Journalism Education - News & Environment

The CO2-footprint of your death

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:11:36 +0000

Your life has a CO2-footprint – but what about your death? Your death is your last CO2 footprint – but how big? Watch “Dying Eco-Friendly” here. The story is among a series of news of current affairs stories, produced by the International TV Class at the Danish School of Media and Journalism – [...]

Northern Lives – melting away?

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:10:58 +0000

If the Arctic is considered the world’s barometer for measuring climate change, then the Sami are at its mercury. For centuries the Sami have lived a nomadic life, prospering from herding reindeer across the Arctic wilderness. But recent development and a rapidly changing climate have broken the equilibrium – it is at risk of [...]

Kangaross, mice – and blind crawfish

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:24:06 +0000

We have collected a handfull of very different environment stories, written by GEJI exchange students in Monash University, Melbourne:

Worst mouse plague ever spreads across Australia

The city goes green

Healing country

The city goes green

A kangaroo steak on your plate won

Cop15, Cop16 – and no ambitions left

admin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:27:19 +0000

There was Hopenhagen.

And then, there was Flopenhagen.

We took a snapshot 9 months after Cop15, the United Nations huge climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark December 2009.

And again, we took a snapshot 14 months after Copenhagen, shortly after the much less hyped Cop16 in Cancun, Mexico.

Politicians and the media seemed to [...]

Renewable Energy – the European Way.

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:41:15 +0000

Have a drink and a smile in Scotland where whisky production turns green. Learn about Sahare solar panels in Germany – and solar panels already cover many roofs in Spanish cities. Brits want renewable energy but no wind turbines.

20 journalists covers alternative and renewable energy stratey in Europe. Read Euroviews 2010 here.

Samsø – the Green Island

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:22:19 +0000

Samsoe – the Green Island is an international online project involving 31 journalism students from all over the world. Their aim is to provide coverage of Samsoe’s success in becoming a CO2 neutral community.

Climate change has sparked a lot of global attention in recent years, but CO2 emissions are continually increasing worldwide.

The [...]

Biogas from pigs; bicycle riding; organic food…

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:09:44 +0000

Take a look at how foreign journalism students perceive the Danish environment-friendliness:

Biogas from pigs: http://webtv.djh.dk/view_video.php?viewkey=52637daa540ea9cbc474

Riding the bicycles: http://webtv.djh.dk/view_video.php?viewkey=d6b76c8436e924a68c45

Organic food; http://webtv.djh.dk/view_video.php?viewkey=0de0cfea955afd4644bb

Journalism students cover Climate Summit

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:58:10 +0000

See it: http://www.gejiweb.org/cop15/

We are a group of journalism students and teachers from the Danish School of Media and Journalism - and from around the world.

We are reporting for our own COP15 website powered through the Global Environmental Journalism Initiative GEJI project. We have during the climate summit a close coopering with the [...]

Supermarkets expand cheap organics sales

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:11:41 +0000

Rema 1000 Denmark is aggressively pushing cheap organic products. Organic farmers are sceptical of this development.

Cheap price and good quality: Christian Pedersen thinks it’s great that the Danish supermarkets sell discounted organic products.

By Hanne Marie Molde

COPENHAGEN: A special section for the vegetables, [...]

Reindeer herders face uncertain future

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:53:28 +0000

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.

Lauren Day and Sophie Tarr report on how a way of life is changing for the Sami people.

See their story at the Reportage Enviro site.

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