26 Global Warming Awareness Innovations (CLUSTER)


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With the news of Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Gustav, it’s important to remember that we all play a big role in putting these hurricanes on steroids with our ignorant actions that contribute to global warming. That is why here at Trend Hunter, we take this opportunity to share with you a cluster of trends that educate and open our eyes about global warming and the disastrous effects we have to face if we do not get our act together and stop abusing mother earth. Via: trendhunter |
Environmental Wake-Up Calls - Global Warming Puts Hurricanes on Steroids (GALLERY)
Hurricane Gustav and the Farmers’ Almanac are just two of the latest reminders of global warming. In short, "global warming is putting hurricanes on steroids," according to a new report entitled “Increasing… [More]
Home Eco Awareness - 'Global Warming' Polar Bear Rug (GALLERY)
This poignant and haunting rug design shows a single polar bear stranded and alone on a tiny ice floe in a vast sea of blue water. The rug delivers a distressing message of the results of Global Warming… [More]
5 Jobs Created By Global Warming - Careers For Climate Change
These climate predictions and job opportunities are specific to the Great Lakes region. I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream. It's called global warming, and that means it's going to get...… [More]
Mutant Human Fish - "Stop Climate Change Before it Changes You" Campaign
This creative WWF print ad follows a previously featured global warming awareness campaign that used mutated humans as a warning of the dangers of global warming. The ad, which was created by Germaine… [More]
105 Ft Kangaroos - Space Art for Global Warming
An giant, white cardboard kangaroo is posing in Melbourne for a space-based photo shoot. Specifically, the 105 foot (32-metre) image of Australia's national animal is being used in a study on global warming… [More]
Mutant Humans as a Social Message - The Beacon's Reversing Evolution Campaign (GALLERY)
In celebration of the recent earth day on April 22th, the Beacon organization released a creative and powerful campaign entitled Evolution. The campaign asks you the following question: "Ready to go… [More]
Winter 2079 - Global Warming Ad Gags by Go Shout (VIDEO)
Very interesting campaign. Here's the setup: The video depicts winter in the year 2079. We should expect to see bleak, snow covered imagery, instead, we are presented with a hip pool party complete with… [More]
Redesigning Holland To Deal With Global Warming - Entire Country Will Float (GALLERY)
The climate change is already starting to influence architecture and building design. In order to adapt to rising sea levels and the fact that 20% of the country is already below sea level, Holland officials… [More]
Tower's Energy Could Power 20 Earths - Energy Tower May Reverse Global Warming
Global warming, energy problems, and water shortages could be solved by one gigantic invention: the Energy Tower. Researchers claim that the tower, which stands 3,000 feet high and measures 1,200 feet… [More]
Drying Up Aquariums - Global Warming Pushes Atlanta Aquarium to Drain Water
The world’s largest aquarium, the Georgia Aquarium, has drained some of its water exhibits in an effort to help conserve water during the city's worst drought ever. Georgia was never proactive in developing… [More]
Chanel Bicycle - Designers Against Global Warming
To do their part in the fight against global warming, Parisian fashion house, Chanel has customized a bicycle to debut with their Spring/Summer 2008 collection. "The hand-crafted design is decorated… [More]
Global Warming Becoming Real - Lake Lanier Disappearing (VIDEO)
After the worst drought in 100 years, Lake Lanier, the main water source for Atlanta’s four million inhabitants, could be bone dry in as little as 90 to 121 days. The Army Corps of Engineers want to… [More]
Animals Against Global Warming - Virgin Trains Ad
Virgin's latest commercial features "animals" at an emergency committee meeting on global warming by Grayson, the wise old owl. The ad is for Virgin Trains, particularly the Pendolina trains which emit… [More]
Northwest Passage Opens - Global Warming Melts Ice
The route long sought by explorers as a way to get from North America to Asia and Europe has opened. Before the opening of the Suez Canal in Egypt and the Panama Canal in Panama this route would have saved… [More]
Green Algae As Biofuel - A Slimy Solution To Global Warming (VIDEO)
A simple solution to rising global temperature could be floating in your neighbourhood already -- the slimy green gunk coating ponds may help contribute to a greener environment. "Like a breath mint… [More]
Naked On A Glacier - Hundreds Freeze For Global Warming Campaign (VIDEO)
If global warming doesn't stop, our grandchildren won't be able to see the Swiss glaciers. A campaign to raise awareness was held this weekend to draw attention to global warming. Famed photographer, Spencer… [More]
Global Warming Increases Flesh Eating Disease
Here's a scary fact: the damage we're doing to our planet might literally bite us in the butt! As global warming increases, so does the Leishmaniasis bacteria, a form of flesh-eating disease. The potentially… [More]
WWF's Solar Powered Billboard Warns About Global Warming (VIDEO)
Solar-powered, as in, with a solar battery? Or solar powered, as in, "respecting celestial mechanics" (like a sundial). You decide. But we know one thing for sure: WWF's latest billboard warning about… [More]
Massive Manmade Sunshield - Scientists Develop a Global Warming Safety Net
The 1991 eruption of the Mt. Pinatubo volcano caused a 1 degree Fahrenheit global cooling effect. The sulfur particles that were discharged from the volcano reflected sunlight away from the Earth's surface.… [More]
Vertical Farming - Skyscraper Farms to Combat Global Warming
Dr. Dickson Despommier, Columbia University professor of environmental sciences and microbiology, proposes that building crop farms on top of urban skyscrapers could provide food in land deficient populations… [More]
Global Warming - $2 Trillion in Natural Resources Uncovered
Several countries are fighting over territories being uncovered in the Arctic because of global warming: Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States. The feud is fueled by a potential… [More]
Anti-flatulence pill for cattle - Global warming gets new meaning
And you though humans had vile gas? Cattle flatulence has been said to be the cause of 4 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. German scientists have been researching ways to reduce the harmful gases and… [More]
Denmark Research Suggests Human Incidence in Global Warming is Minimal? (Doubtful)
Scientists at the National Space Center in Denmark assure that the human CO2 emissions to the atmosphere have a minimal effect in the transformation of the world climate compared to another factor, much… [More]
F-ck the Environment - Diesel's Global Warming Ready Campaign (GALLERY)
Diesel's latest advertising campaign is timely to say the least. The campaign depicts a drastically changed world, altered by the effects of Global Warming. Taking on a long time serious issue, but one… [More]
Burying CO2 To Combat Global Warming
Researchers in Japan have made great advances in demonstrating the viability of burying carbon dioxide emissions underground. Since CO2 has been fingered as the main culprit in the trend towards global… [More]
Global Warming Mug
This is an interesting way to demonstrate the effects of global warming. When you pour a hot liquid into the mug , Florida disappears, half of the eastern seaboard is underwater and shorelines recede all… [More]
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