Friday marked the beginning of a 100-day countdown to Copenhagen, where the world’s governments will meet in December 2009 to hammer out a new agreement to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Oxfam made a splash (literally) by staging an event at the London Aquarium, drawing attention its hope that some kind of safe, fair deal […]
I don’t usually cross-post from The Really Mobile Project, but I’m really interested in the influence on social behaviour that the Million project will have, so have decided to put it live on Vikkichowney.com as well. I read a piece yesterday about the Million project in New York (named as such to reference the city’s […]
At present, the European Commission is considering applying stronger regulatory actions to try and address the 10.3 billion tonnes of electronic waste produced each year in Europe. Right now, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) guidelines have been implemented in many forms, which means that a manufacturer takes accountability for a product beyond the time of sale. […]
Following my involvement with the G20 Voice project, I’ve kept in touch with the team at Oxfam and am always keen to help spread the word about new initiatives. Accordingly, their next project stems from E.ON’s plans to replace the dual-fired Kingsnorth power station with a coal-fire one, the first to be built in the […]