Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Change the Climate

Good to see President Obama in Copenhagen. The world won’t get no better if we just let it be.

climate

Here are recommended channels for timely news from Copenhagen!

Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=cop15&w=all

Twitter
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=Cop15

slowfood

Happy Slow Food Day!

You are what you eat.
Eres lo que comes.
Der Mensch ist, was er ißt.

Check out Food, Health and Building Communities

Recommended Viewing: Caldo de Piedra (Stone Soup)

Sins of Emission

Updating the wiki!

http://planeta.wikispaces.com/climate

Where to look for news about Copenhagen: IISD

Events offer opportunities to make new friends and acquaintances, tackle serious topics and walk the talk. There’s no bigger event that attempts to address the environment challenges and opportunies ahead than the current summit in Copenhagen. So where to go for the inside story?

First stop is the ISSD. Unshamedly nerdy, it seems to have more information than the oceans have water. This is a deep resource. It’s also unashamedly hip and Web 2.0-savvy. Take a look at the Facebook and Twitter! Kudos to Kimo and the whole team.

Here’s to more green events, particularly those as well-covered as what we are seeing in Denmark.

And so we begin: Climate Change in Copenhagen

And so we begin. With the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit taking place this week, my attention is squarely on climate change and taking the fast-track to a more sustainable future. I’ll share some recommended resources this week on the blog, twitter and Planeta.com.

Here’s something that caught my eye: an editorial calling for action from world leaders on climate change was published today by 56 newspapers around the world in 20 languages. (Thank, C!)

Great, right? Sorta. What would have been cooler (sorry, bad pun) would be if the project had been developed with openness and transparency. The Guardian has a blog which accepts comments, but that’s a nice touch after the fact. For this to be a bigger wow – in terms of making use of current technologies and putting into practice collaborative work, it would be good to see process. Use Web 2.0: Make it a wiki. If you want to limit the writers, that’s fine, but make the process open.

Calling for direct action, here’s your turn! We are seeking climate art, reports, posters in World Climate, a group on Flickr.

Pluto has a long tail

Happy International Year of Astronomy, everyone! Here’s a great listen from Earth and Sky, one of the best audio shows from the USA that I remember back in the day when I lived in Austin.

Alan Stern: ‘A Chihuahua is still a dog, and Pluto is still a planet’

I’m old school enough to want Pluto to be a planet and here’s the convincing argument from Stern. His assessment is spot on. Kudos to Earth and Sky — the website is a model of Web 2.0 and good science.

Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award Update

Who should apply for the Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award?

I’d say any indigenous owner of a tourism service that seeks to conserve cultural traditions and biodiversity. If you have a website at any level of development, your participation is most welcome.

I bring this up because in talks with several people who operate indigenous products,some are having concerns about applying – as they thought their websites were not good enough!! Fact is, they’re somewhat embarrassed to have their websites analyzed by experts – and don’t feel empowered to improve their sites by themselves.

I say if you qualify, apply. You can improve your website in January before the voting begins and if you get stuck into the process from the start, you’ll learn a lot about web-based marketing and how other indigenous operators handle biodiversity and cultural diversity.

Sunday Afternoon in Chapultepec Park

Mexico City – Chapultepec Park

Marlene Ehrenberg, winner of the 2002 Colibri Ecotourism Award