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Focus on Focus Earth: An Interview with Laura Bush By David DeFranza IN Focus Earth Dec 5 2008 This week on Focus Earth, Bob Woodruff sits down with Laura Bush to discuss the environment, energy, and conservation. With her stay in the White House coming to an end, she reflects on how she has helped to green America's... + READ MORE

Skip the Leaf Blower and Get Raking! By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 5 2008 I always ere on the side of ignoring the onslaught of leaves covering my lawn. After all, they are biodegradable and they're good for your lawn, but if you can't stand the leaf buildup, why not rake rather than use a leaf blower? + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Polar Desert By Mickey Z. IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 5 2008 According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), polar deserts are "areas with annual precipitation less than 250 millimeters and a mean temperature during the warmest month of less than 10°C. + READ MORE

Go Ice Fishing the Eco-Friendly Way By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 4 2008 It's cold outside and the lakes are all frozen over. It might be time to go ice fishing. Pack up your car. Call Ray, your fishing buddy. That guy knows how to reel in them bass! And head on down to the lake. Now you and Ray will be wanting to fish the eco-friendly way, I'm sure. Here are five tips to help. + READ MORE

Give Thanks To The Planet by Enjoying It! By Elizabeth Seward IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 3 2008 The holidays are about more than Black Friday savings. The holidays should be about giving thanks and respect to all of the things we have been given, especially nature. Being green in your daily life requires a resounding understanding of and appreciation for nature. Try getting out of the house for one of these cold weather-friendly activities. + READ MORE

Stuff Happens: No Butts for Mother Nature (Video) By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 2 2008 The world's single biggest litter problem isn't candy bar wrappers dropped on the beach or fast food packaging tossed from a car window. It's not plastic bottles left after sporting events or paper receipts that fall out of the garbage. The world's single biggest litter problem is cigarette butts. + READ MORE

Stuff Happens Episode: Beach By Team Planet Green IN Stuff Happens Dec 1 2008 The beach is nature's playground, for young and old alike. But what we humans do on the beach and in the ocean can have a big impact on what happens on land. This episode, science guy Bill Nye takes... + READ MORE

Green Your Water Bottle By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 20 2008 If you're going to go hiking, you'll need a reusable water bottle. If you're an athlete, you'll need a reusable water bottle too. Come to think of it, if you're a person who ever leaves your house, you'll probably need a reusable water bottle. + READ MORE

Leave Your Scrap Food Outside for Birds By Elizabeth Seward IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 19 2008 Throwing away food drives me absolutely crazy. Of course it sometimes seems unavoidable, but being green is all about conserving. I believe in using food the best we can. Letting our food wind up in a landfill is saddening considering all of the people and animals that could have used that food to nourish their bodies had it been disposed of in a different way. + READ MORE

Renovation Nation's Steve Thomas at Greenbuild By Team Planet Green IN Renovation Nation Nov 18 2008 On Renovation Nation, Steve Thomas shows everyday homeowners how to implement green building solutions into their renovation and remodeling projects. Though Steve makes it look easy, bringing these eco-friendly solutions to the mainstream consumer is not a simple task.... + READ MORE

Urbanites: Get Out of the City! By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 17 2008 Hello, city dwellers. How're things? Busy? Feeling a little claustrophobic, maybe? All those cars, horns, subways, and the chatter, exhaust, smog, and traffic getting to you, as you bounce off the walls in your tiny apartment? There's a simple solution, my metropolitan friends: Get the hell out of there. + READ MORE

8 Reuses for Nutshells By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Nov 14 2008 Nuts are one of those foods that take a little work to eat. You have to crack or peel away the shell in order to eat a tiny, unfulfilling morsel. Then, hurriedly, with appetite aroused, you force open the next shell in an attempt to satiate your overwhelming craving. And you will repeat this cycle until your famishment is abated or the nut supply is at its end. + READ MORE

Do You Need Nature Therapy? By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 7 2008 One of the best ways to groom your inner green is to reconnect with nature. Understanding the significance of living a green life becomes a lot more important when you realize that you're part of nature yourself. I'm a firm believer that when I'm in my biggest funk simply walking outside can help me snap out of it. + READ MORE

5 Eco Friendly Hunting Tips By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 6 2008 I am not going to write a philosophical treatise on hunting, but I will say that I disagree with the Cartesian view of animals as machines sent by God for humans to do with as they please. Anyways, here are some hunting tips. + 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

Holter Says: Turtles and Penguins and Galas, Oh My! By Team Planet Green IN Wasted Nov 3 2008 On October 18th I was lucky enough to serve as Honorary Captain of Nauti Nite, the fundraising gala for the WAVE Foundation at the Newport Aquarium in Newport Kentucky, which sits across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. My work... + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Hayseeders By Mickey Z. IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 3 2008 In 1853, the future founders of the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens set free several pairs of the previously unknown European House Sparrow inside Brooklyn's Green-wood Cemetery. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Camping Green By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 24 2008 Sarah Norton and Shelley Peck want to commune with nature but, being from Los Angeles, they don't know anything about camping. Fortunately, their friend, David Faustino, also known as Bud from Married with Children, is here to help. + READ MORE

Do You Know How To Build A Raft? You Should—Read How By Elizabeth Seward IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 23 2008 Whether you're scouring the web memorizing survival techniques 'just in case' or you'd simply like to know how to build a raft yourself for recreational purposes, knowledge has certainly never hurt anyone. Being able to fashion your own raft out of natural materials is a great skill to have in the world of self-sufficiency. + READ MORE

Educate Kids With Local Green Adventures By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 22 2008 Sometimes entertaining the kids at home just isn't working. Keeping the kids entertained means they're much easier to deal with and nap time doesn't become a dramatic mess. But picking educational activities is so important. Why not show your kids the important role that Mother Nature plays in their daily lives? Here are some awesome ideas for CHEAP green field trips. + READ MORE