Wednesday, September 24, 2008

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Arctic Methane


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Two small paragraphs in the news " Millions of tons of methane will surface in the Arctic " (please, read the news):

i) Methane now accounts for between 4 to 9% of greenhouse , well below the effect of CO2 (from 9 to 26%). However, its ability to absorb heat is about 25 times higher than that of CO2, so its lower contribution to global warming is because there is less of it in the air (while counting some 75 times more CO2 than methane). Conclusion: escaping tons of methane were buried in frozen ground is not going to help improve the situation of climate change.

ii) This was known in recent years (Nature 443, 71-75, 2006: Methane bubbling from Siberian thaw lakes as a positive feedback to climate warming )

From here a greeting to my Jiminy Cricket . ;-)

Monday, September 8, 2008

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Republicans and the environment

this weekend asking the singers to Cold Play what was the main problem in the world and their response was clear: the Republicans in the U.S.. Today I found this entry in TreeHugger explaining why. It turns out that Sarah Palin , the newly elected Vice President by the Republicans, it is clear that the first is the economy, who falls. Thus, the future leaders of the world's most powerful country does not believe that climate change due to human action, intends to draw the polar bear from the list of protected species, supports opening the Arctic Animal Reserve for oil and inspections seems to be opposed to any environmental action in your state (Alaska). There has fought back to hunt beluga, has opposed the protection of salmon affected by extensive mining, has opposed restrictions on hunting of wolves and bears from the air and pay $ 150 for each dead wolf delivered to authorities. It only seems concerned with extracting oil, natural gas, gold, zinc and other natural resources to improve the economy and the preservation of jobs.
now understand the components of Cold Play.

Friday, September 5, 2008

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Recycling and Kamikatsu

And as no two without three, I have the last post of the linking post Resseny and Fiesta de Gracia 2008: a wonderful example of community recycling for large parties. The beginning of the entry appears below. The photographs in author page.

Resseny: Fiestas de Gracia 2008
Fiestas de Gracia 2008

The neighborhood parties Gracia is a spectacular showcase the creativity of its citizens. Every year the streets are decorated with different motifs, always using inexpensive materials and easy to find. And what site, but are more easily affordable materials ready to be transformed with enthusiasm and desire to have fun? Indeed, born garbage most of these works produced throughout the year by the residents, both young and old, in their efforts to make recycling a weapon collective creative and media integration.
Thus, egg cups, bottles, cans, bottles, cups, polystyrene packaging and extra tape become the stage and ornaments which cause the admiration of visitors who come to this district of Barcelona between 15 and 21 August.

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Fiestas de Gracia, an exemplary city

This news had it recorded on my shared green news since the Green Blog was published in late August. Today, I have again included some input, I want to highlight its value and as an example for other cities that want to feel sustainable.
I leave you with a copy of the original .

Kamikatsu, a Japanese people who want to eliminate all waste
A small town in the middle of mountains of Shikoku island wants to become a benchmark in global recycling. According to the Zero Waste Project, the region aims to eliminate all waste by 2020. Kamikatsu



Without doubt, this is a difficult project implementation in large cities. But anyway, nothing detracts from the achievements of the inhabitants of Kamikatsu.

seven years ago, a trash incinerator that was installed in 1998 could not meet the levels of dioxin control. That was when the mayor decided to close the incinerator and promote the draft. As explained

The Country The locals began in 2002 to make their own organic waste into fertilizer and spread the remaining waste in 44 categories. This task, which each resident does in her home, managed to replace the use of garbage trucks and containers. Instead, they installed a single delivery center, the Zero Waste Academy, where people must take their trash.

To achieve this, the municipality of Kamikatsu had to educate its 2,000 residents about recycling: how to separate the container labels and how to properly drain the fluid contaminating the engine of a car were some of the concepts taught. As an incentive, residents received lottery tickets and gift vouchers food.

Each household has a unit, mostly funded by the state, which allows for recycling of organic waste and turn it into compost, which is reused in many people's gardens.

worth noting that those who can not take their waste to the Academy have the help of Kamikatsu Recycle volunteers who removed trash at home.

the past four years, Kamikatsu could reduce waste by burning removed 50% and increased recycled waste to 90%. A villager, Keiko Akiyama, says: "At first I thought it was a cumbersome method, but is now part of my routine. Knowing that the waste generated is reused properly motivates me to comply with the guidelines of classification. "


Today kids to use and shooting is asked in his blog: Why not a English Kamikatsu?

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Ecoogler

Thanks to slap on the wrist of Mr. Mahou as a subject has put me on a plate, we take up the posts about sustainability in this blog who was abandoned. Today I present the initiative Ecoogler . In the words of its creators:

Ecoogler What?

Ecoogler is a search engine that uses Yahoo technology and helps reforesting the Amazon preserve natural resources and freshwater ecosystems and plant threat. Using Ecoogler get the same results, and helps the charity Aquaverde (NGOs) and Canary Foundation for Reforestation (Forest) .

How it works

every search in Ecoogler contributes symbolically to reforest a leaf. for every 10,000 searches / leaves, Ecoogler donates money to that plant a tree in the Amazon . addition to working through donations, and No planting and care of 1200 trees over a year in the Canary Islands.

It's not easy to get to plant a tree (10000 leaves many) but we can help.