Written by info_NOSPAM@green.tv (Greenpeace International)
06/22/2008
The soaring global demand for palm oil is accelerating the destruction of the Indonesian rainforests. A tragedy for the forests and the people who depend on them and a disaster for the global climate. Read more...
Futerra is the sustainability communications agency; from green to ethical, climate change to corporate responsibility. Chief Executive and Co-founder, Solitaire Townsend, won the Entrepreneur category at the Triodos Women in Ethical Business Awards. Read more...
Susie Hewson at Bodywise UK won the Ethical Business of the Year category at the Triodos WEBAs. Her Natracare products are made from certified organic and natural materials and ingredients, sourced from sound ecologically managed producers. Read more...
Judith Freane at Brown Cow Organics took home the Small Business category award at the Triodos Women in Ethical Business Awards 2008. Brown Cow Organics specialises in the very best in local, fresh organic food from beef to yoghurt as well as original cowhides. Read more...
World Society for the Protection of Animals' undercover film shows commercial exploitation of Greenland's subsistence whaling quotas. 25 percent of quotas are sold, making an annual profit of 1 million US Dollars. WSPA will use this film at this year's International Whaling Commission meeting in a bid to stop more whales being hunted for profit. Read more...
Written by info_NOSPAM@green.tv (The Aspinall Foundation)
06/17/2008
Born to be wild is the film of how The Aspinall Foundation working in conjunction with Howletts and Port Lympne protect, and where possible endangered animals back into the wild. Read more...
Written by info_NOSPAM@green.tv (Firecracker films)
06/16/2008
Jesse Hackett aka Elmore Judd goes to a recycling centre, picks up some random bits of metal and wood, uses them to make some amazing instruments and then uses them to make some amazing music. Filmed by the talented, willing and helpful people at Firecracker Films. Read more...
Rt. Hon. Helen Clark won the UNEP special prize for her groundbreaking environmental strategies and her three initiatives - the emissions trading scheme, the energy strategy and the energy efficiency and conservation strategy that put her country at the forefront of the environment challenge. Read more...
This video produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare features IFAW's Senior Research Scientist Sheryl Fink discussing harp seals on the ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Read more...