Grass May Reduce Global Warming

RECLAIM THE NORTH POLE WITH NATIVE FLAGSWhile the installations at the North Pole are about having us think globally, "Native Flags" is a participatory eco-art project that engages individuals across the globe to act locally.To participate in the project, please visit <a href="http://www.nativeflags.orgwww.nativeflags.org<br />At a time when melting polar sea ice is causing so many to focus on which political power will place its flag over the Arctic, controlling the Northwest Passage shipping lanes and the petroleum resources beneath the sea ice, Miami artist Xavier Cortada has developed a project that engages people across the world below to plant a green flag and native tree to help address global climate change. Reforestation helps prevent the polar regions from melting. Cortada will plant a green flag the North Pole when he arrives there on June 30, 2008. On that same day folks from around the world will be asked to also plant a green flag and native tree in their community. Miami artist Xavier Cortada created Native Flags as an urban reforestation project to help restore native habitats for plants and animals across South Florida. Launched last year at the Miami Science Museum, Native Flags now calls on individuals globally to join the effort.The conspicuous green flag serves as a catalyst for conversations with neighbors and a call to action to help rebuild our native tree canopy. Community leaders can model the behavior by planting a native tree and green flag at their science centers and city halls. To learn about this please visit the artist's website at http://www.xaviercortada.com.

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We know that cutting green house gas emission is essential to fight climate change. But what about adapting our water resources? The IPCC and Al Gore have made climate change a high priority concern in the political and public arenas, and sometimes even in the private sector to the extent that politicians, the public and the private sector ask water managers (how) to respond to this threat. In particular, low lying deltas and small islands, mountainous areas and arid areas are vulnerable to climate change. Are these concerns realistic, and what are possible responses to them? This will be discussed at the World Water Forum in Istanbul next year in March.