http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/ Copyright 2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:31:51 +0100 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MakingWaveshttp://feedburner.google.com For all the climate skeptics out there who still believe the world is cooling -- "blind tests" of data by statisticians say you're wrong. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/tMcPah3yMYY/statisticians_reject_global_co.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/11/statisticians_reject_global_co.html Climate Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:31:51 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/11/statisticians_reject_global_co.html When I was 9 years old the neighbor wanted to extend the side of his house but the trees there were in the way. These were beautiful, gigantic Populus and I loved them so much. When the wind blew... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/zwi7NGz_AD4/muriel.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/11/muriel.html Bloggers Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:33:36 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/11/muriel.html Musicians are going Green. see here a list of eco-minded musicians and their green deeds. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/APOg_vHGcfY/musicians_going_green.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/11/musicians_going_green.html Activism Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:30 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/11/musicians_going_green.html How realistic is this video? What if we all started bringing kids to climate protests? After all, they're going to have to live with our decisions. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/KjwR6tKEGsI/moms_against_climate_change.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/11/moms_against_climate_change.html Climate Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:44:37 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/11/moms_against_climate_change.html Read about Mike's adventure as ship's webbie in the Pacific. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/kzlXzXT5Oi0/on_board_the_esperanza.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/11/on_board_the_esperanza.html On the ships Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:50:42 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/11/on_board_the_esperanza.html In a major victory for Greenpeace, chemical giant Clorox announced yesterday that they are phasing out the use and transport of Chlorine gas in the US. One of our Greenpeace elders, Bob Hunter, once said that the thing about demanding... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/9uHHKOmgmoo/they_said_we_were_crazy_clorox.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/11/they_said_we_were_crazy_clorox.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:32:19 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/11/they_said_we_were_crazy_clorox.html Today we launched our popular Guide to Greener Electronics in Japanese, for the very first time, as part of a week of activities to mark the 20th Anniversary of Greenpeace in Japan. Regular readers will know Greenpeace in Japan has... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/ZJA34CgNAJ8/turning_japanese_guide_to_gree.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/turning_japanese_guide_to_gree.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:56:21 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/turning_japanese_guide_to_gree.html Job well done by the Sierra Club, which has been following the scam. Now there's Congress is investigating. From the Sierra Club blog... Oh for shame, lobbyists. An investigation has found that a lobbying firm forged letters from the... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/GR0mUkJ99u8/big_coal_lobiests_busted_for_f.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/big_coal_lobiests_busted_for_f.html Climate Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:22:45 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/big_coal_lobiests_busted_for_f.html Where Monsanto is concerned, it isn’t a good idea to assume good intentions – just ask Percy and Louise Schmeiser in Canada, who spent years locked in legal battles. The Genetic Engeneering Approval Committee (GEAC) in India should probably have... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/BSmYumhtA2s/how_not_to_feed_the_world.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/how_not_to_feed_the_world.html Genetic Engineering Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:17:33 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/how_not_to_feed_the_world.html Nice to see people all across the country getting out there. Big diversity of events. Some civil disobedience (apparently you can get arrested in the US just for putting a sign on someone's fence), and lots of fun stuff too.... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/pS-jbRXEmLc/climate_global_day_of_action_u.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/climate_global_day_of_action_u.html Climate Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:43:47 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/climate_global_day_of_action_u.html One of the weird consequences of overfishing is the very real possibility that the niche left by fish species will be replaced by jellyfish. It makes for nice scary pieces of news ("Jellyfish invasion! They have stings, and they're dumb!"),... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/M7XQiQM43Yo/jellyfish_sushi_anyone.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/jellyfish_sushi_anyone.html Oceans Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:26:29 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/jellyfish_sushi_anyone.html Today we launched the latest version of our Cool IT leaderboard - take a look a which of the biggest names in IT are doing the most on the top priorities to tackle climate change. As well as scores we've... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/zkDOAjGwUdA/google_microsoft_and_ibm_bring.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/google_microsoft_and_ibm_bring.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:49:53 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/google_microsoft_and_ibm_bring.html There's rejoicing in Finland, where we just notched up another victory protecting some of Europe's last old growth forests! Just 2 months after a lawsuit against Finland's State forest service was settled by a deal which will protect the Nellim... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/XQ-xfYTVoxM/another_victory_in_lapland.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/another_victory_in_lapland.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:13:56 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/another_victory_in_lapland.html You may find thousands of pages on the internet with arguments for and against GE crops - but if you meet the people who grow food for us in an ecological way you would easily understand how we can protect the planet and feed the world with only ecological food - because we can combine the traditional knowledge, with modern methods while avoiding introducing dangerous GE crops into the environment. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/zaFGEYo8mJU/organic_farmers_delivered_your.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/organic_farmers_delivered_your.html Genetic Engineering Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:20:39 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/organic_farmers_delivered_your.html The cranes started their journey approximately 10,000 km from Tokyo, in the picturesque town of Waging am See near Munich, Germany. Here “Greenteam Löwenzahn” (Greenteam Dandelion) member Evangeline (14) read about the trial of the “Tokyo Two”, and how our activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki are on trial for trying to save whales by exposing the corrupt Japanese whaling programme for what it is. Evangeline knew immediately that she and her friends needed to take action, to protect whales and ensure Junichi and Toru receive a fair trial in a country where being charged for an alleged crime will see you convicted of it 99% of the time. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingWaves/~3/AKXATtUObGA/cranes_for_whales.html http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/cranes_for_whales.html Whaling Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:13:08 +0100 http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/10/cranes_for_whales.html