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June 23rd, 2008
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The National Wildlife Federation recently finished a send-a-letter-to-the-EPA widget and Facebook application that sends an official message to the Environmental Protection Agency urging them to recognize the impact greenhouse gases are having on our planet. We’re trying to drum-up up some support for their cause. If you’re so inclined, we’d appreciate a link to either application! Thanks so much!
Widget: http://www.clearspring.com/wid.....8e92491714
Facebook Application: http://apps.new.facebook.com/speakupforwildlife/
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Ken did not rate this post.Greetings:
This week Britannica is offering a quick, handy guide to the views of the 4 presidential and VP candidates on issues related to the environment and animal welfare.
The guide is appearing in 4 daily posts, on the following topics:
Part 1: Drilling, Mining, and Energy (Oct.6)
Part 2: Animal Welfare & Protection (Oct. 7)
Part 3: Global Warming (Oct.
Part 4: Environmental Conservation (Oct. 9)
We thought you and your readers might be interested in this series. Thanks much.
Theodore Pappas did not rate this post.Thanks, Theodore.
Ken did not rate this post.Many familiar with the issue of poverty know it mostly has a female face. Although women perform two-thirds of the world’s work and grow more than half the world’s food, they represent 70 percent of those living in poverty and own only 1 percent of the world’s land.
Women’s funds worldwide raise the visibility of poverty and its impact on families, while also investing in women-led solutions to dismantle poverty on a local, national and global scale.
Please help to dismantle poverty by doing one simple act—recycling your cell phones. Women’s Funding Network and Good Deed Foundation are working to turn your unwanted cell phones into money and practical support to dismantle poverty around the world!
Please recycle your old phones: http://www.wfnet.org/take-action/recycle. You can find tools to help spread the word: http://www.wfnet.org/take-action/recycletoolkit.
Dawn did not rate this post.Thank you, Dawn.
Ken did not rate this post.Here’s a pretty cool product you might want to write about: http://www.theenergydetective.com
It’s a household energy monitor that gives you real time information about how much electricity you’re using. Really helps energy conservation, which helps save you a ton on your energy bill!
Jake did not rate this post.Thanks Jack.
Ken did not rate this post.Thanks for your great blog. I’m writing to bring your attention to our new product, the EarthBinder. This is a 100% recycled content looseleaf binder. Its a great alternative for those looking to go low-impact.
Thanks!
Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller did not rate this post.SpeedBinder, Inc.
One Biosphere makes laws work for humans, habitats and the globe. With our non-partisan, independent approach, One Biosphere promotes sustainable solutions to difficult environmental problems. The OneBiosphere website is located at http://www.onebiosphere.com/ and the Environmental Forum at http://www.onebiosphere.com/forum/
One Biosphere encourages and sponsors innovative research, sensible analysis and original publications to inspire, inform and empower citizens, policy-makers, business leaders, and environmental advocates globally. One Biosphere is committed to its role of environmental leadership in all facets of environmental protection.
Kate Miller did not rate this post.Hello,
I am a professor at a Southwest University and have started a research project on the environmental impact of wineries and wine regions to the environment. A consumer survey has been created and would like to have this offered to anyone that wishes to take it.
the site is http://www.surveymonkey.com/ecowine
Thank you for your consideration.
Nelson Barber, PhD
Nelson Barber, PhD did not rate this post.hey everyone,
I am taking a resource and ecology class in college. They need me to do some blogging on some websites. I was wondering if you guys heard what there doing in Cuba. I watched on a video on there sustainability after the collapse of the Soviet Union. They are supposedly said to be the “most sustainable country in the world,” well thats what I read somewhere. This is a site that describes whats there:
http://www.cityfarmer.org/cuba.html
I am pretty new at this, so can you give me some feedback for me and for my class. Thanks!
Andrew M. did not rate this post.A plastic fork takes over a 1000 years to decompose – yet we only use it once. So much unnecessary waste is created in New York and across the country when we order take out. America produces 25 percent of the worlds garbage, how much of that is unnecessary food packaging?
