Tuesday, January 31, 2012

TEDxSalzburg: Create Your Own Change by Dietmar Dahmen

Create your own change. Our world changes at neck breaking speed. Technology, trends, services change. What stays are the needs behind those changes. Dietmar takes us on a journey of those needs, shows us the mega structures behind the chaos and invites the Davids of change not to wait for the Goliaths to move.

Climate Change Politics: Why Right-Wing Doesn't Act

Author William Marsden tells Watch Mojo about his book 'Fools Rule: Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Change,' and discusses how climate change action fundamentally challenges the right-wing ideal of every man for himself.

TEDxCAPU: The Canadian Internet Story by Cybele Negris

Cybele is Co-Founder of Webnames.ca, Canada's original .CA Registrar and one of the country's leading Internet solutions companies

TEDxCAPU: On the road to creativity by "HootSuite" David Olson

Dave Olson, Marketing Director, HootSuite. Dave is the Community Marketing Director for social media dashboard maker HootSuite. Working in the Internet space since 1996, Dave's experience includes ISPs, ecommerce, open source web communities, movie promotion, a green business directory and an alternative accreditation program during the Vancouver Olympics. A graduate of Evergreen College in Inter-disciplinary Studies, he frequently presents at events and to the media discussing technology, art, and culture. After living and traveling worldwide, Dave now enjoys exploring his local North Vancouver mountains and forests.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Amazon Watch Spring 2012 Green-Bag Series

While Brazil prepares to host the Rio +20 Earth Summit this June and present itself as a leading model for sustainable development, the Brazilian government is undertaking measures that will put the Brazilian Amazon in jeopardy.

The Brazilian Congress is pushing through a bill that will recklessly rewrite the country's forest protection laws and this past month President Dilma Rousseff signed legislation that severely weakened the IBAMA, the Brazilian Federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Although Brazil has made great gains in fighting deforestation this past decade, the government is removing important pillars of forest protection, putting Brazil's international commitments on the Amazon and sustainability into question.

This session will discuss the new forest code bill, the recent weakening of IBAMA, and the state of the Brazilian Amazon today as Brazil prepares to host the Rio +20 Earth Summit.

Chevron's Worst Excuse Ever

Now that Chevron has been found guilty once again for intentionally dumping a massive amount of toxic oil waste in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the company has become particularly desperate to explain why it refuses to take responsibility.

As you can see, even Chevron's PR hacks have struggled to come up with valid excuses for why they refuse to do the right thing in Ecuador. Please share it to shine a light on Chevron's refusal to take responsibility for its environmental and human rights catastrophe in Ecuador.

Adorable Teenage Pandas Wrestle and Play at Bifengxia Reserve in China

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