RELEASE: Ecological Internet Boosts Networking of Biocentric Thought and Action
EI commits to regular micro-blogging and social networking upon Twitter and Facebook, to promote ecologically sufficient policies adequate to achieve global ecological sustainability
(Earth) -- Ecological Internet (EI) has committed to furthering its leadership in use of the Internet to facilitate environmental conservation by establishing major new Facebook and Twitter presences[1]. While Ecological Internet's President, Dr. Glen Barry, is widely credited with inventing blogging[2] in 1993, a subject of his Ph.D. dissertation; until now EI has not embraced the large, commercial social networking sites. Supporters are asked to follow and recommend these efforts.
"Facebook's improvement upon public profiles made the time ripe to commit to these technologies to further biocentric thought and an ecologically sufficient policy agenda. The use of RSS/XML technologies has matured to the point where we can micro-blog in one place and have it replicate to all our sites and profiles. And Ecological Internet has long offered our own major RSS/XML newsfeeds of ecological media, alerts, and commentary which others are encouraged to share[3]," said Dr. Glen Barry.
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RELEASE: New Earth Rising as Global Ecological and Economic Threats Worsen
Ecological Internet's innovative environmental sustainability e-zine arrives as globally one quarter of land is being degraded, the Arctic is melting, rainforests are dying, and the economy collapsing. Gaia and her humanity's survival depend upon reaching a steady state economy and other biocentric policies adequate to achieve ecological sustainability
By Earth's Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internet
CONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry
(Earth) -- Ecological Internet is pleased to announce the second issue of their "New Earth Rising" e-zine, entitled "Ecological Sustainability, the Growth Machine, and the Financial Crisis". There, nearly a dozen authors explore the implications of the current economic crisis for the survival of the Earth and all her creatures, including humans.
In the lead article, entitled "New Green Deal or Not: Industrial Capitalism Is Assured Death", the e-zine's editor, Dr. Glen Barry, critically examines New Green Deal proposals that supposedly will solve climate change while providing jobs. He concludes their focus upon economic stimulus to promote more economic growth, without reining in consumption, human population, natural resource use and ecosystem destruction, will make things worse. The e-zine arose from his earlier critically acclaimed "Earth Meanders" essay series.
"Nothing grows forever. It is amazing how few recognize economic decline as the inevitable outcome of an economy based upon growth at the expense of natural ecosystems. Required green policies, such as ending the use of coal and old forest logging, must occur regardless if they create or destroy jobs, just to maintain being," says Dr. Barry.
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RELEASE: New Earth Rising -- a New Biocentric E-zine -- Launches as Time to Achieve Global Ecological Sustainability Grows Short
PRESS/SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASE
Ecological Internet's latest offering focuses upon truthfully knowing global ecological crises in order to effectively develop and implement ecologically sufficient solutions
By Earth's Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internet
CONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org
(Seattle, WA) -- Ecological Internet, the world's leading provider of on-line environmental portals and action opportunities, is pleased to announce New Earth Rising, a new fiercely biocentric online magazine (e-zine), committed to thought and action to achieve global ecological sustainability. The green publication launches today at http://www.newearthrising.org/ and free subscriptions can be made at http://www.ecoearth.info/shared/subscribe/ .
The inaugural issue, entitled Ecological Truth and Transformative Action, features original and diverse green essays that seek to more fully know Earth's crises -- including climate change, water scarcity and forest diminishment -- in order to achieve ecologically sufficient solutions. New Earth Rising links what is known regarding global ecological crises with specific personal and social transformations necessary for shared survival and to sustain being.
RELEASE: Earth's Newsdesk Launches -- A Fierce New Voice for the Earth
PRESS/SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASE
- Media releases and feature articles on the Earth's behalf, reporting upon the magnitude of global ecological crises and sufficient responses to achieve global ecological sustainability
September 8, 2008 (embargoed)
By Earth's Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internet (EI)
CONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org
(Earth) -- A new type of environmental news service launches this week, as "Earth's Newsdesk" will report upon ecological science, policy and advocacy from the Earth's perspective. Ecological Internet will begin regularly providing biocentric media releases and feature articles for publication elsewhere. This continues a long list of firsts from EI and its predecessors, including the web's first blog and environmental search engine.
