PUBLIC MARKS from "Mal Burns" with tag environment

New UK based site for projects to overcome energy dependency and establishing re-localisation.

A new social networking site dedicated to those seeking change in society, the planet, human behaviour and political process. A good alternative to MySpace and the like for those commited and focused.

New Climate Change and Global Warming Portal - a busy site with plenty to follow.

Another fine online video portal dedicated to programmes about the environment and related social issues.

Trust NYT to report this as an item of distress for skiers. Affluent western pleasues are not the issue. The planet tallest mountain range is melting away and that's more water to add into the ecosystem and rising sea levels.

In the UK hemp is making a comeback in mainstream agriculture, casting off "hippie" associations with the female plant and offering a new future for strong fabrics, biofuels and a replacement for wood in paper manufacture. Amongst what seems to be a host of other applications. This report in the Guardian newspaper tells more.