Save our planet Archives: March 2008

  • Sign a petition for saving our planet

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    Published Monday, March 31, 2008 at 11:55
    by cafeneaua.politica Join PES activists in Save our planet (373 views and 0 comments)

    Sign this petition for promoting in Romania and Europe the healthy life, increasing the use of bicycles, and in this way for reducing the locals pollution that generate a global worming amount. Signing this petition you agreed to promote a law initiative that will force the all Romanian and European local administrations to generate special places on auto roads from inside of the towns and communes in the only bicyclist’s advantage.

    Please forward this announcement to yours friends!

    In Romanian:

    Va invit sa semnati o petitie in favoarea unei initiative legislative in Romania si Europa ce sa promoveze concret prezervarea calitatii mediului.

    Va rog sa promovati acest mesaj in cercurile de apropiati in logica unui efort comun pentru un interes comun!

    SorinPLATON

    Tags: activists, climate change, transport


  • Point of view about human society development

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    Published Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 10:16
    by cafeneaua.politica Join PES activists in Save our planet (418 views and 2 comments)

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    The most important matter of sustainable development doesn’t support the quantity of economic growth but the quality of an environmental, economic, social, and cultural development.A sustainable community effort consists of a long-term and integrated systems approach to developing and achieving a healthy community by balanced environmental, economic, social, and cultural issues. The Romanian (European) Social Democrats advocates a sustainable development of our planet and not the destruction of the environment and our resources.

    It is necesary that the price of the different resources must cover all calculatable external costs. The government has to add the calculated charges so the different resources get the same conditions on the market. If the charges are creating an income, this income is to restitute to the inhabitants... » read more ...

    Tags: consumers, energy, environment, Romania, sustainable development


  • PES President: New Sustainable Europe

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    Published Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 16:50
    by Poul_Nyrup_Rasmussen Join PES activists in Save our planet (402 views and 5 comments)

    The suggestion to focus more on environmental issues is certainly a good one. I usually refer to it as a new strategy for ‘smart green growth’, but ‘New Sustainable Europe’ and ‘New Social Europe is also Green’ are also catchy headlines. Thanks to our PES activist for his ideas!

    Smart green growth is already mentioned in the PES strategy for a New Social Europe: we suggest ambitious investments in research and in new energy forms. It’s about millions of new jobs. The conservatives look at the costs here and now, we look at the new opportunities for all: potentially millions of new and better jobs. Europe’s socialists and social democrats need to be proactive and consider how becoming greener can lead to growth and new jobs – such a strategy is certainly something which should be a central part of our manifesto for the 2009 elections.

    Post cards from the PES President

    This week Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, president of the Party of European Socialists, comments on some of the most popular posts on Yourspace. This is the third of six post cards from the PES President.

    Tags: employment, environment, president


  • Green cities: Gerasdorf, Austria - an eco-friendly city since 1994

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    Published Monday, March 17, 2008 at 10:15
    by Editor in Save our planet (386 views and 0 comments)

    How do you encourage people to more sustainable life styles? By setting a good example! Bernd Vögerle, Mayor of Gerasdorf in Austria, explains about his city's efforts to become greener.



    Green cities
    On 15 May 2008 the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions will host a conference on ‘Save our Planet’ in Torino, Italy. Leading up to the event Yourspace invites local and regional politicians to give their view on what the PES manifesto should say about the environment. This article is the third in the ‘Green cities’ series, offering a local perspective on global challenges.

    Tags: environment, green cities, solar, sustainable energy, wind


  • Smart, green growth on the agenda

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    Published Friday, March 14, 2008 at 16:02
    by Editor in Save our planet (359 views and 0 comments)

    At yesterday’s meeting of socialist and social democratic prime ministers smart green growth was one of the big topics.

    ”Combining efforts to combat climate change and to create jobs and economic growth is one common agenda for the PES,” said President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.

    Read more about the PES ideas for smart green growth in the ten principles for a New Social Europe.

    What do you think? How can we combine environmental protection, economic progress and creation of new jobs?

    Read the press release from the PES prime ministers’ meeting here or view the photo galleries: Prime Ministers' meeting and press conference

    Tags: climate change, welfare, workers


  • Hanna Isbom: Save the climate - use public transport

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    Published Friday, March 14, 2008 at 14:56
    by heisbo Join PES activists in Save our planet (541 views and 4 comments)

    Even though discussion paper 'Save our planet' concentrates mostly on energy policy, I would like discuss also about the influence of the traffic emissions.

    Traffic is excluded from Kyoto protocol, but it still produces 20 percent of all CO2 emissions. The European Parliament tried to restrict emissions of private cars, but right wing coalition watered down that decision. What we need to reduce emissions of the traffic is better public transportation and restricting heavily polluting cars. 

