WNS ROMANIA BROUGHT WNS "CLIMATE CARAVAN" @ WESTGATE BUSINESS PARK BUCHAREST

Visitors could find a lot of information about how to adopt an eco-friendly behavior and about alternative and renewable energy power systems.

They also could test demonstrative equipments like electric bicycle, a hybrid car Toyota Prius, a solarium panel & toys.

Born in 1961, WWF is one of the largest environmental organizations in the world, with conservation projects in more than 100 countries. WWF’s ultimate goal is to build a future where people live in harmony with nature.

“By this campaign we tried to inform people about eco-friendly technologies and alternative products benefits. Meanwhile, we tried to demonstrate how we can do simple things for the environment and how to save money in the same time. For example, changing the classical bulbs with the economical ones will reduce the energy consumption, the CO2 emissions but also will reduce costs. The same, by installing energy efficient systems in our homes will have a positive impact on the environment and on our bills.

At this event from West Gate Park we had the occasion to interact with a young and enthusiastic public and we were very surprised to find people interested in eco-friendly products.

We know that we cannot change people behavior by one event. In this reason, we wish to come again in this business park and to sustain our messages of responsibility and care about our Planet.” (Ioana Busila, WWF Marketing Officer)

Spam adds heavy load to global CO2 footprint

• The amount of energy used to process, filter and transmit spam e-mail in a single year is equal to the electricity used in 2.4 million homes or the greenhouse gas emissions produced by 3.1 million passenger cars, according to a landmark study released yesterday by an Internet security firm.


• Santa Clara, Calif.-based McAfee, which looked at the energy used to create, store, view and filter spam in 11 countries, determined that the average greenhouse gas emissions associated with a single spam message amount to 0.3 grams of CO2. Across those 11 countries, the net effect is staggering, given the 62 trillion spam e-mails sent in 2008.


• “That’s like driving three feet,” the study says. “But when multiplied by the yearly volume of spam, it is equivalent to driving around the earth 1.6 million times.”


• McAfee’s report, the “Carbon Footprint of Spam,” estimated that energy consumed to create and deal with spam globally is 33 billion kilowatt-hours, or 33 terawatt-hours. In other words, spam sucks up a whole lot of energy, with the United States and India producing the highest emissions per e-mail because of intensity of use.“Countries with greater Internet connectivity and users … tended to have proportionately higher emissions per e-mail users,” the report said. “The United States, for example, had emissions that were 38 times that of Spain.”


• Jeff Green, senior vice president of product development at McAfee Avert Labs, said the report highlights the need to stop spam at its source. Spam filtering accounts for 16 percent of spam-related use, he said, because most of the energy use is associated with end users deleting spam and searching for legitimate e-mail.McAfee sells security and filtering products for e-mail and the Web for businesses of all sizes. The company completed the study in conjunction with the energy consulting firm ICF International.

SOURCE: Earth News

 WWF “CLIMATE CARAVAN” @ WESTGATE PARK

On Thursday, the 9th of April 2009, WWF and WNS Romania will bring “Climate Caravan” in WestGate Business Park from Bucharest!

The scope of this campaign is to inform people about the climate changes and about the options that we have in order to adopt an eco-friendly behavior: energy efficient products, alternative and renewable energy power systems, hybrid technologies etc.

WWF representatives and WNS volunteers will interact with the visitors from an information stand by offering them materials and information about the climate changes and eco-friendly products. Meanwhile, contests and interactive activities will be organized for the public.

This Campaign first took place in 2007 in Hungary and in 2008 WWF decided to implement this action at regional level by organizing events in different cities from Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine, Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland. In Romania, five events already took place at Bucharest, Constanta, Brasov and Cluj.

COME TO FIND OUT ABOUT:

• main causes of the climate changes


• energy consumption & the climate changes


• energy efficient houses


• green energy


• how to save money & energy in the same time

WNS VOTED FOR EARTH!

Last Saturday, on 28th of March 2009, Romania officially sustained for the first time Earth Hour and WNS is proud to be a part of this event. 500 WNS & WWF Romania volunteers celebrated Earth Hour at Piata Constitutiei by creating a big “human 60-figure” and holding candles in their hands.

Starting 8.30 P.M, Parliament Building lights went out together with all the great building around the word. The lights where switched off in five Romanian cities: Timisoara, Iasi, Brasov, Botosani and Tulcea. Then “SISTEM” played in an unplugged concert with fireworks and drums. We discussed about Climate Change today and how the stars can be seen without lighting pollution (facilitated by AstroClub Bucharest).

This year, Earth Hour has been transformed into the world’s first global election, between Earth and global warming. For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background had the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – switching off lights was a vote for Earth, or leaving them on was a vote for global warming.

WWF was urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reached the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. This meeting will determine official government policies to take action against global warming, which will replace the Kyoto Protocol. It was the chance for the people of the world to make their voice heard.

Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message had grown into a global sustainability movement, with 50 million people switching off their lights. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square all stood in darkness.

In 2009, Earth Hour was being taken to the next level, with the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote. Unlike any election in history, it was not about what country you’re from, but instead, what planet you’re from. VOTE EARTH was a global call to action for every individual, every business, and every community.

GREEN ACTIVITIES APRIL 2009

• This week-end, on the 4th & the 5th of April 2009, we can go again at Dragomiresti-Vale, Ilfov, to plant trees (red oaks and black walnuts). We will meet at Piata Revolutiei (in front of Romanian Atheneum) at 8.00 A.M.
• On Saturday, on the 4th of April 2009, we can clean The Botanical Garden from Bucharest. The activity will start at 9.00 A.M.