Two interesting climate change stories in the news this week: from tipping points to fasting Bishops. A new report from University of East Anglia suggests climate change may happen faster than we thought, in that there are key tipping points
85% shop with healthy and environmentally engaged principles
The poll has now closed in our healthy eating survey. Although the sample was not huge 85% of you registered as SHEEP – shoppers with healthy, environmentally engaged principles – good news for our collective health, for responsible food production
New climate change poll…but is it representative?
The BBC announced today the results of a new global poll on climate change. According to the Globescan poll, an average of 79% of respondents agreed that “human activity, including industry and transportation, is a significant cause of climate change”.
Climate change and the energy crisis solved in one?
We liked this climate change story in this week’s Economist. The idea, mooted a decade ago and re-introduced by British researcher Mr John Munford this week, is, in short: throw iron filings into the sea, the iron then produces nutrients
Floods, Ouzels and the UK Climate Bill
Floods, freak rainfall and so on – the latest research says it is due to climate change – read the article on the Greenpeace website. There are many recorded real life indicators of climate change but here’s a small but
56% believe scientists are still questioning climate change
According to an Ipsos Mori poll of 2000 people in June, some 56% of those polled said that they thought scientists were still questioning climate change and what was causing it, with many saying that global warming was exaggerated, perhaps
Pocket Issue survey creates a bit of a kerfuffle
As some of you might be aware AOL and Pocket Issue have been running a survey on AOL’s new Go green site. The survey is on the ‘Open to Debate’ page, an extract from our title, Pocket Issue, Global Warming.