Green Amida

biking it

Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama has won our admiration before, thanks to his support of cycling and his support of public transportation, as well as his eagerness to address climate change, as exemplified by the fact that he would want Al Gore to help him on climate issues... Now, after a protracted, difficult campaign, Obama has finally won the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. So how did he celebrate? According to the Associated Press, the Senator took the weekend off and "joined family and neighbors for a bicycle ride along the shores of Lake Michigan on Sunday."

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Green Buddha

The Dalai Lama chose to highlight the important relationship between global warming and Tibetan culture. More recently, the webzine Grist has published a thought provoking expose, by Erica Gies, on the social and environmental implications of Tibet's new train.

"By most Tibetan and long-term expatriate accounts, it's not the train per se that will have the most environmental or cultural impact. Rather, it's what the train conveys.

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EU confronts its commitment to curb global warming

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union states debated how far they are willing to go to fight climate change on Tuesday as the 27-nation bloc forms what could become the world's most ambitious strategy to curb global warming.
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