World Vision was the first non-government agency to negotiate a deal with the World Bank for carbon-commission offsets for a reforestation project in Ethiopia. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Aid Agencies to Promote Carbon Offsets
Archives for May 2009
Defining the Greens (Part 10)
MANY of the world’s great doctrines claim that man’s moral duty is to serve others. Environmentalists, on the other hand, might claim that it is to live in harmony with nature. The Greens are perhaps a bit different. They might claim that in order … [Read more...] about Defining the Greens (Part 10)
DIY Modelling of Climate Change
GLOBAL warming theory is not that complicated. According to Michael Hammer it can be incorporated into a simple model which readers can build themselves on an excel spread sheet. Mr Hammer gives detailed instructions and formulae to enter for … [Read more...] about DIY Modelling of Climate Change
All-Red Snow Plants – Nourished by Fungi
IT emerges from the soil like a mini-plastic Christmas tree in the image of a red Mexican succulent. But it’s not a succulent or even an entire plant and it’s not from Mexico. Rather it’s the flowering stalk of a species closely related to the … [Read more...] about All-Red Snow Plants – Nourished by Fungi
Orwellian
WITH the rise of big government convinced that belief in a climate crisis will be good for us, it is perhaps pertinent to remember George Orwell and his novel ‘1984’. The term ‘Orwellian’, his idea that wellbeing is crushed by restrictive, … [Read more...] about Orwellian
Australian Government to Invest in Solar
LAST night the Australian Government handed down its budget for the coming financial year. The centre piece of planned spending on the environment is $4.5 billion for “clean energy”. This is defined as energy that will reduce greenhouse gas … [Read more...] about Australian Government to Invest in Solar
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
