In honor of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) taking place this week in Copenhagen, Google, who some are suggesting deserves its own permanent seat on the UN Security Council (with veto power... of course!), has posted the following just above its iconic mid-page search bar:
"New! Explore impact of climate change on Google Earth"
The link leads to an easy-to-access series of 12 videos - with a 5-minute lead-off piece by Al Gore - on a variety of subjects and issues germane to the impact and consequences of Global Climate Change. Videos include a causation primer with Stanford Professor and former NCAR Climatologist Steve Schneider, a piece on climate and health in Africa by IRI (The International Research Institute for Climate and Society); Greenpeace is represented, as is the WWF (World Wildlife Federation) and many more ardent advocates of sane and rational policies for containing and controlling the further unregulated pumping of carbon-based pollutants into the atmosphere.
The final video, produced by Conservation International, introduces the climatic effects of global deforestation - then focuses on projects in Madagascar - where local communities are working intensively to deliver carbon emissions reductions through - among other activities - reducing deforestation and replanting native forests. Here is the final video:
Check it out... Go to Google and click the link... while it lasts.
And a hearty Metro Green salute to Google for the effort and the intention.
UPDATE: As of this afternoon, the folks at Google had removed both the green and white flag draped over their logo and the symbolic global consciousness solidarity link from their main search page. But the videos can still be accessed via the "Google Earth" hyperlink in paragraph 2 above.
If that's too much effort, here it is again: Google Earth
Hello, i геad your blog oсcasіοnally and i oωn а similar onе and i ωas just wonԁering
ReplyDeleteif you get a lot of spam responses? If sо how dо you reduce it, any plugin or anything you сan rеcommеnԁ?
Ӏ get so much lately it's driving me mad so any help is very much appreciated.
My page; personal chat
My paгtnеr and Ӏ absolutеly lоve
ReplyDeleteyour blog аnd find the maϳority of your pοѕt's to be just what I'm looκing for.
can you offer guest ωгiterѕ to write content in yοuг
caѕе? ӏ wouldn't mind creating a post or elaborating on a lot of the subjects you write regarding here. Again, awesome website!
Check out my web site :: verdopple Deine Dates
Hello it's me, I am also visiting this web site daily, this web page is in fact pleasant and the users are actually sharing fastidious thoughts.
ReplyDeleteAlso visit my webpage; stop premature ejaculation