The free service will build upon Ecological Internet's constant tracking of environmental science, policy and advocacy -- and years of deep green analysis and action -- and will report upon major threats and opportunities facing forests, climate, water and oceans. It will focus upon environmental sustainability and the needs of the biosphere, and her ability to continue maintaining a habitable Earth for all life.
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New Earth Rising: Call for Submissions of Original Green Writing
PRESS RELEASE
By Ecological Internet, http://www.ecologicalinternet.org/
(The Earth) -- Ecological Internet, the world's leading provider of environmental portals including http://www.ClimateArk.org/ and http://Forests.org/, will soon launch a new Internet e-zine entitled "New Earth Rising". The publication will be committed to biocentric thought, and promote sufficient ecological sustainability solutions to pressing global ecological crises. Today they announce they are accepting submissions for publication.
New Earth Rising will build upon years of ecological sustainability writings and actions on the web by Ecological Internet. In 1995 they introduced the world's first and longest continually running blog, and their President, Dr. Glen Barry, was the writer of the critically acclaimed and recently concluded "Earth Meanders" series of personal essays.
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Ecological Internet Surges with Two Decisive Victories
Follows science showing right on biofuels and natural ecosytems, and recent news of three preliminary victories
Press Release by Ecological Internet
Contact: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org, +1 920 776 1075
(Earth) - Ecological Internet's Earth Action Network reports two stunning victories in campaigns to promote global ecological sustainability. Colombia's Constitutional Court has declared their Forestry Bill unenforceable [original alert] because it treats forests only as wood, and indigenous and black peoples that have protected forests for decades were not consulted [1]. And French President Sarkozy has announced gold mining activity by a Canadian company in French Guiana's rainforests [original alert] been permanently cancelled [2]. We had earlier reported progress on these measures.
These decisive victories come as Ecological Internet (EI) has recently reported important initial success in helping to freeze oil palm development in Woodlark, Papua New Guinea; ending rainforest timber use for park benches in NYC; and keeping ancient timbers out of Ocean City, New Jersey's boardwalks and in rainforest canopies [3]. Efforts continue to finalize and expand these recent initial strategic victories. Ecological Internet's ecological science based environmental advocacy continues to prove itself time and time again.
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Australia's Kyoto Ratification Thrills the World
By Climate Ark and Ecological Internet, Inc.
http://www.climateark.org/
Contact: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org
Australia ratified the Kyoto Protocol [search] on climate change this week, receiving a deserved standing ovation from Bali climate conference delegates. Ratification resulted from the election of a new Prime Minister. Ecological Internet's global network helped a bit, campaigning on many occasions over the past decade for Australia to ratify Kyoto, rejoining responsible nations.
"Australia's embrace of Kyoto shows environmental campaigning should focus not only upon what is easy, but rather take principled long-term positions regarding what is necessary to achieve global ecological sustainability. If Australia can ratify Kyoto, certainly pigs can fly; and coal emissions and ancient forest logging ended", notes Dr. Glen Barry.
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"Global Grassroots Environmental Activism" Internet Site Launches
Ecological Internet's new "My.EcoEarth.Info" environmental campaign social networking site and advanced search capabilities give local conservation efforts the global edge for victory at http://my.ecoearth.info/
By Ecological Internet, Inc.
http://www.ecoearth.info/ & http://www.ecologicalinternet.org/
January 29, 2006
Contact: Dr. Glen Barry , glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org
(Wisconsin) - Ecological Internet, providers of the Internet's leading environmental search portals, is pleased to announce a new "My.EcoEarth.Info" site which weds social networking technologies with their existing voluminous climate, forest, water and environment data holdings and tools. And Ecological Internet's unmatched environmental search engines now search not only the Internet; but recent news and reviewed site links through one interface as well. There is nothing quite like this suite of Internet technology use for the environment on the web.
