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Canada still dramatically lags behind other developed nations in demonstrating a tangible commitment to the environment. A 2008 analysis by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy in collaboration with the financial services and consulting firm Deloitte concluded that Canada currently ranks sixth among the eight major economies when it is evaluated across five key categories and cheap cell phone comprehensive indicators necessary for low-carbon performance. In comparison to the rest of the G8, Canada continues to fall severely behind in the creation of green energy jobs, sustainable energy investments and renewable technologies. Simply put, Canada has some serious catch up to do in the Green Race.

Although this isn’t a pitch from some naive Sinophile there is much to be admired in China’s emerging grassroots environmental effort. There should be no doubt that China’s environmental performance will greatly affect the health and well-being of Canadians too! And, of course, the environmental consequence of our voracious appetite for cheap consumer goods gives us greater responsibility.

Simply put Environment Canada should be doing more to help China protect endangered species and disappearing habitat, to conserve energy, rehabilitate its fresh water and reduce carbon and other greenhouse gases.free shipping cell phone accessories For that to happen Canadians and our leaders a need a new type of thinking, one that looks towards the future and not back at the past, which contributes to meeting the world’s problems rather than just talking about them.

Another interesting idea to emerge from the Campus Network this year is from Cornell University student James Underberg. James proposes that New York State should allow agencies to internalize environmental and labor costs when choosing among bidders for a development contract. Another example of Millennials’ attention to the crosscutting nature of environmental values across policy areas, James’s idea would shift the development paradigm in his state from a one-dimensional cost consideration to a holistic determination that takes environmental damage into consideration.

The Millennial green movement is a movement of future economists, health experts, rights activists, educators, and diplomats, each aware of the interrelation of their disciplines to the global fight for environmental protection. Whether you see them or not, the leaders of tomorrow are already working around the clock to find ways to reform the market to reflect this generation’s demands for a cleaner future.

In a press statement, the Bruno Manser Fund sharply criticized the lack of transparency of the Malaysian dam plans which will cause the forced displacement of tens of thousands of indigenous people and will irreversibly destroy hundreds of square kilometers of tropical forests.