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Friday Favourites

Friday, September 3rd, 2010 by Admin

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Spring has definitely sprung. Some of us are suffering from hayfever, the daffodils are definitely up and it is feeling warmer (although changeable with a cold wintry blast coming through today). Friday favourites will be taking a break for a few weeks so enjoy these links and our past Friday Favourties until October.

  • Bill McKibben talks to David Letterman here (via Good USA)
  • Love this video from Toronto Chuck and Vince wanting your electronic waste (also via Good USA).
  • MfE has announced another project that they are funding from the Waste Minimisation Fund – this one is all about turning sewage waste into a usable product. More Here.
  • Love this innovative idea for regulating the temperature inside buildings especially offices and saving energy – green curtains from Kyocera.
  • We have all known this for a while and eat we still occasionally eat one – Artist Sally Davies has photographed a McDonalds hamburger for 137 days and found it doesn’t age (via Good USA)
  • Need more inspiration to take small steps to create a big impact – check out these great Glee videos – the Glee cast doing there thing and promoting important environmental and social messages.  We love the battery recycling one and the library video.
  • The Monterey Bay Acquarium in the U.S has developed a climate change video with the voice over from the great John Cleese.
  • Localised waste management is one solution to the problem and Dunedin City Council is starting is recycling in public places this weekend at the Otago Farmers Market. There will be three stations each with an organics bin, recycling bin and non-recyclables bin (via Scoop).
  • Satellite eye View – great photos of our home here (via the Guardian).

Have a great waste free weekend.

Photo Source via Derek’s Blog here.

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Do you know the number?

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 by Admin
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350.org

Saturday is the International Day of Climate Action – raising awareness of taking action to tackle climate change to reduce our CO2 emissions back down to a “safe” limit of 350 parts per million. This is being organised and coordinatted across 170 countries by an organisation called 350.org. Set up by environmentalist and eduacator Bill McKibben Saturday will bring many different group activities to highlight climate change and the number 350 – in New Zealand there are currently 110 activities planned. It is actually more than raising awareness about climate change it is (as the website states) a chance for the public to take a stand and make it known that we have to do everything we can to reduce our emissions to 350ppm to slow global warming and reduce the likelihood of the temperature increasing more than 2 degrees celsius over the next 50-100 years. 350ppm is the safe upper limit for the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere.

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Co2 now

The current ppm CO2 in our atmosphere (as measured by Earth Systems Research Laboratory (ESRL) / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at Moana Loa Observatory in Hawaii (where CO2 has been measured since the mid 1950’s)) is 384.78 ppm and climbing.

Check out 350 Aotearoa for what is happening in your region and how you can get involved. In Christchurch the activities includes Frocks on Bikes in Victoria Square, planting on the Southshore, artwork on New Brighton Pier, Port Hill Greens will be at Victoria Square asking people to reduce their emissions by 10% by 2010, Canterbury surfers will paddle out on the sea  to show their support and many others.

Also CO2now.org is a great website for climate change information and how ESRL and NOAA study CO2 – there are also some interesting and informative videos and you can download a  CO2 counter for your website or blog like the one above.

Read here for why 350ppm is such an important number.

And here is the wonderfully animated 350.org video.

And here are a range of great photos of what people have done to raise awareness of 350.

Get involved and take a stand today.

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