Read what our writers around the world are saying about climate change.
Some reactions from some big NGOS to the recent IPCC report Asad Rehman, Head of International Climate, Friends of the Earth EWNI says the report is the equivalent of a planetary alarm bell ringing its final chimes. The merchants of doubt who deliberately muddy the science so they can hit ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Poverty, Poverty & Development
Africa as a whole is going to face two major problems in the 21st century: The first problem is how to feed the growing population of the continent, the second is how to adept to climate change. Both problems are interlinked since climate change has the potential for having ... keep reading
Written by Christoph Seiler last month, about Agriculture & Food, Food, Population, Poverty & Development
Canadian tree planters pledged over $20,000 this past month to help communities in Tanzania plant their own trees, reforest & adapt to climate change challenges. To date, planters in Canada have planted trees in order to raise over $98,000 to support Community Forests International’s (CFI) tree planting projects ... keep reading
Written by Community Forests International in July, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Finance & Money, Poverty & Development
“I originally became involved in the poverty issue not as a policy-maker, scholar or researcher,” says Muhammad Yunus, “But because poverty was all around me, and I could not turn away from it.” Yunus is an economist, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and author of Banker to the Poor. As founder ... keep reading
Written by Gord Stewart in June, about Economics, Industry & Business, Innovation, Poverty, Poverty & Development
Did you know that over 1 in 4 Kiwi kids lives in poverty? That's 270,000 children.Enough to fill our biggest rugby stadium five and a half times. keep reading
Written by Celsias in May, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Education, Finance & Money, Food, Poverty, Poverty & Development
Earlier this month, Cuba became the fourth country to challenge Australia’s plain tobacco packaging law by requesting consultations with Australia through the World Trade Organization (WTO). Tobacco companies can’t bring claims directly in the WTO, but the industry has stated publicly that it is helping countries bring these ... keep reading
Written by Tania Voon and Andrew Mitchell /The Conversation in May, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Health, Industry & Business, Intellectual Property, Law, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development (1 comment)
TOMS is now launching in New Zealand. The premise behind TOMS is that for every pair of TOMS Shoes you buy, TOMS will provide a pair of new shoes to a child in need – ‘One for One’, every time. TOMS is a fully operating, profitable business that is contributing to ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in May, about Children and Families, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Poverty & Development
If we are going to avoid the worst impacts of climate change we need disruptive innovations that fundamentally alter the broken systems that continue to build out inequitable, fossil fueled societies. Solar and other renewable energy technologies can do that to energy markets. But it won't happen without fixing ... keep reading
Written by Justin Guay/Sierra Club in April, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Clean Tech, Economics, Finance & Money, Poverty & Development, Solar
Scientists at King’s College London have demonstrated the ability to deliver a dried live vaccine to the skin without a traditional needle, and shown for the first time that this technique is powerful enough to enable specialised immune cells in the skin to kick-start the immunising properties of the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in February, about Design, Health, Innovation, Poverty & Development
Once held up as the epicentre of industrialised mass production, Detroit has for decades been portrayed as a failed economy beset with every kind of urban problem. However, recent years have seen a different narrative emerging, with some observers embracing the idea of Detroit as an “urban laboratory”, a city ... keep reading
Written by Laura Crommelin/Christine Steinmetz UNSW in December 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Green Spaces, Health, Poverty & Development
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A Resene project in New Zealand 
Painting the town greener Resene is painting the town greener with the extension of the Resene PaintWise paint and paint ... more »
Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand
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