Showing posts with label Protests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Protests. Show all posts
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Penguin Protest
Random Man supports the actions of this brave penguin !!
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When the brave penguin was asked "what it was all about?", he replied
The brave penguin said you can help save vital ecosystems (including his home) by:
"Please reduce your carbon emissions."
The brave penguin said you can help save vital ecosystems (including his home) by:
Eating less meat
Think about cutting down on your meat intake or choose meat that has a lower carbon footprint. Vegetarians don't eat meat at all (well some only eat fish or only eat eggs or only eat chips that were cooked in animal fat) and vegans don't eat meat and don't use animal products such as leather or animal fats (well). Thinking more about what you eat and where it came from is a good start. Eating free range rather than caged eggs seems to have started to gain popularity. So more people are starting to think about these complex issues when it comes to what they eat.
Reduce unnecessary consumption
Do you really NEED those new shoes or do you just WANT them?
Driving less
Some suggestions may include walking for short trips or riding your bike on short to mid-range journeys or perhaps planning better use of the car.
Recycling, repairing and reusing things.
Heaps of things can be recycled (e.g. paper or glass). Repairing things can often save you money (rather than simply throwing it away because it is broken). Reusing things can also give them a longer life. Be creative!
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Comments are most welcome !!
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
Coal free by 2030: Greenpeace report
The World Today
16 June , 2008
Reporter: Sarah Clarke
ASHLEY HALL: Greenpeace says green renewable energy can be cheaper, cleaner, and create more jobs than fossil fuels.If embraced now, it could see the phasing out of coal use by 2030.In a report released today, the group says with the right recipe, 40 per cent of Australia's energy could be from a clean source within a decade.Here's environment reporter
Sarah Clarke:SARAH CLARKE: The report is titled "Australia's Energy Revolution", and not surprisingly, it found Australia has a lot of sun and wind. So much in fact, it declares that there's more than enough to power Australia's energy needs long-term. Professor Hugh Saddler who conducted the modelling says his findings are in fact conservative and in just over a decade, 40 per cent of Australia's electricity could be from a renewable source.
HUGH SADDLER: The resource is such that that's quite feasible and the companies that are involved with the various technologies certainly think that is achievable.
SARAH CLARKE: Hugh Saddler is a scientist specialising in energy needs, and using his modelling, he believes Australia could cut its carbon emissions from transport and energy by two-thirds by 2050. The recipe he uses is a large scale roll-out of electric vehicles, setting strict fuel efficiency standards to deliver more efficient cars and cutting aviation demands by improving rail networks. On electricity consumption, he says by enforcing simple efficiency measures, energy use could be reduced by 10 per cent in just over a decade. If this is achieved, Hugh Saddler says renewable power could adequately meet demand and the cost per household would in fact, be cheaper.
HUGH SADDLER: There is so much potential for increased energy efficiency which is cost effective even now, so that although the price per kilowatt hour for each unit of electricity consumed will be higher, the total cost of all the kilowatt hours that are consumed will be less because it's been used more efficiently.
SARAH CLARKE: And by embracing solar and wind, the report has found that coal-fired power stations could be phased out entirely by 2030.It's a bold recommendation, given the Federal Government is yet to legislate its target of 20 per cent of Australia's energy to be renewable by 2020. Even so, Julien Vincent from Greenpeace says this report shows it can be done, and what is in fact needed is the political will to take the next step.
JULIEN VINCENT: It's ridiculous that a country with enough renewable energy resources, it's now half of Asia, still bases its electricity supplies and 30 fossil fuels. And by increasing the amount of renewable energy in the mix, by driving energy efficiency quite significantly, we can start taking the dirtiest fossil fuels such as coal, off the grid.
ASHLEY HALL: Julien Vincent from Greenpeace, ending that report from Sarah Clarke.
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2275826.htm
16 June , 2008
Reporter: Sarah Clarke
ASHLEY HALL: Greenpeace says green renewable energy can be cheaper, cleaner, and create more jobs than fossil fuels.If embraced now, it could see the phasing out of coal use by 2030.In a report released today, the group says with the right recipe, 40 per cent of Australia's energy could be from a clean source within a decade.Here's environment reporter
Sarah Clarke:SARAH CLARKE: The report is titled "Australia's Energy Revolution", and not surprisingly, it found Australia has a lot of sun and wind. So much in fact, it declares that there's more than enough to power Australia's energy needs long-term. Professor Hugh Saddler who conducted the modelling says his findings are in fact conservative and in just over a decade, 40 per cent of Australia's electricity could be from a renewable source.
HUGH SADDLER: The resource is such that that's quite feasible and the companies that are involved with the various technologies certainly think that is achievable.
SARAH CLARKE: Hugh Saddler is a scientist specialising in energy needs, and using his modelling, he believes Australia could cut its carbon emissions from transport and energy by two-thirds by 2050. The recipe he uses is a large scale roll-out of electric vehicles, setting strict fuel efficiency standards to deliver more efficient cars and cutting aviation demands by improving rail networks. On electricity consumption, he says by enforcing simple efficiency measures, energy use could be reduced by 10 per cent in just over a decade. If this is achieved, Hugh Saddler says renewable power could adequately meet demand and the cost per household would in fact, be cheaper.
