Sydney Blacks Out for Global Warming

The Sydney Opera House’s gleaming white-shelled roof was darkened Saturday night along with much of the rest of Australia’s largest city, which switched off the lights to register concern about global warming.
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Sydney in climate change blackout

Lights have been turned off across Australia’s largest city, Sydney, in a hour-long event aimed at raising awareness of global warming.
At 0930 GMT (31st March) the city’s skyline dimmed and normally bright landmarks like the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge went dark.

The so-called Earth Hour is supported by the New South Wales government, environmental […]

The Flow - In Conclusion…Ty ing It All Together

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Glacier Mass Balance Map

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Glacier Mass Balance Map, originally uploaded by redd br.
“The effective rate of change in glacier thickness, also known as the glaciological mass balance, is a measure of the average change in a glacier’s thickness after correcting for density variations associated with the compaction of snow and conversion to ice. The map shows the average annual […]

Boulder Glacier and Environmental issues

Fwd: Boulder Glacier and Environmental issues, originally uploaded by redd br.

“This picture shows Boulder Glacier on Mount Baker in the North Cascades of Washington State in August 2003. Visible in the photo is a terminal moraine (outlined in blue) that marks the maximum extent of the glacier circa 1985 following its 743 meter advance during […]

Scientists Say Global Warming Will End Some Species

Reuters Photo: A polar bear sow and two cubs are seen on the Beaufort Sea coast within the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Image Library.
Scientists Say Global Warming Will End Some Species
From the micro to the macro, […]

Will Ferrell: Earth to America

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Any sort of political thoughts aside, Will Ferrell is funny…can’t wait for Blades of Glory to come out next weekend.
I am currently going through a book called For the Beauty of the Earth. It has some great ideas and thoughts of what it means to be a human and our responsibilities for our use […]

East Boldon parking problems

CAF meeting packs them in.
So whilst one parking problem in the borough (Captain’s Wharf) gets a reasonable compromise solution, another at the Metro Station in East Boldon looks as though it is set to run for a long while yet. According to the Rise like Lions blog, Nexus have all but given up on the […]

“Millenium Ecosystem Assessment”

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Millenium_Ecosystem_Assessment, originally uploaded by Juan Freire.
“The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA, http://www.MAweb.org) was the first global assessment of ecosystem services. The purpose of an assessment is to synthesize peer-reviewed scientific information in a form that is relevant to policy, but does not prescribe policy. The overarching goals of the MA were to synthesize information about the […]

Wales Business And Sustainability Awards:UK

Wales Business And Sustainability Awards, supported by the Welsh Assembly Government, private and public sector sponsors and (manged by ARENA networks) are given in recognition of environmental best practice and sustainability in business in Wales.The winners of last year have shown what best can be done for sustainability.The Program for 2007 is yet to be […]