Uncategorized, Aug 29th, 2009,
Depends on whom you ask Most sources seem to say that it’s either the tropical eco-paradise of Costa Rica or Germany, the environmentally conscious, European economic powerhouse. But it was Switzerland, followed by Sweden and Norway, which topped Yale’s 2008 EPI – or Environmental Performance Index – a grading system that ranks countries by their carbon and sulfur emissions, water purity and conservation practices. And yet there are others, such as Finland and New Zealand, who are also vying for that coveted seat atop the eco-throne. So why is there so much disagreement about who occupies it? Here we’ll take…
Tags: carbon, Costa Rica, environment, footprint, Germany, Green, greenest, Greenest country, kyoto, New Zealand, united nations
Uncategorized, Aug 28th, 2009,
In a sassy, if obvious, attempt to debunk popular conceptions about prominent issues, Newsweek magazine’s “The Smart List” feature, with the subheading “What do you know?” is a dose of brash journalism for the American public. Some articles are blog-like and some of those are barely bigger than Twitter tweets, while one or two are even less worth reading. A picture of a belching smokestack marks the entries with an ecological theme and most of the articles have a somewhat condescending “I think I know what you believe (idiot) and your wrong” air to them, which I find kind of…
Tags: controversial, ecology, newsweek magazine
