Tag: South Korea - Page 3
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A Rose Is Not Just A Rose Anymore: Cut Flowers Or Guerilla Gardening
(Image from Roses Fabien Ducher)
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Ramsar Wetland Convention Meeting in Korea: Peat, Bogs And Poetry
Photo from Indonesia: Greenpeace activists working with locals to halt drainage by constructing dams on peatlands. This will prevent the peatland from drying out and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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Ramsar Wetland Convention Meeting in Korea: Getting The News From International Conferences
(Photo from the International Institute for Sustainable Development)
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Ramsar Wetland Convention Meeting in Korea: Protecting Rice Paddies
(Photo of rice paddy farmers from WETecol)
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Oh Great...Less Rainforest, More Corn
Are they going to have to make a Madagascar 3 movie where a lion, zebra, giraffe and hippo work to rescue some crazy lepilemurs (and pygmy tarsiers) not from foosas, but from human destruction?
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Seaweed Biodiesel Cooperation Between S. Korea, Indonesia Announced
Italian biodiesel producers are interested in it; the UK’s Crown Estate has expressed support as well. Now Indonesia is looking to capitalize on its abundant supplies of seaweed and turn it into
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New Ramsar Sites Added as Korea Hosts Its First Meeting
(Photo courtesy Suncheon-si, from Ramsar.org)
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Seoul To Construct More Bicycle-only Lanes
Quote of the day: "Our goal is to make 30 percent of the total population use bicycles as public transportation." - Oh Gwang-hyun, South Korean official.
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"Green Korea" Plan For 2030
South Korea will spend US$103 billion through 2030 in developing new renewable energy, to cut its reliance on fossil fuels and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The new plan, announced on Wednesday, is part of a long-term energy strategy and will
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5 Growing Nations With Growing Emissions
Clearly the United States (with roughly 23% of global CO2 emissions has some 'splainin to do when it comes to carbon dioxide emissions, so don't get us wrong, we aren't trying to pass the buck. Yet, we did want to take a look at just how large the
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South Korea To Combat Energy Waste
(Image from Arirang of ice-cold peach punch served in Seoul to help people beat the summer heat)
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No More (Than 48) Wire Hangers! EVER!
What are wire hangers doing on this site when we told you: hangers can be made from 100% recycled paper, Sundela board (a material derived from recycled and compressed newspaper) and biodegradable corn-based plastic? Well, South Korea-based collective
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South Korea Turns On the Piggy Poo
Amidst the stink over the nuclear program up north, South Korea has begun to tap a considerably less controversial energy source: pig poop. A power plant to the southeast of capital Seoul, capable of generating 30 kW from a daily feed of 20 tons of pig
