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How foreigners look at…
Biogas from pigs, bicycle riding, organic food - all parts of Denmark’s image and reality. Watch tv pieces created by international TV students.
Copenhagen COP15 Climate Summit:
GEJI students reported from Copenhagen - see the stories here, written by a group of international students at the Danish School of Journalism.
Supermarkets expand cheap organics sales
Supermarket chain Rema 1000 is aggressively pushing cheap organic products in Denmark. Organic farmers are sceptical of this development. Norwegian journalist Hanne Marie Molde reports from Denmark.
Go visit Sillamae - the town was a secret for 40 years
During the Soviet regime, factories in Sillamae refined uranium for power plants and weapon, and was inaccessible. Two GEJI students - Lauren Day and Johanna Lindfors - report from Estonia.
Raised up on a sea of change
Norway’s Sami reindeer herders face an uncertain future, with the prospect of a changing climate and increasing development due to oil resources in the Arctic. See GEJI journalists Lauren Day and Sophie Tarr’s report.
Dark clouds on a clear day
Fears about the environment have been linked to a growing number of mental health issues in young people, writes UTS student Mary Fallon in the Sydney Morning Herald. Also read her story on kids’ fear for future bushfires.
Wind and food - that’s Denmark
Windmills and organic food. That, along with bicycles, is what Denmark is known for, when it’s about the environment. See 2+2 tv-productions from international TV students in Århus Denmark.
Heavy GEJI presence at climate conference
The GEJI universities and journalism schools has a significant presence at the Global Dialogue conference, going on in Århus Denmark from 3.-6. of November 2009. Masters students of journalism blog from the event.
Read more - and join the discussion about journalists as reporters or missionaires.
GEJI students to cover COP15 in Copenhagen.
This website - GEJIweb.org - will turn into a news site during the COP15, covering the activities in Copenhagen in December. Stay tuned - and read more.
350 - and not higher; read reports from the Day of Climate Action
Saturday October 24th marked the “350_ day globally; a day of climate action, activities and events.
Read the GEJI reporters’ reports from the UK, Australia and Hong Kong - and updates from around the world!
A GEJI survey: Plasticbags are still all over
A GEJI international survey of thousands of shoppers showed that supermarket chains in many countries have failed to stem plastic bag consumption.
Journalism students from universities in Europe, Asia and Australia collaborated in producing a major report about plastic bag use, observing more than 6500 supermarkets shoppers. Check the surprising results here.
The CO2 trading - flawy but necessary The EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) has many flaws, but the arguments against it have at least as many. Jesper Rolin investigates the Europeans’ CO2 trading.
Dairy troubles, climate struggles call for innovation The economic crisis hits the agricultural industry hard this time around. At the same time, the production of meat and milk is a significant contributor to the emission of greenhouse gases. Maybe the time is nigh for an industry makeover? Anne Shifley reports from Germany.
Garden eaters or global threat? The infamous killer slug poses not only a threat to your garden plant; they are much more than that. Check Thorsten Weitling on the slimy killer slug threat.
Sweden goes nuclear - again Chernobyl proved that there is no room for mistakes when it comes to nuclear power. Nevertheless, Sweden is back on the nuclear bandwagon. Gemma Black explains how and why.
Scientists tell PM and coal industry: Act on Climate Change; stop using coal Australia’s top climate scientists have written to the Prime Minister and coal industry CEOs, urging them to take responsibility for their role in climate change and to shut down coal-fired power stations – the major source of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia. UTS journalist Elaine McKewon reports - Read more…
NGOs Hold Breath While Denmark Decides on Australian Toxic Waste Germany said no, so now the Australian Government is trying to convince Denmark to take care of one of the world’s biggest amounts of HCB – an extremely dangerous toxic waste. - Read more…
March 23: GEJI project officially launched in Sydney - read the report from the event at UTS, the lead Australian partner.
Beyond Kyoto conference on climate change - 5.-7. March 2009
Read our online coverage of the Climate Change scientific conference in Århus, Denmark. It was covered by international journalism students from the Danish School of Media and Journalism. More than 100 news items were posted during two days.
Once again, the rich spoke about the absent poor
The Århus message: Send more money
Forests are the best carbon absorbers
India weathers even harder times
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Biofuel has limited effect in Danish cars
The cars driving around on the danish roads are only able to use very little amounts of biofuel. The cars that can really benefit from biofuel do exist, but they are very hard to find in Denmark.
“See the world outside of yourself” 
Denmark, pioneer of agricultural development.
Demonstrations might turn into violent scenes, when thousands of activists meet in Copenhagen in December during the Climate summit.
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