No matter how the economy is doing, it’s always nice to see investors calling for lots of green investments.

Global institutional investors holding more than $6 trillion in assets pushed policymakers Tuesday to quickly hash out a binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean technology.

More than 130 big investors, including London Pensions Fund Authority, want countries to agree to reduce the climate- warming emissions by 50 percent to 80 percent by 2050.

Macedonia is a country of only two million and they managed to plant six million trees in just one day!

Thousands of Macedonians took to the hills and forests on Wednesday to plant six million trees in a single day as part of a mass reforestation drive in the Balkan country.
The main aim of the campaign was to replant Macedonia’s forests after extensive wild fires over the past two summers, and organisers trumpeted the scheme’s environmental benefits at a time of global warming.
“Our goal is to make Macedonia “greener” and make people more aware of the needs of this planet”, said Macedonian opera singer Boris Trajanov, who initiated the project.

Some researchers off the coast of Australia think that jelly balls is Earth’s way to fight global warming - neat!

By eating the algae, the salps turn the algae and their carbon dioxide into faeces which drops to the ocean floor. They also take carbon to the floor with them when they die after a short two-week life cycle.

This is thought to be a natural form of carbon sequestration similar to what scientists are trying to do with carbon capture from emission sources such as power stations.

Dr Baird said Australian salps are biologically closer to vertebrates such as humans than to jellyfish because they have the rudiments of a primitive nervous system.

‘They are interesting because they are the fastest reproducing multi-celled animal on the planet and can double their numbers several times a day.’

Замечаю за собой цикличность работоспособности и мотивации-
то землю носом рою, по 10-12 часов работаю, то нападает лень и потеря концентрации, и тогда я тусуюсь у компьютера без толку (для работы)

интересно, чтобы сказал великий Павлов об этом или Маркс.

Почему, когда вода близка к закипанию, ничего не происходит, кроме появления пара, а если подогревается молоко, то оно поднимается и °убегает°?

Мои интерес отнюдь не эстетический, и закон подлости тут не причем, просто интересно что там в молоке такого???

In case you needed yet another reason to buy organic food it has come to light that organic farming uses less water than factory/industrial farming.

A study released by Cornell University Professor David Pimentel in 2005 reported that organic farming produces the same corn and soybean yields as conventional farming and uses 30 percent less energy and less water. Moreover, because organic farming systems do not use pesticides, they also yield healthier produce and do not contribute to groundwater pollution.

In addition to its conservation of water, organic farming has also been praised for the economic opportunities it creates for farmers in developing countries. Those farmers have not only found an international market for their organic products, but in draught-ridden India, organic rice farmers have found that using less water is not only a necessity, but is also financially practical. Indian rice farmers cited in a 2007 World Wildlife Foundation study claimed that the system of rice intensification (SRI) helped them yield more crop with less water.

El 16 de Noviembre es el día Internacional por la Tolerancia.

Bueno voy a empezar a contar mi historia con el significado de la tolerancia... Tolerancia es poder respetar, comprender y aceptar una cosa con la que no está de acuerdo.

Y ¿Por qué necesitamos una sociedad tolerante? La respuesta es muy sencillo. Porque vivimos en una sociedad donde tenemos mucha diversidad (que es riqueza para mi. )

Y en Aragón, en un pueblecito que se llama "Pina de Ebro".La Comarca de Ribera Baja del Ebro y Ayuntamiento de Pina ha organizado una Jornada de Jóvenes con talleres, bailes y tambien participación de ONGs para la sensibilización de jovenes porque es un pueblo rico con su diversidad.



Como Asamblea de Cooperación Por la Paz, estabamos allí con otras 2 organizaciones más de Zaragoza (Convive y Comite de Solidaridad Internacionalista). ACPP estaba allí, ejecutando una parte de un proyecto educativo de ACPP; "Test de Tolerancia".

Gracias a todos/as las más de 50 participantes a nuestra actuación y también Mirella y Daniel.. Han hecho muy buen trabajo... Y los joneves de Pina, teneis mucha suerte...


Seguid siendo tolarentes...

es Arto Tuncboyaciyan... Un hombre que dice:

"El aire no conoce nuestra nacionalidad, el agua no sabe de donde somos"

Que buen dicho...

Gracias por todo...

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Bu adam Arto Tunçboyaciyan... diyo ki:

"Hava bizim nerenin vatandasi oldugumuzu bilmez, su da nereli oldugumuzu bilmez"

Tesekkurler "esim"in deidigi gibi "Arto Abi", her seferinde icime ferahlatiyorsun... Iyi ki varsin...

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this is Arto Tunçboyaciyan... says that:

"The air doesn't know citizen of where we are, and the water doesn't know from where we are"

Thanks for all...

