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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Mass scale cuts to council budgets will lead to the death of local government and heap punishment on the most vulnerable, as ministers announce a further 2.9 Local government workers, who have already suffered a £3,544 cut in pay since 2010, will be pushed deeper into poverty as they are forced into a jobs versus wages tussle. austerity Austerity Britain Britain British government government UK UK government MORE
Surrounded by three university labs, it’s one of a handful of oceanography hubs in the nation and the only government research center between New Jersey and Miami studying Atlantic fish populations. So it came as a surprise when the federal government proposed doing away with the ocean science laboratory, which opened in 1899. What will happen to the lab’s 31 government contractors is less clear. MORE
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
Federal duck stamps are annual permits sold by the federal government to hunt migratory waterfowl. 5069 contains no intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. Under this assumption the benefits of a government program is the government revenue and the cost is the government expenditures. Here is one we are watching closely: H.R. MORE
Homepages (Gold Tabs)* Enlightened Society (Politics, Active Citizenship, Social Good) Non-New-Agey Spirituality (Religion, Philosophy) child government shutdown photo zoo “I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.”~ Ayn Rand. MORE
London, UK, June 6, 2013: Commenting on Government plans to make it harder for onshore wind turbines to get the go-ahead, Friends of the Earth''s Head of Campaigns Andrew Pendleton said: "Another day, another Government attack on efforts to tackle climate change. "Carbon-intensive developments such as fracking, airport expansion and new roads will also impact on local people – so is the Government planning to give communities a greater say on these too? MORE
Enlightened Society (Politics, Active Citizenship, Social Good) Z ADMIN Enlightened Society Featured Today economy government marianne williamson money In her intimate interview with us on the SoulFeed podcast, NY Times Best Selling Author Marianne Williamson shares how all political movements have started as a spiritual movement. MORE
Mun created the font as a response to increasing government incursions on privacy. “I If you really want to avoid government snooping it would appear that we need to develop codes, like the spies of old did, using numbers derived from books that the sender and the recipient use as base, that is to say the book cypher. email security fonts GCHQ government surveillance mail security NSA security spying by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Sang Mun is a former contractor for the NSA. MORE
Besides spending 80 million euros annually on bike infrastructure, ABC news reports that the German government is putting its weight behind a cargo bike renaissance too : Transport ministry spokeswoman Birgitta Worringen says more than three-quarters of all journeys in Germany are less than 10 kilometres and cargo bikes can deliver all sorts of uses. To that end the government supported a 100,000-strong conference in Hamburg last year using cargo bikes for promotion and catering. MORE
Monopoly by Mark Strozier used under CC BY 2.0 The board game Monopoly is simple enough for most nine-year-olds to master quickly. The rules of the game, however, run to eight pages , and you’d never hand them to your third grader and expect her to grasp how the play unfolds. It’s better to sit her down with some friends and walk through the steps, referring to the rules when questions arise. MORE
Kids Sue US Government To Force Action on Global Warming. global warming Green News atmospheric trust litigation lawsuit by kids Mary Wood MORE
Blog Enlightened Society Green climate change Dutch government litigation sueShouldn’t States, around the world, be legally obliged to protect the environment? MORE
Green Power Purchasing/Aggregation: Federal Government – Green Power Purchasing Goal. For Canadian residents, the C anadian Solar Energy Industry Association provides a list of government incentives. Government / Industry list of taz breaks for energy efficiency solar energy tax breaks state tax breaks for solarAmerican solar energy incentive programs are increasing every year. MORE
The government of the United Kingdom has announced their new energy policy, which is called Smart Export Guarantee. The new scheme has its critics who say that the UK government should encourage citizens to use renewable energy instead of withdrawing support from it, but others argue that the new policy is to support the UK’s economy. While it was uncertain what the government would do in response to the criticism, they have now introduced the Smart Export Guarantee. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The British government wants children “learning” in school from 8am to 6pm or thereabouts and also have less vacation time. Yes, we must; the Minister and the government. And thus the government clamors for a longer school day and shorter and less vacation time. government control brainwashing public school government indoctrination MORE
Weitzman: Should governments use a discount rate that declines over time when evaluating the future benefits and costs of public projects? Kenneth J. Arrow, Maureen L. Cropper, Christian Gollier, Ben Groom, Geoffrey M. Heal, Richard G. Newell, William D. Nordhaus, Robert S. Pindyck, William A. Pizer, Paul R. Portney, Thomas Sterner, Richard S. Tol, and Martin L. MORE
Theresa May is abandoning the Tory promise to be the 'greenest government' and instead pledging to be an 'energy extremist government'. PRESS RELEASE Keith Taylor, Green Party MEP for the South East, has slammed the Conservative Party's manifesto pledge to weaken oil and gas drilling regulations in a bid to fast-track fracking across the UK [1]. MORE
