There are 10 articles in this group:
How Can We Stop the Backslide of Public Opinion? Thought Leaders in Cancun Respond featured - 10th December 2010
The Mexican government decided to host another main conference to complement the work of COP16. The topic that they chose? Communicating climate science. The forum was held at the Grand Velas Resort Riviera Maya, a luxury hotel with shiny marble floors, high ceilings, and indoor waterfalls. The fully catered lunch included at least five choices of dessert and was served beneath a tent erected just for the occasion. It made me wish that those of us trying to explain climate science were always treated so well.
The Gigaton Awards: A Race to the Top - 10th December 2010
What if solving climate change were a race to the top? What if companies were in competition to win the next industrial revolution, with the winners being those who most reduced their greenhouse gas pollution?
Letter from Cancún: We Need to Spark A Climate Change featured - 10th December 2010
A Better Voice for Environmentalism: Sir Richard Branson (VIDEO) - 10th December 2010
During the World Climate Summit, a conference for businesses leaders during COP16 in Cancún, Sir Richard Branson sat down with me for a four-minute interview. Branson is one of the world's ultimate success stories. Born with unbounded charisma, he founded his first company at the age of 16 in 1966, selling records out of the back of his car. He grew the business into Virgin Records, a leader in the industry, and then launched Virgin Airlines in 1984 and Virgin Mobil in 1999. He is also famous for his world record attempts: an attempted round-the-world balloon ride, a fastest sail across the Atlantic, and a fastest air-balloon journey across that same ocean. In his autobiography, he wrote "My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them... from the perspective of wanting to live life to the full, I felt that I had to attempt it." Today he is worth four billion dollars.
Blue Avocado and Project Kaisei Give Plastic Bags a Punch at Hub Cancun COP16 featured - 7th December 2010
Blue Avocado is teaming up with Project Kaisei and Hub Culture to fight the plastic pollution problem!
A Question for Bill McKibben: What is the Point of Your Events? VIDEO - 3rd December 2010
Activists here in Cancun have gone to great lengths to share their message. Consider 350.org. The organization has staged coordinated events all over the world. Last year, participants in thousands of cities, representing all seven continents, held up signs or somehow represented the number "350" to bring attention to this number. That's the number, in parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, that this organization (and many scientists) believe is the "safe" level of this greenhouse gas (we are now at 390 ppm and climbing).
Bez & Oho Bags in Support of Project Kaisei featured - 2nd December 2010
Buy a Bez & Oho bag and help Project Kaisei save the oceans! Now available in the Cancun Store and from Bez & Oho, 30% of project proceeds go to help Project Kaisei's work on ocean protection.
Events at the Cancún Pavilion featured - 2nd December 2010
Find a full schedule of activities at the Cancún Pavilion, available to Hub Culture partners and invited guests during COP16.
What Are CEOs Doing at COP16??? - VIDEO - 1st December 2010
On the opening night of COP16 (the 16th U.N. climate "Conference of the Parties) in Cancun, Mexico, I sat in a hotel conference room and listened to the President of Mexico, the CEO of Coca-Cola, the CEO of Dow Chemical, the CEO of Duke Energy, and the CEO of FEMSA (Mexico's largest beverage distributor) elegantly and persuasively argue:
Hub Culture Opens Cancún Pavilion for COP16 featured - 29th November 2010
The Hub Culture Cancún Pavilion has opened its doors, providing a stunning meeting and negotiation platform for global climate leaders attending COP16 in Mexico. Produced in partnership with NIKE, the Pavilion is located at Villa Albatros, one of Cancun's most stunning private estates.