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Meet SuChin Pak By Team Planet Green IN G Word May 5 2008 She's co-hosted the Video Music Awards, the Movie Awards, and has been on the Red Carpet for the Oscars and the Golden Globes, but SuChin Pak never planned on a career in television. During high school while volunteering for a... + READ MORE

Protect Your Family From Pesticides By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 29 2008 Even seemingly innocuous lawn-care pesticides post unacceptable health hazards for your family. Find out why the tiniest members of our family are also the most vulnerable, and how you can protect them. + READ MORE

Read to Your Kids Daily By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 28 2008 Move over PlayStation: This Mother's Day, the National Center for Family Literacy is encouraging parents to help their kids lay off the television and PC, and make reading a daily habit for the family, instead. + READ MORE

Enter Discovery's Young Scientist Challenge (and Maybe Get on Mythbusters!) By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Apr 25 2008 Students and teachers, this one's for you: the Discovery Young Scientist Challenge is on, and they're looking for a few great science enthusiasts. The premier national science competition for students in grades 5 through 8 is accepting entries + READ MORE

Go Green, Live Rich: Brown Bag Your Lunch By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Apr 18 2008 This is one in a series of tips from the book Go Green, Live Rich, by David Bach, which shows how reducing your footprint can increase your wealth.Food contributor Kelly has noted on Planet Green that "There is no question that taking your lunch to work every day takes some planning, but once you get used to it, you... + READ MORE

Green Areas around America By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Apr 15 2008 While Greensburg explores a robust example of an entire town that's voluntarily gone green, many other areas across America are going the extra mile and reducing their eco-footprints one step at a time.The Solaire in New York City Residents of America's first environmentally advanced residential tower take pride in... + READ MORE

About the Show By Team Planet Green IN Greensburg Apr 15 2008 On May 4, 2007, a deadly tornado struck Greensburg, Kansas, ripping the town to shreds. Ninety-five percent of the town was destroyed, eleven lives were tragically lost, and survivors were left without homes, businesses, schools and basic city services. Greensburg... + READ MORE

Find a Less-Toxic Pest Control Company By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 27 2008 April showers bring May...bugs. While homemade remedies-such as sprinkling crushed mint leaves and cloves on your kitchen counters to deter ants-may work in a pinchfull-blown infestations call for professional backup.That's where Beyond Pesticides comes in. The national grassroots coalition group has informally vetted... + READ MORE

Banish the Cold With This Stir Fried Noodle Dish By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 26 2008 Today's post is a little cri de coeur.Stir-Fried Noodles with Crispy ChickenServes 4 7 oz dried Chinese noodles2 tbsp peanut oil2 large red chilies, seeded and chopped2 tbsp shredded ginger1/2 head bok choy, or other Asian greens3 tbsp hoisin sauce1/4 cup soy sauce1 tbsp sugar4 chicken breast fillets, sliced2 egg... + READ MORE

Wash Your Hands to Get Rid of Fire Retardants By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Mar 19 2008 Planet Green previously covered the fire retardant polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE), which is widely used in plastics and foams.The chemicals are fat-soluble, so eating oily finger foods like french fries, chicken fingers or anything else kids (and adults) can n't get enough of is probably a route by which people... + READ MORE

Look Before You Leap Into the Indoor Pool By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Mar 14 2008 Indoor swimming is a great form of exercise, especially in the dark winter months when we're not exactly champing at the bit to freeze our tuckuses outside.The flip side is that chlorine is highly reactive; it not only kills bacteria, but also combines with organic chemicals coming from people's bodies, [such as] sweat... + READ MORE

Clean Up, Prepare Your Old Computer Before You Donate It By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Mar 7 2008 We've already covered how to determine if you should repair or recycle your computer, but what if you decide to upgrade while your old one is still in good working order? You don't want to leave anything important to you-such as personal information and documents-on the computer though, so be sure to use some... + READ MORE

Eat Breakfast, Stay Lean By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Mar 5 2008 Um, d'oh?The more regularly the teens ate breakfast, researchers found, the lower their body mass index.Teens who eschewed breakfast weighed an average of 5 pounds more than their counterparts who ate the meal every day. + READ MORE

Meet Change Maker Caroline Priebe of Uluru By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Mar 5 2008 Today, we're going to meet Caroline Priebe, the fashion designer behind the glamorous sustainable label Uluru.Change Makers is series of interviews with people famous and obscure, who answer questions about how they are creating a more sustainable world through their work and personal lives. + READ MORE

Leap for Frogs By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 29 2008 Zoos and aquariums around America are raising awareness of the global plight amphibians are facing by marking this Leap Day the official start of 2008's "Year of the Frog." Sign up at the American Association for Zoos and Aquarium's Year of the Frog Web site to find out how you can support the campaign, including... + READ MORE

Have a Go on a Pogo By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Feb 25 2008 Give your fitness regimen some extra bounce with a familiar childhood toy-the pogo stick. Pogo-stick workouts have become increasingly popular in school gyms and youth fitness centers in the United States, according to Flybar, a California-based pogo-stick producer that donated 32 pogo sticks for Hubley to use in her... + READ MORE

Triple Your Refrigerator's Lifespan By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 13 2008 Collin previously covered the specifics of when you should repair your fridge and when you should just chuck it in favor of a newer, shinier model, but you can still stretch out the lifespan of your existing setup with a few easy tricks, according to the editors of Mother Earth News.Be careful of sharp objects: On older + READ MORE

Donate Your Used Sports Equipment By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 7 2008 Sports equipment gathering dust in the basement or garage? According to Sports Gift: Unfortunately, many children in poverty stricken areas will never have the opportunity to enjoy sports without the aid of Sports Gift.We seek to reach these children to improve their lives and give them hope through a variety of sports + READ MORE

Earn Rebates When You Recycle Electronics, Gadgets By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Jan 29 2008 If laptops, computers, cell phones, PDAs, and flat-panel monitors are piling up on you at home, MyBoneYard can help you recycle them, and even put some cash back in your pocket, in some cases. If you're a frequent upgrader, this site might be just thing you've been waiting for to clean out that drawer full of cell... + READ MORE

Detox Your Home: Wash Up With Ordinary Soap By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 23 2008 Nobody like germs-after all, pneumonia, tuberculosis, meningitis, strep throat, and food poisoning are just some of the loathsome maladies we can blame bacteria for. Another study, that same year, by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health determined that 75 percent of the antibacterial... + READ MORE