I must shamefully admit that I first heard of Sea Shepherd a few months ago, when I happened to stumble upon the last few minutes of an episode of Whale Wars on Animal Planet. Actually, at first I was simply amazed that such green warriors exist and that, instead of dealing in secrecy and fearing […]
Since Avaaz managed to get such an incredible number of people to sign their “Save Copenhagen” petition, I feel I need to do my part, as little as it may be, and help promote it even more. Sent the link by e-mail to pretty much everyone I knew how to reach last night, but adding […]
Climate change is receiving a lot of attention lately. There is the Copenhagen Summit in December, October 24th seems to be the International Day of Climate Action and, of course, the topic of this Blog Action Day is also climate change. But these are just a few events, albeit taking place at very different levels, […]
The EU has started phasing out conventional light bulbs and the reactions I’m seeing around here are about as negative as I expected, seeing as it’s a decision that inconveniences people somewhat. Even many of those who claim to care for the environment only do so as long as it doesn’t cost them any time, […]
Greenpeace is asking people to spread the word about a clarification they made regarding certain accusations. They’re also making the usual request to tag the posts with “greenpeacebuzz”, but just writing the word will have to do because I’m certainly not planning to use tags. The accusation seems to be that they have exaggerated the […]