The article below is to an article that includes 36 global warming posters.
For more visit:
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/global-warming-alert-posters/.
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Earth Hour 2012: Tonight
The link below is to an article on Earth Hour 2012, which is being held tonight. The article below includes a history of the event, which is now a global movement for ‘change.’ However, just how much change is brought about by Earth Hour is still a matter of debate. There seems to be more of an emphasis on going beyond the hour this time round, which is a far better way of drawing awareness to the need of green energy for the future and the major issue of climate change that is facing the planet. If the event is to is bring lasting change, we need to move beyond the hour as just a fun thing to do and actually bring about change to the way we live our lives the world over. There is a long way to go, as can be seen with the great difficulty of reaching any useful agreements on CO2 emission reductions and the like. Hopefully awareness can bring about real change through this event.
For more visit:
http://www.kleenexmums.com.au/sustainability/earth-hour/the-hour-of-no-power/
Earth Day (April 22): Today is Earth Day
April 22 is Earth Day. The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 and heralded the environmental movement. How will you celebrate Earth Day? Will you be doing something to raise awareness of issues that impact on the earth?
For more visit:
http://www.earthday.org/
Earth Day (April 22): Picnic for the Planet
April 22 is Earth Day and to celebrate Earth Day, The Nature Conservancy is asking people to have a Picnic for the Planet. The idea is to raise awareness by going on a picnic to some outdoor location with a group of friends and to celebrate the planet we live on – or to give thanks for it.
For more visit:
http://earthday.nature.org/
Earth Day (April 22): Ideas for Earth Day
The following link is to a page that has a number of ideas and projects on how to celebrate Earth Day, raise awareness on environmental issues and how to take action.
For more visit:
http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2011
Plants Under Threat Around the World
When we think of species threatened with extinction, we tend to think of animal, bird and fish species – not necessarily plant species. Never before has so many of the planet’s plant species been threatened with extinction in the wild. One web site concerned with bringing awareness of the plight of the planet’s plant species is Plantlife. Visit the site below to find out more about the threat to our planet’s plantlife.
The site deals primarily with the situation in Great Britain, but there is also an international side to the site. Visit the URL below to visit that part of the site.
Annual Hunt of Dolphins at Taiji Cove in Japan
Anti-Whaling group ‘Sea Shepherd’ is again monitoring the annual dolphin hunt at Taiji Cove in Japan. Awareness of the annual dolphin hunt was heightened in the Oscar-winning documentary ‘The Cove.’ The annual dolphin hunt began on September 1.
Videos of the hunt are shown below:
Below: Footage from the documentary ‘The Cove.’
Earth Day: April 22
Earth Day is about the earth and the people who live on it. The Earth Day Network believes that all people, no matter who they are, have a right to a healthy and sustainable environment. Those who support Earth Day are a veritable who’s who of environmentalism. The network not only educates and increases awareness of environmental issues, it also actively seeks to bring about change in order to achieve a healthy and sustainable environment.
Earth Day is celebrated on the 22nd April each year, with supporters getting involved in all manner of environmentally responsible activities.
Find out more about Earth Day and the Earth Day Network at:
EARTH HOUR: A COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME???
Earth Hour is to be held this Saturday (March 28) between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm. All you need to do to take part in Earth Hour is simply turn your lights off for the hour between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm on March 28.
Earth Hour began as an annual event in Sydney in 2007, when an estimated 2.2 million buildings switched off their lights for an hour. This year Earth Hour is going global for the second year and is giving people the opportunity to ‘vote’ for either the Earth or global warning. By switching off the lights for an hour a person can ‘vote’ for fighting global warning.
Organisers of Earth Hour are hoping some 1 billion people will ‘vote’ for the Earth and hope to be able to give world leaders 1 billion ‘votes’ for the Earth at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. The conference is the forum in which world leaders will determine policy to supersede the Kyoto Protocol on Greenhouse Gas reduction.
For more on Earth Hour visit the official website at:
However, is Earth Hour a colossal waste of time? What is really being gained by turning the lights off for an hour once a year? All other electrical devices are still on and a lot of people go for alternative lighting devices that also pollute the environment. Other than awareness of global warming (which I would suggest everyone knows about now and either believes or does not believe – turning off some lights won’t change anyone’s mind on global warming), what does Earth Hour really achieve?
The following Blog post makes for interesting reading:
Am I against reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Am I against reducing Global Warming and other associated disasters? Am I anti-environment? The answer to those questions is no! I’m just simply saying Earth Hour is little more than tokenism by most people who are against the Rudd government Greenhouse Gas Emissions reduction policies and other policies that actually aim to make a difference.
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