The Green Files: March 2008 Archives

The Green Files > March 31, 2008

ECO LOVE FAVOURITES

[Love Surface Design] sells a deliciously stylish selection of eco friendly gifts and accessories. All their products are are either made from reclyed materials or produced in a sustainable way.

New VIA Thin Server Board for Eco-Friendly Small Business Storage

[VIA Technologies, Inc. News] “The VIA NAS 7800 is designed to address the needs of the modern digital work place, making it ideal for the new generation of thin server products for small and medium sized enterprise,” said Daniel Wu, Vice President, VIA Embedded Platform Division, VIA Technologies, Inc. “VIA's segment specific products are spearheading targeted platforms with industry-leading power efficiency, security and reliability.”

Posted at 12:32 PM

March 31, 2008

ECO LOVE FAVOURITES

[Love Surface Design] sells a deliciously stylish selection of eco friendly gifts and accessories. All their products are are either made from reclyed materials or produced in a sustainable way.

Posted at 12:32 PM

New VIA Thin Server Board for Eco-Friendly Small Business Storage

Posted at 12:32 PM

March 29, 2008

Organics on the rise

[Greenpeace Canada weblogs] Of the 2,462 farms producing these crops in 2006, almost half were in Saskatchewan. Fruits, vegetables and greenhouse products were the second most common certified organic products. Canada has had national organic standards since 1999, but these have been voluntary. Federal regulations for organic products are scheduled to take effect next December, when organic products marketed interprovincially or internationally must be certified by an approval body accredited by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Posted at 03:01 PM

Rogue Greenpeace canvasser collared

[Universal Hub - All Boston, all the time] I'll never support any street canvasser for any organization regardless of the cause (Masspirg, Greenpeace, Save the Children, etc). I don't support organizations that do their fundraising by soliciting on the sidewalk (despite the fact that I probably support their mission):

Posted at 03:00 PM

March 28, 2008

Tel-Aviv Saves The Planet From Global Warming

[Israel Opportunity Investor] Confronted by Stahl with the fact some prominent people, including the nation’s vice president, are not convinced that global warming is man-made, Gore responds: “You’re talking about Dick Cheney. I think that those people are in such a tiny, tiny minority now with their point of view, they’re almost like the ones who still believe that the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona and those who believe the world is flat,” says Gore.

Posted at 03:07 PM

Al Gore misses the March 26 deadline for the Global Warming Challenge

[The Global Warming Challenge] Gore or anyone else is aware of such a forecast, they should reveal the source to the scientific community. Claims that science supports global warming forecasts have, to date, failed to provide sources.

Posted at 03:06 PM

March 27, 2008

Global Warming Takes a Breather

[China Confidential] Marc Morano with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee says the cooling trend runs contrary to the claims of people promoting manmade global warming fears. But NPR -- which he describes as "an entrenched, liberal, mainstream institution" -- would rather question NASA's data, showing no ocean warming, instead of questioning the models that are predicting catastrophic sea level rise due to supposed global warming, he notes.

Posted at 03:03 PM

GLOBAL WARMING POSSIBLY ENDANDERING SEALS

[Understanding Government] The issue of whether to call these animals endangered is apropos not only of the White House’s global warming policy but their reluctance to put animals on the endangered list. A Post article this Sunday said that George W.

Posted at 03:02 PM

March 26, 2008

Environmental Photo-Advocacy Part I:The hardest working photog in ...

[Media & The Environment] Now, I know you instantly scanned through your mental environmental photographer Rolodex and picked out your favorite modern environmental photog but I seriously doubt they hold a CFL to Adams’ efforts.

Posted at 02:35 PM

”˜Shared environment’ forum begins in Aspen March 26

[Earth & Sky - earth] Leaders of industry, science, journalism, politics, and sustainability converge with members of the general public Wednesday, March 26 in Colorado for the first Aspen Environment Forum on the future of our shared environment.

Posted at 02:34 PM

March 25, 2008

The ultimate PHP web development environment, part 2

[DZone: latest front page] In part 1 of this series, I looked at the web browsers and (Windows) IDEs. Today I’m going to look at a local development server and its PHP configuration, as well as some of the IDEs/editors available for Linux, especially the .

Posted at 02:36 PM

The thin blue line in Annapolis

[Bay & Environment] The members of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Environment Maryland and Sierra Club are trying to convince the General Assembly to change an amendment that they said will "gut" legislation designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from businesses in the state by 25 percent by 2020.

