Articles tagged “Environmental Charity”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Holter Graham Runs a Half-Marathon By Team Planet Green IN Wasted Aug 4 2008 Perambulation is arguably the greenest form of transport. And walking is not only planet-healthy, it is person-healthy. People on their feet tend to have higher fitness levels and weigh less, and that helps the world all the way back... + READ MORE

How to Choose a Green Charity By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Aug 1 2008 Wondering which charities are most worth your donation this year? We know sometimes it's hard to justify giving green with so many atrocities and plights plaguing the world. It's just not as urgent, right? Wrong?change is needed now more than ever on countless eco-fronts. And giving to a green-guided charity just may be enough to help turn the tide. + READ MORE

Top Green Gift Registry Options By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jun 16 2008 The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the grass is growing; summertime is here, and wedding season is in full swing. If wedding bells are in your future, but you want to keep the festivities green, choosing a green wedding registry is a great place to start. + READ MORE

Solar Power in Strange Places By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Jun 13 2008 The sustainable building practices shown in Greensburg are undoubtedly innovative, but what you see on the show is just the tip of the green technology iceberg. Take solar power, for example - we can now use it in our everyday lives in some pretty extraordinary and surprising ways. These five solar powered products are fine examples of the ever-expanding frontier of green technology: + READ MORE

NASCAR Champ Jeff Gordon in Greensburg By Team Planet Green IN Greensburg Jun 12 2008 NASCAR's four-time champ Jeff Gordon is zipping into Greensburg for the groundbreaking for eight homes, including two for Habitat for Humanity. His sponsor, Dupont, is kicking in a $750,000 pile of building materials for the project, part of the green... + READ MORE

Paint Your Picket Fence Green By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 12 2008 If you're a Soccer Mom or a World's Greatest Dad living in a suburban community like the one we visit in Episode 2 of World's Greenest Homes, try these small steps to make your household more eco-friendly. + READ MORE

Launching Your Own Eco Line Online By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Jun 5 2008 Every day, it seems as though more people - celebrities included, as we see on Hollywood Green, are finding ways to do their part with helping to better our environment. In order to make your products fully eco friendly, make sure you evaluate every component involved that you can. + READ MORE

About Maria Menounos By Team Planet Green IN Hollywood Green Jun 3 2008 Maria Menounos brings glamour to green living as the hostess of Hollywood Green. Both as the special correspondent for daily entertainment newsmagazine "Access Hollywood," and on Hollywood Green, Maria provides TV viewers with comprehensive coverage of entertainment and news personalities.... + READ MORE

Meet Nicola Giuggioli Of Eco, The Ethical Design Store In London By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect May 21 2008 Welcome to Planet Green's series about Change Makers.Explaining to people that this is not a cyclical phenomenon, we are really destroying the place we live in. It is not a problem for people that will come in 500 years; this is our problem and the effects are going to be on our children's shoulders, so lets take action + READ MORE

Support Musicians Doing Good, Green Things By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden May 12 2008 We all count on our favorite musicians for entertainment, but an increasing number of them are using the limelight to trumpet their favorite green causes. Here are just a few of our favorites. + READ MORE

Be a Better Neighbor By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden May 9 2008 Did you know that following Annabelle's advice about recycling can actually save you and your neighbors money by helping out your local economy? + READ MORE

What IS a Hippie? By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors May 5 2008 In the 1960s, a group of laid-back young people called beatniks and hipsters migrated to San Francisco, creating their own community of individuals who disliked weapons, war, violence, and the generally conservative values of the era. Many hippies believed that enjoyment of and respect for nature was very important, consciously living natural lifestyles, eating healthy foods, and creating music that reflected these interests. + READ MORE

Greensburg: One Year Later By Team Planet Green IN Greensburg May 2 2008 Sunday May 4th, 2008 is a big day for the citizens of Greensburg, KS. It marks the one-year point from when their town was obliterated by a tornado measuring EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. President George W. Bush visited... + READ MORE

The Early Show in Greensburg By Team Planet Green IN Greensburg Apr 27 2008 Starting Monday, April 28, CBS' The Early Show will be in Greensburg through Friday to help with the reconstruction and to document the action via their series, "Tragedy to Triumph: Greensburg Rising." The show will tell stories of the Greensburg... + READ MORE

The People of Greensburg Need Your Help By Team Planet Green IN Greensburg Apr 16 2008  On May 4, 2007, the small town of Greensburg, Kansas was virtually decimated by a tornado. One devastating result was the loss of nearly 95% of the trees in the town. What once was green and lush is now brown... + READ MORE

Send Your Yogurt Cups, Energy-Bar Wrappers, Bottles to TerraCycle By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Apr 2 2008 Don't throw out your yogurt cups, energy-bar wrappers, drink pouches, or soda bottles just yet, TerraCycle is willing to pay a charity of your choice good money (up to six cents per item), in a bid to eliminate the idea of waste... + READ MORE

Help Britney Help the Environment By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 25 2008 Britney Spears has never struck us a Mother Earth-type figure, but the beleaguered chanteuse is giving the planet the clothes off her back-literally. At press time, bids totaled ,979.43, with most of the attention fluttering around a rust-colored embroidered dress by Nanette Lepore, which started at 0 and quickly... + READ MORE

Be an Eco-Friendlier Freelancer By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Mar 14 2008 The freelancing experts at FreelanceSwitch have a whopping 29 simple ways freelancers can consider the environment in their home sweet home office, beyond the usual suspects. One of our favorite tips is persuading your clients to join One Percent for the Planet and donate a portion of their profits to environmental... + READ MORE

Buy a Tweezer, Plant a Tree By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 3 2008 A lither version of Tweezerman's Slant tweezer, the Go Green Mini Slant (0) is travel-sized for hair-tweezing (or splinter-removing) on the move. The Go Green Mini Slant also comes packaged in 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper printed with soy inks. ::Drugstore.com Difficulty level: Easy + READ MORE

Buy an eBook, Plant a Tree By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Feb 22 2008 Every time you purchase an eBook or eChapter at iChapters.com, the online textbook retailer will plant a tree. The company also sells more than 10,000 print and digital study tools, with eBooks priced 50 percent below list price and eChapters starting at .99. + READ MORE