Articles tagged “Sharing”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

About the Show By Team Planet Green IN Greenovate Apr 6 2008 Saving over 40% on energy bills while also increasing property value by 25% sounds impossible, but Greenovate shows viewers just how to make this lofty dream a reality in their own households. Each half-hour documentary-style episode follows a new "house-greener"... + READ MORE

Become a Wildlife Watcher During National Wildlife Week By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 31 2008 Tune in to the sights, smells, and sounds of nature this spring by participating in the National Wildlife Federation's Wildlife Watch, part of the 70th Annual National Wildlife Week celebration from April 19 to 27. Taking part is easy and free: Simply visit the event's Web site to download a wildlife-watch list, which... + READ MORE

Listen to Your Garden Grow By Kelly Rossiter IN Home & Garden Mar 28 2008 My neighbour Sue, who to my everlasting sorrow is no longer with us, had the most magnificent spring garden you could imagine. Suddenly I was planting 200 to 250 bulbs a year in my very small back garden and even-smaller front-yard space.A number of years ago, I was out walking in the late evening at the time of year... + READ MORE

Help End Sweatshops By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Mar 25 2008 Sweatshops and forced child labor are a growing problem, especially in the clothing and textiles industry.Ask questions about how the workers who make its products are treated, whether the workers are paid a living wage-enough to support their families-and if the business has a code of conduct that protects human rights + READ MORE

Bask In The Warm Glow Of Wine, Without Warming The Globe By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Mar 24 2008 Planet Green's NGO partners keep making us proud.According to Dr. Dominique Bachelet, The Nature Conservancy's climate change scientist, by the end of this century, rising temperatures across the U.S. could reduce the areas suitable for premium wine production by up to 81 percent.Fortunately, we have people like grape... + READ MORE

Follow These Wise Words from 1884 By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 21 2008 Regular Planet Green reader and commenter Elaine has her own blog, Greens and Berries.By using water in abundance to keep clean, taking exercise in moderation to keep the blood pure, and having a regular diet to sustain and strengthen, a man may maintain good health to the utmost limit of fourscore. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Sup on This White Bean and Escarole By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 21 2008 Hopefully, with the arrival of spring, I'll soon be making lighter soups, but for now it's still cold, so a filling bean soup is on the menu for today.White Bean and Escarole SoupServes 4 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil1 onion, chopped2 celery stalks, chopped2 carrots, chopped4-5 garlic cloves1 sprig fresh rosemary1/4 tsp + READ MORE

Dip Those Easter Eggs into Natural Dyes By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 19 2008 One of the sad things about your children growing up is that they don't want to do crafts with you anymore.Red: Beets, cranberries Orange: Outer skins of onions Light Yellow: Carrot tops, orange or lemon peels Dark Yellow: Turmeric Blue: Blueberries, red cabbage leaves Beige or brown: Coffee or tea We always made up the + READ MORE

Find a Roommate With RoomApes.com By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Feb 20 2008 One is the loneliest number, so find someone to split your utility bills and rent money with by looking up potential roommates at RoomApes.com. If you want to squeal about your own soon-to-be-ex roomie, rate him or her on the site, using a scale of 1 to 10, on various personality aspects, including responsibility,... + READ MORE

Bird Watch 24/7 at BirdCinema.com By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 15 2008 At BirdCinema.com, birding enthusiasts can watch, share, and comment on more than 4,000 photos and videos featuring avian antics from all across the globe. The free site also allows you to find, create, and join specialty video groups that will link you up with people who share your interests.You can also customize... + READ MORE

Meet Change Maker Nicolai Petersen of Ethical Business Index Actics By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Feb 6 2008 Today, we're going to meet Nicolai Petersen of the online ethical business index Actics.The most important eco-aspect of my work is: to build a platform to share best practice and empower all ethically minded people through the power of the Internet to commit companies, organizations and public personalities to their... + READ MORE

Green Your Home For Savings: More Than We Previously Predicted By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Feb 5 2008 Philadelphia Architect Charlie Szoradi and real estate agent Cynthia Szoradi spent three years converting a '50s bungalow into an eco-sustainable home and learned a lot in the process.For example, where the RMI predicted savings of $58.10 per year by installing a programmable thermostat, Charlie predicts $180.Where we... + READ MORE

Create a Thing-a-Day During February By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Feb 1 2008 Making your own stuff, whether it's food, art, or furnishings, is a great way to slow down and enjoy what you have around you. It'll be good for you to stretch your creative legs for a few minutes (Thing-a-day recommends 20 or so, and no more than an hour), and it'll be good to shrink whatever pile of junk you have... + READ MORE

Get Recession-Ready: Make Friends With Your Freezer By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 30 2008 In my post on getting recession-ready in the kitchen, I suggested that you could make good use of your freezer in order to "bank" meals. Tomato Sauce 2 pounds fresh or 2 cups canned plum tomatoes2/3 cup chopped carrot2/3 cup chopped celery2/3 cup chopped onionSalt1/4 tsp granulated sugar1/2 cup olive oil 1. + READ MORE

Build a Green Library: How to Go Further with Woody Harrelson & Friends By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jan 23 2008 Speaking from experience is one of the more compelling ways to give quality advice, which is something that Woody Harrelson and his friends put to good use in How To Go Further: A Guide to Simple Organic Living (2005, Warwick Publishing). The journey turned out to be a life (and lifestyle) changer for Harrelson, who is + READ MORE

Eat a PB&J for the Planet By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Jan 18 2008 The humble peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich could save the world, according to The PB&J Campaign, an online effort that claims eating peanut butter is a good way to help the environment. Women who ate peanut butter five days a week had a 20 percent lower risk of developing diabetes, compared with those who didn't nosh... + READ MORE

Cook with Foods that Fight Cancer: Berries By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 11 2008 This is one of a series of posts about food and cancer.This is listed as a breakfast food, but you could also serve it for dessert.Wheat Bran and Blueberry Pound Cake 3/4 cup sugar3/4 cup vegetable oil2 eggs2/3 cup flour1 1/4 cups wheat bran1 cup blueberries 1. + 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

Toast the New Year Without Lead Crystal By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Dec 29 2007 New Year's resolutions are often hard to keep but my first one is easy and green: Stop drinking wine out of leaded crystal stemware. Experts seem to agree that while the danger is small if the wine is consumed over a short space of time (such as a dinner), trace amounts of lead do leach into beverages, especially white + READ MORE

Things to do on Christmas for Non-Christians By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Dec 24 2007 Not everyone does Christmas-a large percentage of our population celebrates other holidays. In the United Kingdom, over 6500 people volunteered last year to help out with Crisis Open Christmas, noting "If you are homeless or living in hostel accommodation, Christmas can be a lonely and depressing time." + READ MORE