A community in Japan has put solar panels on nearly every house and they love it! A short article on the solar powered houses shows that in order for the system to be rolled out elsewhere more support from all levels of government are needed. It’s great to see pilot projects like this proving that these types of energy systems work.

Located 50 miles northwest of Tokyo, Pal Town dubbed “Solar City,” received free solar panels in 2002 through a 9.7 billion yen state-backed research on how to ensure a steady supply and avoid blackouts. Lots of small solar power generators are connected to the power grid.
Three-quarters of Pal Town’s homes are covered by solar panels, which are distributed for free and have become one of the main draw-cards for residents keen to minimize their power bills..

Болонья известна своими туманами и сырыми вечерами поздней осенью и зимой.
Сырыми не потому, что море рядом, а потому что в низине между холмов задерживается холодный сырой воздух...

И от этого у меня вечерние сплины начинаются, как только солнце заходит.

Что делать? Спасаюсь работой, ибо всякие прогулки и походы в кино теперь случаются намного реже.

Google Flu Trends uses Google searches to find out where the flu is spreading. It only works in the USA right now, but hopefully it can be spread elsewhere (so to speak).

From the New York Times (stupid login information needed):

“What if Google knew before anyone else that a fast-spreading flu outbreak was putting you at heightened risk of getting sick? And what if it could alert you, your doctor and your local public health officials before the muscle aches and chills kicked in? That, in essence, is the promise of Google Flu Trends, a new Web tool… unveiled on Tuesday, right at the start of flu season in the US. Google Flu Trends is based on the simple idea that people who are feeling sick will tend to turn to the Web for information, typing things like ‘flu symptoms; or ‘muscle aches’ into Google. The service tracks such queries and charts their ebb and flow, broken down by regions and states.”

A couple months ago I met Nicolas Morgan at the Toronto Green Drinks and we was telling me about this little company he has with his brother that will revolutionize the solar energy industry. When he described the technology and where it came from it sounded like the news was a little too good. It’s great to see that Morgan Solar is getting good press coverage about how their simple way of capturing sunbeams will help the developing world.

Following through on a lifelong goal, Jean Paul then went to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where he handled logistics and construction projects for Doctors Without Borders. To him, the work was loaded with meaning, and while he returned a year later, he spoke of going back to continue with the cause.

That’s when his father, Eric Morgan, stepped in. He talked his son out of going back, arguing that if he really wanted to help people he had an obligation to use his smarts to solve bigger problems.

Jean Paul stepped up to the challenge. While working as a research associate at the Catholic University of Chile (where his family has roots), he decided that the best place to focus on was energy.

“I came to realize electricity was a fundamental human right and if you don’t have electricity you’re living in the dark ages,” he recounts. “I decided there to devote my life to the problem of developing inexpensive, ubiquitous electricity. Solar was the obvious choice.”

At first, Jean Paul looked for solar companies he might like to work for, but after researching the market he quickly found there was a technology gap that needed to be filled. Most of the solar-system designs that appealed to him were clumsy and complicated. He decided his goal should be to come up with a novel design that eliminates that complexity.

Thanks to Shea for the tip to the article!

Pedal power is gaining popularity in Europ in the form of more and more cities creating their own bike sharing programs.

For mayors looking to ease congestion and prove their environmental bona fides, bike-sharing has provided a simple solution: For the price of a bus, they get a fleet of bicycles, and they can avoid years of construction and the approvals required for a subway. For riders, joining means cut-rate transportation - as well as a chance to contribute to the planet’s well-being.

The new systems are successful in part because they blanket cities with huge numbers of available bikes, but the real linchpin is technology. Aided by electronic smart cards and computerized bike stands, riders can pick up and drop off bicycles in seconds at hundreds of locations, their payments deducted from bank accounts.

“As some cities have done it, others are realizing they can do it, too,” said Paul DeMaio, founder of MetroBike, a U.S.-based bike-sharing consultant that tracks programs worldwide. “There is an incredible trajectory.”

The huge new European bicycle-sharing networks function less as recreation and more as low-cost, alternative public transportation. Most programs (though not Paris’s and Lyon’s) exclude tourists and day-trippers.

Y ya hemos empezado a pensar que vamos a "comprar" para quien...

La Asociación Amigos del Orfanato Estrella de la Mañana de India nos invita a su mercado de Navidad para las compras solidarias en Zaragoza...



Viernes, 21 de Noviembre 2008 de 17 a 21 horas
Sábado, 22 de Noviembre 2008 de 10 a 21 horas
Domingo, 23 de Noviembre de 2008 de 10 a 21 horas

en Parque Primo de Rivera (Aula de la Naturaleza Pº Renovales s/n (Antigua Piscina de Las Palmeras)