They are the government, and local government is the public sector entity that holds the greatest impact over the. Animal Rights (Vegan, Pets, Wildlife) Denver Enlightened Society (Politics, Active Citizenship, Social Good) Z ADMIN Enlightened Society Featured Today animals compassion government Public Service right livelihood serviceThey are not glamorous or well paid. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Peace and freedom comes about when nation states and governments are abolished and when people are allowed and empowered to be their own masters, their own sovereigns. You cannot be free while being governed at the same time. Freedom and being governed just does not compute as the two, government and freedom, are in direct opposition to each other. If you are free then you have all the rights under the sun but no government. MORE
From the inbox: An overwhelming majority of the American public, including nearly half of Republicans, support government action to curb global warming , according to a poll conducted by The New York Times, Stanford University and the nonpartisan environmental research group Resources for the Future. MORE
government is joining the United Nations to pass legislation protecting this vulnerable species. Government Steps Up to Protect Bees appeared first on Ecorazzi. After the loss of 10 million beehives to Colony Collapse Disorder and numerous studies linking bee deaths to neonicotinoid pesticides, the U.S. Read More The post U.S. Animals Causes Environment News Science Top News MORE
The Worldwatch Institute discusses the characteristics of governance that can be most effective in facing the converging environmental crises of the future Washington, D.C. When a crisis develops, what sort of governance is best? contributing authors deliberate over what qualities of governance will be the most effective as we endure the planet''s long future struggle with environmental crises. MORE
Photo: President Obama thanks redditors for their help on net neutrality with a handwritten note. Enlightened Society (Politics, Active Citizenship, Social Good) WAYLON: Editor''s Picks break the internet cable company FCC freedom internet monopoly net neutrality MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) This is often used as an excuse to create a supposedly democratic government that then operates a business as usual with professional politicians. Nowhere can I read in any of those statements that say “the people shall govern” anything of a government and the US Constitution where it, apparently states a government for the people by the people of the people also does not mean that the people govern. People governing themselves. MORE
government has rendered national parks off-limits. News Environmental Protection Agency government shutdown National Eagle Repository national parks U.S. Kings Canyon National Park in California is just one of hundreds of shuttered U.S. parks and preserves. Photo by the National Park Service). If you’re in the U.S. and you’ve got good weather forecast this weekend, you’re probably looking forward to some birding. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The government controls our water supply (including, in many places in the USA the rainwater, making rainwater harvesting illegal), our food supply, our medical supply, our media, our armed forces, our police. In short, the government controls everything, including and especially each and every one of us. The fact is that we do not seem to (be able) to control the government, and that is what we should be able to do. We need no government, period! MORE
The UK government''s ''zero waste'' economy objective is highly desirable but unrealistic. In its latest report, CIWEM challenges government to ensure that everyone takes responsibility for waste – not just the waste management sector. Advocating that this is not solely an issue for the waste management industry, the report encourages to Government to ask more from businesses, who currently have full authority to supply products with no environmental responsibility for their impact. MORE
Social media has again proved to be a powerful tool in Tunisia , where a group of people started a Facebook page that turns the ubiquitous ‘selfie’ into an opportunity to express disgust with the country’s stinking trash problem. Everywhere you go in this otherwise beautiful Mediterranean country, and I really do mean just about anywhere, you are bound to come across big piles of trash. In the cities, on train tracks, on the middle of a street, on the beach. MORE
By Michael Smith (Veshengro) Conservative UK Prime Minister David Cameron is failing at his now a little over a year old vow to lead the “greenest government ever,” according to a scathing report released in May 2011 by environmental group Friends of the Earth. Cameron had made the promise days after taking office as head of a coalition government with Britain’s Liberal Democrat party last May, noting that he “cares passionately” about the environment. MORE
Oil and natural gas, as investment opportunities, have certainly had their share of publicity; both good and bad. This includes market analysis data to entice potential investors to consider investing or speculating in either oil and gas futures or in stocks and investment funds that include energy companies specializing in the exploration and production of oil and natural. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Now that British Summer Time has ended, and winter is seriously knocking at the door, the government says that now is a good time to think about what winter weather preparations you, your family and community may need to make. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Government is all about control and absolutely nothing else regardless what we are being told. A free people do not need to have anyone lord it over them, no king and not government, however democratic it claims to be. Everywhere government of one kind or another tells the people what they can do and what they cannot do and for most activities the people require a permit – against payment – from said governments. MORE
