Citizens of the World Want A Climate Treaty
November 20th, 2009
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According to  a recent article in the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, the citizens of the world want a climate treaty, which is very interesting since the citizens have actually participated in this consultation.
Back in september, 4000 people from 38 different countries participated in a citizen consultation connected to the climate meeting in Copenhagen. The citizens were chosen with particular interest in order to reflect different geopolitical areas as well as sociocultural backgrounds. Economic factors were also considered in the consultation.
The Swedish citizen consultation took place in a town called Borlänge and the consultation was conducted at the same time throughout all the 38 different countries. The results from the consultations [...]

Re-introducing Eco and Ethics
July 18th, 2009
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After having been contacted by Chris from Greenpress – whom wanted to see Eco and Ethics move to their green blog format – I decided to switch to Greenpress because I feel that it is the right decision for me and my blog right now.
We’re at a point in time when we have to re-think our strategies and global tactics not only to embrace technological breakthroughs, but also to enhance them in order for us to learn how to cultivate and harvest energy in new ways.
Not only do we have to learn how to deal with e-waste and garbage, we also have to try and figure out how to use [...]