http://newlygreens.com Walking Green for a Sustainable Garden State Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:30:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://newlygreens.com/feed/ Stories of green living from the early adopters walking the walk. Produced in NJ just outside New York City the show gives an East Coast flavor to implementing more balanced choices. Hosts Greg and Connie, "newlygreens" and not so newlywed, try take the stories to heart and and bring practical change into their own lives. It may not be about being the ideal, but it is definitely about finding inspiration and working toward something better. Kaizen Productions LLC clean Kaizen Productions LLC info@newlygreens.com info@newlygreens.com (Kaizen Productions LLC) 2010 Kaizen Productions LLC Eco Friendly Tales of Going Green from the Northeast sustainable, environmental, earth, nature, solar, wind, recycle, organic, green, eco, eco-friendly http://newlygreens.com/_content/_images/powered_by_podpress_small.jpg http://newlygreens.com http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/the-climate-project-north-american-summit/ http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/the-climate-project-north-american-summit/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 02:18:16 +0000 Greg http://newlygreens.com/?p=1632 As you may, or may not know, Greg and Connie are both certified presenters for a group called The Climate Project. We just returned from The Climate Project’s North American Summit in Nashville, TN., where we spent 4 days with 500 fellow presenters listening to lectures from individuals [...]]]> http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/the-climate-project-north-american-summit/feed/ 0 ACF,Al Gore,Australian Conservation Foundation,CEO,Dr. David Suzuki,Executive Director,IPCC Chair; Don Henry,Larry Schweiger,Nashville,National Wildlife Federation,NWF,PBS As you may, or may not know, Greg and Connie are both certified presenters for a group called The Climate Project. We just returned from The Climate Project's North American Summit in Nashville, TN., where we spent 4 days with 500 fellow presenters lis... As you may, or may not know, Greg and Connie are both certified presenters for a group called The Climate Project. We just returned from The Climate Project's North American Summit in Nashville, TN., where we spent 4 days with 500 fellow presenters listening to lectures from individuals like Mr. Al Gore, R.K. Pachauri, IPCC Chair; Don Henry Executive Director, Australian Conservation Foundation (a former guest on this program); Larry Schweiger, CEO, National Wildlife Federation; and Dr. David Suzuki host of PBS's The Nature of Things. We also took part in several workshops and information sessions centered around Climate Change. Here is a summary of some of the take-aways from the conference: R.K. Pachauri Climate change will most adversely effect low-latitude, less developed nations. ie. the poor, marginalized people of the world. It will effect them largely because they lack the resources to adapt. In areas where it used to flood once every 15-20 years it will start to flood every 4-5. This does not give the people in these areas time to recover. Sea Level Rise has historically occurred at a rate of 1.8mm/yr, it is now rising at a rate of 3.1mm/yr The Arctic that has seen a 40% reduction in sea ice in the last 20 years is warming at a rate 2x as fast as the rest of the world. Food Yield in Africa is expected to fall 50%, Central and Southern America 30% Climate Change effects animal life as well. 1 million species will be lost if we don't act. We can address Climate Change by curtailing the use of fossil fuels and undertaking reforestation on a grand scale. This will cost 3% of global GDP over the next 20 years. This means the growth we would expect to see by 2030 we will not see until 2031. A one year delay. Mr. Gore In the last 4 years Climate Project Presenters have given the Inconvenient Truth Slide show 50,000 times to 50 million people. When we went to the moon in 1969 the average system engineer in the control room was 24. That means that in 1964 when President Kennedy issued the challenge to put a man on the moon the engineers were 18 at the time they heard that message. Based on history we confuse the improbable with the impossible The North Pole could be gone in the summer in a little as 5 years The sum total of all waste, industrial, household, manufacturing works out as 141 lbs/per person/per day The EPA was not able to provide a good reason for not regulating CO2 as a pollutant until now. China is changing. It's budget for renewable energy currently far exceeds our own. They are moving forward. Dr. David Suzuki Humans are now the most abundant mammal on the planet. More humans than rabbits or mice. Think about it: What is the collective impact of the billions of humans on earth? Because there are so many of us, just the act of living, supplying our survival needs, makes us a geological force. Foresight is what allowed Man to succeed. The ability to envision the future and make plans for it. It is what has the potential to save us now if we use credible information when making our plans. What caused man to lose some of his/her gift of foresight? Perhaps the speed in which we now live and the abundance of information. A loss of connectedness. Ecology - the study of home Economics - the management of