The Canadian government has removed the North Pacific humpback whale from the “threatened” species list. Despite opposition from several groups, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper downgraded the humpback whales classification to a Read More The post Canadian Government Downgrades The Humpback Whale appeared first on Ecorazzi. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) It is a great relief to learn from the Independent that Ex-Environment Secretary Owen Paterson''s proposed biodiversity offsetting scheme has been dropped by the Government. This was the selfsame Minister of the Environment who also stated that there was no problem with the HS2 high-speed train line cutting through ancient woodlands as the government would simply move those woods to elsewhere. Britain UK UK government woodlands MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The right-conservative government of Denmark is trying to do everything possible to deter refugees and migrants from coming into the country. The Minister for Justice and Immigration, Søren Pind, has this kind of highway robbery defended recently on government television stating that the income from those confiscations shall used as a part contribution to cover the expenses incurred by accommodating and feeding the refugees. MORE
From the inbox: Thought you would get a kick out of the rather significant government finance "limitation" expressed on this poster I saw at a recent professional meeting. I'm sure that had a little to do with the dramatic impacts predicted for GSP and employment. The poster was analyzing the effect of a $15/ton carbon tax on Indiana's economy. Source: HH MORE
From the InDecision blog ("the new blog set up by and for younger researchers in the field of judgment and decision-making psychology"): This week in our interview series is Richard H. Thaler, Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioural Science and Economics at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. A research project I wish I had done… My phd thesis was on the value of saving a life. MORE
The German government apparently, as the Deutsche Telekom is a government agency, hopes for a huge income this way and the total control of the Internet via a state business. It would appear that, aside from wanting to get extra income, the Germany government with this move is intent on controlling the in formation that citizens can access on the Web. Internet control government control Internet freedom All other modems will no longer be legal to be used. MORE
Lawmakers say they are making government more efficient without endangering the environment or public health and emphasize that their changes have nothing to do with the Dan River spill. It seems that they are simply trying to reduce the size of government, cut income taxes and increase private sector profitability MORE
At the same time, in both cases, the authors stated that wind and solar are dead-end technologies requiring permanent government subsidies without being able to provide for the needs. To make claims that wind and solar are dead-end technologies requiring permanent government subsidies without being able to provide for the needs are not only very spurious and misleading but are, in fact, extremely dangerous for us and the Planet. MORE
The 'Australian Government' is now set to 'legally' seize money from citizens bank accounts without their knowledge or approval by Michael Smith (Veshengro) After legislation was rushed through parliament, the government will from May 31 be able to transfer all money from accounts that have not been used for three years into their own revenues. The banking industry believes the Government's changes to inactive bank accounts legislation is just revenue raising. MORE
A UK government department had announced funding for a research project into the ‘Management of Buzzards to Protect Pheasant poults’ (poults are young Pheasants being reared specifically to be released for shooting). A cause for celebration one would be forgiven for thinking but not apparently for the government and its industry lobbyists and paymasters. MORE
Kids Sue US Government To Force Action on Global Warming. global warming Green News atmospheric trust litigation lawsuit by kids Mary Wood MORE
I'm actually trying to write something up and I need to figure out how my precipitation data is measured. So I go try to go to the source [link] and I'm redirected here: [link]. Nice touch NOAA! Curse you Congress MORE
Government / Industry maryland wind farm ocean city wind farmThe Obama administration opened Maryland’s coast to offshore wind farms Monday and is seeking bidders to erect more than 300 turbines in a 206-square-mile area off the coast of Ocean City. The move makes Maryland the second state in the nation, after Delaware, to have reached this stage in off-shore wind development. The closest turbines to the coast will be roughly 10 nautical miles from Ocean City. MORE
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MARCH 10, 2014
Lawmakers say they are making government more efficient without endangering the environment or public health and emphasize that their changes have nothing to do with the Dan River spill. It seems that they are simply trying to reduce the size of government, cut income taxes and increase private sector profitability
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 1, 2013
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The government controls our water supply (including, in many places in the USA the rainwater, making rainwater harvesting illegal), our food supply, our medical supply, our media, our armed forces, our police. In short, the government controls everything, including and especially each and every one of us. The fact is that we do not seem to (be able) to control the government, and that is what we should be able to do. We need no government, period!
