http://planetgreen.discovery.com RSS Feed for a Tag http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/fair-trade-holidays-guide.html Before you kiss goodbye the idea of gift giving altogether, and mentally sign-up for Buy Nothing Day, a middle way does indeed exist. You can still “fight the man”—and the malls—without feeling like the ‘Green Grinch who Stole Christmas’ by buying fair trade products from responsible retailers who are fairly treating and paying artisans, craftsmen, farmers and field workers. Not to mention respecting the environment, too. Before you kiss goodbye the idea of gift giving altogether, and mentally sign-up for Buy Nothing Day, a middle way does indeed exist. You can still “fight the man”—and the malls—without feeling like the ‘Green Grinch who Stole Christmas’ by buying fair trade products from responsible retailers who are fairly treating and paying artisans, craftsmen, farmers and field workers. Not to mention respecting the environment, too. Consumption Fair Trade Green Holidays Responsible Shopping Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT Jessica Root http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/fair-trade-holidays-guide.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/give-green-thankful-quiz.html Celebrate Thanksgiving like the pioneers did and avoid all the waste that goes along with the holiday. Avoid buying and preparing too much food and skip Black Friday entirely. Test your Thanksgiving impact knowledge in our quiz: Do You Give Thanks With Minimal Impact? Celebrate Thanksgiving like the pioneers did and avoid all the waste that goes along with the holiday. Avoid buying and preparing too much food and skip Black Friday entirely. Test your Thanksgiving impact knowledge in our quiz: Do You Give Thanks With Minimal Impact? Consumption Green Holidays Thanksgiving Zero Waste Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT Sara Novak http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/give-green-thankful-quiz.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/surprising-places-find-petroleum.html While politicians and automakers wrangle over how to deal with our transportation-heavy addiction to fossil fuels, we have to face up to the ubiquity of oil in every other facet of life as well. From aspirin to chewing gum, these are just 10 of the most surprising places to find oil. While politicians and automakers wrangle over how to deal with our transportation-heavy addiction to fossil fuels, we have to face up to the ubiquity of oil in every other facet of life as well. From aspirin to chewing gum, these are just 10 of the most surprising places to find oil. Buy Nothing Carbon Footprint Consumption Ecological Footprint Green Community Plastic Take Action Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/surprising-places-find-petroleum.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/drilling-gas-home-energy.html As if global warming and wars over oil weren't enough to put a little guilt cloud over our energy consumption patterns, there's a host of other, much closer-to-home environmental problems that need to be addressed if we are to get on the right track to a clean energy future.The "Halliburton loophole," which the oil and... As if global warming and wars over oil weren't enough to put a little guilt cloud over our energy consumption patterns, there's a host of other, much closer-to-home environmental problems that need to be addressed if we are to get on the right track to a clean energy future.The "Halliburton loophole," which the oil and... Clean Energy Climate Change Consumption Energy Health Heating Household Toxins Maps Planet Green Water Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:22:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/drilling-gas-home-energy.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/fashion-beauty/hot-fashion-borrow-boyfriend.html We all talk about organic cotton and bamboo fiber as a green alternative to conventionally grown or petroleum-based fibers, but sharing clothing is a thrifty way to keep up with trends and reduce consumption-which also makes your wardrobe green. We all talk about organic cotton and bamboo fiber as a green alternative to conventionally grown or petroleum-based fibers, but sharing clothing is a thrifty way to keep up with trends and reduce consumption-which also makes your wardrobe green. Buy Nothing Clothing Consumption Green Fashion Reuse Sharing Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:30:00 GMT Cara Smusiak http://planetgreen.discovery.com/fashion-beauty/hot-fashion-borrow-boyfriend.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/green-throwing-remotes.html By the time your typical kid in America graduates high school, he or she has sat through 360,000 television commercials and by age 65, they will have spent 9 years watching TV. Throw away your remote! By the time your typical kid in America graduates high school, he or she has sat through 360,000 television commercials and by age 65, they will have spent 9 years watching TV. Throw away your remote! Consumption Gadgets Green Home Outdoors Technology Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT Mickey Z. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/green-throwing-remotes.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/movies-unintentional-green-message.html What green habits have we learned from movies, even when they weren't even trying to promote eco-living? It turned out there were several, and I picked up some interesting habits and notions long before eco-living was a buzzword. What green habits have we learned from movies, even when they weren't even trying to promote eco-living? It turned out there were several, and I picked up some interesting habits and notions long before eco-living was a buzzword. Consumption Do It Yourself Green Fashion Movies Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:00:00 GMT Cara Smusiak http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/movies-unintentional-green-message.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/easy-ways-cut-consumption.html Consumption costs you money and the more simply you choose to live the more money you can save. And no matter how eco-friendly the products that you buy are, they still come with packaging, they still take energy to make, and they are often still trucked from somewhere. My biggest/most obvious eco-friendly tip of the year is the less stuff you consume (buy or in the case of energy and water, use), the easier on the planet. Consumption costs you money and the more simply you choose to live the more money you can save. And no matter how eco-friendly the products that you buy are, they still come with packaging, they still take energy to make, and they are often still trucked from somewhere. My biggest/most obvious eco-friendly tip of the year is the less stuff you consume (buy or in the case of energy and water, use), the easier on the planet. Consumption Green Family Green Packaging Responsible Shopping Zero Waste Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:30:00 GMT Sara Novak http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/easy-ways-cut-consumption.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/focus-earth/focus-earth-population-overload.html This week's Focus Earth looks at the impact that the human population explosion is having on the planet.Future generations may be the ones to provide solutions for the planet's worst scenarios, and Bob talks with parents who feel their children will be able to make a difference--as well as his own four children, in whom This week's Focus Earth looks at the impact that the human population explosion is having on the planet.Future generations may be the ones to provide solutions for the planet's worst scenarios, and Bob talks with parents who feel their children will be able to make a difference--as well as his own four children, in whom Consumption Ecological Footprint Episode Guides Green Community Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:00:00 GMT Team Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/focus-earth/focus-earth-population-overload.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/focus-earth-people-resources.html As the world's population grows, wars will escalate and spread as people compete for access to the earth's diminishing supply of available resources. As the world's population grows, wars will escalate and spread as people compete for access to the earth's diminishing supply of available resources. Climate Change Consumption Focus Earth Issues Health Water Water Conservation Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:30:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/focus-earth-people-resources.html