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The latest environmental news from the UK, brought to you by UNEP/GRID-Arendal.
  • The Knutsford Great Race
    With entrants on penny farthings, hobby horses, bone shakers, this was British eccentricity at its best? In pictures: Knutsford's penny farthing race Cycling's answer to the Goodwood Festival of Speed was held in a small, quiet town south of Manchester on Sunday.
  • Marine energy test site installed in south-west
  • Letters: Forget ecotowns, we need smarter cities
    Use of terms like smart cities to describe technological fixes for urban areas only shows the narrowness of UK thinking on cities and sustainability (Smarter cities, Society, 8 September). The smart growth movement has been well-established in North America and elsewhere for the last 15-20 years and has shown that towns and cities are the future for most of us. But the challenges and sustainability they offer lie in much wider spatial, transport and community planning innovations.

Videos with a Message

Coalfinger

This is a new animation commisioned by Greenpeace, David Mitchell and Brian Blessed do the voices of the main characters:


coalfinger



Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip

Take some time to view this educational film by Leo Murray from the Royal College of Art. It explains some of the climate change science issues using skillful animated visuals:


WakeupFreakout.org

 

 

Energy Wasting Day

Spoof video with an important message about energy use:

 

 

Every Little Helps:
Maybe we should shop local?

 

 

 

How It All Ends:
This is an interesting risk analysis of the climate change issue which is an update of an earlier video called "The Most Terrifying Video You Will Ever See ", created by Greg the science teacher (wonderingmind42 ), the poor chap has had to make a whole string of videos to tackle all the possible sceptic views and questions. Take a look at his other videos .

 

Last Updated (Tuesday, 18 November 2008 23:28)