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 Europe's dash for biofuels could accelerate the destruction of tropical rainforests, the European Commission admitted on Thursday. The EU's executive arm said that the 27-member bloc's decision to increase tenfold its consumption of vehicle fuel made from crops by 2020 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would increase the pressure on virgin land, especially in Asia.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
For Canadian ECO warriors...today is a sad day...David Suzuki, leading Canadian Environmentalist and founder of David Suzuki Foundation has turned down the invitation to run for B.C. Minister...
READ WHY....
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
LIVE GREEN!
If you read magazines, watch TV, surf, cook, shop....breathe......you have heard about being "GREEN".
The pages within Green.Colonies.com are meant to DIG UP the DIRT on issues involving Natural Resource Conservation, Reliable Agriculture systems, Energy Alternatives, Urban Sprawl, and of course the no longer debatable causes of Global Warming.
TRUTH: Your actions affect the earth and its inhabitants with each footprint you lay down on this planet?
TRUTH: Living Green makes your tread lighter- your ecological footprint smaller - thus the resources we depend upon daily may be conserved and made to sustain future generations!
So...if your 'down', 'hip', or 'keen' to be ECO-generous to your nieces and nephews, grandchildren, or your own kids....Take a minute to join the Green Community inside Colonies.com. Make a profile for yourself, your family or your organization, and begin sharing with others about the ECO-actions you are taking.
These pages EXIST to provide us with tools to build a BETTER FUTURE for our lives on this planet.
Summon your inner ECO-CONSCIOUSNESS by reading the "GREEN TIPS of The Day" or try adding your own "Green Footprint Blog post" to INSPIRE and motivate others to join in on the 'Green Revolution'.
You will find out just how POWERFUL Community can be as you come together on a common ground with a similiar passion in you to LIVE BETTER, more WHOLE lives.
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New York Times Columnist Thomas L. Friedman's The Power of Green article published this week sent chills out to me tippy toes......He writes:
One thing that always struck me about the term “green” was the degree to which, for so many years, it was defined by its opponents — by the people who wanted to disparage it. And they defined it as “liberal,” “tree-hugging,” “sissy,” “girlie-man,” “unpatriotic,” “vaguely French.”
Well, I want to rename “green.” I want to rename it geostrategic, geoeconomic, capitalistic and patriotic. I want to do that because I think that living, working, designing, manufacturing and projecting America in a green way can be the basis of a new unifying political movement for the 21st century.
WATCH Friedman's Documentary:
"Green: The New Red, White and Blue," a documentary featuring Thomas L. Friedman¹s reporting on green technology, premiers on the Discovery Channel on Saturday, April 21 at 9 p.m. Description below:
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman travels the globe to unravel the tangled web of where we get our energy, and what we can do about the carbon footprint producing and consuming that energy. He visits the front lines of a revolution taking shape.
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NEWSWEEK/ APRIL 16, 2007 The idea is to suck carbon out of the ambient air or—even more feasible—out of power plants where it's produced, and store it in the deep ocean or in depleted oil and natural-gas fields.
--Molecules of carbon dioxide stay in the atmosphere as long as 200 years; yes, carbon dioxide molecules belched out by Model Ts are still up there. As a result, "incremental reductions in CO2 emissions" as called for by the 1997 Kyoto Treaty and legislation pending in Congress "will not stabilize atmospheric CO2 levels," argues climate researcher Wallace Broecker of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, part of Columbia. "They only slow the rate of increase."
RADICAL HUH....Read More...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
See http://pembina.org/wind/ and read about their program convert the energy you use to power your laptop -whether at home or in your office- to WIND ENERGY.
How do they determine the energy you spend while you're using your computer? Here is an excerpt from their site! Read on!
How do we calculate the electricity use of your computer?
Laptop Computers: The average laptop computer consumes 30 watts of electricity. It is assumed that most people (80%) use their computers nine hours a day, five days a week for the year. It is also assumed that some people (20%) leave their computers on 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The total energy consumed in one year is:
30 W * [(2340 hr/yr)*80% + (8736 hr/yr)*20%)] = 110 kWh/yr
The average computer is expected to last three years before it is replaced with a new model. The total energy consumed over its three-year life span is 330 kWh or 0.33 MWh.
