If you’re a budding Scorsese or Tarantino, but are more passionate about green issues than gang warfare, then the Friends of the Earth green film competition is for you. They are looking for a 60 second film on the subject of ‘how we look after our planet and use it like there is a tomorrow’.
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June 5th, 2007
Friends of the Earth green film competition
US president Bush has confused the issue of global greenhouse gas emissions control in a clever move to stall any real progress at the G8 summit next week. Where anyone with any kind of concern for our planet’s future, and hence our own future would see this as a disaster for greenhouse gas emission reduction, our prime minister, Tony Blair called it an important step forward. An important step forward? To undermine the rest of the world’s efforts and to refuse to accept any responsibility for global warming is a step forward? Where British and German officials have stressed that a requirement for the next international climate agreement should be binding caps on carbon pollution for developed nations and limiting climate change to 2 degrees Celsius, President Bush is refusing to accept any cap on greenhouse gas emissions for the USA, as he thinks it will damage the economy.
June 1st, 2007
Tots Bots to introduce organic cotton nappies
Scottish cloth nappy company Tots Bots are about launch their first organic nappy. They acknowledge their Bamboozle is still the best washable nappy on the market, but there’s no denying the time it takes to dry is still too long for some of us, so they’ve decided to make their regular cotton nappies organic.
May 31st, 2007
New carbon labels planned by government
The government announced a bold plan yesterday to have labels on products to show the environmental impact of producing, transporting and disposing the product. The government is working with the Carbon Trust and British Standards Institute (BSI) to develop the system over the next 18 months. Although the scheme will be voluntary, there are already a number of companies working with the project, for example Marks and Spencer and Tesco. A further 120 companies have expressed an interest in the scheme. The Carbon Trust is running a pilot project at the moment with Boots, Innocent Smoothies and Walkers crisps.
May 31st, 2007
New carbon labels planned by government
The government announced a bold plan yesterday to have labels on products to show the environmental impact of producing, transporting and disposing the product. The government is working with the Carbon Trust and British Standards Institute (BSI) to develop the system over the next 18 months. Although the scheme will be voluntary, there are already a number of companies working with the project, for example Marks and Spencer and Tesco. A further 120 companies have expressed an interest in the scheme. The Carbon Trust is running a pilot project at the moment with Boots, Innocent Smoothies and Walkers crisps.
May 30th, 2007
Stansted airport expansion threat to planet
There is a really interesting article in The Independent today about the effects of global warming on the Inuit community. A prominent leader of the Inuit community is due to speak at the public inquiry opening today into he proposed expansion of Stansted Airport. The groups fighting against the expansion are using global warming as their main argument against the expansion. Aqqaluk Lynge is an Inuit politician and head of the Inuit community in Greenland. He will speak out against the ‘cheap flights’ culture that is fuelling global warming. He will give details of the very real effects of global warming on his people.
May 30th, 2007
Stansted airport expansion threat to planet
There is a really interesting article in The Independent today about the effects of global warming on the Inuit community. A prominent leader of the Inuit community is due to speak at the public inquiry opening today into he proposed expansion of Stansted Airport. The groups fighting against the expansion are using global warming as their main argument against the expansion. Aqqaluk Lynge is an Inuit politician and head of the Inuit community in Greenland. He will speak out against the ‘cheap flights’ culture that is fuelling global warming. He will give details of the very real effects of global warming on his people.
May 30th, 2007
Stansted airport expansion threat to planet
There is a really interesting article in The Independent today about the effects of global warming on the Inuit community. A prominent leader of the Inuit community is due to speak at the public inquiry opening today into he proposed expansion of Stansted Airport. The groups fighting against the expansion are using global warming as their main argument against the expansion. Aqqaluk Lynge is an Inuit politician and head of the Inuit community in Greenland. He will speak out against the ‘cheap flights’ culture that is fuelling global warming. He will give details of the very real effects of global warming on his people.
May 25th, 2007
Renewable energy boom for UK farmers?
This week UK farmer’s role in the production of renewable energy was given a high profile boost with the release of an ‘Energy White Paper’, which has been hailed as the most fundamental review of the UK’s energy policy yet. The document outlines how the government plan to deal with our future energy needs, and it highlights the crucial role our farmers will have in the production of bio-fuel crops and small-scale biomass heat and power production.
May 24th, 2007
No dirty gold at Goldsmiths
On a recent sojourn to my local Goldsmith’s jewellers, I was pleased to discover that Goldsmith’s diamonds are all conflict free. I hinted to my partner that perhaps he could buy me an engagement ring from Goldsmiths, but he looked rather concerned, so I have given up on that one. Back to my point, Goldsmith’s acquire all their diamonds through legitimate sources that have no involvement in funding conflicts and all diamonds comply with the United Nations Resolution.
