Tag Archives: global warming
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 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 – [...]
December 28, 2007 – 6:48 am
(Image: Kendra)
We hate to do this to you on a Friday, but you’ve been asking about ways to make your life more carbon neutral, right? You’ve got the compost bin in the backyard, you’re cutting down on driving that car, and generally you’re making your life less carbon-intensive.
Now you are ready for the next [...]
December 23, 2007 – 3:50 am
We’ve already delivered a short how-to offset your emissions for Christmas. If you’re racing around last-minute shopping for that special someone or are planning on making a New Year’s resolution that would make Al Gore proud, this post might be for you.
We’ve skimmed through all of our 60+ providers listed on Carbon Catalog, and compiled [...]
December 21, 2007 – 5:58 am
Some cities talk about, city planners develop grand plans for making it happen, and governments advocate it, but how real is the goal of making an entire city carbon neutral?
San Francisco’s mayor recently devised a plan that will help make its residents offset their greenhouse gases.
December 14, 2007 – 7:59 am
(Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Chairman Xu Ping gives the thumb up at first day
quotations of his company in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange)
In Hong Kong, pollution levels are choking out its residents, where about 2,000 people die every year from its effects. This week, the New York Times reported that the business muscle of Hong [...]
By Karin Kloosterman
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Posted in Business
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Also tagged , Asia, Beijing Climate Exchange, carbon offsets, China, emissions trading market, FP Marine Risks Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, The Peoples' Republic of China, Virgin
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