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Posted by on in Arts and Entertainment
Could we, the human race, really miss an ever-narrowing chance to save the planet from the ravages of global warming? "The Age of Stupid," which will be screened in hundreds of venues around the world next week, contemplates this grim scenario with the open aim of galvanising a collective effort to ...
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Posted by on in Energy Efficiency
A few years ago, my family gathered in Mississippi for a funeral. While we were there, we undertook the renovation of a living area and found it was quick and easy to make some energy efficient choices. August 25, 2009 We replaced all of the regular light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs...
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Posted by on in General Environment
I. Introduction Recent times have witnessed a global concern for the environment. Protection of environment has posed not only a major challenge but also a social and moral responsibility in the present society. In point of fact, the subject of environment has interested the general public and caug...
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Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
An article in the Seattle Times about my home town of Edmonds. Which is the first city in Washington State to ban plastic bags. Way to go Edmonds! Link: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009555416_bagban29m.html?cmpid=2727 Edmonds has become the first city in the state to ban plastic...
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Right now you can do one thing – to celebrate Earth Day, to change your life and to make our world greener. It’s simple and you don’t have to spend money or wait for other people to get their act together. Go to www.tenhabits.org and pledge to change one habit for six months. You’ll see ten straigh...
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Posted by on in Green Products/Services
When EarthWorks Expo www.earthworks2009.com returns for the third year to the Denver Merchandise Mart (Aug. 22-23), it will offer attendees a comprehensive workshop schedule, two keynote presentations and 150 exhibitors showcasing Earth-friendly products and services. EarthWorks Expo’s 42 workshops...
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Posted by on in Sustainable Development
Get ready for this one – the latest "green" training is happening in prison. Instead of simply containing inmates for their wrongdoings, the Stafford Creek facility in Aberdeen, Washington is teaching individuals how to become contributing members of society. The Sustainable Prisons Project – a col...
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Posted by on in Uncategorized
San Francisco just put a law in effect making it mandatory to recycle and compost! Very interesting! The Board of Supervisors in San Francisco voted 9 to 2 for a mandatory composting and recycling program law. The intention is to aggressively reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and have the city send n...
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Posted by on in Peace
Celebrate the World Environment day with the Earth Charter! We are living in challenging times. As members of the community of life on Earth, we have jeopardized our own existence and the right to life of many other living beings through extensive environmental alteration. Our individual andshared ...
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Posted by on in Clean Technology
Have you thought about buying carbon offsets but weren't sure how?Do you know your carbon footprint?Would you like to know how energy-efficiency measures can reduce carbon dioxide emissions?Would you like to support new clean energy projects here in Colorado? The new Colorado Carbon Fund is helping...
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Posted by on in General Environment
Oil spills don't just happen when drunk supertanker captains screw up. There are small spills all over waiting to happen. I keep noticing this so I had to write about it.  Little tiny oil spills waiting to happen. There is one in my carport that I have to look at everyday. Someone who doesn't ...
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Posted by on in General Environment
Smart ShoppingBuy what you need, not what you want.Consider renting and borrowing things that are seldom needed.Buy used items from garage sales and second-hand stores. Simple SaversReplace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs.Use aerators on faucets and shower heads.Weatherstrip...
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The authors of the book, The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City, Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen, visited Environmental Charter High School and Green Ambassadors to promote sustainability within urban areas showing our students the alternative ways to create ...
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Posted by on in Forestry
On March 2, 2009, Common Vision visited Environmental Charter High School to promote the planting of fruit trees and recycling in artistic and upbeat ways. Common Vision and Green Ambassadors allied to plant fruit trees around the community of Lawndale. Groups of students and Common Vision members...
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Posted by on in Recycling
Being green is not something you only do at home or at school, but EVERYWHERE! On Saturday March 28, the softball team played proud and hard in the Westminster Tournament. After a long day, during their snack time, the girls had Gatorade bottles and orange peels left over. Practicing being Green A...
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"When the wisdom of the Grandmothers is heard, the world will heal."--Native American Prophecy Whoever really listens to Grandma? Seriously. She doesn't email, she doesn't text, she certainly doesn't have a blog. If you tell her you have one, she'll probably suggest you get it off before it stains....
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Posted by on in Peace
I'm definitely a campfire kid. As a boy I was lucky enough to get sent north every summer to live for a month or so in a cabin beside a lake, surrounded by thick forests of pine and birch, where I would learn to say strange Indian names, and be a Mohawk or an Algonquin or an Iroquois. We'd carve ti...
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Saving the earth is a deeply personal, every-day commitment. With all the information out there, why isn't it getting done? Following 10 simple steps will help reverse the trend for good. Approximately every ten years, a cycle repeats itself in the movement to save the earth. With each catastrophe...
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Posted by on in Green Design
My name is Christen, I am 16 and live in the US. Now I’m no special teenager. I go to school, try to get good grades, shop, hang out with friends, and secretly dream about prince charming saving me. So my Grandma and Uncle started this thing called Earth Protect “yeah, yeah I know “save the planet ...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
Aboriginals in Australia's Outback will be among the hardest hit Australians from climate change. It will cause great suffering both in disease increase but also from seeing their ancestral land ravaged. This news release by the Medical Journal or Australia, addresses the question in the Earth Prot...
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