- share news stories
- source of political opinions
- activate interest from the public
- encourage discussion through feedback
(Merry 2010:643)
*Virtual activism by environmental NGOs
Defining Features:
- interactivity: hyperlinks, social bookmarks, comments
- personalization: conversational language (mixed evidence)
(Merry 2010: 644)
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Links, Ideas and Conversation from the TreeHugger hive mind, the latest in modern green
Extensive coverage of COP17
Highly critical of climate negotiations:
Life and Death Decisions in Durban
COP17 Closes: Long Live The Process, If Not Our Climate Or Our Future
COP17 UnMerry-Go-Round: US Delays, Canada Obstructs, China Willing to Act, But India Won't
Should We Work Towards a 3C World, If a 2C Target Is Really Out of Reach?
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"In 2008 Celsius developed tools to help people combat climate change, and bring the green community, companies and organisations closer together."
News & Opinion Articles:
UN Study Reveals Impact of Climate Change in Sahel and West Africa
Durban Climate Change Talks - Deal or No Deal?
African, Least Developed Countries Create New Alliance to Try to Save Climate Regime at Durban
Creates Online Community:
More Environmental Blogs:
Bright Green
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Real Climate
The Carbon Brief
The Guardian Environment Blog
Triple Pundit
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Criticisms of Blogosphere:
"Opposing viewpoints are an inevitability of human behavior, and within the blogosphere authors can emphasize their own viewpoints on controversial topics. Blogs can be used for any purpose: all the work and effort put into creating a strong blog can also be put into creating a blog with false information." (Putnam 2011)
