As I sit in my room no. 1 of the quaint Pousada Dona Zilah, a family owned and run inn located in the trendy Jardim district of São Paulo; a two story building surrounded by 10 to 15 story apartment blocks. It’s raining and about 17 degrees in the Brazilian high summer (with usually 30+ [...]
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It’s Not The Trees!
Posted in Awareness, Brazil, COP 15, Replanting a Rainforest, Stop, Reflect & Listen . . . on December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
COP 15 and Sustainable Communities
Posted in Awareness, Brazil, COP 15, Open World Café & Gallery, Replanting a Rainforest, Sustainability, Uncategorized on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Opening the Swedish “Svenska Dagbladet” Sunday paper today I read “Meeting Doomed to Failure”, referring to the upcoming COP 15 conference and summit taking place in 29 days (they are counting the days). The debate article is by Danish Björn Lomborg, head of the Copenhagen Consensus Center think-Tank (CCC). Based on a global carbon tax [...]
Awareness Day
Posted in Awareness, COP 15, Leadership, Open World Café & Gallery, Organic, Stop, Reflect & Listen . . ., Sustainability on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
October 24th will surely go down in history for the many events, actions, rallies, and meetings. It’s United Nations Day and it’s International Day of Climate Action (www.350.org). At Open World Café we are contributing by having an “Organic (Low Carbon) Food Day”, one of more than 4500 actions in more than 180 countries! I [...]