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The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is going "greener" -- with energy-saving lights replacing old-fashioned bulbs on the towering evergreen this year.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he hoped the change to the midtown Manhattan display will inspire the tens of millions of New Yorkers and tourists who see the tree every year.
"Now they will see an example of green leadership which may inspire them to make greener choices in their own lives," Bloomberg said Tuesday.
The 84-foot-tall Norway spruce will be covered with 30,000 multicolored light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, strung on five miles of wire.
Using the energy-efficient LEDs to replace incandescent bulbs will reduce the display's electricity consumption from 3,510 to 1,297 kilowatt hours per day. The daily savings is equal to the amount of electricity consumed by a typical 2,000-square-foot house in a month.The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is going "greener" -- with... more
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What is your carbon footprint and what can you do about it?
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Up to date site regarding the effects of climate change and what you can do to help.
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carbonfund.org lets you calculate you carbon footprint
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I would like to share an environment campaign called Socialway. Its about encouraging people to reuse their stuff in order to reduce production of new commodities and thus, reducing the carbon-emission hence caused.
This campaign is run through a website, www.socialway.com. Here we encourage people to list their stuffs like books, dvd, cd, tools etc. and create a community for themselves. User can then invite people around him, friends, colleagues etc to join the same. When such a community is created and each user lists few of his/her stuff for sharing then, it becomes a virtual library for that community. People might get what they need from such library. Creating closed community of trusted people like friends, colleagues etc. helps people regain their stuff after some time. Once a person shares his/her stuff it can be assumed that he/she has avoided production of a new such commodity. Its amazing how much one can contribute to environment by sharing ones stuff. Borrowing rather than buying just one book saves carbon dioxide emissions equal to that from a gallon of gasoline (about 4 liters of petrol). An average household has a carbon footprint of over 15 tons per year. Sharing your old textbooks, lending your tools, or anything you have reduces carbon footprint in the world.
www.socialway.com is a website made on this concept. It's motto is: Share and save, the Eco-friendly way. So far, the Socialway, has been able to save over 12000 kg of carbon emissions! Every exchange/sharing that you do on SocialWay saves carbon dioxide emissions - whether you lend or borrow, giveaway or receive an item. You can save more emissions by becoming an active member of SocialWay and by spreading the word. Post more of your stuff; invite more friends, neighbors, colleagues to use your stuff; find more people to post their stuff so that you can borrow rather than buy. It is amazing how much your SocialWay tree can grow through these actions. Borrowing or lending just one book can grow your acorn to a 2-year old tree.
How it helps an individual?
If you looking for some good books, movies, music or stuff for kids? Maybe the person right next to you has them. Find on SocialWay or list a Wish.
If you have a collection of these things sitting at home gathering dust? Listing them on Socialway, might help any of your friends. See them be useful.
If you have 10 or more members in your network and each one of them lists few items, then there it a virtual library of good books, movies, music or stuff for kids. Also if you are sharing among your friends or trusted people, that gives you a guarantee getting your things back.
Socialway helps you making your contribution towards reducing Global warming by reducing CO2 emissions. So, 'Think Green, Act Green'!I would like to share an environment campaign called Socialway. Its about encouraging... more
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"Check out the Alliance for Climate Protection's first ad in our national advertising campaign. We are helping alert Americans about the urgency of the climate crisis and engage them in solving it."
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by Nicole
According to a new study CO2 levels in the atmosphere have risen 35% faster than expected since 2000. The research was done by the University of East Anglias Global Carbon Project in partnership with the British Antarctic Survey, and was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The unexpected increase was impart due to our ever rising emissions, but also, rather worryingly, because it appears the earths own ability to soak up emissions in its natural sinks is decreasing, which is compounding our global warming problems.
"In addition to the growth of global population and wealth, we now know that significant contributions to the growth of atmospheric CO2 arise from the slow-down of natural sinks," said the studys lead author, Dr Pep Canadell of the Global Carbon Project, in a statement. "The decline in global sink efficiency suggests that stabilization of atmospheric CO2 is even more difficult to achieve than previously thought," said report co-author Dr Corinne Le Quere of the British Antarctic Survey. Their decade long study in the North Atlantic found that the oceans ability to soak up CO2 had halved between the mid-90s and 2005.
And as the earths abilities to health itself is increasingly compromised, a recent report by Intertanko, an organization which represents the majority of the worlds tankers, has found that global CO2 emissions from shipping are now twice the level of those due to aviation. According to the BBC, they found that emissions have risen sharply over the last six years, due to increasing trade, and because ships are burning more fuel due to time and speed constraints. With 90% of the worlds cargo now carried by ships, we should perhaps all be encouraged to think global by keeping trade local.
Meanwhile global warming has had unexpected consequences at sea, causing quite a stink on the Canadian Navys ships. Until recently the storage of sewage and garbage aboard their ships hadnt been an issue, since the icy Arctic waters would keep it cool while they carried out their patrols at sea. However, with rising sea temperature odors have become a big issue, and the Navy have requested that regulations in the Arctic Water Pollution Prevention Act be relaxed to allow garbage and sewage dumping if, and when, necessary. An internal memo, reprinted by Green Options, revealed the Navy requested the changes to help alleviate our COs (commanding officers) concerns (with regard to) accumulated food remnants stored in garbage bags on decks during ever-increasing global warming summers.
Looking at the evidence from all quarters leads us to conclude the planet's in serious hot water.
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http://www.myspace.com/thedailymantraby Nicole
According to a new study CO2 levels in the atmosphere have risen 35% faster... more
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A very cool application that helps you see how much or little damage you are causing the enviorment through carbon pollution. You can calculate a lot of different variable and senarios. A very cool application that helps you see how much or little damage you are causing... more
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A low energy demonstration project to show how renewable energy can create a unique living experience on a remote island in a severe climate.A low energy demonstration project to show how renewable energy can create a unique... more
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