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Green (Living) Review
AUGUST 1, 2013
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Government is all about control and absolutely nothing else regardless what we are being told. A free people do not need to have anyone lord it over them, no king and not government, however democratic it claims to be. Everywhere government of one kind or another tells the people what they can do and what they cannot do and for most activities the people require a permit – against payment – from said governments.
Green (Living) Review
AUGUST 14, 2011
By Michael Smith (Veshengro) Conservative UK Prime Minister David Cameron is failing at his now a little over a year old vow to lead the “greenest government ever,” according to a scathing report released in May 2011 by environmental group Friends of the Earth. Cameron had made the promise days after taking office as head of a coalition government with Britain’s Liberal Democrat party last May, noting that he “cares passionately” about the environment.
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 13, 2016
At the same time, in both cases, the authors stated that wind and solar are dead-end technologies requiring permanent government subsidies without being able to provide for the needs. To make claims that wind and solar are dead-end technologies requiring permanent government subsidies without being able to provide for the needs are not only very spurious and misleading but are, in fact, extremely dangerous for us and the Planet.
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 21, 2015
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The right-conservative government of Denmark is trying to do everything possible to deter refugees and migrants from coming into the country. The Minister for Justice and Immigration, Søren Pind, has this kind of highway robbery defended recently on government television stating that the income from those confiscations shall used as a part contribution to cover the expenses incurred by accommodating and feeding the refugees.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 22, 2014
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) This is often used as an excuse to create a supposedly democratic government that then operates a business as usual with professional politicians. Nowhere can I read in any of those statements that say “the people shall govern” anything of a government and the US Constitution where it, apparently states a government for the people by the people of the people also does not mean that the people govern. People governing themselves.
Environmental Economics
JANUARY 30, 2015
From the inbox: An overwhelming majority of the American public, including nearly half of Republicans, support government action to curb global warming , according to a poll conducted by The New York Times, Stanford University and the nonpartisan environmental research group Resources for the Future.
Green Prophet
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
The government of the United Kingdom has announced their new energy policy, which is called Smart Export Guarantee. The new scheme has its critics who say that the UK government should encourage citizens to use renewable energy instead of withdrawing support from it, but others argue that the new policy is to support the UK’s economy. While it was uncertain what the government would do in response to the criticism, they have now introduced the Smart Export Guarantee.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 3, 2013
government has rendered national parks off-limits. News Environmental Protection Agency government shutdown National Eagle Repository national parks U.S. Kings Canyon National Park in California is just one of hundreds of shuttered U.S. parks and preserves. Photo by the National Park Service). If you’re in the U.S. and you’ve got good weather forecast this weekend, you’re probably looking forward to some birding.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 2, 2013
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The British government wants children “learning” in school from 8am to 6pm or thereabouts and also have less vacation time. Yes, we must; the Minister and the government. And thus the government clamors for a longer school day and shorter and less vacation time. government control brainwashing public school government indoctrination
Environmental Economics
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
Federal duck stamps are annual permits sold by the federal government to hunt migratory waterfowl. 5069 contains no intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. Under this assumption the benefits of a government program is the government revenue and the cost is the government expenditures. Here is one we are watching closely: H.R.
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 28, 2013
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Mass scale cuts to council budgets will lead to the death of local government and heap punishment on the most vulnerable, as ministers announce a further 2.9 Local government workers, who have already suffered a £3,544 cut in pay since 2010, will be pushed deeper into poverty as they are forced into a jobs versus wages tussle. austerity Austerity Britain Britain British government government UK UK government
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 13, 2015
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) It is a great relief to learn from the Independent that Ex-Environment Secretary Owen Paterson''s proposed biodiversity offsetting scheme has been dropped by the Government. This was the selfsame Minister of the Environment who also stated that there was no problem with the HS2 high-speed train line cutting through ancient woodlands as the government would simply move those woods to elsewhere. Britain UK UK government woodlands
Environmental Economics
JULY 18, 2014
Weitzman: Should governments use a discount rate that declines over time when evaluating the future benefits and costs of public projects? Kenneth J. Arrow, Maureen L. Cropper, Christian Gollier, Ben Groom, Geoffrey M. Heal, Richard G. Newell, William D. Nordhaus, Robert S. Pindyck, William A. Pizer, Paul R. Portney, Thomas Sterner, Richard S. Tol, and Martin L.
