April 21st, 2009
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MSN Finds It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green With Earth Day just around the corner, a new MSN Green survey finds it’s not always so easy being green. The survey found that overwhelmingly, almost 70 percent of the Americans surveyed say that they would never limit toilet flushes to conserve water or use a kitchen compost.As the country prepares to celebrate Earth Day, statistics show America produces enough trash in one day to equal the weight of the Empire State Building.* Although half of respondents s
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Celebrating Earth Day, Every Day.
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Earth Day is here again and as we pondered what it is that we wanted to do this year, we decided to do what we do every day. This is no different than what we did last year and probably will do next year. It’s keeping a hard line on focusing our efforts on making products available to you that can help eliminate unnecessary car trips and enable you to do more with less. Earth Day takes on its own personal meaning for each of us. For one, it might conjure memories of neighborhood springtim
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Green Skate 09 UPDATE
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Come one, come all to the Greenest Skate of them all! (I am not sure where that came from) This Saturday, April 25th at High Noon in Columbus Circle (59th) we will skate! Meet up a little early and lets actually get moving around 1215. Bring your helmets and skating legs to a 6.2ish mile push for a better planet. Tell your friends and have them tell their friends. This is the first major skate in NYC this year so pass on the word and lets have a big turn out so you can meet the new talent
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Greeting the Obama Administration
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Submitted by All American Blog Written by Michael Vass And now the shoe has dropped. Yes it has happened, an American now tops the FBI Most Wanted Terrorist list (or disgruntled native criminals or whatever the Obama Administration calls a terrorist these days). No one should be surprised. Not after the memos came out about targeting right [...]
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“Red, Hot and Green” in Cedar Rapids
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Procter Gamble has chosen Cedar Rapids and Earth Day to launch a new sustainability initiative pilot. The new Future Friendly program will include products from PG’s most recognized brands, including PUR, Charmin and Dawn. Each brand provides specific savings in water, waste or energy, with the resource-saving benefits marked on the packaging. To launch the pilot, a Future Friendly demonstration house will be unveiled at Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids o
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Nouveau single de Green Day
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Le premier single du prochain album de Green Day a leaké sur le Web. La chanson s’appelle Know Your Enemy . L’album à paraître le 15 mai prochain (un vendredi, weird ) s’intitulera 21st Century Breakdown . Les dates de la tournée Nord-Américaine ont déjà été annoncées, et les gars seront à Montréal le 18 juillet prochain! Les dates pour la vente des billets n’ont toute fois pas été dévoilées pour le moment. Voici donc ce premier extrait : Posted in Musique
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One Billion+ People to Celebrate Earth Day 2009
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Earth Day has been an annual rite of spring in the U.S. since it was first celebrated by 20 million people on April 22, 1970. Back then, activists joined with citizens to revel in the experience of living on a green-blue planet while calling attention to environmental policies designed to keep it that way. This year you can celebrate Earth Day by participating in local events scheduled in communities nationwide on the Earth Day Network . A yearlong initiative called the Green Generation will b
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Sustainable Living Program, Environment 185, ESLP, Lecture 2, UCLA
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Week 2: Environmental and Social Justice
Jump to the start of the Lecture! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz8HXgUvZ6E#t=1m47s
Michael Cox and D’Artagnan Scorza join the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) speaker series. ESLP is a student designed, student developed, and student facilitated program offered through UCLA’s Institute of the Environment.
ESLP runs a Lecture Series which brings guest speakers from UCLA and across the country to speak on specialized subjects including food systems, green business, organic gardens, sustainable living, the green economy, environmental justice, transportation, as well as sustainability projects across Los Angeles. More information can be found at http://www.eslp-la.com.
Michael Cox is from the California Student Sustainability Coalition, a body of students and student groups working to promote student involvement with UC faculty, staff and administration in collaboration with the UC Office of the President and the UC Board of Regents, to implement environmentally sound practices in the UC system and to unite and empower students throughout the state with the common goal of uring a sustainable future for California and the world.
D’Artagnan Scorza is a member of the UC Board of Regents, he participates in the Universitys governance and advocates for equity and inclusion, affordability and access for future generations of students. His emphasis on clean energy and sustainable practices supports the Universitys environmental-friendly policies.
* See all the UCLA Education for Sustainable Living classes in this series: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=970187D814A61677
* See more courses from UCLA: http://www.youtube.com/uclacourses
* See more from UCLA’s main channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ucla
Duration : 1:33:35
Sustainable Living Program, Environment 185, ESLP, Lecture 8
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Jules Dervaes on “Sustainable Systems,” as part of the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP). Jump to the start of the lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkrZKGv-_Sk#t=24m41s
ESLP is a student designed, student developed, and student facilitated program offered through UCLA’s Institute of the Environment. ESLP runs a Lecture Series which brings guest speakers from UCLA and across the country to speak on specialized subjects including food systems, green business, organic gardens, sustainable living, the green economy, environmental justice, transportation, as well as sustainability projects across Los Angeles. More information can be found at www.eslp-la.com.
Jules Dervaes is the founder of the Dervaes Institute which is dedicated to encouraging environmentally sustainable lifestyles. The Path to Freedom is yet another project founded by Dervaes, and to find out more, go to http://www.pathtofreedom.com/
* See all the UCLA Education for Sustainable Living classes in this series: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=970187D814A61677
* See more courses from UCLA: http://www.youtube.com/uclacourses
* See more from UCLA’s main channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ucla
Duration : 0:49:29