Go Reuseable at Lunch!
No commentsWe all know its important to bring your own reusable grocery bag to the grocery store and reuseable shopping bag to the mall. But, being corporate slaves as most of us are its equally important to bring your own reuseable lunch bag as well! That would save 260 paper and plastic bags per year if [...]
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Weekly Link Round-Up: 07/24/09
No commentsBethel City Council in Alaska bans plastic bags to help save the tundra. [Juneau Empire] Seattle continues its fight to initiate a plastic bag tax. [Oregon Live] Thinking green means bagging the bags. (The plastic bags, that is.) [Chicago Daily Herald] Volunteers needed to up the ante on recycling in Norwood, MA. [Daily News Transcript] [...]
Is Your Next Church Fundraiser In the Bag?
No commentsSpeaking of fundraising, we came across a recent article detailing great ideas for church fundraising, with helpful links and ideas for raffles, sales, bake-offs, and all the other usual suspects: All the fund raising ideas here are tried and tested but don’t forget its your hard work and enthusiasm that will deliver a really successful [...]
Reusable Bags Top the List For School Fundraiser Ideas
No commentsTrue, this school year may be drawing to a close, but it is never too early to start planning for next year! One thing to start thinking about: ideas for school fundraising. Chocolates and wrapping paper have always been a staple of fundraising, but as people become more environmentally conscious, a number of green fundraising [...]
San Francisco Lays Claim to Highest Recycling Rate in U.S.
No commentsLots of cities aim high when it comes to being ecologically sound, but few seem to meet those goals as consistently as San Francisco. Just today, the city’s mayor announced that the city took top honors in recycling, by managing to keep an impressive 72% of recyclable materials out of landfills. And we’re not talking [...]
Plastic Bag Debate Begins Anew in Madison
No commentsThe great discussion over plastic bags is heading up in Wisconsin: a proposal is going before Madison’s Common Council this week which, if passed, could ban throwing away clean plastic bags. It’s reportedly the first time such a proposal has made it on the Council agenda, and proponents argue that it’s an often glossed-over topic [...]
This Will Be Our Year: Gore Dubs 2009 “Gettysburg For the Environment”
No commentsU.S. Vice-President turned eco-activist Al Gore has been a major player in the fight against global warming in the past few years, and according to him the tides are about to turn in our favor. At a speech last Monday at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, Gore indicated that this year will be monumental [...]
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The Price is Green: Beloved Game Show Gets Active for Earth Day
No commentsEarth Day is coming! Only two more days away, it’s almost here! More news from the eco-front: things are getting greener up at CBS studios in Los Angeles, where the classic game show The Price is Right! will be getting an eco-friendly makeover for Wednesday’s episode. In observance of Earth Day, Wednesday’s episode of the [...]
Staying Green For The Kids
No commentsEco-awareness: for most people, it’s not something that happens overnight. It usually takes a long process of cultivation and understanding, and just growing up in a green household isn’t always enough. As with most things, it takes real meaningful interaction with your children to help them understand why and how you live the way you [...]
The Earth Day Cavalcade Continues!
No commentsEarth Day — it’s still coming! The eco-awareness world is abuzz with excitement, but one big question remains: why limit yourself to just one day? With the sheer amount of help this world needs, shouldn’t every day be Earth Day? This is the question that New York’s Star Gazette asks us today. As we are [...]
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