The Eco-To-Go program has already launched at participating restaurants in New York City; the concept being that when you order takeout, you should advise the restaurant that you want your order to be Eco-To-Go.
Restaurants will respond by delivering the food, with no extras, such as unnecessary napkins and plastic utensils, as you have all you need at home. It also hopes to encourage restaurants to use greener packaging.
Please read more about the Ecoagents at ecoagents.org and eco-to-go.org
Eco To Go – Plastic Love (PSA)
Hunter Woo did not rate this post.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Ekmm_h_u0
Here is a New York Times article relating to plastic bag use in New York City. The mayor has proposed a 5-cent per bag piece of legislation, but the numbers surrounding this bill are staggering. This article also suggests that the “break” from plastic to reusable bags is not entirely clear. This development should be interesting to follow.
Title: “Taxing Plastic Bags, From Pennies Here to Millions There” by Jennifer Lee
Website: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes......amp;st=cse
Thank you!
Natalie G. Los did not rate this post.Thanks Natalie
Ken did not rate this post.Hi all, My name is Mark Weir and I work for a company called StrawJet. We just released a new video on YouTube which talks about our product. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvgKlog45jY
Here is what we do:
StrawJet has developed a unique process for the manufacture of structural building components from a variety of waste agricultural stalks. Designed for rapid deployment and ease of construction, a…
Mark Weir did not rate this post.StrawJet has developed a unique process for the manufacture of structural building components from a variety of waste agricultural stalks. Designed for rapid deployment and ease of construction, and requiring minimal operator training, the StrawJet System is flexible enough to handle everything from village-based to industrial-size manufacturing operations. The StrawJet approach combines a portable design with a patented easy-to-operate machinery to provide renewable building material with little or no ecological impact. The StrawJet System delivers a cost-competitive solution to growing worldwide building demand, while protecting both domestic and foreign environmental concerns and significantly reducing the carbon foot print of construction.
There’s a great conference coming up for those of you in the San Diego area focusing on green careers. Lots of great speakers, panels and breakout sessions on a wide variety of growing green industries (solar power, wind power, green building, waste & wastewater, entrepreneurship, etc.)
It’s put on by the San Diego Renewable Energy Society and The Solar Living Institute. Here is a press release.
Erica did not rate this post.I thought I would let you know about yours2share.com and my blog at yours2share.com/blog/ I believe sharing is one of the fundamental building blocks for a better environment in the future.
yours2share enables people to find like-minded partners to share any valuable asset, either through joint ownership or rental sharing. It’s independent and free to use. The website has extensive guidance on how sharing works, and template contracts.
Whilst second homes and yachts are usually an anathema to environmentalists, perhaps yours2share can help ensure that at least they are used for often, and not left empty most of the time. There is great scope for sharing anything valuable and infrequently used. Other obvious areas are: mobile homes (why are these so rarely shared?) and cars (people now often have third and fourth cars that are rarely used), but also what about bikes, sewing machines, gym equipment, photographic equipment, gardening equipment. People keep coming up with new ideas.
Sharing enables people to use items they either couldn’t afford or justify; it also often allows them to buy higher quality items and maintain them to a higher, and often more environmentally friendly standard. If we learnt to share just a bit more, there would be less space taken with parked cars, moored boats, endless sheds and less demand for more houses, and so on.
Finally sharing creates virtual communities of each private syndicate. Often sharing a boat, mobile home, lawnmower or whatever with a group of like-minded pals becomes the most important benefit of all to the syndicate members, something they had rarely considered at the outset.
It takes time for people to understand how sharing can benefit them, but once they start they often become passionate about it, rather like me!
Sophie Garrett did not rate this post.Have you seen the fight that’s going on in Seattle over plastic bags? The ACC just dumped $500,000 into a local campaign!
http://seattletimes.nwsource.c.....gn21m.html
Ansley did not rate this post.Nice article! Thanks Ansley.
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