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Featured Blog Posts – May 2009 Archive (2)

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

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