Green (Living) Review
NOVEMBER 29, 2011
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Now that British Summer Time has ended, and winter is seriously knocking at the door, the government says that now is a good time to think about what winter weather preparations you, your family and community may need to make.
Wind Power Ninja
NOVEMBER 9, 2010
Government / Industry maryland wind farm ocean city wind farmThe Obama administration opened Maryland’s coast to offshore wind farms Monday and is seeking bidders to erect more than 300 turbines in a 206-square-mile area off the coast of Ocean City. The move makes Maryland the second state in the nation, after Delaware, to have reached this stage in off-shore wind development. The closest turbines to the coast will be roughly 10 nautical miles from Ocean City.
Environmental Economics
APRIL 22, 2014
Surrounded by three university labs, it’s one of a handful of oceanography hubs in the nation and the only government research center between New Jersey and Miami studying Atlantic fish populations. So it came as a surprise when the federal government proposed doing away with the ocean science laboratory, which opened in 1899. What will happen to the lab’s 31 government contractors is less clear.
Green (Living) Review
MAY 18, 2017
Theresa May is abandoning the Tory promise to be the 'greenest government' and instead pledging to be an 'energy extremist government'. PRESS RELEASE Keith Taylor, Green Party MEP for the South East, has slammed the Conservative Party's manifesto pledge to weaken oil and gas drilling regulations in a bid to fast-track fracking across the UK [1].
Living Green & Saving Energy
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Kids Sue US Government To Force Action on Global Warming. global warming Green News atmospheric trust litigation lawsuit by kids Mary Wood
Elephant Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2015
They are the government, and local government is the public sector entity that holds the greatest impact over the. Animal Rights (Vegan, Pets, Wildlife) Denver Enlightened Society (Politics, Active Citizenship, Social Good) Z ADMIN Enlightened Society Featured Today animals compassion government Public Service right livelihood serviceThey are not glamorous or well paid.
Solar Power Ninja
JANUARY 26, 2010
Green Power Purchasing/Aggregation: Federal Government – Green Power Purchasing Goal. For Canadian residents, the C anadian Solar Energy Industry Association provides a list of government incentives. Government / Industry list of taz breaks for energy efficiency solar energy tax breaks state tax breaks for solarAmerican solar energy incentive programs are increasing every year.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 7, 2013
London, UK, June 6, 2013: Commenting on Government plans to make it harder for onshore wind turbines to get the go-ahead, Friends of the Earth''s Head of Campaigns Andrew Pendleton said: "Another day, another Government attack on efforts to tackle climate change. "Carbon-intensive developments such as fracking, airport expansion and new roads will also impact on local people – so is the Government planning to give communities a greater say on these too?
Environmental Economics
OCTOBER 4, 2013
I'm actually trying to write something up and I need to figure out how my precipitation data is measured. So I go try to go to the source [link] and I'm redirected here: [link]. Nice touch NOAA! Curse you Congress
Elephant Journal
OCTOBER 11, 2013
Homepages (Gold Tabs)* Enlightened Society (Politics, Active Citizenship, Social Good) Non-New-Agey Spirituality (Religion, Philosophy) child government shutdown photo zoo “I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.”~ Ayn Rand.
Green (Living) Review
APRIL 6, 2013
The UK government''s ''zero waste'' economy objective is highly desirable but unrealistic. In its latest report, CIWEM challenges government to ensure that everyone takes responsibility for waste – not just the waste management sector. Advocating that this is not solely an issue for the waste management industry, the report encourages to Government to ask more from businesses, who currently have full authority to supply products with no environmental responsibility for their impact.
Eccorazzi
AUGUST 17, 2013
government is joining the United Nations to pass legislation protecting this vulnerable species. Government Steps Up to Protect Bees appeared first on Ecorazzi. After the loss of 10 million beehives to Colony Collapse Disorder and numerous studies linking bee deaths to neonicotinoid pesticides, the U.S. Read More The post U.S. Animals Causes Environment News Science Top News
Living Green & Saving Energy
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Kids Sue US Government To Force Action on Global Warming. global warming Green News atmospheric trust litigation lawsuit by kids Mary Wood
Elephant Journal
MARCH 28, 2015
Enlightened Society (Politics, Active Citizenship, Social Good) Z ADMIN Enlightened Society Featured Today economy government marianne williamson money In her intimate interview with us on the SoulFeed podcast, NY Times Best Selling Author Marianne Williamson shares how all political movements have started as a spiritual movement.
