By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Mon, 2007-10-22 11:34
Via The Empire Collective, Eskom's advertisement to reduce unnecessary electricity consumption.
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By Hans Nilsson / Published on Wed, 2007-07-11 07:00
A few of the really big companies speak with a different voice from that of the others and, for that matter, different from that which they used themselves a few years ago. The CEO of Royal Dutch Shell recalls in three "hard facts":
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Thu, 2007-05-10 09:49
On April 18th, the Passiefhuis-Platform put a 1300 kg block of ice in one poorly-insulated envelope and one well-insulated envelope, posing following questions:
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Sat, 2007-04-21 12:33
Stories mushroom of individuals and organisations offsetting their carbon emissions by purchasing credits. With increasing demand for carbon offsets, several dozens of companies now offer such credits [1]. Prices vary, but typically you can go carbon-free for a price of 5 to 10 $/tonne CO2. A typical European with a carbon footprint of 10 tonne could go carbon-neutral for less than 100$.
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By Hans Nilsson / Published on Fri, 2007-04-20 07:00
Or would you rather be something else? The British Energy Saving Trust has made a green barometer that basically shows we think better of ourselves than we actually live up to, but also that there is hope for improvements.
The rest of us, not being subjects of the Queen, may nevertheless take some impression of this profiling. It clearly illustrates that sustainable energy is not an issue of technology improvements only but also a change in life-style. And one of the habits hard to give up is air-travelling.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Mon, 2007-03-26 22:24
This is not going to be rant on the global warming movement, nor a rant on its believers and non-believers. But by now, you probably have heard about Channel 4's 'The Global Warming Swindle':
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By Hans Nilsson / Published on Thu, 2007-03-01 10:04
Monty Python are British, aren't they? And it is in U.K. that the campaign for Flying to the end of the world was invented. Good laughs with a deep meaning. The people behind the campaigns have a solid business background that they have put into the service of climate care.
It is important to note that it is not travelling itself that is in the line of fire but the travel where the purpose is obscure or non-existing.
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By Hans Nilsson / Published on Fri, 2006-09-29 11:11
The power struggle in Brussels over the missing efficiency action plan is taken to new heights! The Finnish presidency threatens to cancel the next council meeting with energy ministers if the action plan is not put on the table. A thing that has never happened before in the EU history!
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By Hans Nilsson / Published on Mon, 2006-09-04 05:18
One of the explanations, that political actions to prevent climate change are so slow, is that the observed physical changes also are slow. We gradually get used to the changes just in the same way as eye-sight is reduced and we only discover one day that maybe we should have seen a doctor earlier to get medical help or at least glasses. In the film "An inconvenient truth" the phenomenon is illustrated with a frog that sits in water that is gradually warmer and does not observe that it will soon be boiled.
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By Hans Nilsson / Published on Wed, 2006-06-21 05:14
Some of the real big companies in Europe have made a point of their willingness to work towards sustainability and the need for an orchestrated play between governments and markets to achieve the goals.
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By Hans Nilsson / Published on Fri, 2006-03-31 05:49
Students from the North American Energy Action Coalition have proclaimed April 1st the "Fossil Fools day". To be celebrated on March 31st at least when April 1st is a saturday.
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By HDK / Published on Sun, 2006-03-26 16:27
The Nicolas Hulot Foundation has run an advertising campaign last year to alert citizens to energy wasteful behaviour:
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Sun, 2006-02-19 00:50
Making Europe the most energy and transport efficient economy in the world, that's the mission of the Energy Efficiency Watch.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Sun, 2006-02-19 00:49
The e-Parliament is the first world institution whose members are elected by the people. It links democratic members of parliament and congress into a global forum, combining meetings and electronic communication. Organizations, companies, journalists and individual citizens are all invited to participate. You don't need advanced computer skills.
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By Hans Nilsson / Published on Thu, 2006-02-02 06:15
Members of the European Parliament and some national Parliaments have taken an initiative for action on energy efficiency and forming an “Energy Efficiency Watch”. They show not only that energy efficiency is the biggest energy source in Europe but that Europe stands the risk of lagging behind in development. Even more important, they give a long list with concrete examples of what they as legislators can do This is certainly contrary to what we normally think and say about politicians! They act and they act across the party lines. Energy efficiency is a citizens’ and not a political partisan issue. Every day that the efficiency resource is left without consideration is a day when valuable resources are wasted.
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