Big: The 24th of October was the International Day of Climate Action. Groups around the world staged events highlighting the importance of action on climate change to their communities and their politicians. In New Zealand, Greenpeace divers unrolled a banner reading “350, or we’re all sunk” in front of the Rainbow Warrior, a Greenpeace ship sunk in 1985 by French foreign intelligence agents.
Interesting: Contrary to the often heard idea that vegetarianism is the most environmentally-friendly dietary choice, Lisa M. Hamilton posits that raising and eating animals is a crucial part of a sustainable farm, and on a larger scale eating more sustainably raised meat is necessary to change the nature of the current industrial agriculture system.
To take the environmentally friendly road to the afterlife, Michael at Groovy Green points to the bike hearse, an alternative to the gas guzzling Cadillac model.
Scary: Steve at Sustainablog reports (with graphs!) on the recent Pew survey – the short version is that it’s bad news. Fewer Americans now believe that there is evidence of global warming, and fewer now think that human activity is a major cause of global warming.
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