Articles tagged “Green Challenges”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Can Soccer and Microfinance Change the World? By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect May 12 2010 Ashoka's Changemakers has two great competitions right now for innovative, solutions-oriented ideas. + READ MORE

Strip Mines to Bee Hives, and 4 Other Amazing Transformations from Wasteland Into Thriving Habitat By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Travel & Outdoors May 3 2010 Humans can turn an ecosystem upside down in no time flat. But what about when it comes to restoring habitats? While we can be equally as creative in finding solutions, they take a lot more time and effort. But the effects are worth it. Here are five fabulous projects that illustrate how much thought and planning is required to give land a fighting chance at being healthy again. + READ MORE

Digging Deeper: Sustainable Design Ideas Need Your Vote By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Apr 13 2010 The Digging Deeper sustainable design competition is soliciting votes for the winner of 21 entries, from online farmer's markets to convenience store growables. + READ MORE

Read This Book and Achieve World Peace by 2048. No, Really! By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Apr 12 2010 Is it possible for everyone in the world to be held to an ultimate rule, an internationally recognized agreement that requires global social order based on human rights? + READ MORE

Commit to Going Green with the EPA's 'Pick 5 for the Environment' By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Work & Connect Mar 5 2010 It can be difficult to stick with all the things you plan to do to benefit the environment. But the EPA has a great new program to get Americans to commit and stick with it. + READ MORE

How to Send Tents and More to Haiti Now By Care2.com IN Work & Connect Feb 24 2010 After recently returning from two weeks in Haiti, the number one thing I am asked by people is ?what can I do to help?? As a result, I put together the list below with a few specific ways that you can have supplies delivered to people in need. + READ MORE

Building The Good Life: Things To Leave Behind, and Things To Add In By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Feb 19 2010 As a group, Americans are learning to go without these things primarily for financial reasons. Thankfully, there are also environmental and psychological benefits as well. But we thought the list could get bulked up a bit. So we're adding in a handful of things we hope we all learn to leave behind, as well as a handful of things we can add in all to build up a better life. + READ MORE

Nokia Launches Contest to Create Tech for Developing Nations By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Jan 13 2010 Nokia has launched its third annual Calling All Innovators challenge which aims to put the brightest minds to the task of developing technology that benefits developing countries. + READ MORE

A Letter from a Senior Citizen to Young People: Don't Make the Mistakes We Made By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Jan 11 2010 My name is Gene Steele, I live in Oakland, Ca. and I want to change the world. I was born in 1945 and have lived through several horrific wars and the ever present threat of man's self destruction through global nuclear conflict. Yet, I have never felt so vulnerable as I have since becoming aware of the measure of damage that has been done to our planet, mainly by those of my generation. + READ MORE

Reducing Your Impact: A Guide to New Year's Resolutions for 2010 By Ashwin Seshagiri IN Home & Garden Dec 31 2009 All too often, New Year's resolutions lose their luster after just a month or two. The gym seems that much farther away. That chocolate chip cookie looks that much tastier. As many of us consider resolutions for tomorrow, here are a few tips for making one that's right for you. + READ MORE

21 Holiday-Inspired Haikus to Warm Your Heart and Cool the Planet By Erin Hollingsworth IN Work & Connect Dec 14 2009 We asked for your best holiday-sweater-as-muse haikus and you delivered. Here we present our favorites (read all submissions that are actually haikus-hey, it's the holidays) in two categories. First the vaguely kind of sort of at least trying to be green haikus and then the definitely about holiday sweaters but not so much green but we know you're green anyway and want to share your haiku section. Please enjoy and let us know your favorites in the comments. + READ MORE

A Plastic Planet: The Price of a Bargain? By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Dec 2 2009 Global demand for basic petrochemicals and plastics has increased about 4.5% per year since the 1980s and Americans now consume roughly 100 billion plastic bags annually; producing these bags requires approximately 12 million barrels of crude. + READ MORE

Enter the Planet Green 'I Love My Holiday Sweater' Haiku Contest! By Erin Hollingsworth IN Fashion & Beauty Dec 1 2009 Love your ancient, vintage, childhood, grandmother's gift of other holiday sweater? Write a haiku to show your love. Then submit your haiku in our holiday sweater haiku contest. We'll choose our favorites and post them on PlanetGreen.com + READ MORE

Fee Fie Foe Unplug, Are You as Green as an Englishman? By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Nov 23 2009 A new study conducted in England is giving clues to how the environmental movement has influenced Brits. Understanding Society tracks the behaviors and attitudes of 100,000 people, in a variety of age groups, across the country. Though attitudes towards environmentalism and environmental issues are only one small part of the study, the findings are very interesting for people in England and around the world. + READ MORE

President Obama, Discovery, and the Future of Science Education By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Nov 23 2009 This morning, the White House plans to acknowledge Discovery Communications' commitment to furthering science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. The company, of which Planet Green is a part, will announce a new block of programming, educational curriculum, and tools to help foster excellence and develop new careers in these fields. + READ MORE

Greenpeace Declares Human Existence is 'Under Threat,' Climate Change to Blame By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Nov 16 2009 Greenpeace has a new executive director. Kumi Naidoo, a veteran of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and a leading advocate in the battle against global poverty, is the first African, and first person from outside the organization, to be selected to head Greenpeace. His background is in defending human rights, particularly those of people made vulnerable by drought and natural disasters. Though his career has not focused solely on environmental activism, he argues that the division between human suffering and environmental degradation has been erased. + READ MORE

Fight Fear: 13 Optimistic Acts for Friday the 13th By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Nov 13 2009 At least once, and as many as three times, every year, Friday falls on the 13th day of the month. If that makes you a bit nervous, you might have a case of paraskevidekatriaphobia, the fear of Friday the 13th. You could stay indoors all day, hoping you don't slip in the shower or start a fire with a forgotten tea kettle, or you could take matters into your own hands. Instead of cowering in fear, fight it by doing something that encourages optimism. + READ MORE

Vote for the Best Agent of Change in the BBC World Challenge '09 By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Nov 9 2009 Organized by the BBC with support from Newsweek and Shell, World Challenge '09 seeks to honor "projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown enterprise and innovation at a grass roots level." This year, the fifth that the competition has been held, the finalists represent the greatest diversity yet seen. + READ MORE

FIRST is the Varsity Sport of the Mind By David DeFranza IN Tech & Transport Nov 3 2009 The participation is incredible: more than 250,000 students from across the country, locked in heated competition, working to build more 17,000 robots. With more than $12 million in university scholarships up for grabs, the stakes are high. Welcome to the world of FIRST. + READ MORE

The Charter for Compassion Draws Strength from a Simple Idea By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Nov 2 2009 Karen Armstrong's take on religion, motivated by her experience as a Catholic nun and inspired by the study of modern literature, is one that emphasizes similarities over differences and compassion over judgment. Her books commonly spark controversy—indeed, her views tend to be inconoclastic—but her desire is to align religious leaders along principles of "universal justice and respect." + READ MORE