    It’s quite controversial that when we have just started to realise the power of the climate change, we have also started to fly more than ever. Flying is definitely the most polluting way of traffic and yet it’s still cheaper than ever before. Our goal should be that using train is always cheaper than flying or using private cars, but at the moment we are far, far away from that goal. In Central Europe flying from one big city to another might be cheaper than taking a taxi from airport to the centre. I’m afraid that consumers are not willing to change this. It’s too attempting to fly away for a weekend with less than 50 euros - for the first time in history is travelling possible... » read more ...

    Tags: blogger of the week, climate change, CO2, consumer, environment, transport


  • Scandinavian PES activists on climate and the environment

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    Published Friday, March 14, 2008 at 11:48
    by AnneSofie Join PES activists in Save our planet (431 views and 1 comments)

    Scandinavian PES activists met in the village of Jørlunde, located on the island of Zealand, Denmark on March 1st and 2nd 2008 to discuss European democracy, politics and the PES manifesto.

    Over sometimes heated discussions, the 80 participants agreed on a number is issues, which we feel must be included in the PES manifesto. Here is our suggestions for the theme 'Save our planet':

    • Within the international community, the EU must be the leader in the struggle for advances within energy and climate change. All member states must implement radical changes in their energy and climate policies. Therefore it is necessary to remove the trade in CO2 quotas, because it constitutes a real stumbling block for action and for the realisation of change, which will have an effect.
    • It is not enough with state intervention and cooperation. The global warming and the threat from the changes to our climate must be fought at all levels of society. The citizens must get actively involved. It demands a change of attitude for each citizen. The social democrats in... » read more ...

    Tags: activists, climate change, CO2, environment, manifesto, transport


  • Sauvons la Terre (et nous avec !)

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    Published Monday, March 10, 2008 at 10:12
    by frederic.vareillas Join PES activists in Save our planet (412 views and 3 comments)

    Bonjour à celles et ceux qui voudront bien prendre le temps de me lire, (Bonne journée de la Femme).

    - J' ai déjà écrit au sujet de "Gaïa" et de Lovelock et je n'y reviendrai pas ici.
    - EN REVANCHE, je vous conseille à toutes et tous de lire le numéro de cette semaine de : "Le Nouvel Observateur" (6-12 mars 2008):

    Page 90-91 : "2029 : Le Krach écologique", par Geneviève FERONE, sur les effets désastreux du changement climatique et de la crise énergétique en Europe et dans le monde. Nous devons agir dès 2009, nous socialistes Européens.
    Page 5-6 : "Nicholas Stern ; le sonneur de tocsin", par Jean-Gabriel FREDET : Exhortons l'Europe et le Monde à changer de modèle de croissance très très vite.

    Pour les plus courageux, signalons toujours, en Poche (pas cher) : "Un monde de ressources Rares", par Eric ORSENNA et Le Cercle des Economistes (2007) :

    Changeons notre économie, fondée sur la finance et les monnaies, pour une économie fondée sur les flux énergétiques et leur coût réel.

    Faisons donc changer l'Europe le plus vite possible vers une civilisation du recyclage, de la décroissance, de... » read more ...

    Tags: climate change, CO2, electricity, energy, environment, nuclear energy, transport


  • L’enjeu écologique appelle une révolution verte

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    Published Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 21:11
    by Pierre_Kanuty Join PES activists in Save our planet (322 views and 1 comments)

    Plus personne n’ignore l’importance du développement durable. C’est devenu un aspect désormais incontournable des politiques publiques, de la production et de la recherche. Fini le temps où l’écologie n’était la marotte que de quelques chevelus nostalgiques des années 70. A mesure que l’on avance dans le temps, les effets du réchauffement climatique, de la raréfaction des ressources se font sentir de plus en plus.

    Cela appelle une révolution culturelle dans la pensée de la gauche et d’ailleurs cela a été engagé depuis quelques temps.

    Après le temps de l’indifférence est venu le temps de la réparation. On produit, on consomme, puis on nettoie. A l’évidence, ça ne suffit pas. L’ampleur de la pollution ne vient pas de la seule consommation, mais aussi de la production. D’ailleurs, c’est tout le système économique qui est concerné : la production mobilise les ressources naturelles dans une quantité que la disponibilité des sols ou des sous-sols ne peut suivre et la consommation, à l’autre bout de... » read more ...

    Tags: consumption, economy, pollution, sustainable development


  • Time for a tax on packaging

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    Published Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 22:47
    by carl0s Join PES activists in Save our planet (343 views and 1 comments)

    A new consensus has developed. Food sold in supermarkets and manufactured goods are contributing to piles of toxic rubbish all over Europe. Given how much food is shipped around the EU, now is the time to put a tax on all extra bulk created for retail goods. We simply don't want apples on polystyrene trays, and plastic racks in biscuit packets - especially as we struggle to deal with the "recycled" items at the moment. Common needs must take priority over marketing - it's time to start...

    Tags: consumers, recycling, rubbish, waste