http://www.civilizednation.com/news/ Environmentally Sustainable and Socially Responsible Practices en-us http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_34.shtml#2005 Lights have been turned off across Australias largest city, Sydney, in a hour-long event aimed at raising awareness of global warming. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_38.shtml#1997 Australia has announced plans to ban incandescent light bulbs and replace them with more energy efficient fluorescent bulbs. The decision will make Australia the first country to ban the light bulbs, although the idea has also been proposed in the US state of California. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_34.shtml#1926 Finding a carpooling partner can be almost as difficult as finding a life partner - especially when you consider youre likely to spend about the same amount of time with both (depending on how long your commute is!). Queensland University of Technology (QUT) website atchitect Ben Starr took this into account when he designed a website specifically aimed at linking potential car poolers at QUT. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_35.shtml#1898 Cuba is filled with more than 7000 urban allotments or organoponicos, which fill perhaps as many as 32,000ha. They have been established on tiny plots of land in the centre of tower-block estates or between the crumbling colonial homes that fill Havana. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_38.shtml#1906 Acting as a giant greenhouse, the solar collector will superheat the air with radiation from the sun. Hot air rises, naturally, and the tower will operate as a giant vacuum. As the air is sucked into the tower, it will produce wind to power an array of turbine generators clustered around the structure. The result: enough clean, green electricity to power some 100,000 homes without producing a particle of pollution or a wisp of planet-warming gases. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_34.shtml#1863 Called Green Philippine Highways, it is the most ambitious and massive roadside planting in recent years. The human chain shall form part of Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes Green Army. At least 150,000 seedlings of indigenous tree species will be planted simultaneously at three-meter interval along major roads, explained Dr. Sofio Quintana, deputy director of the DENR office in Central Luzon. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_35.shtml#1833 http://www.civilizednation.com/news/article_1765.shtml Green Globe has announced the winners of its first Caribbean Green Globe Awards, honoring Arubas Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort as Best Overall in environmental performance. Manchebo Beach Resort and Spa, also in Aruba, won the Most Improved category, demonstrating how a business can significantly improve its performance over a one-year period. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_34.shtml#1743 To address the need of the local tribal communities and the school children to have their own electricity in the floating schools, the Provincial Government of Agusan del Sur forged an agreement with the Department of Energy in providing solar powered electricity in the Agusan Marsh. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_34.shtml#1740 Believing that environment plays a vital role in spurring development, the business sector in the City spearheaded by the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCCI) will hold the collection of recyclables on June 10 at the SM City Carpark. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_35.shtml#1733 Beijing has been busy widening its energy options, looking at nuclear power for example. But its also shown an interest in alternative energy including Australian wind technology. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_34.shtml#1716 Four schools in the South West have taken up the challenge to reduce their power consumption by 20 per cent in the next five years. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_34.shtml#1718 http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_38.shtml#1708 http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_36.shtml#1696 The group attracted 72 people to a dinner last Saturday at which climate change was discussed and debated, and at which $3600 was raised towards the cost of installing solar power in local schools. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_38.shtml#1695 http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_34.shtml#1673 BENDIGO schools will pump thousands of dollars into water-saving strategies to form a conservation management model for students and interest groups across the state. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_36.shtml#1608 COMMITTED charity-minded Manukau folk put their bodies on the line in a physical contest first designed to train Nepal’s famous Gurkha soldiers. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_34.shtml#1584 Among the medieval entertainers, hawkers and vendors at the Middle Earth Festival in Downtown Vacaville on April 22 & 23, there will be a surprise - a Green, Eco-Friendly vendor area. http://www.civilizednation.com/news/cat_index_35.shtml#1541