"The Internet enables a new type of grassroots environmental activism that will prove crucial to successful, sufficient efforts to stop climate change, end ancient forest logging and achieve global ecological sustainability. Along with our constant environmental action alert issuance, news and link tracking, and biocentric blog commentary; these new social networking and search capabilities enable small groups of people to research, organize, protest and agitate to save their special neck of the woods," explains Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet's President. "If government won't lead, the netroots will."
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Ecological Internet's "Sustainability Solutions Initiative" Launches
PRESS RELEASE
Ecological Internet's "Sustainability Solutions Initiative" Launches
New On-line Eco-Think Tank to develop and disseminate information and policy proposals in regard to Global Ecological Sustainability Solutions
http://www.EcoEarth.Info/ssi/
September 11, 2006
(Madison, WI) - Ecological Internet, Inc. today announced their new online environmental sustainability think tank. "Sustainability Solutions Initiative" will facilitate global discussion upon the policies necessary and adequate to achieve global ecological sustainability - where humanity can live well and equitably upon the Earth's natural capital for as long as possible.
Ecological Internet, Inc. is more known for its unique, comprehensive and much used environmental portals and search engines including such notables as Climate Ark at http://www.climateark.org/ and EcoEarth.Info at its name's URL (full list below). It is hoped that the new policy development effort can benefit from these existing distribution channels - used by tens of thousands of people a day.
As Dr. Barry, the President of Ecological Internet, explains "the heart of the global ecological crisis is that too many people are consuming too much and their developments have severely diminished natural ecosystems. There is little hope of the Earth and humanity regaining a state of balance absent a major surge in ecological based policies in virtually every human realm and/or a major human population collapse."
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Ecological Internet 2.0 Launches on Earth Day
Celebrate Earth Day with New and Improved Climate, Environment and Water Portals
From Ecological Internet, Inc.
Contact: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org
Denmark, Wisconsin, USA - The world's leading environmental web portals have undergone a major renovation that is being unveiled today as the United States celebrates Earth Day. Ecological Internet's long-established and popular climate, water and environment portals now feature new modern "version 2.0" graphic interfaces and updated search engine capabilities.
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NEW! All Link Collections Now RSS/XML Enabled
All of Ecological Internet's environmental web portal now have link collections that feature the ability to download and/or view a given category's listings in RSS/XML format. Here is an example of the ClimateArk's Global Warming category - note the "View as RSS/XML" option on the dark horizontal menu bar on the top of the page. Users will now be able to download links on a given topic for their later use.
A RSS feed is generally not read in a web browser like a web page. Rather a special piece of software called a "News Aggregator" is used, allowing multiple RSS feeds to be integrated in an easy fashion. Aggregators are widely available for download on the Internet. Here is more information on Ecological Internet's News Syndication Services. With this new offering, Ecological Internet again demonstrates its commitment to pioneering new environmental information distribution mechanisms on the Internet.
"Eco Earth" Environmental Sustainability Portal Relaunch
PRESS RELEASE
"Eco Earth" Environmental Sustainability Portal Relaunch
Ecological Internet Continues to Improve Offerings and Ways to Support Efforts
September 19, 2005
Contact: Dr. Glen Barry, +1 920 776 1075, GlenBarry@EcologicalInternet.org
Denmark, Wisconsin: Ecological Internet is proud to announce "Eco Earth", their new and expanded environmental sustainability portal at http://www.EcoEarth.Info/ . Eco Earth is the new name of Ecological Internet's long established "Eco-Portal" web site which previously resided at http://www.environmentalsustainability.info/ .
Eco Earth's new name, shorter URL and updated capabilities should allow the site to better provide an information gateway that further empowers the movement for environmental sustainability. Users and sites that linked to the Eco-Portal are asked to update their links accordingly.
"It was time to find a URL that was shorter and more memorable - and EcoEarth.Info should do this nicely," explains Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet's President. As part of the site's relaunch, Ecological Internet has also increased how frequently the site's news and commentary are updated. Improvements are particularly evident on the "Earth News" newsfeed at: http://www.ecoearth.info/news/ and the "Earth Blog" at http://www.ecoearth.info/blog/ .
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