Climate Community Citizen of the Week – Alexis Chaves
Congratulations to Alexis Chaves this week’s Climate Community Citizen of the Week. We have come to know about Alexis through another one of our winners – Sarah Elizabeth Ippel. Alexis is a student at the Academy for Global Citizenship in Chicago (Sarah Elizabeth is the schools founder).
Although we do not generally work with grade school students [...]
- 1 Comment
Weekly Mulch: As risks for oil and gas grow, USSF offers change
By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger
BP oil has been spilling into the Gulf of Mexico for more than two months, and while attention has focused there, deepwater oil drilling is just one of many risky methods of energy extraction that industry is pursuing. Gasland, Josh Fox’s documentary about the effects of hydrofracking, a new technique [...]
- 0 Comments
A Vegetarian’s Dilemma
I am not a self-righteous vegetarian. In fact, I’m quite an insecure vegetarian, frequently seeking justification for my one or two servings of dairy a day and the occasional egg. I say to myself, “it’s okay since I only buy and consume dairy and eggs from local, organic sources…right?” And thus begins the insecurity. There’s [...]
- 3 Comments
Grease to Gas – from restaurant to gas tank…
The following is from our friends at Eco Company-TV, Eco Company airs weekly across the country. Go to Eco-Company.TV to find the day, time and station in your area.
- 0 Comments
E-Waste – where is it all going?
The following is from our friends at Eco Company TV, Eco Company airs weekly across the country. Go to Eco-Company.TV to find the day, time and station in your area.
- 0 Comments
Climate Community Citizen of the Week – Matthew Evans
Congratulations to Matthew Evans this week’s Climate Community Citizen of The Week. We met Matthew through another of our winners – Laura Webber. Matthew has created his own non-profit that is focused on planting trees and many other amazing projects that help his community and help our planet.
The following is a bit of background that [...]
- 0 Comments
President Obama and The Oil Spill…
Tomorrow evening, President Obama is making an address to the American people regarding the mess in The Gulf.
Like many events in life – this one was not of his doing, nor is it something that he can have much control over. Yet for now – he is our leader, President of The United States. It [...]
- 0 Comments
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 [...]
- 1 Comment
Empire State Building – Amazing Green Story….
This is an amazing story! We were there yesterday with a group from ULI to discuss Energy retrofits – it was an excellent day!
- 1 Comment
Loading ...
