Blogs & Ecology

In a baffling shift of climate, Hell has frozen over. The flash freeze wasn’t precipitated by a crumbling ice shelf or rising sea—or maybe it was. Rupert Murdoch, the founder and CEO of News Corporation, has decided to render his global conglomerate carbon neutral, as well as educate the public and green up the many tendrils of his enormous news business. Murdoch’s media empire contains such brands as Fox Broadcasting, MySpace, and the Wall Street Journal.

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Colin Finlay, a former photocopy machine salesman turned world class photographer may represent the tip of the spear when it comes to the public consciousness of climate change. Even the Queen of England is a fan: He's about to be knighted for his efforts to bring the impact of climate change to the masses. Finlay has the rare ability to capture images that sear an indelible mark on the soul of those who view them; his gift is a human face to the crisis at hand....

Climate impact might not be the first thing on your mind when jumping on a search engine (unless you’re searching “climate impact”). But much is going on behind the scenes of these ethereal data dealers of search. Yahoo! has recruited its secret weapon in the climate battle, Christina Page, from the arsenal of the Rocky Mountain Institute, Amory Lovins’ brainy and prestigious “think-and-do tank,” (also a TH guest poster).

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In part two of our in-depth discussion, Paul Hawken unpacks his new opensource, wiki-based Web entity, WISER Earth. He also offers up some details on Blessed Unrest the movie (and the remix), and brings it back to basics with the news no one wants to talk about. ::TreeHugger Radio

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Peter Barnes is no dyed-in-the-wool environmentalist. A successful entrepreneur, writer and now senior fellow at the Point Reyes Station, Calif.-based Tomales Bay Institute, Peter has co-founded and has led several companies, including Working Assets (with former TH interviewee Michael Kieschnick).

He is a prolific author -- some of his recent books include Capitalism 3.0 (you can download a free copy

Photo credit: Will Parrinello and Jim Iacona.