Worldchanging: Bright Green

North American Governments Agree to Protect Wilderness

Ben Block — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:55:54 PST

Ben Block: The United States, Canada, and Mexico agreed this week to work together to protect wilderness areas across North America. The cooperation agreement establishes an intergovernmental...

Mark Amerika retrospective at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens

Regine Debatty — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:49:37 PST

Regine Debatty: While in Athens, i checked out the Mark Amerika retrospective at The National Museum of Contemporary Art. How could i miss it? I knew so...

How Green Could Our Cities Be?

WorldChanging Team — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:33:51 PST

WorldChanging Team: by Simon Rogers A new campaign by the government's city advisers to persuade local authorities to green their cities has produced some unique images of...

How Carbon Markets Work in the Northeastern US

Eric De Place — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:23 PST

Eric De Place: With all the hand-wringing over the alleged risk of market manipulation in cap and trade, you'd almost forget that the United States already has a carbon...

Editing the Shadow Volume

Geoff Manaugh — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:13:45 PST

Geoff Manaugh: Spotted via New Scientist is an amazing new computer model that allows designers to create objects based on the multiple and highly specific shadows...

Alex Steffen at Town Hall Seattle Nov 11 & 12

WorldChanging Team — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:00:41 PST

WorldChanging Team: Greeting Worldchangers, Our two night event at Town Hall Seattle starts tomorrow! We are thrilled to invite you to Town Hall’s Center for Civic...

East of Nowhere - Contemporary Art From Post-Soviet Central Asia

Regine Debatty — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:56:08 PST

Regine Debatty: No matter how hard i try to keep in touch with what is going on in Turin, i always seem to do an awful job....

Brazil Pledges Deep Emission Cuts in 'Political Gesture' to Rich Nations

WorldChanging Team — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:43:05 PST

WorldChanging Team: by Tom Phillips Brazil will take proposals for voluntary reductions of 38-42% by 2020 to the Copenhagen climate change conference next month, chief of staff...

Yangtze Delta Warned to Prepare for Effects of Climate Change

WorldChanging Team — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:25:51 PST

WorldChanging Team: by Jonathan Watts Delta has been warming faster than global average for a decade, and the impact is already being felt, according to WWF China....

Nike and Pop!Tech Team Up to Find New Low-Impact Materials

Danica Real — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:20:57 PST

Danica Real: The successful solutions event Pop!Tech* is taking their work to a new level. Their latest project is Pop!Tech Labs, which will bring together a...

The Pursuit of New Ways to Boost Solar Development

Yale Environment 360 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:22:00 PST

Yale Environment 360: by Jon R. Luoma The solar power boom in Germany, Spain, and parts of the United States has been fueled by government subsidies. But now...

Australia Invests in World's First Utility-Scale Wave Power Project

Yale Environment 360 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:35:18 PST

Yale Environment 360: A UK-based renewable energy company has received a $61 million grant from the Australian government to build the world’s first utility-scale wave power project....

Aid Groups, Farmers Collaborate to Re-Green Sahel

Ben Block — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:08:30 PST

Ben Block: Disastrous droughts crippled Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali in the early 1970s and more severely in the early 1980s. More than 100,000 people died....

Climate Success in Copenhagen

Alex Steffen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:04:44 PST

Alex Steffen: A quick note. Several people have asked me recently about Copenhagen and COP-15, and whether the summit isn't a failure from the start, since it...

Lifting the Lid on Climate Change Talks

WorldChanging Team — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:13:27 PST

WorldChanging Team: by John Vidal Rich countries bullying poorer ones, mud-slinging and back-stabbing - environmental summits can be vicious. At 8am on Wednesday 7 October, a smartly...