Laos sits at #1 on the New York Time’s list of places to go in 2008. According to the Times, it’s a country where “ancient sites like the Wat Phou temple complex and the capital city of Vientiane are drawing culture seekers.” Loas also offers exciting opportunities for seekers of eco-adventure. If your travels bring [...]
Davos: Switzerland Leads Global Environmental Performance Rankings
January 23, 2008 By 10 Comments
Nestled within the heart of the Swiss Alps, the ski slopes of Davos are unusually quiet this week as the mountain resort plays host to over 6,000 CEOs, presidents, prime ministers, media representatives and rock stars attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. As forum participants breath the fresh mountain air and marvel [...]
Samsung Shirks Responsibility for Oil Spill
January 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
In December, Samsung was responsible for the worst oil spill in Korea’s history, a spill about 45 times larger that the recent spill in California. The oil caused widespread economic devastation up and down the coast and affected some of the most delicate marine ecosystems in the Yellow Sea. Still, nearly two months later, the [...]
World’s First Zero-Carbon City
January 23, 2008 By 6 Comments
For those of you like me – with a sizeable Star Trek/Sci-Fi fetish – then this news is going to make your heart leap. The world’s first zero-carbon city will begin construction soon in the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, starting in February. Named Masdar City, the city will be able to house 50,000 people [...]
Birth Control Part of the Solution? And Who Decides Whether it is or Not?
January 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment
It’s a topic that, by its very nature, provokes a passionate response. Should population growth be curbed? Immediately, we are faced with important moral, ethical and religious quandaries. I write this in the light of a piece that appeared in the UK’s Observer. In it, John Gray, a political philosopher, states: The uncomfortable fact, which [...]
