Last week, DotGreen attended two events: the Blue Ocean Film Festival and The Ocean In a High CO2 World, the third ocean acidification international science symposium, in Monterey, California. The team had the opportunity to hear first hand from leading scientists and experts about the many concerns of our planet’s oceans as well as latest sustainable ocean initiatives and innovations in technology.
DotGreen announces the International DotGreen Bureau program, an innovative initiative with the mission to advance the green movement through collaboration with DotGreen Community, Inc. and the DotGreen Foundation on a regional level. DotGreen will promote local green organizations and businesses as it joins the green movement through new and local friendships around the world, providing connections with nearby DotGreen representatives. DotGreen Bureaus allow for local alliances with the DotGreen Foundation creating a local reach and meaning to the global .green Top Level Domain. DotGreen’s Founder, Annalisa Roger believes the Bureaus will play an important and trusted grass roots role in the public’s awareness to the benefits of .green domain names in forwarding the green movement online and in spurring growth in the (local) green economy.
Mr. Stanislav Miler wowed the ICANN delegates who gathered to learn about the greener side of Prague during the DotGreen People & Planet Event on Saturday, June 23, 2012. He is a long time environmental lifestyle leader full of exciting adventure tales and fun highlights about his path to sustainability. In honor of DotGreen’s visit to Prague for ICANN 44 we wish to highlight one of the inspiring local Czech citizens we met while in the Czech Republic.
At the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference, DotGreen was fortunate to meet artist and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand, known for his use of aerial imagery in environmental pursuits. He connects with viewers about the importance of taking personal responsibility for the future of the planet, and uses the power of art, cinema and photography to touch people’s imagination through their emotion and heart.
DotGeen created The Green Spotlight as a featured section on our website blog to showcase the growth, inspiration and development of the global green community. To submit your idea, company or vision to the Green Spotlight blog post, please email articles and multimedia to jenniferbullock@dotgreen.org.
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The G8 leaders recognized the enormous potential of the Internet and the need for sustainable growth at their latest summit May 26-27 in Deauville, France. Since DotGreen is an organization focused on the intersection of the Internet and sustainability, the Team is encouraged by this announcement. The representatives of the Group of Eight (G8) met to discuss international goals and priorities, and their commitment to democracy and freedom. The meeting encompassed a wide range of topics for the purpose of discussing global priorities and strategies to proceed. Discussion ranged from conflict in the Middle East and North Africa to Japan’s recovery from the tsunami that stuck in March. Among these pressing issues, the Internet and Green Growth represented two out of twelve high priority items on the agenda.
On June 9, 2011, DotGreen’s founder photographed one of Spain’s most impressive Photovoltaic power plants at Port Forum in Barcelona. The giant solar panel sits adjacent to a huge geothermal plant on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Barcelona is regarded as a leading city with regard to solar energy. Many other cities in Catalonia follow its example. All of Barcelona’s 200 municipal buildings’ hot water (including swimming pools, schools etc) will soon be generated by solar power. DotGreen applauds Barcelona as a leader in climate protection and renewable energies such as solar power.
United States architect and fashion designer, Eugene Tsui, is an innovative creator who goes beyond the norms in multiple mediums. One of his designs is the longest bridge in the world spanning the Strait of Gibraltar and connecting the continents of Europe and Africa. What’s interesting to DotGreen, is the proposed futuristic bridge is said to be able to generate enough electricity to power the southern Spanish province of Cadiz and the entire nation of Morocco making it the largest wind and water power farm in the world. This may be an interesting proposal to Spain, a country on the cutting edge of green since 1997 when it first joined the Climate Alliance of European cities.
Women of all classes and nationalities are increasingly occupying leadership roles in the Environmental Movement and becoming active in their communities in the pursuit of environmental justice and public health. No one understands this more than Paola Gianturco, a critically-acclaimed photojournalist and philanthropist who documents the lives of women around the world. On May 25, 2011 at Dominican University, the DotGreen team had the pleasure of meeting Gianturco, who has published four photographic books that highlight celebrations of womanhood in glorious festivals within diverse cultures and local women as they work to solve global issues such as poverty, disease, and illiteracy.
Access to healthy and affordable food options is key to solving increasing obesity and hunger rates. In order to achieve these initiatives, community garden programs are emerging as way to build community, dissolve of food deserts, achieve food justice, and inspire a transition towards sustainable agriculture. In cities like Detroit and Hartford, urban gardens have reduced crime, raised property values, and lessened the number of citizens who are food insecure. Food justice is characterized as ensuring that the benefits and risks of how, what, and where food is grown and accessed are shared equally. These goals can be achieved through community gardens that ensure transparency and awareness for how and where food is grown.