Gorbachev has said that people power is now a superpower in its own right. Now more than ever people power can make a huge difference . Even more so since the introduction of the Internet, we as individuals can contribute to the collective, and it doesn't have to take more than a few minutes here and there to make a difference. Here are a few cyberspace locations that you might like to explore...
Check out all this fantastic, interesting, helpful stuff...
Cool the Globe
Sign quick, easy online petitions that make a tremendous difference...
Greenpeace
Get Up
Avaaz
Check out Al Gore's website (An Inconvenient Truth) showing ways to make a difference.
Here's a website for galvanising people power...
Eco-sensitive online stores for conscientious shoppers
Eco Shop
Neco
Todae
Miessence
How many planets are needed to sustain your lifestyle?
Check out what your ecological footprint is...
Find out how you can become carbon neutral...
Green Fleet
Heaps of fabulous, positive, inspiring articles about lots of things, including the eco-trend.
We hear lots about solar, wind power and carbon geosequestration, but not much about geothermal, biomass or tidal. So here's a look at some exciting potential for the future...
Marine Turbines
Alternative Technology Association
This non-profit organisation helps corporations become sustainable.
The Natural Step
A vision for our future lifestyle is encapsulated in this wonderful project, bringing the fringe into mainstream with multi award winning success...
And there are eco villages the world over...
The Australian Conservation Foundation is doing lots of fabulous work...
Australian Conservation Foundation
Passionate about a cause and motivated to do something about it? Here's a site for easy set up of web-based petitions so you don't have to have a website or technical know-how!
The Petition Site
More sites will be added over time. Watch this space!
making a difference...
If ever there was something worth inspiring you with, absolutely THIS IS IT!
Inspiration is everywhere!
This fantastic magazine shows how easy it is to be green! Lots of enjoyable, relevant, informative articles that will blow you away! Visit G Magazine
Who says electric cars aren't cool, fast or high performance? This impressive, funky green machine's acceleration outguns the new Jaguar! Check out the Tesla Roadster
See what the incredible visionary Mikhail Gorbachev created in 1993 that now more than ever encapsulates the essence of where we are at and where we need to go. Visit Green Cross International and/or Green Cross Australia.
Will humanity choose to survive?
Saving the environment is saving yourself
When the people lead, eventually the leaders follow
Question everything, take action, demand change!
Safeguard our future!
Choose safer, healthier, cleaner, greener
Reduce, recycle, revise, restore
Let's get our priorities in order!
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Check out my inspired ideas for making a difference!
Greenwashing tip
Watch out for 'degradeable' plastic bags - as opposed to 'biodegradeable'.
You can be excused for thinking you are doing your bit for the environment when you use 'degradeable' bags, but they are made from petrochemicals. Yes, they break down, but cause just as much damage to the environment as non-degradeable bags, just in a different way.
THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
Man has a poor understanding of life. He mistakes knowledge for wisdom. He tries to unveil the holy secrets of our father, the Great Spirit. He attempts to impose his laws and ways on Mother Earth.
Even though he, himself, is part of nature, he chooses to disregard and ignore it for the sake of his own immediate gain. But the laws of nature are far stronger than those of mankind.
Man must awake at last, and learn to understand how little time there remains before he will become the cause of his own downfall.
And he has so much to learn. To learn to see with his heart.
He must learn to respect Mother Earth
He must realise that this planet does not belong to him, but that he has to care for and maintain the delicate balance of nature for the sake of the wellbeing of our children and of all future generations.
It is the duty of man to preserve the earth and the creation of the Great Spirit. Mankind being but a grain of sand in the Holy Circle which encloses all life.
White Cloud
- she who has given life to everything; to our brothers and sisters, the animals and the plants; to the rivers, the lakes and the winds.