Desktop Computers: The average desktop computer consumes 120 watts of electricity. It is assumed that most people (75%) use their computers nine hours a day, five days a week for the year. It is also assumed that some people (25%) leave their computers on 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The total energy consumed in one year is:
120 W * [(2340 hr/yr)*75% + (8736 hr/yr)*25%)] = 473 kWh/yr
The average computer is expected to last three years before it is replaced with a new model. The total energy consumed over its three-year life span is 1400 kWh or 1.4 MWh.
Sources
- Power consumption for laptops and desktops from Tufts University in Boston
- Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990-2002. Greenhouse Gas Division, Environment Canada, August 2004.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Green.colonies.com will be passing out Heirloom seeds in Whistler Village on Earth Day thanks to Saltspring Island Seeds!
We will also be taking donations for Carbonfund.org who is taking BIG TIME action to OFFSET the effects of global warming through excessive Carbon Emissions Control!
Calculate your ecological footprint and purchase GREEN-e Labels to insure that your money is being used to fund alternative energies...take a look out how EASY it is the Green YOUR FEET~!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Hilltrip is dedicated to improve the sustainability of our mountain environment and lifestyle.
A barometer of global climate change, Mountain ecosystems are highly sensitive to changes in temperature. Many climatologists believe that mountains provide an early glimpse of what may come to pass in lowland environments.
What does Sustainability mean?
At its most basic level, sustainable means "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
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LIVE GREEN!
If you read magazines, watch TV, surf, cook, shop....breathe......you have heard about being "GREEN".
The pages within Green.Colonies.com are meant to DIG UP the DIRT on issues involving Natural Resource Conservation, Reliable Agriculture systems, Energy Alternatives, Urban Sprawl, and of course the on-going debate about Global Warming.
TRUTH: Your actions affect the earth and its inhabitants with each footprint you lay down on this planet?
TRUTH: Living Green makes your tread lighter- your ecological footprint smaller - thus the resources we depend upon daily may be conserved and made to sustain future generations!
So...if your 'down', 'hip', or 'keen' to be ECO-generous to your nieces and nephews, grandchildren, or your own kids....Take a minute to join the Green Community inside Colonies.com. Make a profile for yourself, your family or your organization, and begin sharing with others about the ECO-actions you are taking.
These pages EXIST to provide us with tools to build a BETTER FUTURE for our lives on this planet.
Summon your inner ECO-CONSCIOUSNESS by reading the "GREEN TIPS of The Day" or try adding your own "Green Footprint Blog post" to INSPIRE and motivate others to join in on the 'Green Revolution'.
You will find out just how POWERFUL Community can be as you come together on a common ground with a similiar passion in you to LIVE BETTER, more WHOLE lives.
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AL GORE may not be the answer to global warming, but he sure did shake up a whole lotta people who once were completely oblivious to the roots of its devastating effects.
While you're there.....might as well check out the Carbon Calculator that will help you determine just how to START being part of the solution and STOP being part of the problem.
....THEN... print up a copy of the 10 Simple Solutions you can easily take advantage of in your own life....and your on your way to becoming a Green Revolutionary.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Life in an apartment block or in a suburban cutout does NOT have to fit into mold and certainly CAN feed the imagination....
Check out this engaging how-to video and see for yourself how designing and building your own personal 'EDEN' environment WILL beautify your view and CREATE a natural recycling center you may easily take advantage of daily!!
Check out the co-founder of Global Exchange, Dr. Kevin Danaher, as he GOES OFF about the inherent drivers of revolutionary change brought about by the greening of industry and consumerism.
I don't know...but I would guess that we're finding out that Green FEELS good! mmmmmmmmmmmm!
EARTH DAY IS COMING...EARTH DAY IS COMING....!
What is one thing we could easily do to celebrate our Planet this Earth Day?
TALK ABOUT IT!
The MORE Recognition the Earth receives the BETTER!
Curb your car, unplug the TV, don't take a shower, get an EARTH DAY CLUE.....click the link below to find a list of simple HOUSEHOLD alterations that will make you an official Earth Day Celebratoree!!
Earth Day was created in 1970 to spark a revolution against environmental abuse. The organizers rallied...their voices carried all the way into the 21st Century! Al Gore brought the GENERAL public into awareness of the truckloads of evidence to suggest Global warming is real.
People are the Problem. People are also part of the solution.
Check out www.earthday.net to find or register Earth Day events everywhere in the world.....
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