Posted at 02:31 PM

March 24, 2008

An Update On Nautilus Mining [Deep Sea News]

[ScienceBlogs Channel : Environment] Anglo American was also accused in 2007 of damageable environmental practices: in order to complete its planned Alaskan Pebble Mine in collaboration with Northern Dynasty Minerals, the global mining giant may build a massive dam at the .

Posted at 12:32 PM

Bush to Phase Out Environment by 2009

[TreeHugger] Bush confirmed today that his gutting of the Endangered Species Act is part of a broader plan to phase out the environment entirely by the time he leaves office in January of 2009. “In addition to cutting taxes, it has been the goal of .

Posted at 12:32 PM

March 22, 2008

First Peak Oil Movie

[THE OUTSIDER] It's like a zombie movie except the zombies are humans. I will imagine everyone I see tomorrow as a zombie.

Posted at 03:03 PM

Peak Oil Theory

[Michigan Interactive Investments] Peak oil theory posits that a scare supply leads to a permanently higher price level and there are many supporters of this theory. However there is plenty empirical evidence to combat this theory like technological advances mentioned in the post above, but that does not mean the theory should be discredited.

Posted at 03:02 PM

March 21, 2008

Global Warming: Don't Panic Mr Mainwaring !

[Liberal Burblings] Reading the Observer's article last week entitled Glaciers melt 'at fastest rate in past 5000 years' sent me scurrying to re-read my copy of How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take To Change a Christian? - a Pocket Guide to Shrinking Your .

Posted at 03:03 PM

Global Warming Bill Updated to Require MDE to Obtain Legislative ...

[Maryland Chamber Blog] Baltimore Sun: Global warming bill heads to the House; WBAL Radio: Senate Revamps Global Warming Bill Following Steelworker Protests.

Posted at 03:01 PM

March 20, 2008

Climate Change = Hogwash?

[The Manchild Chronicles] For some reason people refuse to believe that greenhouse gases are causing the Earth’s climate to change. I have firm beliefs that the Earth’s climate is becoming more intense in terms of heat and cold.

Posted at 03:03 PM

McCain "applauds" PM on climate change

[Alasdair's LibDem Blog] Does he actually understand climate change, if he thinks Gordon Brown has been working hard in this area. McCain is thought to be more enthusiastic about combating Climate Change than Bush.

Posted at 03:01 PM

March 19, 2008

Christians and the Environment

[Pulpit Magazine] I’ve told environmentalists that if they think humanity is wrecking the planet, wait until they see what Jesus does to it. Peter says God is going to literally turn it in on itself in an atomic implosion so that the whole universe goes out of existence (2 Peter 3:7-13).

Posted at 02:33 PM

Population, Health and Environment (PHE) East Africa Network

[WASH news Africa] The Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) East Africa Network was launched on November 16, 2007, at the Integrated Development for East Africa conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Population Reference Bureau was the lead .

Posted at 02:32 PM

March 18, 2008

Qatar Environment

[Qatar Visitor - Travel Guide to Doha & Qatar] The first sign of environmental awareness that I noticed was at a food festival, when the school hosting the festival had put out recycling bins. Each bin was to contain a different type of rubbish.

Posted at 02:37 PM

Conference Examines Impact of DDT on Health, Environment

[Alma College: News Releases] The conference is jointly sponsored by the Alma College Center for Responsible Leadership, the College’s Public Affairs Institute, the Ohio Valley Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, and the Pine River Superfund Task Force, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency community advisory group.

Posted at 02:36 PM

March 17, 2008

Green Eco Friendly Kitchen Concept from Whirlpool

[Home Design, Furniture & Interior Design] Whirlpool has presented its futuristic version of a “green” kitchen. It seems that more and more people and companies become aware about the green movement and start using green home appliances to save on energy and water.

Posted at 12:32 PM

Kara Visits ECO:nomics

[BoomTown] Last week, I was in Santa Barbara at the Bacara Resort for The Wall Street Journal’s ECO:nomics: Creating Environmental Capital conference, which described itself as a “CEO-level view of the rapidly developing relationship between the .

Posted at 12:32 PM

March 15, 2008

School to take part in Environment Education

[Nashik News Line] In order to promote the knowledge of Environment preservation there is a proposal to introduce the subject at School level. All the schools will participate in a competition for the Five Star Environment Friendly School.

Posted at 03:03 PM

Hudson Valley Thermal Windows Help the Environment

[Ohumichiko's Weblog] The Saturn 360 sports insulated glass, which is a glazing unit consisting of two or more panes spaced apart with air gap of at least 7/8 of an inch thick. This greatly helps lower the heat transferred through the glass and significantly reduces sound transmission from one surface to another.

