Obama loss all traced to Alex Lockwood

A friend set up and sent me this link from Moveon.org

I actually saw an election lost by one vote, once. It was for a sabbatical election for a student officer, back in 1996, at Cardiff University. I can’t remember her name now, but the woman running for Athletic Union officer lost by one vote–and she [...]

Independent’s top 100 environmentalists

The Independent on Sunday has published a list of the top 100 environmentalists, as decided upon by its panel of four judges. And the winner?
Britain’s most successful transport campaigner has come top of the first comprehensive list of the country’s most effective greens, compiled by The Independent on Sunday.
The little-known John Stewart, who leads the [...]

Mapping the growth of environment online via the Guardian’s activist taxonomy

The Guardian has ramped up its environmental coverage recently, including the establishment of a Guardian Environment Network that has started publishing articles from blog networks such as RealClimate.org, giving them prominence on the Guardian main site.
One piece by Bibi van der Zee is about the Climate Rush, taking place today, which, as Bibi notes, “is [...]

Animal suicide: new global warming ad

Picked up this from a US-based social media and PR class blog.

This was unsettling to watch, for a few reasons. One, it is well made, put together by a Portuguese environmental organization named Quercus. The PSA was created by McCann Erickson Portugal.
The tag line at the end of the video reads “Global Warming - If [...]

Greenpeace success shows Ofcom’s weakness

I’ve just listened to Ben Stewart from Greenpeace on the Radio 4 Today programme discussing Greenpeace’s successful defence of their actions: climbing up the Kingsnorth Coal Plant tower to paint ‘Gordon Bin it’ down the site.
How Greenpeace got it right
This from the Greenpeace website: “The defence was that they had ‘lawful excuse’ - because [...]