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05/14/2008
Global production of photovoltaic or solar cells -- which convert the sun's light directly to electricity -- increased 51 percent in 2007, reports an environmental research institute.
Read moreFrom: Worldwatch Institute Related: [China] [Renewable Energy] [Environmental Activism] [Energy] Image: Solar panels. © Co-op America
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05/06/2008
Coca-Cola is looking to make huge profits as one of the three primary sponsors of the Olympic Torch Relay despite flagrant human rights abuses perpetrated by China, writes grassroots activist Amit Srivastava.
Read moreFrom: India Resource Center Related: [Tibet] [China] Image: Banner in Sydney, Australia. © India Resource Center
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04/23/2008
Small farmers from around the world celebrated last week the International Day of Peasant's Struggle and honored the communities and organizations in over 25 countries that are challenging escalating food costs.
Read moreFrom: Grassroots International Related: [Argentina] [Cameroon] [Indonesia] Image: An Ethiopian farmer. © International Food Policy Research Institute
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04/16/2008
Brittiläisen kansalaisjärjestö Oxfamin mukaan saksalaiset kauppaketjut, myös Suomessa toimiva Lidl, pitävät hedelmien hintaa alhaisena riistämällä työvoimaa Ecuadorissa ja Costa Ricassa.
Read moreFrom: UnMundo América Latina Related: [Latin America and the Caribbean] [Labor] Image: -
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03/18/2008
More...Related: [Agriculture] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Environment] Image: Kartoffelernte
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03/11/2008
President Bush rallied rich nations last week to join the the U.K., Japan, and the United States in committing billions of dollars for developing countries to expand their renewable energy capacity.
Read moreFrom: Worldwatch Institute Related: [Japan] [United Kingdom] [United States] Image: © Greenpeace UK
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11/15/2007
Thirty years after the Baader-Meinhof Group rocked West German democracy with a series of terrorist attacks, an ICA film season takes a look at the role of women in the revolutionary struggle, both politically and personally.
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11/04/2007
A piece of verbatim theatre based on the words of prisoners and guards from Nazi concentration camps has been given a twist in a current London production - it is performed by Rwandans and Congolese who bring to the stage their closeness to a more recent genocide.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [Rwanda] [United Kingdom] Image: The Investigation (The Young Vic)
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07/11/2007
"Persecution and generalized violence continue despite a change of government in Baghdad," Human Rights Watch said this week, urging Germany to rethink its policy on Iraqi refugees in the country.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Iraq] |
05/07/2007
International donors, particularly Germany, France, Japan, Italy, Spain and Australia, have been accused of an inadequate or non-existent response to the UN humanitarian appeal for Chad.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam Great Britain Related: [Australia] [Chad] [France] [Italy] [Japan] [Spain] |
05/02/2007
Saksan hallitus on sitoutunut vähentämään maan kasvihuonekaasupäästöjä 40 prosenttia verratuna vuoden 1990 päästöihin vuoteen 2020 mennessä. Saksa seuraa kunnianhimoisessa tavoitteessaan muun muassa hiilineutraaliksi pyrkivää Norjaa.
Read moreFrom: Ilmastosivut Related: [Climate Change] |
01/22/2007
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Campaigners in Berlin slip balloons with a message onto the exhaust pipes of cars so that the exhaust inflates the balloons. And after the message 'The world can't take anymore CO2' becomes readable, there's a big bang.
Image: The 'World Can't Take Any More' balloon in action
Related: [Transport] [Climate Change] [Environmental Activism] |
12/28/2006
from Christian Science Monitor:
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The green lifestlye goes beyond cars in Vauban, with a wood-chip energy plant operating since 2002 and solar collectors and photovoltaic cells quite common in the town.
Image: A child pedals over the tram tracks that lead to Freiburg's center.
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10/17/2006
from Treehugger:
Read moreThe installation will consist of twelve 5 megawatt turbines 45 km off Borkum Island. Related: [Renewable Energy] Image: Wind Turbines © Worldwatch Institute
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10/16/2006
The web-based Literacy Project, launched last week, enables users to access and share literacy resources from around the world. Available in German and English.
Read moreFrom: Basic Education Coalition |
10/13/2006
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A German-based company has developed a hybrid fuel cell powertrain that includes a battery pack and have installed into the first of a series of buses.
Image: The Proton midi-bus
Related: [Transport] [Pollution] |
09/23/2006
Unusual film double for Black History Month at the ICA in London on 1 October: The Lion Mountains: A Journey Through Sierra Leone, in which a 25-year-old Jamaican English man looks at the country’s past and present to understand how the country fell into civil war; and Black Survivors of the Holocaust, on the World War 2 concentration camp experience of Black Germans. Both films are followed by Q&A sessions.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [Sierra Leone] |
09/06/2006
Greenpeace Internationalin mukaan Kiinasta tuotu laittomasti geenimuunneltu riisi on saastuttanut elintarvikkeita Ranskassa, Saksassa ja Isossa-Britanniassa. Greenpeace on muistuttanut päättäjiä siitä, että laittomasti geenimuunneltu riisi on vakava terveysriski. Järjestö vaatii Euroopan hallituksia aloittamaan välittömästi toimet kuluttajien suojelemiseksi. Geenimuunneltu riisi löytyi Greenpeacen ja Maan ystävien Isossa-Britanniassa tekemissä testeissä.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [East Asia] [South Asia] [Europe] [China] [France] [India] [United Kingdom] [Consumption] [Environment] [Genetics] [Health] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Security] Image: riso e alimentazione - da Greenpeace.it
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08/21/2006
Maailman suurimman kauppaketjun Wal-Martin yritys vallata Saksan markkinoita on epäonnistunut. Yhtiö ilmoitti äskettäin, että se vetäytyy Saksasta. Toiminnan lopettaminen maksaa Wal-Martille noin 800 miljoonaa euroa.
Read moreFrom: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus Related: [Labor] |
08/17/2006
Saksassa ammatillinen keskusjärjestö DGB ei pidä ydinvoimaa käyttökelpoisena vaihtoehtona maan tulevaisuuden energiaratkaisuissa. DGB on yhdessä Saksan teollisuuden kattojärjestön kanssa korostanut tarvetta eri energialähteiden monipuoliseen hyödyntämiseen niin, että kokonaisuuteen sisältyy myös kivihiilen käyttöä.
Read moreFrom: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus Related: [Energy] |



Campaigners in Berlin slip balloons with a message onto the exhaust pipes of cars so that the exhaust inflates the balloons. And after the message 'The world can't take anymore CO2' becomes readable, there's a big bang.
The green lifestlye goes beyond cars in Vauban, with a wood-chip energy plant operating since 2002 and solar collectors and photovoltaic cells quite common in the town.
A German-based company has developed a hybrid fuel cell powertrain that includes a battery pack and have installed into the first of a series of buses.
