across the world celebrate Earth Day by engaging in activities to promote environmental awareness, The Earth Day Network, which manages the event, comprises 20,000 partners and organizations in 190 countries. The organization says one billion participate in Earth Day Activies, “making it the largest secular [...]

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Final call: Going Green Film Festival

January 25, 2010

Are you an environmentalist with a film to promote? Technorati Tags: Add new tag, Beverly Hills California, California, Carbon footprint, Environmentalism, Film, Hybrid vehicle Related Posts:Scottish island gets green prizeRise And Shine: Solar Power Gets Bigger In The U.S.Pre-installed Solar Panels Boost Solar Power AdoptionCalifornia Energy Commission approves the largest solar farm in the worldBay [...]

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Livestock accounts for 51% of greenhouse gas emissions, says new report

October 22, 2009

In 2006 a report compiled by the UN’s Food and Agriculture arm found that livestock’s greenhouse emissions accounts for 18% of the total, while the global transportation network, a much more targeted culprit, accounts for a lot less at 13%. The report is called Livestock’s Long Shadow and it has been widely quoted ever since [...]

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Vanishing forests, vanishing tribes

October 14, 2009

Our last post was about the need to protect the world’s forests as a natural and cost-effective way to capture carbon dioxide, to protect biodiversity and the remaining indigenous people who dwell in them. As if to reinforce the point, Earthfirst published a harrowing piece of news about a Brazilian Indian tribe called Akuntsu, who [...]

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