HUGH SADDLER: There is so much potential for increased energy efficiency which is cost effective even now, so that although the price per kilowatt hour for each unit of electricity consumed will be higher, the total cost of all the kilowatt hours that are consumed will be less because it's been used more efficiently.
SARAH CLARKE: And by embracing solar and wind, the report has found that coal-fired power stations could be phased out entirely by 2030.It's a bold recommendation, given the Federal Government is yet to legislate its target of 20 per cent of Australia's energy to be renewable by 2020. Even so, Julien Vincent from Greenpeace says this report shows it can be done, and what is in fact needed is the political will to take the next step.
JULIEN VINCENT: It's ridiculous that a country with enough renewable energy resources, it's now half of Asia, still bases its electricity supplies and 30 fossil fuels. And by increasing the amount of renewable energy in the mix, by driving energy efficiency quite significantly, we can start taking the dirtiest fossil fuels such as coal, off the grid.
ASHLEY HALL: Julien Vincent from Greenpeace, ending that report from Sarah Clarke.
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2275826.htm
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Global warming protest
June 5, 2008
Alain Robert (aka. "Spiderman") climbs outside The New York Times building to raise awareness of global warming.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/080611/15/178op05/3637927160.html
Monday, April 21, 2008
Earth Day Protest (Manilla)
Greenpeace activists put up a sign after taking water samples to examine pollution levels of Laguna Lake, the country's largest freshwater lake, which is being used as a dump site in Angono, Rizal province south of Manila, Philippines Monday April 21, 2008. To mark the country's Earth Day celebration with water protection as its theme this year, the environmentalist group called the attention of the government for the strict enforcement of waste laws to protect the country's threatened freshwater sources. Laguna Lake is being eyed as a potential source of potable water for metropolitan Manila's more than 11 million people. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
Volunteers strip off to fight climate change
August 18, 2007
Hundreds of naked people formed a "living sculpture" on Switzerland's Aletsch Glacier on Saturday, aiming to raise awareness about climate change.
The photo shoot by New York artist Spencer Tunick, famous for his pictures of nude gatherings in public settings worldwide, was designed to draw attention to the effects of global warming on Switzerland's shrinking glaciers.
"The melting of the glaciers is an indisputable sign of global climate change," said environmental group Greenpeace, which co-organised the event. It said most Swiss glaciers would disappear by 2080 if global warming continues at its current pace.
The organisation added that it hoped the event and the pictures would make politicians and the population aware of looming dangers as average temperatures rise.
"We need to act now before it is too late," said Greenpeace campaign director Markus Allemann. He pointed out that alpine glaciers had already lost one third of their surface and half of their mass over the past 150 years.
The organisers said they wanted to establish a symbolic relationship between the vulnerability of the melting glacier and the human body.
The event, which followed Tunick's recent shoots in London, Mexico City and Amsterdam, was designed to minimise any impact on the environment, Greenpeace said.
The participants, all volunteers recruited earlier this summer by the environmental organisation, had to walk about four hours to reach the site of the shoot.
Temperatures hovered around ten degrees Celsius while the photos were being taken, but nobody spent much time with their clothes off. A first picture was taken with 300 volunteers standing beside the glacier, before 600 people moved for another shot onto the ice itself.
The 40-year-old photographer has made a name for himself in recent years for his pictures of large groups of naked people, mostly in urban environments.
His first shoot was in New York in 1992, but he has also taken his signature photos in Switzerland in the past, including in Basel in 1999, Fribourg in 2001 and at the national exhibition in Neuchâtel in 2002.
swissinfo with agencies
"The melting of the glaciers is an indisputable sign of global climate change," said environmental group Greenpeace, which co-organised the event. It said most Swiss glaciers would disappear by 2080 if global warming continues at its current pace.
The organisation added that it hoped the event and the pictures would make politicians and the population aware of looming dangers as average temperatures rise.
"We need to act now before it is too late," said Greenpeace campaign director Markus Allemann. He pointed out that alpine glaciers had already lost one third of their surface and half of their mass over the past 150 years.
The organisers said they wanted to establish a symbolic relationship between the vulnerability of the melting glacier and the human body.
The event, which followed Tunick's recent shoots in London, Mexico City and Amsterdam, was designed to minimise any impact on the environment, Greenpeace said.
The participants, all volunteers recruited earlier this summer by the environmental organisation, had to walk about four hours to reach the site of the shoot.
Temperatures hovered around ten degrees Celsius while the photos were being taken, but nobody spent much time with their clothes off. A first picture was taken with 300 volunteers standing beside the glacier, before 600 people moved for another shot onto the ice itself.
The 40-year-old photographer has made a name for himself in recent years for his pictures of large groups of naked people, mostly in urban environments.
His first shoot was in New York in 1992, but he has also taken his signature photos in Switzerland in the past, including in Basel in 1999, Fribourg in 2001 and at the national exhibition in Neuchâtel in 2002.
swissinfo with agencies
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Climate Change Protest
Photo by Glen MccurtayneClimate Change Ski Team member Josh Brown of Bega is led away after his protest.
He shouted: "What are you doing about global warming? There is no snow, there is no snow"
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