Journalism, Education and Environment « Journalism, Education and Environment

An island of green inspiration

admin — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:28:39 +0000

Paving the way for green European energy

In October 2012 EU Member States adopted the Energy Efficiency Directive, which will ensure more than 17 pct. improved energy efficiency in 2020. But the road to reducing the European CO2 emissions is a winding one, however one small Danish island is leading the way forward – Samsø [...]

High speed, low benefits

admin — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:17:20 +0000

Before the high speed line Madrid – Valencia was inaugurated in December 2010, the city of Cuenca, located in central eastern of Spain, was in the middle of nowhere. People were moving to bigger cities. And the old city center, declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1996, was being abandoned. The construction of [...]

The CO2-footprint of your death

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:11:36 +0000

Your life has a CO2-footprint – but what about your death? Your death is your last CO2 footprint – but how big? Watch “Dying Eco-Friendly” here. The story is among a series of news of current affairs stories, produced by the International TV Class at the Danish School of Media and Journalism – related [...]

Northern Lives – melting away?

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:10:58 +0000

If the Arctic is considered the world’s barometer for measuring climate change, then the Sami are at its mercury. For centuries the Sami have lived a nomadic life, prospering from herding reindeer across the Arctic wilderness. But recent development and a rapidly changing climate have broken the equilibrium – it is at risk of melting [...]

Kangaross, mice – and blind crawfish

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:24:06 +0000

We have collected a handfull of very different environment stories, written by GEJI exchange students in Monash University, Melbourne:

Worst mouse plague ever spreads across Australia

The city goes green

Healing country

The city goes green

A kangaroo steak on your plate won

Cop15, Cop16 – and no ambitions left

admin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:27:19 +0000

There was Hopenhagen.

And then, there was Flopenhagen.

We took a snapshot 9 months after Cop15, the United Nations huge climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark December 2009.

And again, we took a snapshot 14 months after Copenhagen, shortly after the much less hyped Cop16 in Cancun, Mexico.

Politicians and the media seemed to lower [...]

Renewable Energy – the European Way.

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:41:15 +0000

Have a drink and a smile in Scotland where whisky production turns green. Learn about Sahare solar panels in Germany – and solar panels already cover many roofs in Spanish cities. Brits want renewable energy but no wind turbines.

20 journalists covers alternative and renewable energy stratey in Europe. Read Euroviews 2010 here.

Samsø – the Green Island

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:22:19 +0000

Samsoe – the Green Island is an international online project involving 31 journalism students from all over the world. Their aim is to provide coverage of Samsoe’s success in becoming a CO2 neutral community.

Climate change has sparked a lot of global attention in recent years, but CO2 emissions are continually increasing worldwide.

The Danish [...]

Biogas from pigs; bicycle riding; organic food…

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:09:44 +0000

Take a look at how foreign journalism students perceive the Danish environment-friendliness:

Biogas from pigs: http://webtv.djh.dk/view_video.php?viewkey=52637daa540ea9cbc474

Riding the bicycles: http://webtv.djh.dk/view_video.php?viewkey=d6b76c8436e924a68c45

Organic food; http://webtv.djh.dk/view_video.php?viewkey=0de0cfea955afd4644bb

Journalism students cover Climate Summit

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:58:10 +0000

See it: http://gejiweb.org/cop15/

We are a group of journalism students and teachers from the Danish School of Media and Journalism - and from around the world.

We are reporting for our own COP15 website powered through the Global Environmental Journalism Initiative GEJI project. We have during the climate summit a close coopering with the Copenhagen [...]