forests

The whole problem with global warming starts with digging up and burning the carbon from plants and animals, in the form of coal and oil, that has been buried for millions of years. So two German scientists have a solution: Start burying stuff on a massive scale....

"This time we will visit the second largest natural reserve of the American continent, a jungle known as Selva Misionera or Paranaense (also called Mata Atlántica in Brazil, and Atlantic Forest in english).

A video showing the reality behind the Sunrise Powerlink. Crank up The Who's "We Don't Get Fooled Again" as you watch. Get the truth at www.sdsmartenergy.org, or any of the other websites listed at the end.

Like their neighbors in Carmel Valley, Rancho Penasquitos is also concerned about the destructive, anti-green, and unnecessary Sunrise Powerlink.

It's not just Imperial County desert, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, and San Diego's rural communities that will be degraded by the Sunrise Powerlink -- as if that weren't bad enough -- but San Diego's suburban neighborhoods and precious urban open spaces as well. The Sunrise Powerlink is destructive, anti-green, and unnecessary. Don't buy SDG&E's greenwashing campaign.

An article published online by the Center for Biological Diversity, full of details on why the Sunrise Powerlink isn't the clean, green, renewable-energy-delivering machine SDG&E makes it out to be.

A coalition of communities united to promote better alternatives to the destructive, anti-green, and unnecessary Sunrise Powerlink.

A page on the website of the Anza-Borrego Foundation & Institute about how the destructive, anti-green, and unnecessary Sunrise Powerlink would affect Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Surf from there to pages about programs in the park, classes for adults and children, and this spring's widlflower bloom.

One of the first websites devoted exclusively to stopping the destructive, anti-green, and unnecessary Sunrise Powerlink.

The website of the Protect Our Communities Fund, one of the groups fighting to stave off the destructive, unnecessary, and anti-green Sunrise Powerlink. The group is centered around Santa Ysabel, Ranchita, Julian, Mesa Grande, and other communities in San Diego's backcountry.

A slideshow video from a San Diego activist showing some of the public lands and National Forests that would be destroyed by one routing of the proposed Sunrise Powerlink (the other route goes through Anza-Borrego Desert State Park). The text is a little hard to read, but the photos are beautiful. For more complete info on the Sunrise Powerlink, go to www.sdsmartenergy.org.

Green news from Wall Street: Merrill Lynch will invest of $9 million to finance a project to protect 750,000 hectares of forest in Indonesia.

I cannot really comment on the current situation of books and publishing, but there is no doubt that the internet has had a dramatic impact on the printed word, especially with regards to news. The internet has had a dramatic impact on people reading about the news, but it is my belief that there is still something involved in owning a book and not just having a downloaded version on your computer. I can also say from personal experience, that I don’t really enjoy reading 300+ pages on a computer screen.

People who are concerned about climate change struggle with carbon offsets. Do they make a difference, or are they just indulgences? And if they do make a difference, how can you tell which programs have real quality? It all comes down to measurement, testing and accountability.

If you follow me, I’ll take you on an eco-trip around the world, visiting the most beautiful green places of our living planet Earth. The idea is to know the forests and trees that we want to save when we fight for an eco-friendly world to live on.