Posts Tagged ‘environment’
By NikkiJade • Aug 7th, 2009 • Category: Spotlight
The three R’s : Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. We’ve had it drilled into our heads since grade school (speaking for Canada here). But have you ever sat a moment to consider each of the acts? In this post, Nicole McCallum breaks down why Reduce is the most effective of the three.
By NikkiJade • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Videos
This video presents environmental activist Severn Suzuki at age twelve addressing global leaders at the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in a powerful, provocative speech.
By NikkiJade • May 22nd, 2009 • Category: Articles, Spotlight
In the previous two articles it was shown that there are some possible benefits of coal combustion–but CO2 emissions are still a major issue. Nicole McCallum concludes this three-part series with the question: Does the coal industry have the potential to be a part of the climate change solution?
By NikkiJade • May 11th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Spotlight
AmericasPower–one of coal’s most vocal supporters in the U.S. strongly believes coal has a role to play in the future as America’s largest source of electricity generation. Nicole McCallum provides a discussion-provoking article that looks at the question: “Does clean coal currently exist in the U.S.?”
By NikkiJade • May 8th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Spotlight
Coal is one of the largest sources of energy for electricity generation worldwide, accounting for half of the electricity generation in the U.S. As a fossil fuel, burning coal for energy creates vast amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, including its major component carbon dioxide (CO2). Nicole McCallum looks into the “clean coal” debate a little deeper.
By NunoXEI • May 7th, 2009 • Category: Blog
Why hire a guy on a lawnmower when you can rent 200 goats to do the same job? I’d have to imagine going the gas-powered lawn mower route would b the cheaper option–but for Google, making a statement about the environment goes side by side with their company slogan of “Do no Evil”.
Google’s Mountain View [...]
By NikkiJade • May 4th, 2009 • Category: Videos
“Clean” coal is a fallacy appeasing the minds of energy users in the U.S. and around the world. This Is Reality tells a different story: while there are clean coal technologies being developed and tested at the moment, there is currently no such thing as clean coal in America. This video is great for raising awareness about the energy aspect of climate change.
By NunoXEI • Mar 25th, 2009 • Category: Videos
This creative Greenpeace video on the importance of keeping our oceans clean captures a soothing, yoga-inspired, moment of reflection. The stop motion video captures are varied and all represent the awesome nature of our oceans. Unlike some of there more controversial videos, this one does the trick without being in your face.
By NikkiJade • Jul 21st, 2008 • Category: Articles
In the recent decades of globalization the tourism industry has been quickly expanding. By making wise choices as a consumer of tourism facilities/services, you can help sustainability continue to increase as a defining principle of the tourism market.
By NikkiJade • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: Articles
Ecotourism is a misused term in the tourism industry, thrown around for everything from white water rafting trips to hotels developed in a natural setting. Nicole McCallum gives a bit more knowledge about ecotourism that will help you make conscious choices as a consumer.