Posted at 03:01 PM

March 14, 2008

Eco-Friendly Yoga Blocks

[Yoga Blogger] They really do make biodegradable Yoga products now. So now when you practice the art of yoga it is both good for your body and the earth.

Posted at 03:05 PM

Cool Off This Summer with an Eco-friendly and Chemical Free ...

[The Accidental Environmentalist] Now that the daylight savings time has approached, let’s hope that Mother Earth will soon follow with scorching hot sunny days. (I am a child of the South.) Hard to think about swimming pools when the weather is slowly warming up, but before you know it;

Posted at 03:03 PM

March 13, 2008

Tony Blair launches climate change initiative

[The Office Of Tony Blair] The project is being conducted by The Climate Group, an independent, not-for-profit organisation that works internationally with government and business leaders to advance climate change solutions and accelerate a low carbon economy.

Posted at 03:31 PM

March 12, 2008

Climate change: fertilser versus cars

[No Right Turn] That said, reducing nitrous oxide emissions is perhaps the cheapest and easiest thing we can do to fight climate change. And as the Sustainability Council pointed out last year, we already have cost-effective ways of doing so.

Posted at 02:33 PM

Rising affluence greater danger than climate change

[the optimum population trust blog] Incoming Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor John Beddington, says rising worldwide affluence is a greater threat to food resources than climate change or rising population. Moving to a more meat based requires significantly more grain input for a given level of nutrition.

Posted at 02:32 PM

March 11, 2008

Plastic Bag Environmentalism is Flawed

[Big Dogs Weblog] However, there are many who just do not think these bags are any good. I will admit that they are unsightly when they are discarded and they blow around and get hung up in trees and along fences but they are no more unsightly than the rest of the trash along the fences and cluttering the gutters.

Posted at 02:33 PM

Arnold’s Environmentalism

[BoldColorConservative] California’s Republican-in-name-only Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has made fighting global warming a cornerstone of his administration over the last few years. But did you know that the guy takes a private jet to work?

Posted at 02:32 PM

March 10, 2008

Administration plans to make war in Iraq eco-friendly

[Untitled] Eco war ? Are you kidding me ? We don`t need war morons ! NO WAR !

Posted at 12:32 PM

Coffee Table with an Eco-friendly Fireplace

[Home Design, Furniture & Interior Design] I know that the winter is almost over, and the fireplaces are not used so more anymore but this Coffee Table with a built-in eco-friendly fireplace is a piece of furniture that is perfect for a contemporary interior.

Posted at 12:31 PM

March 08, 2008

Eco Fashion ~ Eco Transition ~ Eco Logical

[anniegreenjeans.com] Although my own attempts at offering advise to my Balinese friends and cohorts has not garnered the big changes I want for their health, their economy, their future, I will continue to suggest changes and look for openings in the practices of my suppliers in Bali. Support the Balinese Textile industry by choosing the label “Made in Bali” over that of India, China or other Asian countries with questionable factory conditions in their textile industry.

Posted at 03:01 PM

Eco-Speakers Made from Recycled Materials

[GeekAlerts] ... but help save the environment too. Each speaker folds flat for convenient storage and portability. Universally compatible; no batteries required. The Eco-Speakers ($14.95) are available in a wide range of color options. ...

Posted at 03:01 PM

March 07, 2008

Environmentalism as Religion

[Global Warming Cause] This was not the first discussion of environmentalism as a religion, but it caught on and was widely quoted. Michael explains why religious approaches to the environment are inappropriate and cause damage to the natural world they intend to protect.

Posted at 03:02 PM

Environmentalism in 1880

[Environmental News Blog | Environmental Graffiti] If you recall the first article in the series you’ll remember that England had been dealing with the ill effects of coal pollution for centuries. In 1306 King Edward had even banned the burning of coal with little in the way of results.

Posted at 03:01 PM

March 06, 2008

2008 International Climate Change Conference Impressions

[Untitled] I attended the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change. There was some totally cool and breaking science stories at this conference, and here are some of the impressions I had when I was talking to Gardner Goldsmith at Against the Grain on Monday and Tuesday.

Posted at 03:04 PM

Links between forests and climate change (IISD / Linkages Update)

[Desertification] Read at : Earth Negotiations Bulletin Linkages Update - Thursday, 6 March 2008 http://www.iisd.ca/recent/recentmeetings.asp?id=6#mtg5235 REGIONAL WORKSHOP ADDRESSES LINKS BETWEEN FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE A joint meeting ...

Posted at 03:02 PM

March 05, 2008

Lazy environment variables

[âˆƒxistential Type] I was just thinking that it would be really useful if command-line shells supported lazy environment variables. Lately, because of my work on Scala I will often find myself entering a line something like .

