Archive for the 'Citizen Journalism' Category

Oh, and Happy Birthday to…

Treehugger!
From their site:
Before the month is out I just wanted to slip in a hearty ‘Three Cheers’, ‘for-you’re-all-jolly-good-fellows’ type greeting for little ole TreeHugger. Yep, we’ve successful navigated through the Terrible Twos and moved right on, without even celebrating our momentous Third Birthday. The other day we ranked 20th out of some 75,000,000 other […]

Greenpeace training a new set of Environmental Leaders

“We’re putting congress on the hot seat
because we want them to put the issue of
global warming on the front burner”

Check this video to get a good look at the next generation of environmental leaders in America.The video was prepared as part of a training program organized and led by Greenpeace in association with Seventh […]

Capitalist Climate Cola (with a side of global warming hockey stick info)

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Capitalist climate cola, originally uploaded by oxpeaceart.
It’s the real thing.
This picture is superimposed over the now well-known ‘hockey stick’ graph showing temperature compared to CO2 concerntrations.
The hockey stick […]

“What would you be willing to do limit and/or regulate the meat industry in order to curb the climate crisis?”

In a video posted testerday on youtube, David Fisher asks, “What would you be willing to do limit and/or regulate the meat industry in order to curb the climate crisis?”
His point is that methane is a greenhouse gas in the same way that CO2 is, except that the science shows it packs a more potent […]

Portrait of an Environmental Hack Job

As the world-wide response to global warming builds, it’s bound to happen. The entrentched interests trot out their lackeys to muddy up the debate.
Some companies and industries have huge investments in keeping things the way they are. They want to slow down government regulation or citizen action that could impact their profits. The oil and […]

Localcooling.com surpasses 1 Million kWH saved!

Local Cooling has just passed over 1 million kWH saved! That’s an amazing milestone. It translates to almost half a million gallons of oil or about 53,000 trees saved. Nice work for a simple, free application.
Here’s some background on the site/application:
localcooling.com is home to a windows-only utility that can be downloaded onto your computer to […]

The top 5 Global Warming Videos on Youtube

Here’s a roundup of great youtube videos on global warming. I poured over a good number of them but think these are the best recent ones.
If you run across one you think is cool, let me know by leaving a comment.
Thanks!
1. A Global Warning…
This one begins with some great discussion by Tony Blair. Try to […]