Archive | August, 2009

Climate change – the challenge

Posted on 27 August 2009

In December this year, global leaders will meet in Copenhagen to agree the way forward on one of the biggest challenges facing our generation – climate change.
While this meeting is a crucial step in the global fight against climate change, it is certainly not the only step which needs to be taken. In addition to [...]

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Marks and Spencer Eco Hypocrisy

Posted on 25 August 2009

M and S customers stuffing their Hessian eco-bags with packaging (far less green than plastic carrier bags), in the self righteous, I am better than thou way, that M and S customers tend to have.

Population growth and climate change

Posted on 21 August 2009

Reading through the various reports on climate change and environmental damage it can sometimes seem as though the problems we face are insurmountable. That, despite the hard work of environmental campaigners and those concerned with fair trade and green issues, we are merely forestalling inevitable environmental collapse.
As the overdue realisation dawns on governments around the [...]

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Being Green: Freecycle.Org vs. GarageSalesTracker

Posted on 17 August 2009

When it comes to being green recycling is always a top priority. So when it comes to shopping for clothing, baby items, and other necessary (and some not so necessary) household items you must figure out ways to shop while maintaining your green status.
So today we are having a face-off between Freecycle.org against garagesalestracker.com.

In the [...]

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Energy Efficient LEDs : Growing in Use and Utility

Posted on 03 August 2009

LED manufacturers have made large gains in the past few years. As the technology has grown smaller, better, and cheaper the benefits over incandescent bulbs are becoming more and more apparent. These technological advancements have also led to a much more versatile product that is being used in new applications every day. Manufacturers have also [...]

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Lord Monckton rap battles Al Gore – Climate-Gate?

The latest episode of Hip Hop News Parody show ‘Rap News’ deals with the lead up to potentially historic Climate Change meeting in Copenhagen, 7th December. Your host Robert Foster brings notorious figures from both sides of the debate together in the studio to have it out. Lord Christopher Monckton, the hereditary peer from Great Britain, finally gets the chance to pour his barrage of climate change skepticism all over IPPC darling, Al Gore. Who will win, and who will be rap battled into the ground to eat logic dust? Find out here on Juice Media’s Rap News.

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