There was much less snow when I arrived in Denmark but it did snow while I was there. And, right enough. Eight o’clock in the morning folk where out there shovelling away to their heart content. Of course not only are the roads kept clear but they have special small machines to deal with the [...]
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DENMARK REVISITED Part 2
February 28, 2009 – 11:00 am
‘Oh horror! Oh disgrace! Unpatriotic! Prison for life!’ Was the common cry. And oh how I laughed and laughed and laughed.
Very naughty! Most unpatriotic! But then I’ve always had a challenge with that kind of stuff. What do you expect from a wandering-half- Jew like me. In any case I’m also only half Danish and [...]
Fw: Welcome to Reality, Mr. President-Elect
November 9, 2008 – 5:23 pm
Welcome to Reality, Mr. President-Electby Bill McKibben
Our eight-year interlude from reality draws to a close, and the job of cleaning up begins. The trouble is, we’re not just cleaning up after a failed US presidency. We’re cleaning up after a two-century binge.
Barack Obama won an historic victory this week, and with it the right to [...]
A million messages to Obama
November 6, 2008 – 5:03 pm
Obama’s win is a fresh start for US relations with the world. Let’s help turn the page and send a global message of hope and invitation to work together to the new President — it will be displayed on a giant wall in Washington DC:
Take Action Now
After 8 long years of Bush – a [...]
Climate chaos is inevitable. We can only avert oblivion
October 29, 2008 – 5:14 pm
Mark Lynas – The Guardian Thursday June 12 2008
At best we will limit the extent of global warming, but Kyoto barely helps. Does humanity have the foresight to save itself?
Sometimes we need to think the unthinkable, particularly when dealing with a problem as dangerous as climate change - there is no room for dogma when [...]
Twenty years later: tipping points near on global warming
October 27, 2008 – 4:55 pm
James Hansen – Guardian Monday 23 2008
James Hansen, director of the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, makes the 20th anniversary of his groundbraeking statement to Congress by saying there’s no time left to delay in defusing the global warming time bomb.
Tomorrow I will testify to Congress about global warming, 20 [...]
4 Action Points For Holyrood To Avert Climate Chaos
October 24, 2008 – 12:26 am
Article from http://holyrood350.org/
Unless we reduce our current CO2 emissions from 387 parts per million (ppm) to below 350ppm we will not avoid catastrophic climate change, says NASA’s Jim Hansen.
Meanwhile international negotiations seek to set a ceiling of 450ppm, while carbon emissions continue to rise rapidly.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
October 22, 2008 – 12:12 am
This IS without a doubt the greatest challenge our civilisation had ever known. More and more information is emerging daily about the threat to our world as we know it.
I don’t believe in scare mongering and I loathe negativity. However there comes a time when the facts “ must out”. We need to know. We [...]
FOOD SUPPLY COULD BE AT RISK
October 20, 2008 – 1:46 pm
The UK’s food supply could be at risk from threats such as climate change, high oil prices and terrorism, it has been claimed.
The Conservatives said self-sufficiency in producing meet, fresh vegetables and eggs has declined in the past decade. Leaving the country more vulnerable to external impacts such as terrorism, population increase and global warming. [...]
THIS IS ONE FOR THE SOUL - Get inspiration from NEW ZEALAND.
October 18, 2008 – 10:47 am
Feeling down. Just a tad overwhelmed by the latest on the credit crunch,prices, global warming overwhelm? Do yourself a favour. Just spend four minutes watching this..
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