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Battleground Earth Episode: Trash Talkin' By Team Planet Green IN Battleground Earth Aug 15 2008 Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Tommy battle it out in Oakland by collecting garbage and recycling it. Tommy thinks he's ahead with his sheer mountain of trash while Luda's chillin' at an Oakland A's game with the students from Civi-Corps. Could... + READ MORE

Listen to the Locals and Tread Lightly By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 14 2008 Green enthusiast Jeff Probst knows about being a guest in a foreign territory. As the host of Survivor, he's traveled all over the world to film the award winning show. As guests, the cast and crew of the show always try to treat the land the way the locals do by making sure to tread lightly and leaving few remnants from their visit. This includes recycling everything and planting trees before leaving. While hosting Survivor is likely not your reality, learning to leave the land as you found it when traveling should always be a goal. + READ MORE

Get Local Politicians to Go Green By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Aug 14 2008 The residents of Greensburg were thrilled to see Kathleen Sebelius mention Greensburg?s efforts to go green on her nationally televised response to the State of the Union Address. But most small towns are unlikely to get that kind of national political attention?making it tough to feel like you can make a difference on green issues if you happen to live in one. + READ MORE

5 Reuses for: Prescription Bottles By Leslie Billera IN Home & Garden Aug 13 2008 Lori Harfinest's 'man on the street' campaign engaged innocent passers-by in a water taste test on G-Word recently. Whenever I think about the number of plastic water bottles produced - and the oil used to manufacture them - a tiny pain throbs over the corner of my right eye. + READ MORE

Sleep Green, Sleep Better By Veronica Davis IN Home & Garden Aug 12 2008 Millions of people complain about not being able to sleep or simply not feeling rested after a night of rest. While this can be attributed to everything from insomnia to restless leg syndrome, it's not as well known that it could be your environment! As Margaret Renzullo spoke of on Greenovate, she had a horrible time trying to get any rest at all in her outdated home. How exactly can the surroundings in your home be causing you not to get your much needed rest? There are many, but here is a sampling of why you may be thinking about sleep more than you are sleeping. + READ MORE

Backstage with Green Rocker Jack Johnson By Team Planet Green IN Focus Earth Aug 12 2008 It's not everyday you get unfettered backstage access to a rock concert but my assignment for Focus Earth wasn't to go backstage at an "everyday" anything. This is Jack Johnson, king of green rock and roll (though he is... + READ MORE

Old T-shirts Make New Bags, and More... By Blythe Copeland IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 11 2008 I'm the first to admit that I have too many t-shirts?and even though I never wear them, I find it almost impossible to give them away (for some reason, this is especially true of any shirt I wore in high school). Then the bottom fell out: literally, my t-shirt drawer broke from the stress of holding all the shirts I never wear. That taught me two things: it's time to get rid of some shirts, and, when it comes to build-it-yourself furniture, you get what you pay for. + READ MORE

Holter Graham on the Benefits of Organizing Trash By Team Planet Green IN Wasted Aug 11 2008 It's all about commitment, and commitments are easier to make when there's a reward. So here's a reward to work for: your Glorious Garbage Moment. Many people avoid changing towards a greener lifestyle because, they think, it's a pain in... + READ MORE

Start Grassroots Recycling in Your Small Town By Elizabeth Seward IN Tech & Transport Aug 7 2008 I spent last week at home with my family in West Virginia. I was astonished to uncover that their community doesn?t engage in any sort of recycling program. I shouldn?t have been surprised, though. After all, the small town in Ohio where I grew up didn?t have a recycling program, either. I guess living in NYC is something I take for granted when it comes down to recycling. + READ MORE

3 Green Books About Green Things By Elizabeth Seward IN Work & Connect Aug 6 2008 While reading books is a wonderful, mind-building past time, reading books that are printed on at least somewhat recycled paper is becoming more and more crucial. Lucky for us, more publishers are swinging this way every day. Books on almost every topic are starting to be printed on more eco-friendly paper. However, I feel like the best win-win situation are books about being green that are also printed in an eco-friendly manner. Here are some personal suggestions for you if you?re looking for a good read that won?t hurt our trees + READ MORE

Green Your iPod in Three Easy Steps By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Aug 6 2008 It?s a fact of life now?it seems like just about everyone?s got some sort of iPod now. Whether it?s a Shuffle, a video iPod, or a Zune or some other mp3 player, the new wave of portable music players is indisputably here. You can bet the good folks of Greensburg have had an iPod or two around. + READ MORE

Cell Phone Recycling By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Aug 5 2008 Ah, recycling?a pillar of the green movement, and one way that millions of people show their support for eco-friendly action. + READ MORE

Communication Gone Green! By Leslie Billera IN Work & Connect Aug 5 2008 What if all the time you spent trolling the Internet or chatting cross country to your BFF helped a bunch of grass roots organizations save the environment? + READ MORE

Veggie Van Voyage By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Aug 5 2008 On Supper Club with Tom Bergeron, dinner party guest Josh Tickell, spoke of a cross country trip he made in a Veggie Van, a van fueled by biodiesel. In his independent film, Veggie Van Voyage, Tickell drives cross-country from Sarasota, Fla., through Texas, up through the Northeast, across to the Midwest, and then up the California coast. All this driving was done in a van powered by French fry oil. + READ MORE

Ready, Set, Green, Week Eight: Spreading the Word By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect Aug 5 2008 After seven weeks of trying to live a more green lifestyle, some things come naturally: I remember to take reusable bags to the grocery store; I check the origins of fruits and veggies and try to stay local; and I instinctively group my errands so that I use as little gas as possible. But just as I thought at the beginning that one person couldn't have too much of a negative influence, I realize now that just one person can't do enough to make things better. + 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

How to Reuse Bottle Caps By Elizabeth Seward IN Home & Garden Aug 4 2008 You're not supposed to recycle bottles with them on (at least in NYC), so you're forced to throw them away if you don?t figure out a way to reuse them. Well, in an effort to not throw anything away that doesn't need to be thrown away, I've learned to utilize my bottle caps for tons of different craft projects. + READ MORE

5 Reuses for: Watches By Natalie Cook IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 1 2008 Move it from your wrist to your wall. Who says you need an enormous wall mounted clock in your petite pad? Create the illusion of more space by putting up small wall décor. Start with hanging band-less watches in strategic places around the house. + READ MORE

Ready, Set, Green, Week Seven: Spreading the Word By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect Aug 1 2008 I've already written about my home office and its relatively small carbon footprint?it consists of my laptop and our coffee table. But everything I'm saving is balanced out by Mike's office: he works in a huge office building, drives 45 minutes each way to get there every day, and is part of a company that doesn't recycle anything. + READ MORE

Jeff Says: Recycle a Bicycle By Team Planet Green IN G Word Jul 31 2008 OK, so everybody knows that bicycling is good for the environment and great for your health. And with a gallon of gas now costing more than a gallon of my favorite box wine, bicycling can definitely save you some... + READ MORE