Posted at 02:33 PM

Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0.5

[filehippo.com] Java software allows you to run applications called "applets" that are written in the Java programming language. These applets allow you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D.

Posted at 02:31 PM

March 04, 2008

Peak oil - Mar 4

[EnergyBulletin.net Peak Oil] Mr Livingston was speaking at the Ecobuild trade fair in London’s Earls Court on Thursday, during an environmental hustings featuring the three main candidates in the election for London mayor, to be held on 1st May. In answer to a question from Global Public Media's David Strahan about what the candidates would do to protect London from peak oil, Mr Livingstone said “I don’t see this as a threat, I see it as an opportunity… it may be the only way that we face up to having to reduce our energy consumption”.

Posted at 02:34 PM

Peak Oil, Energy and Climate Change (Great Interview)

[Best Free Documentaries] filmmaker and reporter (BBC's Money Programme, Horizon), explains the back-story to Peak Oil and the impact declining supplies will pose for modern man waking up to a climate change dawn.

Posted at 02:33 PM

March 03, 2008

Research Fellows, Climate Change & Development

[Lowcarbon.com: Latest] The Group currently focuses on five thematic areas: International climate policy, pro-poor climate and disaster governance, climate change and social exclusion, organisational change and climate change knowledge services. The Group is engaged in a range of activities including policy-related research, advisory work, capacity-building, networking and developing innovative and accessible knowledge services.

Posted at 12:33 PM

Climate change, poetry and tragedy

[Grains of Sand] In Spring 2005 I edited a debate for openDemocracy.net and the British Council on the politics of climate change. Much of this was about politics and economics, of course, but we also looked at culture and the arts.

Posted at 12:31 PM

The Green Files > March 31, 2008

ECO LOVE FAVOURITES

New VIA Thin Server Board for Eco-Friendly Small Business Storage

March 31, 2008

ECO LOVE FAVOURITES

New VIA Thin Server Board for Eco-Friendly Small Business Storage

March 29, 2008

Organics on the rise

Rogue Greenpeace canvasser collared

March 28, 2008

Tel-Aviv Saves The Planet From Global Warming

Al Gore misses the March 26 deadline for the Global Warming Challenge

March 27, 2008

Global Warming Takes a Breather

GLOBAL WARMING POSSIBLY ENDANDERING SEALS

March 26, 2008

Environmental Photo-Advocacy Part I:The hardest working photog in ...

”˜Shared environment’ forum begins in Aspen March 26

March 25, 2008

The ultimate PHP web development environment, part 2

The thin blue line in Annapolis

March 24, 2008

An Update On Nautilus Mining [Deep Sea News]

Bush to Phase Out Environment by 2009

March 22, 2008

First Peak Oil Movie

Peak Oil Theory

March 21, 2008

Global Warming: Don't Panic Mr Mainwaring !

Global Warming Bill Updated to Require MDE to Obtain Legislative ...

March 20, 2008

Climate Change = Hogwash?

McCain "applauds" PM on climate change

March 19, 2008

Christians and the Environment

Population, Health and Environment (PHE) East Africa Network

March 18, 2008

Qatar Environment

Conference Examines Impact of DDT on Health, Environment

March 17, 2008

Green Eco Friendly Kitchen Concept from Whirlpool

Kara Visits ECO:nomics

March 15, 2008

School to take part in Environment Education

Hudson Valley Thermal Windows Help the Environment

March 14, 2008

Eco-Friendly Yoga Blocks

Cool Off This Summer with an Eco-friendly and Chemical Free ...

March 13, 2008

Tony Blair launches climate change initiative

March 12, 2008

Climate change: fertilser versus cars

Rising affluence greater danger than climate change

March 11, 2008

Plastic Bag Environmentalism is Flawed

Arnold’s Environmentalism

March 10, 2008

Administration plans to make war in Iraq eco-friendly

Coffee Table with an Eco-friendly Fireplace

March 08, 2008

Eco Fashion ~ Eco Transition ~ Eco Logical

Eco-Speakers Made from Recycled Materials

March 07, 2008

Environmentalism as Religion

Environmentalism in 1880

March 06, 2008

2008 International Climate Change Conference Impressions

Links between forests and climate change (IISD / Linkages Update)

March 05, 2008

Lazy environment variables

Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0.5

March 04, 2008

Peak oil - Mar 4

Peak Oil, Energy and Climate Change (Great Interview)

March 03, 2008

Research Fellows, Climate Change & Development

Climate change, poetry and tragedy

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