home. Put the "eco" back in economics. Current economics is flawed for 2 reasons: The externalization of natural resources (they have no value on a balance sheet until they are used) and the myth of unlimited growth. Logging industry sees a forest as having no value until it is cut down and shipped. Science Panel with: Dr. George Woodwell, Howard Frumpkin, CDC, and a Scientist from Harvard Public Health who's name I missed. New York Times economist concludes, "It's time to save the planet". Climate models often under estimate the effects. In every case, actual data matches, or is higher than the predictions of the models. Those who say the problem is in the future are mad. Kaizen Productions LLC clean 46:28 http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/december-tidings-wp-887fm/ http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/december-tidings-wp-887fm/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:47:56 +0000 Greg http://newlygreens.com/?p=1353 http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/december-tidings-wp-887fm/feed/ 2 Australian Conservation Foundation,Banning the Bag,Celebrate Green,gore,Holiday Tips,Natural Gas,Obama,Poznan In This Episode: Feature Story - Poznan Wrap Up Tony Mohr is the Manager of the Climate Change program at the Australian Conservation Foundation. Tony develops and communicates ACF’s climate change policy to governments, companies and Australians. In This Episode: Feature Story - Poznan Wrap Up Tony Mohr is the Manager of the Climate Change program at the Australian Conservation Foundation. Tony develops and communicates ACF’s climate change policy to governments, companies and Australians. His team have been influential in the development of emissions trading in Australia, the Garnaut review and the Mandatory Renewable Energy Project.  He's also got a cool accent Mate! Tony recently returned from the Poznan Conference. We spoke to him to get a world view on the outcomes of the event. The Bullet Points: The European Union made good progress at side negotiations holding to their 20% by 2020 goal. All told the conference was somewhat disappointing.  A lot of discussion and debate about finer points but not a lot of real substantive results. Some countries sighted concerns about the global financial crisis but as Tony pointed out, the financial crisis is short term, Climate Change is long-term.  Happily most delegates seemed to recognize the need to press forward on solutions regardless of the world financial situation. There is much anticipation of how the Obama administration will approach Climate Change around the world.  Regrettably this anticipation proved to be an easy out for many nations as they "wait and see".  The lack of real details from Poznan will potentially complicate negotiations in 2009. There are a dozen or so conferences leading up to 2009 negotiations in Copenhagen.  Perhaps you might consider Denmark in your travel plans this year... More info at the end of these show notes. Green Sprouts :: Special Guest Corey Colwell-Lipson from Celebrate Green.net Some Great ideas for Greening Your Holiday: Go for meaning over stuff Wrap in a nice fabric instead of wasteful wrapping paper (the US could save 47,000 football fields of wrapping paper by wrapping just 3 gifts...)  Also known as furoshiki or bojagi Rent a Tree.  Many garden centers now rent living Christmas trees.  Some stores will resell the trees or donate them to local parks. Hide the presents.  Make it a game, a scavenger hunt.  No need to wrap, just leave clues. Make the holidays about spending time not necessarily money.  Create an activity calendar with your kids.  Is a month too much for your schedule?  How about 12 days for Christmas or a week.  Bake cookies, play games, hike. Get together with your friends for dinner instead of swapping more "stuff" Lots more tips at the Celebrate Green site Reusable News: Obama appoints Energy Secretary and EPA Administrator Barack Obama has named Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu as his energy secretary and Jersey Girl, Lisa Jackson, currently Governor Corzine's chief of staff, as head of the environment protection agency (EPA). The US president-elect said the new administration's priorities were to end US dependence on foreign oil and fight climate change and as such we must move away from fossil fuels. Mr Obama has pledged to make big changes in environmental policies. "All of us know the problems that are rooted in our addiction to foreign oil," he said. "It constrains our economy, shifts wealth to hostile regimes and leaves us dependent on unstable regions." He said these "urgent dangers" were only eclipsed by the long-term threat of climate change. "Unless we act, [climate change] will lead to drought and famine abroad, devastating weather patterns and terrible storms on our shores and the disappearance of our coastline," He reiterated excerpts from his campaign stump speech when he said this crisis offers us boundless opportunities to create new jobs in the environmental industry. People who have followed the science of climate change will recognize Mr. Obama's comments as echoing the decades of cries from leading scientists on the issue. Having a representative in the White House who acknowledges scientific findings and allows substantiated data to guide his actions will be a welcome change indeed. 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