World Oceans Day 2011 is focused on youth

World Oceans Day (WOD), is celebrated every year on June 8th. WOD was original proposed in 1992 by Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and it was officially recognized by the United Nations in 2008. Since then it has been coordinated internationally by The Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network with [...]

World Environment Day 2011

World Environment Day (WED) is an annual event for positive environmental action. WED activities take place all year round but climax on 5 June every year, involving everyone from everywhere. This year’s commemorations are expected to be the largest and most widely celebrated globally. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves [...]

The economic and employment benefits of forests

Forests are crucial to life, this includes providing refuge for many species, and clean air for all but they are also important to the global economy. As a resource, forests provide many important natural resources, such as timber, fuel, rubber, paper and medicinal plants. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves [...]

IPCC report indicates that the world’s energy needs could be met by renewables

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a report which indicates that nearly 80 percent of global energy demand could be met by renewable sources of energy by 2050. On May 9, the IPCC released the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation. The report compares 164 different [...]

Policing the Eco-Policies

One of the most interesting paradoxes of city planning in Himalayan region is that, in spite of being ecologically rich and heritage rich countries, major cities in the region are most neglected. It is evident that the cities in the mountainous part of Himalayan region have grown rapidly in terms of their population sizes, but [...]

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