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Inspiring action

This great new video from Greenpeace shot up into the to 5 viral videos on the day it was launched getting over 50,000 views in 24 hours.

Pass it on … http://www.greenpeace.org/me2

French nuclear success

Oh the myth of french nuclear success lives on — but the facts tell a different story.

ECO-BOUNTY

While financial woes may hold back some green initiatives, the future has never looked greener. Mainly because creating a more sustainable economy is not an option, but a necessity. And we all know that necessity is the mother of invention. Which is why this month, amidst crumbling banks, G20 meetings and stimulus plans, we highlight 12 eco sub-trends that any marketer or entrepreneur can act on today.

trendwatching.com’s March 2009 Trend Briefing covering ECO-BOUNTY

NZ blogosphere rankings

I’ve been an avid watcher of the Tumeke blogosphere rankings and today I ran across this alternate ranking, so what a happy coincidence to find yet another a very similar ranking from Hitwise in my inbox this evening!

Lifestyle - Politics » All sites » Weekly rankings for the week ending 07/02/2009 » Ranks by ‘Visits’

The three rankings use different methodologies but all put Kiwiblog at the top.

My job this year is to haul the Greenpeace NZ blog up the rankings from  66 / 38 and into the top 10 of all three.

Tata can save the turtles - The story so far - Tata can save the turtles

Great to see Greenpeace India rolling out a site using Google’s new open social tools.

Tata can save the turtles - The story so far

It’s hard to say when the story began, but it was certainly long before any one around today was even born… sea turtles have been nesting at Gahirmatha on the Orissa coast for hundreds, possibly thousands of years. But if we don’t act now, we could see this change within a decade – an eye blink in geological timescales. The Dhamra port near Gahirmatha will push the endangered olive ridley sea turtle closer to the slippery edge of extinction.

A few years ago (2004 to be precise), the TATAs, together with L&T, decided this part of the coast could not be left in its pristine state but would be ‘benefited’ by building one of India’s largest ports at Dhamra. This is less than 15 km. from the turtle mass nesting beaches at Gahirmatha, and just five kilometres from the Bhitarkanika National Park, India’s second largest mangrove forest and home to the saltwater crocodile, aside from other lesser known natural wonders.

Red more about the campaign against the Tata’s new port here

Grey Lynn Farmers Market

Stoked to find this today …

From early next year, Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market will offer Auckland’s freshest regional produce in a style that represents NZ’s most colourful suburb. Catalysed by sustainability group, Grey Lynn 2030, several community members identified the demand to create a community owned and operated Farmers’ Market. We are currently looking at possible venues and are seeking support and assistance from local bodies such as Auckland City Council and Farmers Markets NZ Inc.

When?

We are working to open Grey Lynn Farmers’ Markets in 2009. As you might imagine, there is a lot of preliminary work involved to adequately serve the needs of the community and function as a legal and sustainable market. The markets will run every Sunday morning.

Grey Lynn Farmers Market. All power to them - I’ll be there with bells on.