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February 2007

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27.02.2007 Zelena Akcija environmental organization presented last week its paper 10 Measures to Secure Sustainable Traffic in the City of Zagreb.
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Related topics/regions: [Croatia] [Cities] [Transport]
ABB poster on taking action on climate change
22.02.2007 The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)'s climate coordinator in the South Pacific says that a recent United Nations report on climate change has "underestimated" the threat to millions of people in the region from sea-level rise.
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Related topics/regions: [Development] [International cooperation] [Climate change] [MDGs]
Image: ABB poster on taking action on climate change © Peter Armstrong
Make bags of 'green' money
21.02.2007 from Saving Without A Budget blog:
ThereÂ’s one of two ways for you to invest your hard earned money 'greenly'.
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Related topics/regions: [Finance]
Image: Make bags of 'green' money
20.02.2007 from Green Options blog:
Animation works wonders at getting messages across, and cartoons are increasingly popping up in spreading the word about environmental issues.
Image: SustainLane Unsustainables

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Related topics/regions: [United States] [Information & media]
19.02.2007 Some of the biggest brands in electronics industries and their suppliers are contaminating rivers and underground wells with a wide range of hazardous chemicals, according to a Greenpeace survey
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17.02.2007 from Celsias:
Do you struggle over the decision to Â’shop localÂ’ or Â’support the poor in distant landsÂ’?
Image: Planet and food miles

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Related topics/regions: [Transport] [Trade]
16.02.2007 from ecolocal:
Edinburgh's new green building code shows how construction in the UK is going to look over the next few years.
Image: ecolocal logo

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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Cities] [Shelter & housing]
FSC label for green wood products
13.02.2007 from EurekAlert:
There's a need for more practical help and incentives for green consumers, says this new report.
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Related topics/regions: [Consumption]
Image: FSC label for green wood products
Earthship 101 screen shot
10.02.2007 from Hugg:
A sustainable home that feeds you, stores water, heat and cool... and it's made from old tyres and drinks cans (video).
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Related topics/regions: [United States] [Shelter & housing]
Image: Earthship 101 screen shot
09.02.2007 from TimesOnline blogs:
Would you be happy to open your home to an eco-auditor? Do you mind having your carbon sins uncovered? Yes? Then get in touch with Anna to have a go at some green recommendations.
Image: Eco-house

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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Shelter & housing]
07.02.2007 from Celsias:

Employees still look to their employer to lead by example when it comes to being environmentally responsible. Leadership please...
Image: Green employers meen greener employees
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Business]
07.02.2007 The President of the Eko Opstanak (Eco Survival) environmental organization, Miodrag Petrovic, confimed today that the construction of the “ethno village” will start in the first half of 2007, in Grabovacka Rijeka, near Kotor Varos.
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Related topics/regions: [Bosnia] [Conservation]
07.02.2007 from Celsias:
Will we keep trying to bend nature to suit our lifestyles, or will we finally escape this absurd dream?
Image: The American Dream

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05.02.2007 from GreenStyle blog:
Most of them are pretty simple. Some of them are free, some cost a little money, and some might cost a lot of money. Hopefully youÂ’re already doing a lot of them.
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Costa Rica's golden toad - already extinct
05.02.2007 Scientists from 113 countries issued a landmark report on February 2, 2007 saying they have little doubt global warming is caused by man, and predicting that hotter temperatures and rises in sea level will ‘continue for centuries’ no matter how much humans control their pollution.
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Related topics/regions: [Development] [Water/sanitation] [Climate change] [MDGs]
Image: Costa Rica's golden toad - already extinct © R Malenki / WWF International
05.02.2007 India's Toxics Link will join a large number of non-governmental organisations to call upon Governments across the globe to place a ban on mercury exports in a bid to check increasing mercury pollution at the 24th United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Governing Council meeting.
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02.02.2007 Planet Earth is doomed to be 5.8 degrees hotter ninety years on, according to the intergovernmental panel on climate change.The panel's full report will contain the biggest warning yet of a rapidly changing world.
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Related topics/regions: [Development] [Climate change] [Environmental activism] [MDGs]

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