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The Preston Papers - From Re:Source Editor
World EcoNews
EU Leads Sustainable Change
Green Change Makes Dollars and Sense
GREEN BUSINESS NEWS
Th!nkGlobal with Electric Vehicles
Th!nk Global Designs
InkJet Recycling Program
Google Boosts Green Tech.
HOME NEWS
Community TV In Peril!
IMF Critisizes US Lack of Universal Healthcare
TIGER PRESERVATION PROJECT
GO ZERO CARBON!
THE BEAUTY SPOT
Help Stop Militarism In Our Schools
OXFAM AFRICA RELIEF
The Preston Papers - From Re:Source Editor
Preston Sommes, Jr.
The recent speaches at the Democrat's National Convention emphasized what Earth Neighbors have known for years, Ecofriendly products and processess make dollars and sense and will provider the world's workers with good jobs and the resources people need to clean up out Planet for Tigers and everything else. Doubt it? Read on...P.S.

World EcoNews

EU LEADS IN CLIMATE CHANGE HELP

The European Union's executive arm unveiled on 1/23/2008 details on how to slash greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth in 2020, including mandatory targets to produce renewable energy and curb industrial emissions. The European Commission said member states unable to meet mandatory renewables targets at home could pay other EU countries to install the likes of wind and solar power on their behalf. In a planned overhaul from 2013 of the EU's emissions trading scheme, covering high carbon-emitting industry, the Commission proposed to cut by 2020 the supply of emissions permits by 21 percent versus 2005 emissions. The Commission estimated revenue for member states from selling permits at 50 billion euros ($73 billion) a year by 2020 and urged them to use it to support clean technologies in Europe and developing countries.

GREEN CHANGE MAKES DOLLARS AND SENSE

New Environmentalism - It Just Makes Dollars and Cents
When marketing giant such as Wal-Mart or an innovative technology company such as GE start to change, you know that change is universal. In fact, these are the views of non-profit organizations such as the GLOBE Foundation of Canada that promotes innovative approaches to addressing serious environmental challenges. The new wave of environmentalism recognizes the marketplace as an important mechanism for problem solving. Incentives for a healthier world lead consumers and some business leaders to respond accordingly. The argument is straight forward.-new environmentalism strikes a balance between punishment and incentives that encourage environmental innovation.
It's not a new argument but it is an important one. Traditional environmentalism has failed to appreciate the importance of incentives in guiding human action, whereas the New environmentalism focuses on individual decision-making that provides incentives for people to become good environmental stewards.
The New Environmental Movement
While this may sound Utopian, in fact here is growing evidence that this new environmental paradigm is being widely endorsed and has staying power. High energy prices have also helped defined the "˜new environmentalism' according to the study. Consumer interest in reducing energy related expenditures and increased attention to energy costs in general serve as an important catalyst for changing public opinion.
More information on the Harris/Decima research program on the New Environmentalism is available at
GLOBE-Net - the on-line Guide to the Business of the Environment - www.globe-net.com
GREEN BUSINESS NEWS
Time to TH!N K Electric Car?
Major US electric vehicle manufacturing plant announced Californian firm hopes to kickstart electric car era Renault to develop electric cars for Israel project Nissan Planning New Fuel-Cell Vehicle for Early 2010s. The new venture was announced at the 2008 FORTUNE Brainstorm Green Conference held in Pasadena, California, that brought chief executives from all over North America together to talk about the business opportunities.

Think Cars Are Almost Here!
TH!NK city is an environmental vehicle, emission free and 95 percent recyclable. It reaches a top speed of 100 km (65 miles) per hour and can drive up to 180 km (110 miles) on a single charge. ?¨TH!NK city meets all European and US federal motor vehicle safety requirements. At the Geneva Motorshow earlier this year, TH!NK announced a strategic
partnership with energy giant General Electric, also an investor in TH!NK. At the Show, TH!NK unveiled its future car, the ¨TH!NK Ox, the first 4/5-seater fully electric vehicle which is slated to begin production in 2010. The TH!NK city is currently produced in Norway and international sales are slated to begin in Scandinavia, with Switzerland and France also being the initial focus areas. Sales other than initial trial and demonstration projects will begin in The North American market in 2009. Vicki Northrup, an electric car veteran, has been retained by TH!NK
North America as Operations Manager and will initially be based out of
TH!NK North America's Menlo Park Office.

Thinking Global Yet?

TH!NK designs, develops, manufactures and markets environmentally friendly vehicles and technologies. The company has more than 17 years of experience in developing and producing electric vehicles and there are about 1,200 vehicles driving on Norwegian roads today. The latest TH!NK city is the fifth-generation electric vehicle that has been produced in Norway. Series production of the newly designed TH!NK city car started late last year and the first cars will be delivered to Norwegian customers. The capacity of its first assembly plant in Aurskog, outside Oslo, is presently being increased to 10,000 cars per year. TH!NK expects to be producing at full capacity sometime during
2009. Enthusiastic owners with the vision and resources want to make TH!NK the car company of the 21st century.

HP INNOVATES CLOSED LOOP INKJET CARTRIDGE RECYCLING PROGRAM, GIVES PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES SECOND LIFE

In an industry first, HP today announced it has developed an engineering breakthrough that enables the use of post-consumer recycled plastics in the production of new Original HP inkjet print cartridges. More than 200 million cartridges have been manufactured using the process thus far. HP used more than 5 million pounds of recycled plastic in its inkjet cartridges last year, and the company is committed to using twice as much in 2008. The company's innovative recycling process facilitates the combination of multiple sources and grades of recycled plastics from everyday water bottles to highly technical HP inkjet cartridges. In addition to closing the design loop, using recycled content saves energy and keeps plastic out of landfills . Since piloting the process, HP has used enough recycled plastic to fill more than 200 tractor trailers.

