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Happy Climate Neutral Year 2009
Watch and download an E-card to wish your colleagues, partners and friends a Happy Climate Neutral Year 2009
 A climate neutral journey to Middle Earth
Imagine taking your trip of a lifetime to New Zealand, a country made famous by the filming of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy but also, increasingly, its global leadership in tackling climate change.
 Children’s Art Event to Launch UN Climate Campaign Paint for the Planet
The global United Nations campaign ‘UNite to Combat Climate Change’ will kick off in October with an auction and exhibit of children’s art in New York.The Paint for the Planet event will feature a selection of stand-out entries from UNEP’s International Children’s Painting Competitions.
 Flip Flop I was
A blight on the beaches of Kenya is now an income source for coastal communities thanks to UniquEco Designs, an inspirational project that became the finalist of the BBC World Challenge 08 competition aimed at
recognising enterprise and innovation at the grass roots level.
 Kenya eco-lodges: a room with a clue
In the heart of the Maasai Mara, where some of Africa’s best wildlife roams freely, a group of dedicated Kenyans are working hand in hand with the Maasai community to achieve an ambitious goal: developing a convalescent tourism industry that will benefit the local community as well as preserve the environment and keep a low carbon footprint.
 High octane, low carbon at Norway rock fest
Visitors at the Hove 2008 festival, Norway’s biggest musical gathering, partied, danced and ‘kicked the habit’. That is, the carbon habit.
 Musician promotes climate neutrality from her Australian bush shack Emily Maguire, an English-born singer-songwriter, has learned to read music at the same time as words. Her family did not own a TV set, but instead gave her a recorder at the age of three, piano lessons at four, a cello at seven and a flute at 11.
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CN Net in the news
Find out more of the international media coverage of the CN Net.
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David Anderson, Chief Executive of CFS, UK
"By using green energy, pursuing energy efficiency and offsetting all our remaining CO 2 emissions we are doing everything to reduce our impact on the environment. However, we cannot ignore the legacy we have left over the years. That is why we are going beyond carbon neutral and offsetting 110% of our emissions each year."
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Costa Rican Perspective on the Carbon Neutrality Challenge
In a recent interview to the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, Costa Rican Environment Minister Roberto Dobles talks about the carbon neutrality challenge.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Safe landing for Air New Zealand’s jatropha-fuelled flight
The close of the year 2008 was marked by the opening of a new chapter in the global quest for low-carbon air travel with the successful touchdown of a jatropha-fuelled Air New Zealand jumbo jet.
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Saturday, December 06, 2008
Countries, Cities, Companies and Organizations Pledge Climate Neutrality at UN Climate Conference in Poznan
As nearly 200 governments are meeting to move forward a new global deal to address climate change at the UN climate conference, an increasing number of countries, cities, companies and organizations are committing to a low-carbon future by joining the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net).
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Trade Me
Watch the video message on what New Zealand's largest eCommerce company has to say on carbon neutrality.
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