Articles tagged “Green Media”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Meet Kassidy and Ryan Brown, Filmmakers on a Journey of Action By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Dec 16 2010 Kassidy and Ryan Brown’s mission isn’t much different than that of this Change Makers column, making them perfect Change Makers! Like we highlight individuals and organizations making a positive difference, the brother-sister team uses the power of video webisodes to do the same, only focusing their lens on youth. + READ MORE

Five Ingenious Things To Do With Discarded Books By Craftster.org IN Home & Garden Oct 26 2010 No one likes to destroy a good book, but when books become damaged or outdated, often they are destined for the landfill. Here are a few projects that reuse old books found in thrift stores or library sales. + READ MORE

Project Green Search Season Two Looking for the Next Green "It Girl" By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Oct 19 2010 Project Green Search is the search for the next green "it girl". The competition is part of an ongoing campaign aimed at inspiring people to align their careers with their environmental, social and humanitarian ethics. Do you have what it takes? There's only one way to find out... + READ MORE

TrustLaw: Reuters Promotes Do-Gooding Legal Services By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 18 2010 A free online service from the Thomson Reuters Foundation that connects nonprofit groups with pro bono legal assistance. + READ MORE

From Fast Track to Slow Love: An Interview With SLOW LOVE Author, Dominique Browning By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jul 12 2010 When House and Garden magazine folded, it brought down the house. Most notably it brought down Browning's house. As the editor of House and Garden for over ten years, Browning was given a few days to say goodbye to colleagues, and pack up the job she loved. Slow Love chronicles how she moves through the loss of one life and discovers how to get on with a new one...slower. + READ MORE

Gulf Oil Spill: Activists Send Vuvuzelas to BP, Pepsi Sends Help, and AP Hires New Editor By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jul 1 2010 The BP oil spill is now the largest-ever in the Gulf of Mexico, and some promising efforts are underway to make sure it is not forgotten when the shock starts to fade. + READ MORE

Country Living Magazine Goes Green for House of the Year By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Jun 7 2010 For the first time in its history of choosing a 'house of the year,' Country Living has decided to choose green. (It's also the first time the house of the year can be available to the masses.) + READ MORE

Wind Power Hour on Science Friday By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Apr 9 2010 There's been a lot of debate over wind energy in the last few years and it can be hard to keep up with it all. Science Friday to the rescue. + READ MORE

Meet Ulamila Kurai Wragg, Journalist and Climate Wise Woman By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Apr 8 2010 Ulamila Kurai Wragg is certainly on the frontline when it comes to reporting on climate change. The veteran journalist and mother of four dwells in Vaimaanga beach in Rarotonga (one of the Pacific's Cook Islands). The tropical paradise she calls home has seen its share of increasing sea surges, eroding shorelines, cyclones and dried riverbeds. Ula is on a mission to put it to an end. + READ MORE

Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos Use Twitter to Save a Life By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect Mar 23 2010 Actresses Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos joined forces--via Twitter--to stop a Florida man from committing suicide. + READ MORE

Can Social Media Squash Malaria? By Anna Brones IN Tech & Transport Mar 18 2010 UN launches social media initiative to combat malaria. + READ MORE

Photocrati Fund Seeks to Fill the Funding Gap That Faces Humanitarian, Environmental Photographers (Interview) By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Feb 26 2010 A brief chat with a professional photographer and digital media entrepreneur who has just launched a foundation to fund environmental and humanitarian photography projects. + READ MORE

Sites We Love: AltUse, Because Everything Has An Alternative Use By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Feb 5 2010 Use mashed potato mix to eliminate rodents. Crushed aspirin to treat acne. More uses than you can think of for everything in your home and office -- all at AltUse.com. + READ MORE

How to Digitize and Shrink Your Entire Music Library By Trevor Reichman IN Tech & Transport Jan 22 2010 Going to an exclusively digital music lifestyle frees up space in your closet or storage unit and puts your CDs, cassettes, and vinyl albums back into circulation to be reused. Besides the obvious tools to go digital, such as an MP3 player and an iTunes type program to convert your music into a digital format, here are a few other tools to include in your arsenal. + READ MORE

Ex-Guantanamo Guard Facebooks Former Inmates By Sami Grover IN Work & Connect Jan 15 2010 Facebook may be an energy hog, but there's no doubt that the glut of new social networking sites can be used for social good. The latest good news about the potential of Social Networking is about as unlikely a story as it gets: an ex-Guantanamo prison guard "friended" two of his former captives. + READ MORE

Sites We Love: Kickstarter By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect Jan 8 2010 Fund films, books, technology, and other innovations with Kickstarter. + READ MORE

Still Don't Get Copenhagen? Just Watch the Colbert Report (Video) By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Dec 8 2009 Stephen Colbert and friends explain the ins and outs of climate change and Copenhagen. Sort of. + READ MORE

Get Your Reading Fix for Free with e-Books By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Dec 2 2009 Reading books on your laptop is one option for minimizing how many paper books you consume. Here are the easiest ways to get free e-books: + READ MORE

New TV Ads Get Behind US Energy Reform By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 12 2009 Finally, the energy reform bill, which is currently being debated in the Senate, is getting its due--a TV ad campaign. + READ MORE

10 Best Places to Watch Movies Online For Free By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Nov 6 2009 The trend is already moving towards watching our media online--many of us watch TV, viral videos, and movies right on our computers. I have a TV, but I don't even subscribe to cable, and my DVD player is broken. The internet, it turns out, provides access to all the movies I could ever hope to see + READ MORE