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Category: Do Good
Greening of America: Green Video
August 21, 2008
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Sierra Club's "Lightbulbs to Leadership" campaign is trying to get global warming at the top of the list this election season. You can help!
More Green Schools Being Built: Eco News
August 21, 2008
Step by step, America is becoming greener. Citizens like us are making an effort to run a more eco-friendly home, while offices, companies and other places of business, like the Hearst Tower in New York City, use energy-conserving appliances, air conditioning, and heating units. Happily, schools are the next institution to turn green.Since 2000, nearly 100 public and private schools have been certified as eco-friendly by the U.S. Green...
National Sierra Club Backs Obama for President: Green Video
August 12, 2008
A new television spot airing in key battleground states that contrasts John McCain and Barack Obama's plans for dealing with America's energy crisis. In this week's news the National Sierra Club underscores maintains America cannot afford another president who sides with Big Oil instead of consumers.Minimalist Fitness: Go Green
August 11, 2008
This week on CBS Sunday Morning the Fast Draw guys mentioned that overweight people actually get worse gas mileage, which shocked us so much we dropped our potato chips. But in this economy, the gym membership may be the first thing to go on the “extras” list. If you don’t have perfect weather to run or jog in (or just hate running) you may think you’re stuck carrying around that extra jiggle. But wait! Leo over at Zen Habits recently posted...
Simply Good Media Blogs Transition to Green Servers
August 6, 2008
The Green Grid
Simply Good Media, which includes the popular fashion blog The Budget Fashionista as well as the environmental blog The Budget Ecoist, among others, is walking the walk when it comes to its business.
This past weekend Simply Good Media moved all of its web ###### to Rackspace servers. Our new Rackspace server environment uses eco-friendly components such as:
* Powerful, low voltage processors;
* Energy-efficient hard drives and...
Eyeglasses: Recycle This
August 1, 2008
It's been two years...time to get your vision checked again. Afterall, we don't want to let those peepers view the world through less-than-stellar glasses (and there are some cute new glasses you've had your, um, eye on).
You might be tempted to keep that old pair of glasses but most likely you won't be using them (and if your prescription changes, it's not a good idea to go between glasses).
So put them to use! (Someone else's use)...
Kitchen Gardeners Int’l Wants the Next President Grow a Garden on the White House Lawn: Green Video
July 25, 2008
This report by New England Cable News features "Eat the View", KGI's campaign to encourage the next President to grow a garden on the White House lawn. For more info, see EatTheView.orgPresidential Hopefuls on the Environment, Part 2: Green Video
July 22, 2008
Following up on Thursday's video post on the Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama's stance on the environment, here is Republican Presidential-hopeful John McCain's position on the environment.Clear Clutter for Clean Water: Do Good
July 17, 2008
In this ever-increasing eco-conscious world we live, water is on the tip of everybody’s tongues. America is facing major crises with floods in some regions, hundreds of wild fires in others, and droughts throughout. As horrible as all of that may sound, the majority of us can all still go to our faucet (because we are drinking from our faucets and not sucking at the teet of the plastic bottle!) and access clean drinking water without a whole...
Hulalagirls.com: Gaming for a Green Planet
July 12, 2008
Tired of the same old video and computer games? Wanting to do something with your brain other than numb it? Hulalagirls.com just may be your answer. Hulalagirls.com allows you to play online games - starring princesses of the sea, earth and sky - that raise environmental awareness. Hulalagirls is dedicated to conserving and protecting nature through their Hulala Naturality initiative, where they strive to balance conservation with good...
Messenger Bags for a Cause: Green Fashion
June 25, 2008
Don't you just love scoring something super cute that also makes you feel super great? Enter two blogs that offer environmentally-friendly messenger bags as fundraisers.
Bags for Zaza is a fundraiser conducted by Jennie in British Columbia. Family members of Jennie are in the process of adopting a little girl from Colombia (currently referred to as 'Zaza', thus the blog name). Jennie thought she could combine her sewing know-how, with...
DVR This - Big Ideas for a Small Planet on Sundance: Green Home
April 30, 2008
The Sundance Channel just launched a new season of The Green and if you want some ideas to green up your home, check out Big Ideas for a Small Planet, specifically the “Decorate� and “Gadgets� episodes. “Decorate,� the show that asks the question, “Can we make green design the rule, instead of the exception?� has already aired, but you can tune in to the Sundance website for tales of making furnishings sustainable instead of...
Loans that Change Lives: Do Good
February 10, 2008
What: Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world. By choosing a loan on Kiva, you can “sponsor a business” and help the world’s working poor make great strides towards economic independence. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates from the entrepreneur you’ve sponsored. As loans are repaid, you get your loan money back.
The Lowdown: Kiva
...Last Year’s Prom Dress: Recycle This
February 7, 2008
It’s February, spring is just around the corner. And every high school girl knows what spring means: prom season.
Ahh, yes, that first time many of us get dressed to the nines, actually pay someone to do our hair, our nails, maybe even our makeup (if we’re feeling extraordinarily lazy). Prom is often the biggest social event of most high schoolers lives, and yet for others it’s a struggle with self esteem. Many young girls can’t afford
...Energy Star: Do Good
February 5, 2008
So, what exactly is Energy Star? According to their website, “Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.�
The Energy Star logo makes purchasing energy-saving products an easier process. For example, we recently had to purchase a new dishwasher. The first thing we
...New Eyes for the Needy: Do Good
February 2, 2008
New Eyes for the Needy is a non-profit organization founded in 1932; its mission is to improve the vision of the needy, both in the United States and overseas.
Last year alone, New Eyes for the Needy provided new prescription eyeglasses to 5,538 people in the United States.
Recycled glasses are collected in the U.S., sorted by volunteers and repackaged for distributed overseas. These glasses are given free of charge to the poor and
...GreenDimes: Do Good
January 27, 2008
We can safely say that about 75% of the mail we receive each day is unwanted junk mail. We recycle every bit of it, some of it we can even compost. But you know what chaps our hide? The fact that we have to do this at all. Why is it our responsibility to ensure that all of this marketing fluff is disposed of correctly? If these companies never hear from us, you would think that logic would prevail and eventually they would slim down their
Coffee for a Cause: Organic Food
January 27, 2008
Green Mountain Coffee has teamed up with the National Wildlife Federation to produce Fair Trade Organic coffee. Sales of this coffee help provide habitat for songbirds and other wildlife.
The National Wildlife Blend is comprised of Fair Trade and Organic Central and South American coffees from family-owned farms that raise shade-grown coffees. These shaded farms provide habitat for countless species of migratory songbirds – in
...Dress for Success: Do Good
January 26, 2008
“Dress for Success solves the “Catch-22� that confronts disadvantaged women trying to enter the workforce: without a job, how can you afford a suit? But without a suit, how can you get a job? “
Dress for Success is not only an amazing non-profit agency focused on helping increase women’s self-sufficiency, they also provide a valuable resource to ensure good clothing that is no longer needed by its current owner,
...Eat Local: Do Good
January 20, 2008
Have you ever tasted a piece of fruit straight off the tree? We hope you have. If so, you probably know that food picked fresh from the tree is far tastier than most super market varietals. Taste is one of the reasons to eat local. Tomatoes aren’t in season, well, anywhere in the United States right now. (Although we will concede that there are people with greenhouses who are able to grow their tomatoes year round, but we’re
