Category | Climate change

Canvass Your MP - Now!

Posted on 10 June 2008

Canvass Your MP is all about tackling climate change and was masterminded by a group of bloggers (including our very own Asi, a Green Guys Global editor) who came up with this great idea just last week.
The campaign aims to inspire members of the public to engage with their local MP and encourage them to [...]

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are we fighting for something bigger than the environment?

Posted on 19 May 2008

I have been reading a lot lately ( I also owe you wonderful readers a review of John Grants “green marketing manifesto”)But I want to raise another matter today.It seems like we’re in the fight for something bigger than “just” the environment. Apparently it looks like we are the generation who is going to take [...]

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Climate Change Charity Art Auction

Posted on 05 May 2008

For all green art enthusiasts, this is the event for you!
A charity art auction, ‘Art Aid: Embrace‘ will be taking place on Saturday 21st June to raise money to support poor communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America adapt to climate change.
The work of around 50 artists from the East Midlands will be displayed in [...]

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Guest Editor: Ellie La Trobe-Bateman - The future of the Carbon Offset

Posted on 05 May 2008

Currently carbon offsetting is justified by three main factors that have obvious uncertainties around them;
1) Guilt –Individuals or businesses may feel guilty about continuing to pollute. It is an emotion though, and difficult to predict.
2) Taking action on Climate Change - The evidence that offsetting can help combat climate change is reliant on the [...]

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Event - Turning up the HEAT

Posted on 29 April 2008

Can big business really save the planet?
Turning up the HEAT is a series of free interactive and virtual debates on climate change and corporate power organised by the World Development Movement.
You can turn up in person to the events in London (8th May), Cardiff (10th May) and Manchester (13th May) or you can watch and [...]

Guest Editor: Trish Smith - Tips for an Eco-Friendly Move

Posted on 09 April 2008

Moving on and off campus after a stressful semester is never fun. The idea of lugging tons of boxes, spending hours cleaning your old dorm or apartment and driving miles away from school with a jam-packed car, only to do it all again next semester, is more than enough to make the average student cringe.
Not [...]

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Guest Editor: Callie Lister ‘Be Gordon Brown for the day’

Posted on 03 April 2008

Attention all East Midlands (UK) based GGG readers!  
You are cordially invited to an East Midlands Day of Action on the Climate Change Bill outside East Midlands Airport on Saturday April 12th from 1.30 until 3 p.m.  
What’s it all about?  
Since Friends of the Earth launched the Big Ask campaign in June 2005 we’ve made amazing [...]

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Guest Editor: Trish Smith - How to Control Your College Trash

Posted on 02 April 2008

It’s not hard to see why college students are notorious for accumulating tons of trash both in and out of their dorm rooms. There wasn’t a week that went by when I was in college that I didn’t see fast-food containers, packets of ketchup, empty paper towel rolls, soda cans, half-empty bags of Doritos, plastic [...]

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Quench Your Thirst and Save the Planet

Posted on 01 April 2008

E.on is delighted to announce the discovery of a new form of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).
Burning coal to generate electricity produces Carbon Dioxide (CO2), a green house gas that contributes to climate change. However by capturing the CO2 before it is released into the atmosphere and piping it through natural spring water we at [...]

Book Review: Do good lives have to cost the earth?

Posted on 25 March 2008

Have you ever considered whether good lives have to cost the earth? Well a diverse group of people have considered the question and their answers were documented in a book (with the question as the title) edited by Andrew Simms and Jo Smith.

Before I started reading the book I already had an answer to the [...]

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