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May 2009 Blog Posts (7)

Indigenous Wisdom and Climate Change

RIGHTS: Indigenous Wisdom Against Climate Change

Thursday, April 30, 2009 18:13 GMT

By Stephen Leahy*

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Apr 28 (Tierramérica**) - While industrialised countries like Canada continue to emit ever-higher levels of greenhouse-effect gases, indigenous peoples around the world are working to survive and adapt to an increasingly dangerous climate.

Over millennia, indigenous peoples have developed a large arsenal of practices that are of… Continue

Added by marian farrell on May 25, 2009 at 18:14 — No Comments

Wild Flowers of Ireland - Amazing work

Hello there,
this is an absolutely amazing website

http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/ , compiled by Zoë Devlin
You will find there everything you wish you knew about Irish Wild flowers, beautiful, accurate and concise
It is noted on the summer/autumn edition of Heritage Outlook (dowload it from the Heritage Council website )

:-)

Added by Admin on May 24, 2009 at 13:00 — No Comments

Shetland - The oil money has stopped flowing and the Island faces a new energy controversy

For more than 30 years, life on Shetland has been sweet. Residents enjoy state of the art leisure centres, smooth roads and luxurious old people's homes the envy of every other islander in Scotland.

Thanks to a unique deal brokered in 1973 over the building of the Sullom Voe oil terminal, life on Britain's most northerly and weather-battered island group has been cushioned by an oil fund. For every barrel, Shetland levied a small fee: £200m has been spent improving the lives of its… Continue

Added by Admin on May 21, 2009 at 9:33 — No Comments

Tree Trillions Dollars Later... is that $428 per head???

halo,

just a mathematical reflection

the economist this week headline story 'Three Trillions Dollars later'...

http://www.economist.com/printedition/

in reference to, what is de-facto - a 3 Trillion Dollars banks bail-out

Here is a quote...

"Governments and regulators want the banks to make profits so that they regain their health faster after roughly $3 trillion of write-downs. It is part of the monstrous… Continue

Added by Admin on May 18, 2009 at 13:00 — No Comments

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8545585184878490822

michael tsarion........interesting thoughts.... hope ive got the right link...

Added by Caroline Mc Guinness on May 14, 2009 at 22:37 — No Comments

Art of Sustainability Competition

Three Masters students in Leadership for Sustainable Development at Queens University Belfast are developing a website to promote the idea of sustainable development.

ww.aofs.co.uk

They are currently running a competition which involves creating a piece of art reflecting sustainability concepts. Closing date July 31st.

Added by marian farrell on May 13, 2009 at 12:03 — No Comments

Reduce, Recycle, Reuse - Freegle

Do you freecycle?

In 2003 Freecycle started as a local group in Tuscon Arizona several global not-for-profit organisations have grown up that support networks of local groups. Each group is concerned with facilitating the re-use, within their locality, of things that might otherwise go to landfill. It is based on the view that "one person's junk is another person's treasure".

Recycling is good but re-use will always save more energy than will… Continue

Added by George Row on May 8, 2009 at 21:30 — No Comments