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How Harry Potter can help save forests

Posted by admin - 28 January 2005 at 9:00am - Comments

Raincoast Books, the Canadian co-publisher of the Harry Potter (in partnership with Bloomsbury), worked a little of its own magic for biodiversity and the world's forests by printing the Canadian edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on ancient forest friendly paper in 2003.

The approximately one million copies of the Canadian edition are the only ones in the world to be printed on 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper. The initiative won praise from the author, J.K. Rowling, and a special message for Canadian readers:

Article tagged as: authors, bloomsbury, book campaign, forests, FSC, harry potter

Greenpeace in the Amazon: helping the Deni Indians to protect their land from loggers

Posted by admin - 24 January 2005 at 9:00am - Comments

Deni Indians demarcarting their territory

In July 2003, a Greenpeace team helped the indigenous Deni Indian communities in the Amazon to demarcate their homeland. The land was under threat from a Malaysian logging company.

Article tagged as: amazon, demarcation, deni, destructive logging, forests, illegal timber

EU pushes cod towards extinction

Posted by darren - 23 December 2004 at 12:27am - Comments

We've slammed the European Union's new fishing quotas, which will push cod closer to extinction in British waters.

Under pressure from Tony Blair's government, EU ministers ignored scientific advice calling for a halt to cod fishing for the third year in a row. They also threw out proposals to close some fishing grounds to protect cod stocks.

Article tagged as: cod, EU, marine reserves, north sea

National Lottery update: Wembley project commits to FSC

Posted by admin - 22 December 2004 at 9:00am - Comments

Following on from some very positive discussion at a meeting with construction company Multiplex, the project directors for the New Wembley Stadium site have sent a message of good will by erecting a 50 foot FSC Christmas tree at the iconic Wembley Stadium - signalling their commitment to sourcing timber from legal and sustainable sources.

Article tagged as: forests, FSC, national lottery, wembley stadium

Only action will clear the air

Posted by bex - 8 December 2004 at 9:00am - Comments

Tony Blair says he is personally passionate about solving the problem of climate change, but his passion for business has dominated the agenda for too long. There is only one way Tony Blair is going to regain our trust - take urgent action on climate change.

Article tagged as: climate change, co2, government, kyoto protocol, renewable energy, tony blair

Marine reserves: Royal Commission report calls for action

Posted by darren - 7 December 2004 at 3:57pm - Comments

Catch from trawling on the Dogger Bank, North Sea

A new report by the influential Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) has backed our call for a network of large-scale marine reserves - essentially national parks, but at sea.

Article tagged as: esperanza, marine reserves, north sea

Boycott the Danzer Group!

Posted by admin - 1 December 2004 at 9:00am - Comments

Boycott the Danzer Group

Article tagged as: africa, danzer group, destructive logging, forests, illegal timber, liberia

Polar bears dream of a white Christmas

Posted by bex - 30 November 2004 at 9:00am - Comments
Polar bears

Polar bears

The Arctic is experiencing some of the most rapid and severe climate change on the planet. Diminishing ice is pushing polar bears, caribou and reindeer towards extinction. And as their snowy world melts, ours begins to shrink as sea level rise will have devastating affects in the UK and around the globe.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, ice caps, impacts, kyoto protocol, polar bears, sea levels, worldwide

Good Wood Guide for builders and architects launched

Posted by admin - 26 November 2004 at 9:00am - Comments

"Trees are the lungs of this planet, our allies in the fight against carbon overloading. They are also living giants, vast natural edifices which we can admire for their longevity, poise, scale and beauty. Who doesn't recoil at the terrifying fact that simply vast areas of forest are being removed from the planet every year?

Article tagged as: architects, builders, forests, FSC, good wood guide

Why we no longer trust Blair on climate

Posted by bex - 19 November 2004 at 9:00am - Comments
Tony Blair

Tony Blair

At regular intervals over the last few years, Tony Blair has given strong speeches on the importance and urgency of tackling climate change. He has told us that this is the single greatest challenge facing the international community, and that the scientific evidence is alarming. He is certainly right about that. He has also said that he is personally passionate about solving the problem.

Greenpeace has been sharply critical of Blair on other issues - on GM, nuclear power and, above all, Iraq. But on climate we have tried to believe in his sincerity. We need politicians to take the lead, and we need to support them when they do. It's not our style to ask automatically, as Jeremy Paxman does, "why is this bastard lying to me?"

Article tagged as: CBI, climate change, government, kyoto protocol, renewable energy, rhetoric versus reality, tony blair, transport, UK policy

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