RioGram: 100 Days Out; Hawken re 2nd "Dark Ages;" & Win Trip to Rio+20
A fabulous event Friday night in San Francisco as environmental superstar Paul Hawken spoke about the state of the world 100 days out from Rio+20. Hawken was on hand to introduce UK Barrister and...
View ArticleHow to negotiate a sustainable planet: Thoughts and impressions from UN...
This week a small but poised Ecocity Builders delegation including Kirstin Miller, Naomi Grunditz and myself got to spend time at UN Headquarters in New York to witness the first round of...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots: Global Response & IPCC SREC
The IPCC tomorrow releases the complete electronic version of its Special Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change– Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance...
View ArticlePresident Obama please attend Rio+20 Climate Summit/ACTION
This diary is my Earth Day message and plea to President Obama to attend the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June. His presence would elevate the importance of the...
View ArticleOrthodox Community Embraces Renewable Energy in the Czech Republic
High on a windmill, hidden amongst the cherry orchards and the wheat fields of Eastern Czech Republic, is a painting of a raven with a piece of bread in its mouth. The prophet St. Elias the Tishbite...
View ArticleI Love Windpower Brings Energy and Identity to Mali
“If I had to sum it up in one word, I would say identity,” says Piet Willem Chevalier, owner and operator of I Love Windpower. “On my first trip to Mail, I saw this group of people that were really...
View ArticleLiving Planet Report 2012: Rich Rape Poor's Resources
The WWF today released its ninth Living Planet Report, detailing the ongoing destruction of the world's environment by the predatory behaviors of rich nations, which, the report concludes, are...
View ArticleCo-operative Wind Harvesting in the Netherlands
Cycling along the country roads of Flevoland, you can’t help but notice the wind. If one is lucky, it is behind you, if it isn’t… well, good luck. It is no wonder that windmills haphazardly dot the...
View ArticleDate with History: 17-year-old to Address Leaders @ Rio+20
(May 24, 2012 – London/New York/Wellington/Rio de Janeiro) A school pupil from Wellington, New Zealand has been selected as winner of a global youth speech contest, to ‘speak truth to power’ and to...
View ArticleA small favor for a big cause [@PlanetEarth]
Ecocity Builders and the United Nations NGO Major Group's proposal 'Global Standards of Sustainability for Cities' has advanced to the final round of the Rio+20 Dialogues. Please support us so that the...
View ArticleGlobal Climate Justice gets its 15 Minutes
This article was written by Tom Athanasiou, Executive Director of EcoEquity, a project of Earth Island Institute. It is being cross-posted with his permission. (See original)The Bonn workshop on...
View ArticleRiogram: "Punctuation, Not Principles"
As the countdown for civic participation on final recommendations for sustainable development looms, the last round of official negotiations begins tomorrow with only 20% agreement on the final draft...
View ArticleThe Earth is the Biggest Employer: RioRaps
Vandana Shiva "The Earth is the Biggest Employer"
View ArticleOn eve of Rio+20 climate conference, John Kerry kicks ass in Senate speech:...
Beginning Wednesday, delegates from around the planet will meet in Brazil for Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. As pointed out by FishOutofWater in his too little noted...
View Article"I stand here with fire in my heart!" Rio
A Date with History: 17 yr old Brittany Trilford addresses world leaders at the UN Earth Summit And the talks begin. (Follow the Guardian's Live blog)UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was upbeat this...
View Article"The Future We Don't Want": NGOs Face off Against Negotiators @ Rio+20
Greenpeace is @CallingAllOwls - pls RT and @ it to leaders #RioPlus20 + Zero #deforestation.As the three days of official Rio+20 talks commenced today, representatives of the major groups addressed...
View ArticleMcKibben says "Lame it on Rio" as #riofail trends on twitter
Bill McKibben, who was back on line tweeting an hour after participating in a walkout from the official Rio+20 negotiations, reports in a Grist article on the 'listlessness" of a "lame"...
View ArticleYep, they went 'there'
As negotiations are still underway for the final draft of the Rio+20 summit on global sustainability which runs June 20-22 in Rio, the scientists overseeing the discussions are voicing a warning:...
View ArticleHillary Clinton to attend Rio+20
President Obama will not be attending the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainability. He will be sending a strong surrogate in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who will lead the American...
View ArticleLIVE WALKOUT @RIO Begins #riofail Participate NOW!
Civil Society groups have walked out of the official Rio+20 talks in protest of the failure of the key negotiators to listen to the calls for a conference which adequately addresses the key issues of...
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