Monthly Archives: January 2008
January 28, 2008 – 6:09 am
We’ve all seen Al Gore’s film on climate change, right? We talk about global warming, as though we’re part of a UN committee on climate change. We even find ourselves lecturing about the hazards of greenhouse gases, without really remembering all of their names.
(Confess, it’s happened to you, right?)
Knowing your gases, can put you in […]
January 25, 2008 – 7:49 am
Dreamers, visionaries or sharp business people? Carbon Catablog embarks on its second in a series of interviews with not-for-profit carbon offset providers.
Last week we interviewed Russell Simon from Carbonfund USA, who explained, “We’re a nonprofit because what we do is very clearly a public good.” With 93% of Carbonfund’s revenues going straight to its projects, […]
January 22, 2008 – 11:04 am
So the Fed came out with guns ablazing, slashing interest rates by 0.75%.
But the markets are yet to find solace. They’re still choking on a toxic cocktail of foreclosures, inflation, oil prices and the credit crunch. Michael Metz, chief investment strategist at Oppenheimer, is not among the optimists. He thinks the US is facing […]
January 18, 2008 – 2:08 am
Dreamers, visionaries or sharp business people? Carbon Catablog starts its first in a series on carbon offset providers, who neutralize the carbon of businesses and individuals in the not-for-profit way.
Through this series we’re hoping to make some sense of the voluntary offset market, so our readers can make more informed choices on where and how […]
January 16, 2008 – 10:16 am
On January 8th, America’s Federal Trade Commission held a workshop on carbon offsets. This echoed UK government consultations earlier this year on creating a Code of Best Practice for the offsetting industry.
The workshop in Washington DC focused on consumer protection. In other words: How can offset buyers ensure they aren’t being deceived?
January 7, 2008 – 10:52 am
I recently spent a few weeks in California’s endemic car culture, and it got me thinking about oil supply and climate change. America seems to depend on cars in a much more extreme way than Europe or Asia. But all over the world - including China with its 1.3 billion people - economies are […]
January 4, 2008 – 7:00 am
The organic caterer’s been booked, the dress made from recycled lace has been bought, the email invitations are out. Dreaming of starting off your new life, with that special someone, on the right green foot?
It is estimated that a typical wedding generates 50-60 tons of CO2. And much of that comes from travel – […]
January 1, 2008 – 5:40 am
Coldplay is doing it. So is the Dave Matthews Band, Pink Floyd, UB40 and the Dixie Chicks have done it. The Spice Girls are mum, but we suspect they aren’t doing it. The Rolling Stones did it with all of their fans.
If you’ve reached our address, then you know we could only be talking about […]
By Karin Kloosterman
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Tagged Britain, carbon neutral, Carbon Neutral Company, Carbon Neutral Touring, carbon offsetting, Dave Matthews, Dixie Chicks, Future Forest, Jane Siberry, North America, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Spice Girls, UB40, UK
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