Resources - Environment
World Environment Day 5 June 2010
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Dreaming of a Green Christmas by James IrlamFor many in our society, Christmas is merely a season of rampant consumerism, which has dire consequences for the environment. Here are some ideas then for making our gift to the earth this Christmas a commitment to abandon throwaway attitudes: |
A Fossil-fuel-free future by Gavin LloydFollowing on from the Sundays@Belmont debate on Renewing the Earth, members expressed interest in the prospects for renewable energy in South Africa. |
Taking ActionHere are some simple things you can do to prevent global warming: |
Earth Hour  The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) created Earth Hour in 2007 to help people that are concerned about our planet and want to show their support for action on climate change.
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Treading Humbly by Hans van Heukelum Polar places – spaces of unearthly beauty – magnificent in their majesty and of superlative dimensions, threatening in their wilderness yet nurturing the spirit in overwhelming silence as heard only in deserts.Contrasts are everywhere, yet nowhere as apparent as found at the ends of the earth – it’s almost a love-hate relationship.
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Deep Blue ... or Not
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Deep Trouble by Cathy Bill
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In honour of World Environment Day on 5 June, RUC joined the United Nations Environment Programme’s Plant for the Planet campaign. The goal of the campaign is to encourage people, communities, organisations and governments worldwide to plant indigenous trees in their areas. The target is set at 12 billion trees, with 10,237,769,102 already planted and nearly 12 billion pledged.
As there is much poorly understood press on renewable energy technology, as witnessed by letters to the editor in the daily newspapers, I think it is worthwhile to look ahead realistically to foresee what could be achieved in the next fifty years on our sub-continent.
They call it ‘The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’, a ‘toxic stew of plastic trash’, a ‘floating rubbish dump twice the size of Texas’. What is going on? In the north Pacific ocean, between Japan and north America, a vast amount of floating plastic waste has drifted into the North Pacific Gyre, a relatively stationary region of the Pacific Ocean where the circular rotation around it draws in waste material.
The environmental film club is intended to inform people and generate debate about environmental issues. If taken seriously, this should translate into some kind of action, which can be individual change but could also become cooperative. 