Environmental Economics
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
From the inbox: Thought you would get a kick out of the rather significant government finance "limitation" expressed on this poster I saw at a recent professional meeting. I'm sure that had a little to do with the dramatic impacts predicted for GSP and employment. The poster was analyzing the effect of a $15/ton carbon tax on Indiana's economy. Source: HH
Eccorazzi
APRIL 24, 2014
The Canadian government has removed the North Pacific humpback whale from the “threatened” species list. Despite opposition from several groups, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper downgraded the humpback whales classification to a Read More The post Canadian Government Downgrades The Humpback Whale appeared first on Ecorazzi.
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 2, 2014
Mun created the font as a response to increasing government incursions on privacy. “I If you really want to avoid government snooping it would appear that we need to develop codes, like the spies of old did, using numbers derived from books that the sender and the recipient use as base, that is to say the book cypher. email security fonts GCHQ government surveillance mail security NSA security spying by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Sang Mun is a former contractor for the NSA.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 14, 2013
The German government apparently, as the Deutsche Telekom is a government agency, hopes for a huge income this way and the total control of the Internet via a state business. It would appear that, aside from wanting to get extra income, the Germany government with this move is intent on controlling the in formation that citizens can access on the Web. Internet control government control Internet freedom All other modems will no longer be legal to be used.
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 3, 2013
The 'Australian Government' is now set to 'legally' seize money from citizens bank accounts without their knowledge or approval by Michael Smith (Veshengro) After legislation was rushed through parliament, the government will from May 31 be able to transfer all money from accounts that have not been used for three years into their own revenues. The banking industry believes the Government's changes to inactive bank accounts legislation is just revenue raising.
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 17, 2014
The Worldwatch Institute discusses the characteristics of governance that can be most effective in facing the converging environmental crises of the future Washington, D.C. When a crisis develops, what sort of governance is best? contributing authors deliberate over what qualities of governance will be the most effective as we endure the planet''s long future struggle with environmental crises.
Green Prophet
MAY 25, 2014
Social media has again proved to be a powerful tool in Tunisia , where a group of people started a Facebook page that turns the ubiquitous ‘selfie’ into an opportunity to express disgust with the country’s stinking trash problem. Everywhere you go in this otherwise beautiful Mediterranean country, and I really do mean just about anywhere, you are bound to come across big piles of trash. In the cities, on train tracks, on the middle of a street, on the beach.
Green Prophet
MARCH 18, 2019
Oil and natural gas, as investment opportunities, have certainly had their share of publicity; both good and bad. This includes market analysis data to entice potential investors to consider investing or speculating in either oil and gas futures or in stocks and investment funds that include energy companies specializing in the exploration and production of oil and natural.
Elephant Journal
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
Photo: President Obama thanks redditors for their help on net neutrality with a handwritten note. Enlightened Society (Politics, Active Citizenship, Social Good) WAYLON: Editor''s Picks break the internet cable company FCC freedom internet monopoly net neutrality
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2012
A UK government department had announced funding for a research project into the ‘Management of Buzzards to Protect Pheasant poults’ (poults are young Pheasants being reared specifically to be released for shooting). A cause for celebration one would be forgiven for thinking but not apparently for the government and its industry lobbyists and paymasters.
Green (Living) Review
JULY 10, 2014
Besides spending 80 million euros annually on bike infrastructure, ABC news reports that the German government is putting its weight behind a cargo bike renaissance too : Transport ministry spokeswoman Birgitta Worringen says more than three-quarters of all journeys in Germany are less than 10 kilometres and cargo bikes can deliver all sorts of uses. To that end the government supported a 100,000-strong conference in Hamburg last year using cargo bikes for promotion and catering.
Environmental Economics
JANUARY 29, 2013
From the InDecision blog ("the new blog set up by and for younger researchers in the field of judgment and decision-making psychology"): This week in our interview series is Richard H. Thaler, Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioural Science and Economics at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. A research project I wish I had done… My phd thesis was on the value of saving a life.
Sightline Daily
APRIL 28, 2015
Monopoly by Mark Strozier used under CC BY 2.0 The board game Monopoly is simple enough for most nine-year-olds to master quickly. The rules of the game, however, run to eight pages , and you’d never hand them to your third grader and expect her to grasp how the play unfolds. It’s better to sit her down with some friends and walk through the steps, referring to the rules when questions arise.
Elephant Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
Blog Enlightened Society Green climate change Dutch government litigation sueShouldn’t States, around the world, be legally obliged to protect the environment?
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