Tag: Bali

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  Eat Pray Love: A Life Lesson on Happiness

  After devouring author Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, Eat Pray Love, I was psyched to see it live on the big screen. I fell in love with Gilbert's post-divorce life story, and her thirst for self-discovery

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  Goldman Winner, Sanitation Crusader, Single Mother Yuyun Yunia Ismawati Talks to TH: "We Need Better Design Upstream"

  Indonesia's Yuyun Yunia Ismawati, 45, one of six winners of this year's Goldman Environmental Prize (the "green Nobel"), was driven to action by the waste-management problems that have long plagued the popular tourist island of Bali. She helped start

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  Five Exotic Eco Adventures Off the Beaten Path

  photo: J.NovakTired of the tourist trail? We've got five unique eco adventures way off the beaten path. Remote locations plus minimal eco-impact and dramatic beauty reminds us of the critical importance of conserving all the gifts from Mother Nature.

• The Solar Taxi's Speedy Trip Through New York City

  Louis Palmer took his solar taxi on a quick tour through New York City the other week, making pit stops at Green Drinks, NYU, and Wall Street. Although it was a quick trip—Louis spent only

• New Green School Opens in Bali

  Read more: An innovative new sustainable school opens in Bali. Students from all over the globe learn the latest in green living while living in paradise.This fall marked the first semester of Bali's Green School. Founders

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  Al Gore: Uncommitted Superdelegate Committed to Stopping Climate Change

  On Friday night I went to see Al Gore at Radio City Music Hall. The former Vice President walked onto the stage to thunderous applause and a fan shouted, "You rock Al!" (Although, I'm an obsessive Gore fan- that wasn't me). Al has been

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  Iraq Again Focuses Attention on U.S., This Time By Ratifying Kyoto

  Yes, that's right: the Iraqi government, which has been unable to provide many basic services and security to its citizens, has ratified the Kyoto Protocol. According to the Agence France-Presse,

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  Land-Based Carbon Mitigation Projects in Mexico

  According to recent studies, deforestation accounts for about 20 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions. That's because trees soak up carbon dioxide when they grow and release it when they rot and burn. A UN climate conference in Bali last month

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  Quote of the Day: Al Gore on Hockey

  How did we miss this? Evidently when Canada's environment minister was being a complete obstructionist jerk in Bali, Al Gore called the country out with a pointed hockey analogy that is not quite Bob Dylan's "You don't have to be a weatherman to know

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  TH Forums Highlights: Bali Takeaways, What Newspapers Cost the Earth + More

  1) Forums user PeterReefman looks upon the climate change conferences in Bali with hindsight, wondering, "What do you think of what was achieved at the Bali Conference? Was it a solid progression of the World's efforts to mitigage dangerous climate

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  Will Nations Of The World Save Tropical Forests For Their Carbon?

  Tropical deforestation (within the areas pictured in green on the map) is

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  Al Gore Helps Pull The US' Monkey Wrench Out Of The World's Climate Treaty Gear Box

  The mood here shifted after a speech Thursday by

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  World Bank Plan Aims to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation

  Citing its role as a key contributor to climate change, the World Bank unveiled a new set of initiatives at the Bali climate talks aimed at tackling deforestation and forest degradation - two issues that received short

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  UNICEF Highlights Concerns Over Children and Climate Change in Bali

  According to a report issued just this Wednesday in Bali by UNICEF entitled "Climate Change and Children", deaths from asthma among children could increase nearly 20 per cent by 2016 unless something is done quickly to reduce emissions from vehicles

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  TH Blog Love - Our Favourite Greens Of The Week

  Earth Echo: Africa Entry 5 by Philippe Cousteau "Up until 1996, fisherman slaughtered up to 25 dolphins a year to use as bait for longline shark fishing. That year, the dolphin killing stopped and fisherman turned to a more environmentally friendly

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  Bali Blog #3:- "Atten-Shun!"

  I've never been saluted before in my life. Why should I have been? After all, I have never been in the armed forces, nor am I a member of the royal family! So when I was

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  UN Backs Down on Strict Guidelines as Leaders Reach Tentative Agreement

  As much as we'd like to admit that we were surprised by the outcome, we can't say that we didn't already see the writing on the wall from a mile away. Yes, conceding that setting specific targets for emissions reductions may have been too "ambitious"

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  Has the IPCC Outlived its Usefulness?

  It is hard not to overstate the significance of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's accomplishments. Alongside Al Gore, the IPCC has done more than any individual or academic body to draw attention to