Let’s face a weird fact – global warming, in many ways the end of growth for the western world, could be the way out of poverty for a billion people. How can that be? Well, it’s simple really:
Greenhouse gas is not worth anything, it’s simply waste. But, as with any waste – once it piles [...]
Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Linus
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Yes! After a long long time, this ingenious idea has finally found its way to the world!
What is it? It is a way for people to compensate for the negative impact that their digital activities have on the environment. It is simple: You use your computer to read this blog, that will consume [...]
Posted on May 15th, 2009 by Linus
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This GiverSign’s graphics was designed by Shepard Fairy, most famous for his vintage style posters for the Obama campaign.
I think it is beautiful! Don’t you?
Earth Hour 2009 – Sign up for Earth Hour!
Posted on March 15th, 2009 by Linus
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Here’s some really cool news about the Earth Hour campaign: Shepard Fairy, most famous for his iconic Obama portrait, is making a series of designs for Earth Hour and the final phase of the campaign. I have been told that Fairy’s designs will be applied to Earth Hour’s GiverSigns as well! Check out these beautiful [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by Linus
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GiverSign has the potential to be very broad, a tool for the small as well as the monumental organizations and campaigns in the world. It can easily be adopted by the smallest as well as the largest online crowds supporting a common cause. The Earth Hour campaign and the WWF network are already starting to [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2009 by Linus
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After almost 2,5 years of hard work and determination I’m blessed to see GiverSigns spreading all over the world. It is WWF’s Earth Hour campaign that is taking our baby to new heights and places. Earth Hour is one of the largest, if not the largest, advocacy campaigns on the environment ever. It is the [...]
Posted on February 4th, 2009 by Linus
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Today’s quick math:
A tree will absorb about 2 metric tons of CO2 in it’s lifetime, most of it during the first 50-100 years depending on the kind of tree. Let’s calculate with an average of 20kg per year. (Note: Some scientists claim that a tree can absorbe 1 ton of CO2 per year, but that [...]
Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Linus
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I have a good friend who is in the grand cry shellfish fishing business, specializing in finding the best catches of lobsters, oysters, langusters and crabs. Shellfish in general are one of the types of sea animals that are not facing extinction. But looking at this business from a sustainability point of view one must [...]
Posted on July 15th, 2008 by Linus
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It’s amazing how far from the actual cause campaigners will (and obviously can) go in today’s environmental advocacy campaigns. It must be that environmental campaigns are now so exposed to competition that “finding the unique twist” is taking over the actual message. Just look at this connect2earth campaign. I just HAD TO watch it but [...]
Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Linus
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