Articles tagged “Parties”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Mark Their Place without Marking the Planet By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health May 20 2008 With the spring party season in full swing, everyone is in the market for tons of paper products. Add a spring touch by cutting the base of huge local berries and then cutting a slit in the top to hold your recycled place card. + READ MORE

Green Dinner Conversation Starters By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect May 20 2008 Here are some conversation starters for your very own green gossip. Don't use bottled water, use locally grown foods and recycled paper bags. + READ MORE

About Tom Bergeron By Team Planet Green IN Supper Club May 20 2008 Tom Bergeron is an Emmy Award-winning host who brings pizzazz and style to his new show Supper Club with Tom Bergeron, where each week he hosts an entirely green Hollywood dinner party. At each meal, Bergeron plays host to some... + READ MORE

About Supper Club By Team Planet Green IN Supper Club May 20 2008 Want an all access pass to one of the most exclusive celebrity dinner parties in the country? Each week, Supper Club lets viewers be a fly on the wall at a Hollywood dinner party, as Dancing with the Stars' Tom... + READ MORE

Rock Out To Tommy Lee And Ludacris, Restore Griffith Park By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect May 16 2008 Live in the L.A. area? Buy tickets and head over to The Greek Theatre on May 28 to celebrate Planet Green's June 4th on-air launch. The rap 'n rock duo, Tommy Lee and Ludacris, will be performing a concert as part of the final taping of Battleground Earth. + READ MORE

5 Hip Tips to Go Green While Staying Cool By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty May 14 2008 There are tons of ways to make your life greener and reduce your carbon footprint while remaining you, whoever you are. Going green is a responsibility we should and can all easily confront in our everyday lives. That might mean something as simple as bringing your own cup to the coffee shop. + READ MORE

Unusual Greenovating Materials By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 28 2008 By now, nearly everyone has heard of solar panels and fluorescent bulbs being wonderful ways to introduce green elements into the home, but while many eco-friendly materials and appliances are becoming mainstream, more and more unusual and unique products are making their way onto the market.Mushroom Spore Insulation... + READ MORE

Greening the Neighbourhood By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 21 2008 I held a large family dinner last Saturday so I did a lot of shopping during the week and I had the opportunity to make a few observations about the greening of my neighborhood... + READ MORE

Green Your Electricity: Take Steps to Reduce Your Energy Use By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport Mar 14 2008 This is the second article in a four-part series on how to green your electricity. Finally, you can reduce your electricity consumption by reducing the number of electronic gadgets that keep drawing "phantom power" even when not in use (follow the previous link for more information on that topic), and you can cut down... + READ MORE

Think Big in a Small Space By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 10 2008 Gregory De Peña and Kelly O'Neil turned their 650-square-foot San Diego apartment, which they dubbed "a shoe box" in the Spring 2008 issue of O at Home, into a spacious home that hosts parties and guests with equal aplomb. Don't forget flooring: Another trick the couple used to make the space feel larger was laying... + READ MORE

Celebrate an EchoAge Birthday By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Feb 28 2008 Turn your child's next birthday shindig into a celebration of the planet by holding an EchoAge party. Online payments instead of traditional gifts means less gifts end purchased, manufactured and then tossed in landfills. ::EchoAge Difficulty level: Easy + READ MORE

Host an Oscar Night Potluck Dinner: Johnny Depp By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Feb 22 2008 How could we possibly have an Oscar-themed food party without including the delightful meat pies of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street?I also would have been thrilled to see Gordon Pinsent get a nomination for his beautiful, heartbreaking performance in Away from Her.I actually had some some beef braised in... + READ MORE

Host an Oscar Night Potluck Dinner: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Feb 21 2008 Today is the grasping-at-straws version of the party as mentioned in my first post about an Oscar-themed party.Come back tomorrow for the final installment of the potluck dinner party. + READ MORE

Host an Oscar Night Potluck Dinner: There Will Be Blood By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Feb 19 2008 Yesterday I introduced this week long series about having a potluck Oscar party using the nominees for this year's Academy Awards as a jumping off point.Falafels 1 3/4 cup dried chickpeas2 cloves garlic, lightly crushed1 small onion, quartered1 tsp ground coriander1 tbs ground cuminScant tsp cayenne, or to taste1 cup... + READ MORE

Host an Oscar Night Potluck Dinner: No Country For Old Men By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Feb 18 2008 No, you haven't clicked on Rotten Tomatoes by mistake.Spicy Beef and Red Bean ChiliServes 8 1/2 lb bacon4 lbs boneless beef chuck, cut into 1-inch cubes2 tbsp vegetable oil1 large white onion, chopped1-2 jalapeño chilies, chopped4 large garlic cloves, minced2 tsp dried oregano1/4 cup chili powder1 tbsp ground cumin1/4... + READ MORE

Flip a Flapjack: It's Pancake Day! By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Feb 5 2008 When I was a kid one of my favourite days of the year was Pancake Day. Blueberry Buttermilk PancakesMakes about 12 pancakes 1 cup all-purpose flour1/2 cup yellow cornmeal1/4 cup sugar1/14 tsp baking powder1/4 tsp baking soda1/4 tsp salt1 1/4 cups buttermilk4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted2 large eggs, separated1 1/2 tsp... + READ MORE

Make a Vegetarian Chili for Super Bowl Sunday By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 31 2008 It has come to my attention that this Sunday is the Super Bowl. Tex-Mex ChiliServes 4 2 tbsp olive oil6 bay leaves1 large onion, chopped4 cloves of garlic, chopped2 carrots, chopped2 ribs celery, chopped1/2 tsp ground cinnamon1/2 tsp allspice1/2-1 tsp crushed dried red chilies1 tsp salt2 tbsp chili powder1 tsp ground... + READ MORE

Snack Healthy This Super Bowl Sunday By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Jan 29 2008 Super Bowl Sunday is also the Super Bowl of snacking, according to research by the Calorie Control Council and the Snack Food Association. On the big game day, Americans will nosh on 11.2 million pounds of potato chips, 8.2 million pounds of tortilla chips, 4.3 million pounds of pretzels, 3.8 million pounds of popcorn, + READ MORE

Build a Solar-Powered Boom Box By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 9 2008 Blast your tunes using the power of the sun at your next beach party by merging a small digital amplifier, a pair of El Cheapo bookshelf speakers, batteries, a small solar panel, and a fully loaded MP3 player. + READ MORE

Create a Cookbook Library: The Gate Vegetarian Cookbook By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 9 2008 I got this cookbook for Christmas and I'm thoroughly enjoying reading through it. There are lots of great photographs in the book and it makes deciding what to cook all the more difficult.Over the next few weeks I'll be going back to this book and I expect I'll be sharing more recipes from The Gate. + READ MORE