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Posts Tagged ‘action’
Climate Change, Politics, Aug 26th, 2010,
The activists at the recent Climate Camp in Scotland have stirred up controversy and debate, at least in the little corner of the media that pays attention to climate change activism. After a day of ‘climate action’ on Monday, during which several windows were broken at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) headquarters in Edinburgh, 12 Climate Camp protesters were arrested. A group of Climate Camp protesters intentionally broke the law. One of them, Dan Glass, explains their motivation in a comment piece for the Guardian entitled ‘Yes, we broke the law as climate change activists. And this is why’. Glass…
Tags: action, activism, change, climate, climate camp, Edinburgh, Kingsnorth, law, protest, RBS, Scotland
Climate Change, Nature, Aug 21st, 2010,
The headline in The Ecologist, ‘Human response to climate change is making matters worse’, is a bit of a f*&#(^@ downer. Upon reading the actual article, it doesn’t get that much better. A recent study has researched the impacts of human response to climate change on biodiversity. The study, recently published in the journal Conservation Letters, attempts to assess the impact of responses such as the biofuel industry, which has contributed to the destruction of rainforests and peat bogs in South East Asia. Hydropower projects like China’s massive Three Gorges Dam have also left their marks on biological habitats. From the…
Tags: action, biodiversity, biofuel, China, Climate change, ecologist, ecosystem, human, humanity, impact, Indonesia, react, resource, response, study, Three Gorges Dam
Climate Change, Oct 31st, 2009,
Here is the high-resolution slideshow from the worldwide climate change action event organized by 350.org on October 24th, dubbed the International Day of Climate Action. 5245 actions took place in 181 countries, receiving major media coverage and resulting in tons of inspiring and photographs and video. Check out the 350.org homepage for more news, vids and lots of great pics! < Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. By Graham Land Additional resources: Guardian – The 350.org climate change worldwide protest slideshow New York Times – Across City, Weekend Rallies to Curb Climate Change AP/NPR – Global events mark magic number on climate...
Tags: 350, 350.org, action, Climate change
