Winning for Best Documentary Feature, well deserved for sure.
The award is presented around 3:10 in the video.
Al Gore Get's An Oscar – [You Tube]
California is considering it but Australia is announcing it.
They're releasing legislation in 2009 to ban the sale and use of incandescent light bulbs. Compact florescents and LED bulbs will be the more energy efficient replacements.
The move will save massive quantities of energy.
World First? Australia Switches Off Incandescent Bulbs [TreeHugger]
Image from: ServiceLighting.com
A sweet little site with the goal of planting 8 million trees in the shape of a heart right in the heart of one of the poorest countries in the world, Niger.
I'm hoping this is a legit thing, but I'm not entirely sure yet. I haven't heard much about the organization, and I have yet to see any pictures or tangible evidence of them actually doing what they claim. I also wonder how they plan on keeping those 8 million trees alive in the desert. It seems like they have chosen tree varieties that can survive the extreme arid climate, but with the threat of climate change, especially for the African continent, will their long term goals be feasible?
I noticed that one of the trees they chose to plant was a Baobab tree, which they charge 75 Euros to plant. I have actually attempted to grow a Baobab tree in my apartment a few times, and it's worked for about the cost of a Starbucks coffee.
The problem is after about 6 months it only had 4 leaves and was about 3 inches tall. It looked like a bean sprout. Much to my dismay, I eventually killed the thing due to a prolonged weekend away from it.
The Baobab's they show in their example are fully mature and may be hundreds or thousands of years old, impossible to know since Baobabs don't produce growth rings. So I wonder what the 75 Euros is for, the seeds can't cost more than a few cents. How much care are they going to give to the trees over their 1,000 year period of maturation?
Their domain isn't even a .org, neither is ours but then again we don't solicit donations. The average price of planting a tree with these guys is 32.5 Euros, times 8 million, equals 2.6 Billion Euros. It's either a very ambitious environmental project or a potentially very lucrative scam.
Enough already, I want to believe, I really do. I'm going to keep an eye on these guys and perhaps buy a tree if they give me a solid reason to trust them.
Not all, but most can be used to reduce energy consumption and thus greenhouse gas emissions. Some are simple, actually all are simple, it's a good thing… check it out.
100 Ways to Save the Environment [SEQL.org]
Want to meet others like you? Check out change.org. It's kind of like Digg.com mixed with a bit of Social Activism and networking. It's pretty cool.
Social Network For Social Activism [Read/Write Web]
China to promise cuts in greenhouse gases [New Scientist Environment]
China has goal to reduce G.H.G. emissions by 10% over 5 years.
Top 10 Largest Databases in the World [Business Intelligence Lowdown]
#1 is interesting.
Wis. could become second state to require fewer greenhouse gases [Chippewa.com]
CA was first.
Al Gore is helping to organize a massive series of benefit concerts to occur on all seven continents, including Antarctica. The concerts will feature more than 100 artists, covering the gamut from Snoop Dogg to Bon Jovi.
All proceeds will go to The Alliance For Climate Protection.
Al Gore Sets Global Warming Concerts With Snoop Dogg, Bon Jovi – [Bloomberg.com]
The Svalbard International Seed Vault is a bunker of sorts that will one day safely store every known strain of agricultural seed in case of global catastrophe. The vault will be built deep inside a mountain in one of the Svalbard islands. The location was chosen for it's projected long term stability.
Permafrost. So named because it's land that never thaws, that is until now. Satellite data is showing that there has been a 12% increase in lake area in Siberia between 1970 and 2004. The frost is melting and this threatens to release huge amounts of carbon and methane into the atmosphere furthering the problem.
Siberia's Once-Frozen Tundra Is Melting – [Radio Free Europe]
"It appears there may have been an orchestrated campaign to mislead the public about climate change" [Rep. Henry Waxman via CNN.com]
Well you don't say! I mean seriously, does this really surprise anyone? Disturbing, yes, surprising? Not in the least.
Lawmakers hear of interference in global warming science – [CNN.com]
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