Fresh green links

Arctic Circle celebrates 3 years of cartoon syndication – congratulations, Alex! If you haven’t seen her cute penguins figuring out eco-issues, check them out today.

Extinction tattoos – a living record of endangered animals, a photo essay over at Worldchanging.

Sustainable September in WA – lots of events where you can learn about sustainable living, why not check out what’s on the calendar to find something near you?

Community Planting Day at Mordialloc Creek in Melbourne – organised by Living Links, a group trying to restore the ecosystem in Melbourne’s south-east.

Environment to be taught in schools – school students and teachers have joined forces to try and convince the Federal Government to add ‘the environment’ as a subject in the national curriculum.

Controversial coal plant in Borneo is sidelined – a huge win for environmentalists there! It would have been right on top of a marine park that protects a very biodiverse area.

Environment Victoria is working on reforming the Victorian Water Act – it needs to be updated so that the Minister has to do more than just ‘maintain’ system rather than ensure it’s healthy and useable in the long term. They’ve got a full report on the issue and could do with your support.

Review of IPCC calls for changes to its processes – a review of the UN group by a team of independent scientists from the InterAcademy Council says the IPCC needs a greater turnover of scientists, to ensure fresh perspectives on their work is found. The report gave the IPCC a general vote of confidence but proposed some changes to the setup to keep it on top of the important and frequently updating science of climate change.

Finally, a very cute video (narrated by John Cleese) about how it’s probably easier for us to stop climate change than it is for animals to adapt to it. From the Monterey Bay Aquarium…