Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, join Planet Forward to share their ideas on Green Conservatism—a new environmental approach that focuses on market-oriented solutions, innovation, incentives, entrepreneurship, science and technology. They believe that Green Conservatism will create better environmental solutions at a faster rate than regulation, bureaucracy, litigation, and big government.
Rather than argue over the red vs. blue partisan debate, Newt and Callista believe that all Americans can agree on innovative solutions that will allow a healthy environment to co-exist with a growing economy.
With market incentives, tax credits, and prizes to encourage scientific and technological breakthroughs, America will have the potential to preserve its environment and natural resources, develop clean and abundant energy, and strengthen the economy and our national security.
Join Newt and Callista as they explain how we can make our nation the global leader in conservation for future generations.
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The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Rio Summit, Earth Summit (or, in Portuguese, Eco ‘92) was a major conference held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to June 14, 1992.
178 governments participated, with 118 sending their heads of state or government.Some 2,400 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) attended, with 17,000 people at the parallel NGO Forum, who had so-called Consultative Status.
The issues addressed included:
*systematic scrutiny of patterns of production — particularly the production of toxic components, such as lead in gasoline, or poisonous waste;
*alternative sources of energy to replace the use of fossil fuels which are linked to global climate change;
*new reliance on public transportation systems in order to reduce vehicle emissions, congestion in cities and the health problems caused by polluted air and smog;
*the growing scarcity of water.
An important achievement was an agreement on the Climate Change Convention which in turn led to the Kyoto Protocol. Another was agreement to “not carry out any activities on the lands of indigenous peoples that would cause environmental degradation or that would be culturally inappropriate”.
The Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature at the Earth Summit, and made a start towards redefinition of money supply measures that did not inherently encourage destruction of natural ecoregions and so-called uneconomic growth.
Twelve cities were also honoured by the Local Government Honours Award for innovative local environmental programs. These included Sudbury, Ontario in Canada for its ambitious program to rehabilitate environmental damage from the local mining industry, Austin, Texas in the United States for its green building strategy, and Kitakyushu in Japan for incorporating an international education and training component into its municipal pollution control program.
The Earth Summit resulted in the following documents:
*Rio Declaration on Environment and Development;
*Agenda 21;
*Convention on Biological Diversity;
*Forest Principles;
*Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Both Convention on Biological Diversity and Framework Convention on Climate Change were set as legally binding agreements.
Critics, however, point out that many of the agreements made in Rio have not been realized regarding such fundamental issues as fighting poverty and cleaning up the environment.
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Raised in Vancouver and Toronto, Severn Cullis-Suzuki has been camping and hiking all her life. When she was 9 she started the Environmental Children’s Organization (ECO), a small group of children committed to learning and teaching other kids about environmental issues. They were successful in many projects before 1992, when they raised enough money to go to the UN’s Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Their aim was to remind the decision-makers of who their actions or inactions would ultimately affect. The goal was reached when 12 yr old Severn closed a Plenary Session with a powerful speech that received a standing ovation.
more information on http://www.davidsuzuki.org
BigUp to my friend Sebastian Sturm for letting me use his song… yes bredgin, TELL THEM THE TRUTH!!!
http://www.sebastian-sturm.com
http://www.myspace.com/sebastiansturm
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Environmental issues part 1
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Environmental issues part 2
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HOME has a very clear message. We have a greater impact on the Earth than it can bear. We over-consume and are depleting the Earth’s resources. From the air, it’s easy to see the Earth’s wounds. So, HOME simply sets out our current situation, while saying that a solution exists.
The film’s subtitle could be It’s Too Late To Be A Pessimist. We have reached a crossroads; important decisions must be taken to change our world. Everybody knows about what the film says, but nobody wants to believe it. So HOME adds its weight to the argument of environmental organizations that we need to revert to a more commonsensical approach and change our consumer way of life.
On June 5th we all have a date with the planet!
http://www.home-2009.com
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Photo’s Of Our Beautiful Planet, with Music by Dramarama: What Are We Gonna Do, written by John Easdale
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Video about the influence that humans have and are having on our planet.
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http://WatchMojo.com/ presents… Some tips and suggestions for going green and doing your part to save the environment.
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What the human greed and ignorence is causing to our fragile Enviroment.
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