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My name is Green, Graverson Green!

Oct 30th, 2008 by Frederick Carle | Comments

This has to be one of the best approach Greenpeace has taken to take action against Coal power. A funny James Bond like cartoon video featuring Graverson Green going against Cue Coalfinger a coal super villain trying to irreversibly change the Earths Climate by mass polluting with coal power. But the sad thing is Graverson [...]

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JFK Calls for a Revolution

Oct 28th, 2008 by Frederick Carle | Comments

This video from Greenpeace features JFK speaking about the energy revolution. It’s sad to say that the people of this world have done short of nothing about the climate crisis and the worst part is that we have been aware of this for quite a long time now.
I was having diner with my folks the [...]

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The story of e-waste

Oct 25th, 2008 by Frederick Carle | Comments

Thousands of tons of e-waste – such as discarded PCs, mobile phones and TVs – are dumped in Africa and Asia every year. Research shows that some of this waste is exported to Pakistan..In the Karachi district of Lyari, hundreds of workers, including teenage children, earn their livelihoods by dismantling the electronic scrap and extracting [...]

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What is your Baby going to BEE this Halloween? Help Spread the Buzz About CCD.

Oct 23rd, 2008 by Tara Benwell | Comments

This article was originally published on Eco Child’s Play.
Editor’s Note: This article was reposted here in hopes that today’s CNN video (see bottom of article) will spark more interest in this issue. The video states that “sweet tooth Britain” will have no honey of its own to sell after Christmas. Can we change that this [...]

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Don’t net what you don’t need!

Oct 15th, 2008 by Frederick Carle | Comments

Don’t net what you don’t need! from WWF on Vimeo.
Modern fishing gear is very efficient at catching fish. As well as many other unwanted / untargeted creatures in its path. These other animals are called bycatch. They are often thrown back into the ocean. Dying. Or dead. Find out more at panda.org/bycatch

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Against the oil and coal lobbies

Sep 18th, 2008 by Frederick Carle | Comments

We’re facing such huge challenges and all you hear through the media are demagogic chants like “drill, drill, drill.”
Skyrocketing energy prices. The climate crisis. Unraveling financial markets. Wars that just happen to be in places with a lot of oil…
Enough said…Come back for more details on the subject.

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Ottawa recycling… hummm not really

Aug 16th, 2008 by Frederick Carle | Comments

I took a walk in beautiful downtown Ottawa this afternoon and came across this container that separates garbage, plastic bottles, and recyclables. It’s really nice to see that somehow they do try to recycle but what’s wrong with this is there’s maybe only one of those per building block.
I also took a look inside the [...]

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A Plastic Pledge

Aug 15th, 2008 by Tara Benwell | Comments

When I think of August a few favourite activies come to mind…floating on Lake Okanagan… drinking a cold beer on a busy patio… sneaking fresh berries and peaches into every meal…the list goes on. While these activities sound harmless and fun, they would all be considered no-no’s (or at least major challenges) for Christine Jeavans [...]

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