Planning a fun green party…

We are very happy to be working with The Green Girls and Earth Spark International to plan a party/eco-fashion show on June 26th.
Here is a look at the interview process – not a bad afternoon…..

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Weekly Mulch: BP Oil Spill Stalls Climate Bill

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger
“There’s a dead dolphin on this beach,” Mother Jones‘ Mac McClelland, wrote yesterday in Louisiana. It’s one snapshot of the harm visited on the Gulf Coast by the BP oil spill. Back in Washington, the Senate climate bill, which would put the country on a path to cleaner [...]

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Climate Community Citizen of the Week – Look Back…

This week we would like to take a quick look back at our winners from the last six months.  This group of amazing young people include students and young professionals, people living and working in the US, Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.
We have had the pleasure of getting to know them and learn about their tremendous efforts at [...]

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Weekly Mulch: Obama’s Responsibility for the BP Oil Spill

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger
President Barack Obama is in Louisiana today, and BP is saying it will know in 48 hours if its attempt to “top kill” the leaking oil well in the Gulf Coast by pouring mud and cement over it has worked.
If the scramble to stop the leak has ended, the slog [...]

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Weekly Mulch: BP Oil Hits Louisiana – But How Far Away is the Next Disaster?

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger
Oil has hit shore in Louisiana, and despite BP’s best efforts to keep the media away, reporters can now touch the greasy stuff with their hands and feet. The onrush of  oil into the Gulf has continued for over a month now, and while BP is still trying to staunch [...]

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Three Emerging Technologies That Will Change The Way You Think About (And Use) Energy

Believe it or not, there is a silver lining to our current climate crisis. The challenge to conserve energy and reduce emissions gives us a much-needed catalyst for new technology developments and innovative business practices. Here’s a peak at some emerging technologies and gadgets that are changing the way we consume energy and revolutionizing your [...]

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The Great Green Hope: A Look at Some of California’s Gubernatorial Candidates

Jerry Brown

The race to the California governor’s office is on. So far, it’s been quite the production. At the center of this year’s gubernatorial spectacle is Republican billionaire Meg Whitman who, thus far, has spent a record-setting $70 million on her primary campaign. Her rival, Republican Steve Poizner, has recently made an unexpected jump in [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day – Planet Earth!

The beauty of Mother’s Day is that we can reflect for a moment on the incredible importance of – Mother’s.
From the moment of conception on our mother plays the fundamental role in supporting life.  It is no wonder that we think of the planet as “Mother Earth”.
Mother Earth holds all of the ingredients necessary for [...]

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Team Marine and The Daily Ocean – Ocean Heroes

Recently Climate Community winner Team Marine from Santa Monica High was awarded an Ocean Hero Award on Ocean’s Day in Sacromento for all of their outstanding, and exemplary ocean conservation work they do among other crucial environmental issues facing us. I had the opportunity to go with them to lobby for California Assembly Bills that [...]

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Local Environmental Community Groups -Seattle

I’ve got to admit, I’m a fan of grassroots environmentalism. Don’t get me wrong, there is most definitely a need and a place for the large scale environmental organizations. But to me, there’s just something really exciting about small, locally based groups of people taking part in the environmental movement, despite their often limited resources [...]

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