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Today is Blog Action Day for the environment, which seems to have managed to make me finally start writing this rant I had planned for quite a long time. Ok, so it’ll be posted towards the end of the day, for me at least, but better late than never! Fact: We have a big problem, […]

With all the talk about offsetting carbon emissions, it was about time for somebody to start offsetting trees. It would of course matter what kind of trees will be planted and where, but let’s take it one thing at a time. As for them being a for-profit organization, as long as they do what they […]

Anybody else starting to be at least a little amused by these lists? Not that I’m not guilty of making one myself (last paragraph there)… Honestly, how many people with access to information don’t already know what they should be doing? The issue is making them want to do it, and making governments and businesses […]

The sad thing is that it didn’t seem to have the expected impact. There was significant media coverage during that day, certainly, but a few channels focused on it while most others only mentioned it after the supposedly more important local news, though how can anything local be more important than the whole world is […]

Just another quick post on the topic. MTV has a nice coverage of the matter. Caught a few really interesting short films there while zapping today. Over here, there are stations taking up the cause, including themed shows throughout the day, but most news bulletins are still focused on local issues. And the concert organized […]