http://planetgreen.discovery.com RSS Feed for a Tag http://planetgreen.discovery.com/feature/planet-100/copenhagen-polar-bear-robots.html Today's Planet 100 looks at surprise top-level invitations to the Copenhagen conference, a mechanical zoo exhibit and Al Gore's crazy new tactics. Today's Planet 100 looks at surprise top-level invitations to the Copenhagen conference, a mechanical zoo exhibit and Al Gore's crazy new tactics. Animals Environmental Policy Green Celebrities Politics Video Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:01:00 GMT Team Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com/feature/planet-100/copenhagen-polar-bear-robots.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/feature/instrumental/saxophone-legend-global-warning.html Sonny Rollins sez: "I think we are in the midst of this period where we are committing this suicide on the planet and everybody is just using up all of our natural resources like a bunch of insane people. That's what I worry about more than I worry about jazz." Sonny Rollins sez: "I think we are in the midst of this period where we are committing this suicide on the planet and everybody is just using up all of our natural resources like a bunch of insane people. That's what I worry about more than I worry about jazz." Green Celebrities Green Community Music Music News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:00 GMT Mickey Z. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/feature/instrumental/saxophone-legend-global-warning.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/woody-harrelson-mountaintop-removal.html Woody Harrelson invites you to stand with him and the musicians he supports in standing against the wanton destruction caused by mountaintop removal mining for coal. Woody Harrelson invites you to stand with him and the musicians he supports in standing against the wanton destruction caused by mountaintop removal mining for coal. Energy Green Celebrities Green Community Music Nature Outdoors Pollution Take Action Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT Team Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/woody-harrelson-mountaintop-removal.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/ed-begley-superhero-earth.html On December 11, the Captain Planet Foundation will honor Ed Begley, Jr., as a Superhero for Earth. The foundation, named after Ted Turner's eco-crusading cartoon hero, listed Ed's role as an environmental leader in Hollywood and his ongoing involvement with numerous causes and organizations working to clean-up the planet as their motivation for bestowing the recognition. On December 11, the Captain Planet Foundation will honor Ed Begley, Jr., as a Superhero for Earth. The foundation, named after Ted Turner's eco-crusading cartoon hero, listed Ed's role as an environmental leader in Hollywood and his ongoing involvement with numerous causes and organizations working to clean-up the planet as their motivation for bestowing the recognition. Green Celebrities Planet Green Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMT Team Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/ed-begley-superhero-earth.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/robert-kennedy-coal-coming.html Bobby Kennedy on the coal industry, the harm it is doing to the environment, and the politics that is allowing it all to happen. And why you should start acting now to stop it. Bobby Kennedy on the coal industry, the harm it is doing to the environment, and the politics that is allowing it all to happen. And why you should start acting now to stop it. Energy Green Celebrities Green Community Politics Pollution Take Action Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT Team Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/robert-kennedy-coal-coming.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/vegan-portman-join-fight.html The popular actress is making the transition "from a twenty-year vegetarian to a vegan activist." How about you? The popular actress is making the transition "from a twenty-year vegetarian to a vegan activist." How about you? Animals Eco-Friendly Foods Green Celebrities Take Action Vegan Vegetarian Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:50:00 GMT Mickey Z. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/vegan-portman-join-fight.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/nick-clooney-growing-appalachia.html Nick Clooney writes about his childhood memories from Appalachia: from Grandpa Clooney dragging him to the Ohio River when all he wanted was an Eskimo Pie, up to what he thinks the community's gift was to the rest of the nation, a community now threatened by the coal industry and mountaintop removal. Nick Clooney writes about his childhood memories from Appalachia: from Grandpa Clooney dragging him to the Ohio River when all he wanted was an Eskimo Pie, up to what he thinks the community's gift was to the rest of the nation, a community now threatened by the coal industry and mountaintop removal. Energy Green Celebrities Green Community Politics Pollution Take Action Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT Team Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/nick-clooney-growing-appalachia.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/ashley-judd-patch-earth.html Ashley Judd takes her canine companion back home to Kentucky, but finds a scale of destruction from mountaintop removal coal mining that even her dog can sense. Here, a moving story that illustrates why so many activists are working so hard to stop the destructive practice. Ashley Judd takes her canine companion back home to Kentucky, but finds a scale of destruction from mountaintop removal coal mining that even her dog can sense. Here, a moving story that illustrates why so many activists are working so hard to stop the destructive practice. Energy Green Celebrities Green Community Politics Pollution Take Action Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT Team Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/ashley-judd-patch-earth.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/environmentalist-walks-bar-jokes.html Global warming is no laughing matter. Or is it? Global warming is no laughing matter. Or is it? Green Celebrities Green Community Green Manners Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:20:00 GMT Mickey Z. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/environmentalist-walks-bar-jokes.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/fashion-beauty/focus-earth-hollywood-green.html Hollywood institutions are taking eco-friendly baby steps, with a few individuals making real strides for environment. But the entertainment industry on the whole has to do more than buy offsets before it can really call itself green. Hollywood institutions are taking eco-friendly baby steps, with a few individuals making real strides for environment. But the entertainment industry on the whole has to do more than buy offsets before it can really call itself green. Carbon Neutral Carbon Offsets Focus Earth Issues Green Celebrities Pollution Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/fashion-beauty/focus-earth-hollywood-green.html