Top Fuel-Efficient Cars for 2010

Lyndsie Bourgon
Greenlivingonline.com

If we can’t totally give up our cars, there are still choices we can make to lessen the impact our transportation has on the environment. Auto companies are making big strides in expanding the hybrid market and creating fuel-efficient vehicles that additionally help combat climate change by lowering carbon emissions. This year’s top fuel-efficient cars have been announced (full report here), so read on to learn about the automakers taking environmental responsibility seriously...read full story.

Four Degrees Warmer: An Interactive Map

by Alex Aylett
Posted by the WorldChanging Team

Unless we act now, our children will live in a significantly warmer world. To get an idea of what the cost of inaction means for future generations, the climate research team at the United Kingdom's Met Office Hadley Centre released an impressive interactive map of what a warmer world will look like. The dollar-store summary is that a world at +4°C/7°F isn't pretty.

Recently, the map was the centerpiece of U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband's press conference to call attention to the pressing need for us to get something significant out of the Copenhagen negotiations...read full story.

A Crash Course on Copenhagen

Meribeth Deen, greenlivingonline.com
Nov 6 2009

The Head of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri, says we have seven years to stabilize the world’s climate. If global temperatures rise more than 2.5 degrees Celsius, climate scientists say the Earth’s climate equilibrium will fall irreversibly out of balance. In other words, after that point, there will be a cascading effect where more greenhouse gases will be released by the soil and seas—and there will be nothing that human beings will be able to do to stop the process. This December, delegates from 192 countries, consisting of environmentalists, scientists, big business, politicians and the public are participating in the next round of international climate change talks known as COP-15, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, to save the planet while its still possible to do so...read full story.

Are you an Ecoholic?

Interviewed by Lindsay Borthwick
Green Living Online

Adria Vasil’s mother raised her to believe that you can change the world just by changing your little corner. It seems that this celebrated Canadian eco heroine can’t stop the domino effect she started with the Ecoholic revolution happening in Canada and beyond. Her new book Ecoholic Home is already influencing readers with informed, affordable and practical advice on how to green your home on any budget, going on to test the brands making the big green claims to help you make the right choice...read full story.

When Green Isn't Green Enough: UC Observer Interviews Alex on the State of the Movement

WorldChanging Team

In their most recent issue, The UC Observer put Lisa Van de Ven's article exploring the state of the environmental movement on the cover. Her piece When Green Isn't Green Enough poses this question to readers: 'Think you’re doing your bit for the environment? Here’s the deal: you’re just getting started.'...read the full story.

On Our Radar...

By R.M. Schneiderman
Green Inc.; The New York Times

1.) Al Gore’s climate choice.

2.) Why choose a geothermal heating system?

3.) Is Virginia’s race a referendum on energy?

4.) Fanciful gardens in Baghdad.

5.) Buffett bets big on coal.