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Earth Day 2010 Is Thursday

Allison — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:07:53 +0000

Thursday, April 22, 2010 will mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and every city in America has something great planned.

Whether you live in Brentwood, Tennessee or Brentwood, California, people and organizations around the globe will be celebrating Earth Day Thursday with events and classes to help you go greener.

Be sure to check out what’s going on in your community and get out there and go even greener!

America Recycles Day November 15

Johnny — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:21:17 +0000

This Sunday, November 15, is America Recycles Day, so mark your calendar for this eco-friendly celebration.

Put together by the Keep America Beautiful organization, America Recycles Day aims to oversee the daily recycling activities of the US, encourage recycling and see what we can do differently.

University of Louisiana Unveils Solar-Powered Home

Johnny — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:29:03 +0000

Students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette have been working on an eco-friendly project for more than two years now and have recently unveiled their hard work.

Designed for the Solar Decathlon competition next month, the new solar-powered home is one of 20 homes that will be competing this year, though we have high hopes for this Louisiana green home.

Around 500 partners have signed up to support these earth-friendly projects with donations ranging up to $100,000.

Win $20,000 for Your Green Idea

Johnny — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:38:50 +0000

National Geographic, along with Sun Chips, is offering a $20,000 prize for the best green living idea.

The best submitted idea would focus on inspiring people to make small steps in order to bring big change to their lives, local community and environment.

Online voters will choose the winner with the best idea, and a panel of judges will choose four more.

Now, what is your green idea?

Seattle’s Green Festival This Weekend

Johnny — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:07:38 +0000

Spotlighting everything green, this weekend’s Green Festival takes place at Seattle’s Washington State Convention & Trade Center.

With always ever-creative vendors, exhibits and speakers, the Green Festival is one of the leading U.S. conferences on recycling and environmentalism.

Attending will be 150 speakers to give you advice and news on living green and be sure you attend many of the how-to workshops going on over the weekend.

The festival opens Saturday at 10am and goes to 7pm, and closes Sunday 11am-6pm. Cost is $15, or $10 for seniors and students.

EcoStiletto Green Girl’s Night Out

Johnny — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:40:15 +0000

Last Tuesday saw the Second-Annual EcoStiletto Green Girl’s Night Out in Los Angeles at Intuition which benefited the charity Dress for Success.

An all-green gala, the event was hosted by committee members Jennie Garth and Anna Getty. From a solar-powered DJ to eco-friendly, vegetarian hors d’oeurves, the night out celebrated the choice to be green.

Party guests were encouraged to bring in a pair of gently used shoes to donate to the Dress for Success charity and 15% of all sales that evening went to the cause.