Ecological hope sprouting all over the place
Ecological hope is manifested in the thousands of initiatives from grassroots groups, religious groups, and individuals who are witnessing the need for dramatic action to address global warming and climate change.
Alarms bells at the poles — time to wake up
New research published in Nature Geoscience on January 13, 2008, shows rapid melting of Antarctica ice sheet, raising fears of more rapid and deadly ocean level rise over the next century.
“If you cannot lead…get out of the way.”
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Ooo, it got a little nasty over there in Bali. Folks around the world got a bit perturbed with our indomitable negotiating team.
Participants say they’ve never seen anything like it at a UN conference.
We were booed. We were booed roundly, loudly, by the international community.
It happened when, […]
At end of fifth warmest year since record-keeping, Bali climate conference approaches conclusion
United Nations climate conference in Bali, Indonesia, comes to end as report shows that 2007 will be the fifth warmest globally since record-keeping began.
The White House and Climate Change: in my old Catholic terms, this is mortal sin
NASA reports that the Arctic may be ice free by 2012, just five years from now The US remains the chief obstacle in climate change talks in Bali, representing a moral failure of grave proportions.
In Bali, US says it won’t be ‘roadblock, then becomes the usual roadblock
US rejects mandatory greenhouse gas emission reductions at climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia.
Bali conference: moral responsibility - a challenge from the islands
Pacific islands nations are threatened with disappearance because of global warming. The president of Kiribati asked the Bali conference for aid. He also asked industrial nations to take responsibility for the carbon emissions that created the crisis.
A word from the UN Secretary General: challenge for action on climate change
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appeals to the world to take action on climate change. The UN-sponsored climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia, continues.
Climate talks begin in Bali
Climate talks begin in Bali, Indonesia, with the US the only country in the world opposed to mandatory carbon emission reductions. International Day of Climate Action this weekend.
Climate change will change our lives — and most say they are ready
Majorities around the world are prepared to make lifestyle changes to slow down global warming caused by human carbon dioxide emissions. Climate change is altering the world and setting the stage for increased instability and political conflict.
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