Your green horoscope for today: Every piece of bad news has a piece of good news, too. (Kind of like when a door closes, a window opens — except that your apartment is probably on the 22nd floor.) Learn more in these five glass-half-empty, glass-half-full green links, fresh from Al Gore’s brainchild:
- A new global poll says 73% of people around the world “want their governments to put climate change at the top of the political agenda,” reports The Guardian — but only 44% of Americans agree with that sentiment. (83% of Germans think their country has done more than enough already. Hat tip: Environmental Capital.)
- More numbers — 63% of all seafood stocks are overfished, says a new Science paper — but more than half of the depleted species could recover if protected, reports The Washington Post.
- Call it speed-dating for rides: A new Facebook app called Zimride connects prospective ride sharers — with the advantage that people can peruse each other’s FB pages to see if they’ll have stuff to talk to when stuck in traffic. (Downside: You have to spend even more precious time on Facebook. Hat tip: 60-Second Science.)
- Remember the 1970s panic about an imminent new Ice Age? Climate change deniers say there’s a parallel to today’s concern about global warming — but Bright Green Blog’s Eoin O’Carroll says there’s just no comparison.
- Wanna be a green spy? The BBC’s Richard Black reports the Environmental Investigation Agency is holding a competition for undercover investigations of eco-crimes — although Black says such deep cover tactics are passe in the environmental movement.
Tags: 60-Second Science, Bright Green Blog, Climate Change, climate policy, climate poll, Environmental Capital, Environmental Investigation Agency, Eoin O'Carroll, facebook, Facebook app, Fish, global cooling, green spy, Marine Protected Areas, overfishing, Richard Black, Science magazine, The Guardian, Washington Post, Zimride
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Thanks for the headlines, and in particular the new paper indicating that 63% of all seafood stocks are overfished. I hope that all this press from individuals, scientists, and conservation organizations will ultimately drive a change in attitudes before many stocks reach a point beyond repair. We [society] seem to have a nasty habit of waiting for dire straits before conservation practices are put in place (Present company excluded). But, I still have hope and will continue to promote conservation and education… and support TNC.
Keep up the good work!