GOOGLE HELPS BOOST GREEN TECHNOLOGIES

Google Inc is prepared to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in big commercial alternative-energy projects that traditionally have had trouble getting financing, the executive in charge of its green-energy push said on Wednesday. The Internet search giant, which has said it will invest in researching green technologies and renewable-energy companies, is eager to help promising technologies amass scale to help drive the cost of alternative energy below the cost of coal.

HOME NEWS

Community TV In Peril In California
Currently a bill to do the same thing in California is moving rapidly through out State legislature. It is important that we contact our State legislators NOW! to make sure that public access TV is a requirement of ANY who provide cable television access in our cities. This vital communication chennel brings us news about our government and grassroots programming that is the voice and the vision of our city.
What Can You Do? Long Beach Support Production of Community TV!
The Legislation that will allow many companies to provide cable TV, Internet and telephone service has been passed by the California Legislature. Now it is up to cities to make provisions for community program production and to coordinate broadcasts.
Help Save Community Television
Contact you Long Beach City Council representative and Mayor Foster and let them know you want production of Community TV supported by funds the city earns from boradcast networks. Call now and ask what is being done to make sure Community TV continues in Long Beach!
IMF Criticizes US Health Care
Researched by Sandra Karnes
The U.S. government issued a barbed riposte after the IMF suggested that Washington institute health insurance for all Americans and balance its budget faster than planned. Speaking at the launch of the Outlook report, IMF chief economist Raghuram Rajan said that the United States was not always the poster child for the policies long advocated by the Fund.
"In a globally competitive economy, it is very important you insure the individual, you have a safety net for the individual, because they're at serious risk of losing their job and so on," Mr. Rajan said, "Which means you have to have some form of universal health care. It is very, very hard, in this competitive economy, for 40- million-plus Americans to be uninsured, of which eight million are children."
U.S. Tells IMF to Butt Out of Health Care Issue - Jitendra Joshi, Agence France Presse, 4/21/2006
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0421-11.htm
TIGER PRESERVATION PROJECT
Go Zero Carbon!
Only the industry-funded propagandists are still challenging the existence of human-caused climate change. The science is settled. The evidence is even more frightening. For example, 2005 was the hottest year on record. Greenland's glaciers are melting 2.5 times faster than a decade ago. Hurricanes are becoming more severe due to higher water temperatures. And, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is at a 650,000-year high.
On January 18th, all six former and current EPA chiefs, Republicans and Democrats, agreed that 1) climate change is happening and 2) humans are responsible.
What can you do?
The good news: You can make a difference. Working Assets has joined with the nonprofit Carbonfund.org to help you take immediate and effective action to slow global warming. The answer is simple and affordable. Support Carbonfund.org with a tax-deductible donation today and reduce your climate footprint by supporting wind energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects.
For less than $5 a month the average person can offset their direct climate impact -- 10 tons of carbon dioxide per year -- from their home, car and air travel.
Toward Zero CO2
As U.S. citizens, we have a special responsibility. Though we make up just 5 percent of the world's population, we produce 25 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions. Just over a year ago, the Kyoto Protocol on climate change took force. Yet, the United States still hasn't joined on.
What can you do? You can carpool. You can turn off the light when you leave a room. You can demand that politicians improve fuel efficiency standards.
for more information go to Carbonfund.org
THE BEAUTY SPOT
Help Stop Militarism In Our Schools
The Army Recruiting Handbook for High Schools (available on the No Draft, No Way <http://www.nodraftnoway.org> website) says that the Army's goal is "school ownership." Our goal is to deny them that ownership. The schools belong to the people, not to the Pentagon.
Join the national movement against military recruiting. No Draft No Way is calling on parents, students, and local activists to work with your PTA, union, school board, city council, or student government to pass a resolution barring recruiters from your local schools. We are currently compiling a list of all such local initiatives -- if you are organizing a local initiative, you can list it here
<http://nodraftnoway.org/organizer.shtml>. Or contact
<http://nodraftnoway.org/ndnwcomments.shtml> for information and help to organize a local campaign.
Please join us in this national campaign by helping to organize, do outreach, distribute educational materials, and donate to help with all aspects of organizing, especially the immediate publication of this book, which will be an invaluable resource for young people all over the country who want to oppose the very real dangers of militarization and war.
*Donate <http://nodraftnoway.org/donate-new.shtml> to help build a
national movement against military recruiting and the draft.
Organize <http://nodraftnoway.org/organizer.shtml> a local No Draft No
Way chapter.
Sign up <http://nodraftnoway.org/signup.shtml> for Updates.
OXFAM ACTION UPDATES
Millions of East Africans Need Food and Water - Donate Now
http://ga0.org/ct/c7qqd3s1UzpB/
East Africa is facing one of the worst droughts in memory. Yet the international response has fallen short of what is
desperately needed by the affected regions in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania, where the lives and livelihoods of millions of people are threatened. Help Oxfam step up its relief efforts in East Africa - click here to make a secure online donation now. http://ga0.org/ct/c7qqd3s1UzpB/
Oxfam is already responding by delivering water, food, and other vital supplies to more than 500,000 people, but millions more need help. With your financial support, Oxfam can scale up its response to save many more lives in the region. This is a food crisis that cannot be ignored - please donate today.