While I munched a lunchtime sandwich I happened to switch on the news for the few minutes during which a live feed of the Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech showed Barack Obama justifying war. I was shocked. In the same breath that Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr were praised it was suggested that sometimes …
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Over $ 1 trillion invested in green since 2007
A step in the right direction. But a long way to go. That’s about as much as Exxon’s revenues over 2 years. Washington, DC – December 4, 2009 – Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) and The Climate Prosperity Alliance today launched their Global Climate Prosperity Scoreboard® which tracks private investment in companies growing the …
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Climategate – what’s the point
Climategate Proves Sunlight Best Reply to Skeptics: Eric Pooley comment via Bloomberg … Climate skeptics pretend the e-mails are proof that man- made global warming is a hoax, the scientific consensus rigged. That’s preposterous. The hacked scientists and their defenders argue that the e- mails amount to a tempest in a teacup, just another trumped-up …
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BT Notes – good times …
Since our last newsletter we have had some good times. There was the visit of Ed and Mary-Lou from Canada which we enjoyed so much. It was wonderful to share a few weeks with them and we are so grateful for their time here. They pitched in with everything, as usual, and gave us a …
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Is this what we really want?
Is this what we really want? That’s the thought that keeps popping in to my head as the wind tears at the roof and the water digs a gully as it runs down the drive. I have found media reported events over the past months (year?) to be particularly concerning. There seems to be no …
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Why cars are greener than buses (maybe)
A nice story about when and why cars are not as bad as you think, but you should still take public transport, or bike, or foot, especially if you live in town. And for quick reference here are the basic stats: The average car emits something like 180g per passenger kilometre. You may be surprised …
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Google has acquired Gizmo5
Gizmo5 is another (a better?) VOIP, like Skype. The official announcement is here. It’s probably a good thing for Michael Robertson, the entrepreneur who started Gizmo5 and Lindows/Linspire. Hopefully it will take some of the pressure off him. A shame it had to be the big one. Apart from the issues raised by google-watch, it …
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Virtual shopping extinguishes community.
I like shopping on-line – it’s quick, easy and cost effective. And I’ve tried the self-service checkout, when the teller queue is long or slow. But the push by big grocers to move exclusively to self-service is another nail in the coffin of communities. Most of us prefer to buy food from a person, we …
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