For many adopting green or sustainable practices is important and becoming more important. However, 150 years of industrial conditioning and infrastructure does not change quickly or easily. Facing the challenge with cold hard reality is the only way to create the creative tension necessary to drive toward the mindshift required.
The video highlights an incredible carbon neutral project in Abu Dhabi called Masdar. It is a bit over the top - as expected in a PR approach. There are other videos that are more informational and less dramatic but they did not translate easily to the blog.
The report below is a contrast faced by every industrial nation. This just report just happens to come from the British Government's progress.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO MISS GREEN TARGETS
Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent
The Government is set to miss targets to reduce carbon emissions from its own departments' offices and transport, a report warned today.
The Sustainable Development Commission (SDC)said despite leading the way on climate change on the global stage, the Government needed to take ``radical action to put its own house in order'' in a number of areas.
The sixth annual assessment of Government performance against a series of sustainability targets showed two thirds of departments were not on track to meet the goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 12.5% by 2010.
And emissions from departmental road travel increased last year by 1.5%, showing ``no progress'' towards the 15% reduction by 2010/2011 set by the Government.
Water consumption was another area of concern, with just a 0.1% reduction in use, not enough to meet the 25% target by 2020, the SDC said.
Read more....
The video highlights an incredible carbon neutral project in Abu Dhabi called Masdar. It is a bit over the top - as expected in a PR approach. There are other videos that are more informational and less dramatic but they did not translate easily to the blog.
The report below is a contrast faced by every industrial nation. This just report just happens to come from the British Government's progress.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO MISS GREEN TARGETS
Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent
The Government is set to miss targets to reduce carbon emissions from its own departments' offices and transport, a report warned today.
The Sustainable Development Commission (SDC)said despite leading the way on climate change on the global stage, the Government needed to take ``radical action to put its own house in order'' in a number of areas.
The sixth annual assessment of Government performance against a series of sustainability targets showed two thirds of departments were not on track to meet the goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 12.5% by 2010.
And emissions from departmental road travel increased last year by 1.5%, showing ``no progress'' towards the 15% reduction by 2010/2011 set by the Government.
Water consumption was another area of concern, with just a 0.1% reduction in use, not enough to meet the 25% target by 2020, the SDC said.
Read more....
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