16 GB mp3 players and the new blood minerals

October 3rd, 2011 | Posted by iip in Smart techno - (0 Comments)

apple-ipod-touch-16-gbBe aware, your components of portable mp3 player or cellphones  could be sourced from the conflicts mineral in Congo.  Must consumers aren’t realize where their components of their mp3 players from. VOA says most (electronics) components are produced from minerals  mined by armed groups in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.

People must aware while buying mp3 players, cellphones or video game. The manufacture should buy minerals from conflict-free area. If you buy products that contain the minerals from conflict area such Congo, so you indirectly allows outlaws factions to continue a conflict that are brutal, violence conscription of child soldiers.

Raise Hope For Congo lists some minerals that traded by armed groups:

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China and carbon trade

October 2nd, 2011 | Posted by iip in Earth - (0 Comments)

I think China will become the most powerful country in coming years, as the US and its alliances are experiencing slow-down economic rate and debt-crisis.

The powerful country roles as trend setter in world economic movement, including in carbon trade. Environmental commodities such carbon, are important measures of world action to reduce climate change effects.

A global conference on carbon trade was held in Beijing in April 1-2, 2009.  China Carbon Trade Summit 2009 responses the emerging global market of carbon trading. Reports says estimation of  global carbon trading market size will reach US$150 billion by 2012. This market potentially reach US$ 3 trillion over the next 20 years. (more…)

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