We need to end climate anger

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We need to end climate anger By JurriaanKamp | Published: December 15, 2009 cop-sat2-300×179 For the past week, a team of Ode volunteers has been handing out free copies of our special “Solutions We Need Now” issue, which presents a series of inspiring and innovative solutions to the challenge of global warming. Our volunteers have [...]

Do the right thing

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Do the right thing By JurriaanKamp | Published: December 10, 2009 So the question is: when can one appropriately use a reference to slavery when it comes to important political issues? Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, has invited fierce criticism from Republicans with his comparison of opposition to health care reform with those who opposed [...]

There is plenty renewable energy to fight global warming

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There is plenty renewable energy to fight global warming By JurriaanKamp | Published: December 17, 2009 greenglobeThe shift from our current fossil fuel based economies to sustainable renewable energy economies is usually presented as a great challenge. That is also the message coming from the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen. Oil companies tell us that [...]

The power that businesses have in this movement

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The power that businesses have in this movement By MarcoVisscher | Published: December 16, 2009 pharox-led60Agreements between countries “would never do enough,” California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said today at the Climate Conference in Copenhagen. Yes, these negotations are important, but Schwarzenegger rather puts his faith in people, not international laws. “I believe in the power [...]

Why the Copenhagen delegates can use some hemp

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Why the Copenhagen delegates can use some hemp By MarcoVisscher | Published: December 12, 2009 Photo: Flickr image by idiolector I’m not saying the delegates should be smoking pot (though I’d like to say that), but if the ever-controversial hemp plant could enter the climate debate for a moment, it would quickly obvious that it’s [...]

Meat is the primary cause of global warming

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Meat is the primary cause of global warming By MarcoVisscher | Published: December 15, 2009 flank-steak-ck-614032-xI wonder what’s on the menu for the Copenhagen delegates. One thing I’m pretty sure of: It will include meat. For a conference that aims to halt climate change that should be seen as a pretty controversial choice. More than [...]

Invictus and Global Warming

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Invictus and Global Warming By JurriaanKamp | Published: December 15, 2009 1013518.largeLast night I went to see the new movie Invictus and I learned an important lesson about the challenge of global warming. That may seem an unexpected experience as the movie is about rugby in South Africa. The film tells the true story of [...]

The biochar solution to global warming

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The biochar solution to global warming By JurriaanKamp | Published: December 18, 2009 BiocharThe Ode team that is distributing our special issue with solutions to global warming in Copenhagen ran into an old friend. We featured Thomas Harttung in our November 2008 issue. Harttung established an organic produce delivery service in Denmark that now has [...]

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