CLIMATE QUOTE for the week

"Man-made global warming is not just a matter for environmental policy, it is also becoming a strategic question for foreign policy in terms of security and stability. Spreading deserts, ever more scarce water, devastating storms and floods or ruined harvests mean expulsion, hunger and suffering.
"The fuels of Earth's industrialization are energy and raw materials. We are seeing how the race for both these fuels is well underway. To date, thank goodness, these have been peaceful struggles but it is plain to see that there is a risk of escalation as soon as scarcity starts impacting economic growth and people's way of life. That is why I for a good two years now have been emphasizing above all else that, looking to the future, a cooperative energy security policy is one of the central pillars of far-sighted foreign or peace policy."

Federal Foreign Minister Steinmeier
Speech on Current German Foreign-Policy Issues at the German Council on Foreign Relations
September 11, 2007
Berlin

http://www.germany.info/relaunch/politics/speeches/091107.html

Posted by: Andrea Gallardo

Eco-Rep Application Deadline EXTENDED

Applicants!

The Eco-Rep application has now been shortened AND the deadline extended! Choose, now, only 2 questions in the application to answer, and then the last question (3 total). Apply to go.green.columbia@gmail.com by THURSDAY midnight, September 20.

We look forward to your applications!

Apply to be an Eco-Rep!!!

The application is now available to be an Eco-Rep for the 2007-2008 academic school year. The link for the application can be found at http://www.environment.columbia.edu/ecoreps/ecoreps-ecoreps.htm. Applications are due by midnight September 15.