the planet zone

"There are no boundaries on Planet Earth.
Not only have we failed to realise
that we are one people, we have forgotten
that we have only one planet..."

Jacques Cousteau, Oceanographer

 

Canada's Dirty Tar Sands Canada is the only nation to have signed up to the Kyoto Protocol treaty and then abandoned it. Under Kyoto, Canada was charged with lowering CO₂ emissions by 6 percent between 1990 and 2012, but instead emissions have risen 26 percent since 1990. Most of this is down to the unbelieveably massive scale of the exploitation of tar sands in Alberta. Watch the video below, then click the title link here to send off your protest.

Exxon Secrets Organisations Climate Change Denial is a huge industry, mostly supported by Big Oil. Look at a list of some of the organisations funded by Exxon-Mobil to seed misinformation and doubt about the science of man-made global warming.
 

Cycle for transport and environment Cycling has been shown to deliver the fastest door-to-door journey in urban areas in every contemporary independent study. As well as keeping you healthy, cycling is convenient in a town or city where you might spend a long time each day waiting for buses or tracking down a parking space. This guide offers inspiration and further help if you want to shift your mode of daily transport and reduce your CO₂ footprint.
 

e-book download "Civilisation as we know it is coming to an end. This is not the wacky conclusion of a religious cult, but rather the result of diligent analysis sourced by hard data and the scientists who study global 'Peak Oil' and related geopolitical events." (From the book, The Oil Age Is Over by Matthew Savinar). Read about the end of cheap oil and its ramifications (e-book, download from this site, 600kB).

Deforestation in Burma Global Witness found large areas of virgin teak forests in Burma have been cut down, causing ecological destruction on a vast scale. The group says money earned by exploiting timber from Burma, which has nearly two-thirds of the world's teak reserves, was used to sustain the ruling generals in power during international sanctions.
 

Are the vultures saved yet? Vultures are carrion-consuming birds and are now on the critically endangered list of BirdLife International, the global network of conservation groups based in Britain. Declining vulture numbers have triggered serious public health problems. Rotting carrion lies around for days in towns and villages across India, and is believed to be spreading communicable diseases. Why the vultures have declined so dramatically (95% of them gone since the early 90s) has been shown as due to veterinary use of the painkiller, diclofenac, which was banned in India and Nepal in 2006. There is some sign of a slowing in the decline in vulture numbers. However, diclofenac manufactured for human use is still being used illegally to treat cattle in India, and until this is stopped, the decline rate is still expected to be around 18% per year for the most vulnerable vulture species.
 

Goa's threatened environment The Goa Foundation has been called India's premier environmental monitoring group. The tiny state of Goa on India's west coast has suffered perhaps more than most of the world's places of tourist interest. Since 1986 The Goa Foundation has been challenging the 'plunder and get rich' mindset of State tourism chiefs.
 

Environmental News Network Topical news about the environment, with commentary and summary of the week's developments. 
 

Worldwatch Institute (USA) Information from around the world on how to build a sustainable society. This site has PDF downloads of articles, details about Worldwatch books and news of environmental events. You shouldn't miss it!
 

Eco Himal  A group of non-profit organisations founded in Salzburg, Austria in 1992. It runs ecological, social and cultural projects in  Himalayan regions, helping people with their living conditions. One successful cooperative development supplies electricity to homes in the Khumbu region of Nepal.

Friends Of The River Narmada (India) The construction of large dams on the River Narmada in central India and its impact on millions of people living in the river valley has become one of the most important social issues in contemporary India.