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Change The World
Feb 18, 2009
TreeHugger:
photo: International Rice Research Institute via flickrAmid concerns about weird weather, sea level rise and changing precipitation patterns, perhaps just as serious a concern (if not more so in some ways) is changes in globa (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Trees across the tropics are getting bigger and offering unexpected help in the fight against climate change, scientists have discovered.A laborious study of the girth of 70,000 trees across Africa has shown that tropical for (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
A political circus is rolling into Copenhagen ahead of the meeting in December when world leaders will attempt to set new targets for carbon emission reductions.An "emergency summit" next month will put climate change science (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Facebook has backed down on controversial changes to its terms of service that angered users and caused protests across the social networking site.Two weeks ago the site altered its terms of service so that it continued to re (Read More)
The Guardian:
Barack Obama wasn't the only winner in November's presidential election. Thomas Gensemer, whose company Blue State Digital managed Obama's slick online campaign, built his website my.barackobama.com, recruited 13.5 million su (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
What is art?Ricky Gervais: From painting and poetry to symphonies and sculpture, the arts bring beauty and illumination to some, confusion and frustration to others, but what is art? ... Do [the arts] still make us realise th (Read More)
The Guardian:
If Norman Foster's design for a new London bus to replace the Routemaster really does happen in 2012, it'll be a first. Not the first London bus to ever arrive on time, but the first time an architect has successfully designe (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Pakistani novelists writing in English - long overshadowed by literary giants from neighbouring India - are now winning attention and acclaim as their country sinks into violence and chaos. Tales of religious extremism, class (Read More)
The Guardian:
They do it differently in the US. The Creation Museum in Cincinnati (motto: "Prepare to believe!") measures 70,000 sq ft, cost $27m to build, was designed by someone from Universal Studios, and promises "murals and realistic (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
The debate about whether to engage China is over – we are now about 20 years into a common-law marriage. The debate about whether China will join the international community also is over. Beijing has been signing up for multi (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
No climate data is without its critics. We do not have the equipment to measure the temperature in every square kilometre of the world's surface so we cannot be sure that global 'averages' are correct. Disputes about the reli (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Should Gordon Brown consider the suggestion that Jackie Ashley floats in her Guardian column this morning and leave No 10 in favour of a new job for which Angela Merkel is said to be promoting him: as head of a new global fin (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Global warming is changing the distribution, abundance and diversity of marine life in the polar seas with "profound" implications for creatures further up the food chain, according to scientists involved in the most comprehe (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
A year ago, I wrote to Gordon Brown asking him to place a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants in Britain. I have asked the same of Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd and other leaders. The reason is this - coal is (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
It is the middle of January this year and Bono is at home in Killiney, County Dublin, with an hour to spare before he heads into town for an afternoon of meetings. "Things are looking good," he says. "It's a beautiful, sunny, (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Loud were the snorts from RBS staff as they watched the men who had led their bank to ruin make their excuses to MPs. Although the press described the "humiliation" of Sir Tom McKillop, the former chairman, and Sir Fred Goodw (Read More)
The Guardian:
The world's second biggest pharmaceutical company is to radically shift its attitude to providing cheap drugs to millions of people in the developing world.In a major change of strategy, the new head of GlaxoSmithKline, Andre (Read More)
The Guardian:
Nearly 700 people queued in the snow and freezing wind last night outside a warehouse in London's east end to claim their place at Twestival, a global charity event that has become the Live Aid of the tech world. 700 people g (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Gordon Brown will face fresh pressure over his handling of the recession and the banking crisis today when he is quizzed by a committee of senior MPs.The prime minister suffered one of his toughest days of the recession yeste (Read More)
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