Activism

We have finally reached the end of the track and there are only two things left to cover; the Great Lakes and the Arctic. It has been very US-centric, and even though I’m the Australian on the team, it seemed like the right focus to take. Industry leaders and big-business all focus their attention on

It is always a good day for me when I get to write about Google. But the day gets even better when I get to combine Google with the environment; something that happens more often than you would imagine. With my ongoing report on the US 09 Budget, I’m well aware of just how little

There are a limitless amount of technicalities, subtleties and nuances when dealing with a national budget, especially when for the first time that budget exceeds the $3 trillion mark, and leaves your country $407 billion in deficit. So let me make one thing perfectly clear. While there are some good things in this budget for

I think that Jeremy Elton Jacquot put it best, when he opened his article on TreeHugger the other day; “Any (admittedly dim) hopes that President Bush might choose to salvage his tattered – some might say non-existent – environmental credentials were dashed when his administration announced plans to open more than 3 million acres of

Global warming issues have finally been delivered en masse to students across America, thanks to an initiative named “Focus the Nation” this past Thursday. With more than 1,500 universities, community colleges and even some high schools, it was billed as the nation’s largest-ever “teach-in.” The organizers of the event, including founder Eban Goodstein, an economics

In a day and age where environmental pleas for help often fall on deaf ears, one can only hope that this one does not. The Red Cross, the world’s largest and arguably most recognizable humanitarian aid group, is blaming climate change for worsening disasters the world over. According to the Swiss-based federation, climate change is

A new year starts, and with it comes two of the year’s biggest tech conventions, essentially right on top of each other. The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas finished last week, only to let MacWorld start this week, with Steve Jobs’ keynote speech. And for the green nerds among us, it was a big

It’s been a couple of months since the Japanese whaling fleet left their home port of Shimonoseki, all the way back in November, and finally Greenpeace has managed to find them in the large Southern Ocean wilderness. This is the second run for the Greenpeace vessel the Esperanza, and 10 days out from their New

Cargo ships were, not so long ago, propelled only by the wind. Majestic vessels though they were, the times for delivery were naturally extended, as a result of reliance upon the fickle mistress that is Mother Nature. A hundred or so years later from when the sails were stowed away, they are being unfurled once

To call it a success would be a mindblowingly inaccurate description of what can only be labeled a half-arsed, inept attempt at global leadership that did nothing more than to solidify so many stereotypes on the inefficiency of politicians everywhere. I am, of course, talking about the United Nations Climate Change Conference that was held

As I sit at my desk in my small office here at home, Christmas is quickly coming to a close. In fact, by the time this article is written, I have no doubt Boxing Day will already be well in to effect. 2007 will close soon after, and with it a year that has made