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And it only took 4 years! 😅😉

I think I'm going nuts! I hear those stupid cars everywhere all the time!

You can now choose between a light and a dark theme! 🥳

My partner has the same attitude towards Shein. She is also worried about the potential toxins, as well as the quality of the clothes (which can apparently differ a lot!). She knows fast fashion is bad, but the clothes from Shein look good, and they are really cheap compared to other brands. And in this economy, the price is important for a lot of people.

Thank you @Zarahs 😊

You and me both, mate. 😊 Cities would be so much better and pleasant if they weren't swamped by loud, dirty and dangerous cars.

Yes! We can still make meaningful change!

I really like the clothes from Shein – they have such great styles! However, I'm a bit concerned about the potential toxins that might be present in them. 😟

Congratulations on the upgrade! While I might not be familiar with all the technical details, the website looks great! 😊

I've just made some quick changes to the website design so that it looks a bit more Green Blog-ish. 😅

Yes again, sorry for the confusion. In the past, when I've upgraded the website, I've also finished updating and tweaking the website design as well. Usually this was done over the course of a weekend. But this time it'll take a bit longer due to the major changes in the software which Green Blog runs on, as well as personal life and all that. The important thing is that the content is still here and that the website functionality is the same. The design can be sorted out later.

I thought I was on the wrong site first lol 😅

Green Blog has now been upgraded. That means that status messages can no longer be posted and your old status messages are no longer visible to users.

Green Blog is looking a bit strange at the moment. Sorry about that! Over the weekend, I upgraded the software that Green Blog runs on, which means that we can't use our old website design any more. And a few more things are different. For example, status messages are no longer available. A new website design will come in the near future, under the meantime this will be how Green Blog looks and feel. If you have any questions or suggestions on how we can improve the website, please let me know. 😊

I thought it was weird how she seemed to have just dissapeard from the news one day.

I DON’T WANT SELF DRIVING CARS! I want boring things like public transit that comes so regularly I don’t need to check a schedule. I want fast passenger rail so accessible and easy it’s preferable to suffering airports. I want cities that aren’t built around cars-as-default.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter) the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio said that: "I will NOT attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg. South Africa is doing very bad things. Expropriating private property. Using G20 to promote “solidarity, equality, & sustainability.” In other words: DEI and climate change. My job is to advance America’s national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism." It's now official: Solidarity, equality and sustainability are now "anti-Americanism". But I think we already knew that.

Yes, it's infuriating and shocking. And just look at all those attendees in the crowd, they are applauding and cheering him on as he does a Nazi salute. Disgraceful. They don't even pretend any more. If there’s a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with 11 Nazis. It's as simple as that. They are all Nazis.

Why does it seem that former media-darling Greta Thunberg has “gone quiet”? Well, she hasn't. She is still out there protesting against climate delayers and the climate crisis, it's just that the media has stopped covering her. But why? I think climate justice activist and author Tori Tsui explains the reason behind this very eloquently in this video: 0b6e31572d2a43dd.mp4 "When she [Greta Thunberg] started making the connection between capitalism, colonialism, the genocide, all of these different forms of oppression, she did disappear from mainstream media, because she is getting to the crux of the matter, and the ruling class doesn't want that."

Efter 30 år har nu SJ valt att lämna Naturskyddsföreningens miljömärkning Bra miljöval. Anledningen till att SJ valde att lämna den välkända miljömärkningen var för att tågoperatören ville börja använda sig av fossilfri el från bland annat kärnkraft, i stället för enbart förnybar el. Vilket det sistnämnda är ett krav för att få använda märkningen Bra miljöval. Sveriges Natur skriver att SJ sade upp avtalet redan i maj förra året och att licensavtalet för miljömärkningen löpte ut i november 2024. Vidare skriver man att SJ valde att gå över till fossilfri el redan under sommaren, vilket resulterade i att SJ bröt mot avtalet med Bra miljöval och tvingades att betala en okänd straffavgift till Naturskyddsföreningen. Det är oerhört tråkigt att SJ efter så här lång tid har valt att lämna Bra miljöval och sluta använda förnybar el till sina tåg. Och det är sorgligt att Naturskyddsföreningen nu också har förlorat en av sina största licenstagare – vilket säkerligen kommer påverka miljöföreningens ekonomi. Det är uppenbart att SJ har valt att börja använda sig av fossilfri el för att det är billigare än el från förnybara källor. Precis som för alla andra har SJ också drabbats av den senaste tidens kostnadsökningar. Och ja, SJ må vara statligt, men tågoperatören har belagts med ett orimligt lönsamhetskrav vilket gör att tågoperatören måste minimera sina kostnadsökningar – i stället för att satsa på grön tågtrafik för samhällsnyttans och klimatets skull. Och i dessa tider när miljö och klimat tyvärr inte längre ter sig lika viktigt så tänker nog SJ-ledningen att en övergång från förnybar el till billigare el från kärnkraftverk är en PR-skada som de lätt kan svälja.

I've just updated the link to the WMO article that was broken. Thanks to everyone who e-mailed me about it.

Thank you for those kind words @Zarahs I agree with you, it's hard for online communities and forums like this one to compete with the big social media sites like Facebook and whatnot. But Green Blog has been online since 2007 (in various forms) and I've seen how fast things can change when it comes to both traffic and engagement. I'm confident that while we - and other forums - are currently experiencing a real and severe downturn, I'm sure we'll still be here in another decade and more thanks to people like you who keep forums active and fun.