Did you finally give up using paper towels? Did you switch out all the incandescent bulbs in your house to LEDs? Maybe you gave away your car and bought a bike. Or planted a huge organic garden to grow more of your own food. Started raising chickens in the back yard? (Free range, of course!) […]
My apologies to any of you who are elated with the results of yesterday’s elections. And my condolences to any of you who think that the world has come to an end. I’m in neither camp. Though I still canvas, and phone bank, and vote for candidates I support, I’ve come to terms with the limitations […]
Well, not exactly. I mean, I don’t want to be buried alive, or anything weird like that. But I’ve been to enough funerals and burials to know that they’re usually wasted on the person being laid to rest. The people left behind – those still alive, in other words – get to have all the fun. […]
BlogHer is the world’s largest network of women bloggers. As such, it commands substantial financial sponsorships from multi-national conglomerates, many of whom jump at the chance to peddle their wares to the thousands of attendees who throng BlogHer’s annual conferences. After all, these women are bloggers: their online presence functions like a giant megaphone to the rest of […]
1.6kviews Kids are going green, and not just at home. A cadre of student activists at Piney Branch elementary school in Takoma Park, MD, are agitating to replace the throw-away polystyrene lunch trays used in their public school cafeteria with reusable, washable ones. They’ve raised over $10,000 towards the purchase of a dishwasher to clean […]
Big Green Purse urges consumers to shift their spending to greener products and services as a faster way to protect people and the planet. But that can be tough if you can’t find environmentally-friendly products at the stores where you commonly shop. After all, currently, only 3.5% of the produce in most grocery stores is organic. Most of the paper […]
Cleaning up the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico takes lots of hands — and lots of money. Volunteers are needed to scrub oil off turtles and birds, scoop oil off beaches, and monitor wetlands for damage. Groups managing clean-up efforts need more financial support so they can try to minimize the terrible consequences […]
Can kids save the world? The kids who founded GreenMyParents sure think so! This youth-led movement is officially launching on Earth Day with a plan to inspire peers, parents and millions of American families to go green. In the process, they aim to save $100 Million by this time next year. How? It will start […]
