"A completely new life"

Before Christmas I read this interesting article in Aftenposten about the situation on Greenland. I think this was a good introduction to this country of opportunities. The head- title is “A completely new life”. The children of Greenland have to search for new livings in the future because the urbanization still will go on in the country and there is no need for more workers and farmers. The melting of the ice in the arctic and the well- known housing- project in Nuuk is also mentioned.

Elisabeth

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THERE IS NO PLANET B

Not to inform ourselves about the progress and setbacs in Copenhagen is no alternative. You can follow the climate negotiations at cop webcast, and read continiously uppdates at cop15.dk/news.
At klimaforum09, the alternative climate congress, the voices that are not heard in the official congress gather, share ideas, and creates strategies for a sustainable future. Here comes the environmental movement in the North, together with indigenous people from the South, so this can be a turning point.

'Fourteen days to seal history's judgment on this generation'

Crucial talks on climate change have started today at the UN Conference COP15 in Copenhagen. And today, 56 newspaper in 45 countries have decided to speak to the world with one single voice, through a common editorial. This unprecedent Guardian-led initiative has involved the translation of the editorial in 20 different languages. Read the text on your own newspaper, or in english at the Guardian website.