Environmental Post for February 2008

Posted by Pixelhead

From the January 2008 issue of Wired(I am always a bit behind reading Wired) comes a nice article about the effects of Global warming on our minds entitled Global Mourning from Clive Thompson.
Does Canon Support Shooting Whales? from Greenpeace.org. I signed up and sent a letter to the head of Canon. Sent this one to Hugg if anyone cares to Hugg it.
- Speaking of Greenpeace, if you have a Facebook account, you can Join the Greenpeace Facebook page, and recieve regular updates from Greenpeace on your Facebook page.
A cool video that I found via Stumbleupon -High-school teacher spreads the word on climate change. This is a pretty awesome video, which has been viewed several million times, and provides a pretty good argument that even GW would have to agree with…do you think?
Here is a link to a short little anti-littering video.

From Hugg.com:

A Nature.com article about the use of BioFuels instead of Fossil Fuels.
Ecolibris reviews Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World

Nature Photography

Stop by Forrest’s site and check out his Pacific NorthWest Gallery for some awesome nature pictures.
I Came across SeeHere’s Nature Photography post with lots of pics and links out to other photos including DropBears picture above.

That’s it for the February Environmental post. If you have any posts or stories you would like included in next months post or even in this post, please leave a comment.

Written by Pixelhead on February 15th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Forrest
#1. February 18th, 2008, at 8:12 PM.

I’m changing the text in my letter to Canon right now. I’m thinking about printing it instead, and attaching a few photos. This is what I have so far:

I’ve bought a lot of Canon gear: a D60 and 5D bodies, their 16-35 L, 50/1.4, 100/2.8 Macro, 135/2 L, and 300/4 L/IS/USM lens, a TC-83N cable release… My equity in my Subaru is less than my Canon stuff. At 30 years old, I’ll probably live to see no more glaciers in America – that could happen in a decade at Glacier National Park. Capturing photos of this amazingly beautiful but fleeting world has always been more important to me than having a nice car or even a television.

And then most of the Greenpeace letter. I’m not going to stop using their gear, and I’m curious what Nikon’s position is ( although they don’t bill themselves as saviors of the environment / planet ). But I hope their customers get attention.

Eva White
#2. February 19th, 2008, at 9:04 AM.

Global warming is something that we all should be concerned about. If we want a better world we will have to start acting now and save our environment of excess pollution and dirt. It is a serious issue which as responsible citizens of respective countries should contribute to help.

John
#3. February 22nd, 2008, at 4:34 PM.

Loved the litter lout video, on the same page in YouTube was this one from my home town, Leicester, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvLbjhPz4vU&feature=related

Tha’t the way to do it, get their ugly mug up on YouTube for all the world to see.

PS Nice to see two such environmentally friendly (not) brands featured in the Ads!

Vic
#4. February 22nd, 2008, at 7:32 PM.

Global warming is certainly a concern, but a few degrees every hundred years doesn’t compare to the immediate concern with water shortages so bad that it would appear that some southern states are accusing the other of stealing their H2o. Oil and warm temps might take a back seat if we begin to get thirsty.

Pixelhead
#5. February 22nd, 2008, at 9:04 PM.