Articles tagged “Charity”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Green Your Teens with the Web By Sara Novak IN Work & Connect Jan 15 2009 Can't get your kids offline? Well at least you can ensure that they're doing something good for themselves and the planet. Enviroteens was created by 13-year-old Katy Short-Hamiwka because she wanted to make an eco-difference in her community. + READ MORE

7 Ways to Get Rid of Unwanted DVDs By Josh Peterson IN Tech & Transport Jan 12 2009 Putting something back in circulation is better than hoarding it or tossing it into a hole somewhere. When someone buys a used copy, it cuts down on the new copies that need to be made by one. When 1,000 people do it, it cuts down on the new copies by 1,000. Start the trend with your unwanted DVDs. + READ MORE

Become a Vegetarian for a 30-Day Trial Period By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Jan 8 2009 It's not too late to add one last New Year's resolution onto that crowded list of self-improvement guidelines you've already half-forgotten about, is it? Nay! And if you've ever been curious about vegetarianism, what better time to give it a go than now, while the spirit of self-betterment is still fresh in the air? (It'll all clear out come February, you can be sure). + READ MORE

Start a Green Knitting Club at Work By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Jan 6 2009 A green knitting club helps you and your colleagues put a little fun in the week, and making your own sustainable stuff is great for the planet. Whether you're a knitting novice or a ninja with the needles, getting a couple coworkers together to cast on some stitches is eco-smart, easy, highly sociable, and definitely something you'll look forward too all week long. + READ MORE

How to Dispose of Old Hearing Aids By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Dec 31 2008 It is usually the aged who need hearing aids. Although quite a few younger people will surely lose their hearing from blasting Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch all day on their iPods, it is the elderly who most often suffer from the affliction. What can you do with hearing aids that you don't need? It seems like such a waste to chuck them in the garbage. + READ MORE

Donate Unwanted Christmas Gifts for Tax Breaks By Josh Peterson IN Work & Connect Dec 30 2008 After the presents are unwrapped and the turkey is devoured, you may find that you don't need everything you've been gifted. You can donate those unwanted gifts to charity and help the less fortunate, but you can also boost your own fortune by claiming the donations on your taxes. + READ MORE

Click These 21 Links to Save The Planet By Josh Peterson IN Tech & Transport Dec 22 2008 Isn't technology wonderful? We can connect with people at lightning-fast speeds. We can communicate our ideas and ideals around the world even if no one likes them or wants to hear about them. It's a very egalitarian form of communication. One of the other great things about the internet is that you can use it to donate to charities without leaving your home. + READ MORE

Volunteer Your Time this Holiday with Annabelle Gurwitch (Video) By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Dec 18 2008 Annabelle Gurwitch, star of Wa$sted, gives out some big-hearted advice in this Planet Green Holiday Highlight.More Planet Green Holiday Highlights: Recycle Your Neighbors' Holiday Leftovers with Tom Green (Video) Light Your House with LED Lights (Video) Send Holiday Gifts with Eco-friendly Materials (Video) Want to know + READ MORE

Can You Reuse Old Dentures? By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Dec 16 2008 You may have just gotten a brand-new mouthful of dentures. These new dentures may be able to bite through the toughest of jerky and the mightiest of Jolly Ranchers. Yes. You and your half-man, half-machine mouth are ready to take on any gourmandian challenge. But what about your old dentures, stained from years of tea sipping and food-biting? You don't want to just toss them out. + READ MORE

Donate Greener Baked Goods By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Dec 11 2008 According to CBS News last year, six million people asked the Salvation Army for help. This year, that number has almost doubled to between 10 and 12 million. But to be optimistic about this, it's an opportunity for you to help. Contact your local soup kitchen or nonprofit and ask if you can donate your services. How about baking a sweet treat for those in need? + READ MORE

Give to Others without Taking from the Planet this Holiday By Sara Novak IN Home & Garden Dec 9 2008 In this the season of overdoing it (i.e. overspending and overeating) the best way to make your holidays green is to buy less and buy smarter. While buying greener products is better than not, the most eco-friendly way to live is always to cut your consumption. How do you do that? Well it's not as hard as you might think. + READ MORE

Emeril Lagasse Foundation Hosts Carnivale du Vin 2008 Online Auction By Team Planet Green IN Emeril Green Nov 26 2008 How would you like to visit one of Emeril Lagasse's premier restaurants in New Orleans or Miami? What if the trip included first class accommodation, a meal with wine pairings at Emeril's famous restaurants, and a luxury accessory? If this... + READ MORE

Enter Do Something's Increase Your Green Competition By Josh Peterson IN Work & Connect Nov 24 2008 Recently, Planet Green spoke to Melanie Stevenson, the Head of Community Outreach at Do Something, a program that helps schools and teens enact programs of do-gooding. One of those programs is the Increase Your Green Competition. Schools compete against one another to increase their green and raise ecological awareness in their communities. + READ MORE

Stretch Your Shopping Budget with Companies that Give Back By Blythe Copeland IN Fashion & Beauty Nov 14 2008 In a perfectly sustainable world, we'd never really need to go shopping; all our clothes could be hemmed, cuffed, tailored, dyed, and reworked into the trendiest styles season after season. Of course, that is not entirely realistic-sometimes you just need new clothes. + READ MORE

TripAdvisor is Giving $1 Million to Charity—Your Vote Determines Which One By Leslie Billera IN Work & Connect Nov 4 2008 Rock the philanthropy vote. Five charities will get $1 million dollars in a new giving campaign by travel website TripAdvisor, and they want you to weigh in on how the pieces of the million dollar pie should be distributed. + READ MORE

Focus on Focus Earth: The Bush-Clinton Coastal Recovery Fund By Team Planet Green IN Focus Earth Sep 26 2008 Focus Earth sits down with Bill Clinton and George Bush, Sr. this week to talk about their new fundraising initiative that unites people together across party lines to help Americans in need. Get the facts on what this dynamic duo... + READ MORE

How and Where to Donate Your Old Eyeglasses By Blythe Copeland IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 21 2008 There are plenty of reasons that eyeglasses get replaced: broken frames, a new prescription, or, for the fashion conscious, a trendy design that goes out of style. Same for sunglasses?which are even more prone to breakage and the whims of trendsetters. If you?re ready to upgrade, let someone else get some more use out of your good-condition frames by donating them to charities that will pass them along. + READ MORE

Save a Sea Turtle with Your License Plate By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Aug 12 2008 When I was younger, I used to imagine the day when I had a driver's license, my own dream car, and, best of all, a personalized license plate. I was gonna get the prettiest license plate my state had to offer and a special name like WRTRGRL or FRNGLLY?I really liked that movie?and be the epitome of cool. + READ MORE

Save the Ocelot! By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 5 2008 Here's betting most of you out there didn't know there was a striped big cat indigenous to the U.S. We didn't. Turns out there is: that adorable mini-leopard, the ocelot, lives in the southern parts of Texas. But it may not for long. + READ MORE

Top 5 Green Musicians By Brian Merchant IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 4 2008 While Ludacris and Tommy Lee duke it out in the name of green on Battleground Earth, we thought it'd be a good time to round up some of the other musical artists out there who're fighting to aid the environment. + READ MORE