Another one from Marc Morano:
Leonardo Di Caprio talks to USA Weekend Magazine.
Leonardo DiCaprio lives in a "green" house, eats organic food and drinks filtered water instead of bottled. Now he has made an eco-documentary, The 11th Hour, a 91-minute film that he produced and narrated. It opens in the next few weeks around the country. DiCaprio, 32, talks with us about how we affect the Earth and what we can do to change course.
Excerpt: Q: Can the members of this generation become activists, or are they too consumed with entertainment and purchasing power?
"It has to start with things like this documentary. We need to get kids young. That's where it started with me. I can remember watching documentaries in which I learned about mass extinctions of species in rain forests. That emotionally engaged me as a young kid, and I said to myself, 'When I grow up, I'd love to make a difference in this field.'
More brainwashing for children?
As a membership-based campaign organisation, the Alliance welcomes donations from individuals, scientific and academic institutions, societies, trusts, companies, trade associations and other organisations. Donations and support are crucial to enable the Alliance to carry out its work, but they are only accepted if made without conditions and afford no influence on the policies of the Scientific Alliance.
The world's most polluted places:
http://www.blacksmithinstitute.org/ten.php
'"If they have a terrible environmental practice" - what 'terrible environmental practices' are allowed under current laws?
More likey that 'terrble environmental practices' have been moved to the likes of China, thanks to Kyoto.
Unfortunately, not all consumers have the spending power of DiCaprio.' - Paul Biggs
Of course not all consumers need the spending power of DiCaprio...
Excerpt: 'Starbucks goes through roughly 2.3 billion paper cups a year and touts its national award for using cups made of 10 percent recycled material. The sleeves on the cups even plead, "Help us help the planet." But don't be confused. Starbucks promotes recycling on its cups, but the cups themselves aren't recyclable here or in most other cities nationwide. "Well, they tricked me," said Nicole Mejias, 22, a self-described Starbucks freak. "I immediately associate recycling with Starbucks because of their cups. That's so hypocritical. I would have never guessed" that the cups weren't easily recyclable. The reason: The plastic coating that keeps the cup from leaking also prevents it from being recycled with other paper products. That could be overcome, but it would cost more. Anything can be recycled, but "The system is not designed to take the individual Starbucks cups," said Steve Sargent, director of recycling for Rumpke Recycling, Columbus ' largest recycler.
Waste Management, North America 's largest recycler, won't take the cups, either. But many employees have been telling customers otherwise. They say their Seattle-based employer never made the situation clear.
"I totally thought the cups were recyclable. I think almost everyone did," said Melanie O'Brien, an Otterbein College student studying environmental initiatives who has worked at Starbucks.'
- Biggsy's article taken from Marc Morano's Round Up for the Week, 21/09/2007.
Oooops!...looks like Biggsy won't have to travel to China searching for 'terrble environmental practices'.. just Starbucks' greenwashing.. and its legal 'under current laws'..
Actually, that reminds me - I forgot to mention the Scientific Alliance in my affiliations list.
I take it that means Biggsy is not going to rebut the Scientific Alliance's funding details..
This blog has never been a level playing field, however Jen's consumate skill has been in keeping enough environmentalists engaged in the debate to give it media relevance.. you could learn from that Paul, instead of maxing your testosterone levels on a blog people from both sides of the debate and the middle ground currently read quite regularly, which is a genuinely rare thing..
One sided mutual congratulation and polemic is not a debate and makes for very dull reading...
Lamna - whoever you are - you don't like a level playing field, so go play somewhere else.