tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:42:50 +0000oilwaterAMERICAN EMBASSY-LEED CERTIFIEDAtlantic RainforestBPE-WastePolar Bearanimalaustraliabarrelsbeachcarchildcleanelectricfilmingfree energygovernmentoceanphotographyspillsurtransportationwetlandshttp://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Evylart)Blogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-6592100339221193074Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:05:00 +00002012-09-10T16:05:20.467-07:00 A Fall From Freedom The first comprehensive film to reveal the long and sordid history of the captive whale and dolphin entertainment business. Many of these marine parks and aquariums are directly or indirectly responsible for the death of thousands of the very animals they use for public entertainment. Watch the Trailer Now! Watch the Full Film here: http://http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2012/09/you-thought-by-supporting-day-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-5147162456648046369Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:07:00 +00002010-10-08T12:03:15.801-07:00Green Design Will Save the World"Undulating Croatian Sports Center is an Urban Design Masterpiece""The campus is sited on a slope, so access is provided by flights of stairs that ascend the lower roofs."The new Zamet Centering the Croatian city of Rijeka is a public square topped with a series of undulating buildings interspersed with energy-saving green roofs. designed the complex to allow full http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/10/green-design-will-save-world-undulating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-1810461125693899746Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:51:00 +00002010-10-04T10:19:40.910-07:00La Isla De Ometepe La Isla De Ometepe just joined UNESCO in the 8th Wonder of the World!Ometepe is an island formed by two volcanoes rising from Lake Nicaragua in the Republic of Nicaragua. Its name derives from the Nahuatl words ome (two) and tepetl (mountain), meaning two mountains. It is the largest island located in the Lake Nicaragua.It seems unsullied, and spectacularly so, protected from http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/10/la-isla-de-ometepe-la-isla-de-ometepe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-6592333356434817864Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:24:00 +00002010-08-02T14:10:38.384-07:00A UN panel has added Florida's Everglades National Park and Madagascar's tropical rainforest to a list of world heritage sites at risk.UNESCO'S World Heritage Committee said development in the Everglades had caused water flow to fall 60% in the wetland, a major wildlife sanctuary. The pollution level there was so high it was killing marine life, it added. Illegal logging and http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/07/everglades-and-madagascar-forests-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-7421550282970337965Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:47:00 +00002010-07-21T20:24:04.279-07:00Architects Unveil Incredible Plans for the Future of Los Angeles!LA is a large sprawling metropolis, but the city has expanded to its limits and must grow denser and expand vertically rather than expand horizontally. As a way to add density, Maltzan (current architect on the LA project) proposes to build a new street level on top of existing buildings, creating a new ground plane, green space andhttp://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/07/architects-unveil-incredible-plans-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-8890184223137196130Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:42:00 +00002010-06-24T09:26:55.692-07:00australiachildfilmingphotographysurwaterAlex Tipple, a 29 year old surfer from Sydney, Australia began photographing underwater wave breaks after becoming frustrated with "normal" surf photography."I'm pretty comfortable underwater from years of surfing, and can ride out the waves breaking overhead. The housing is about the size of a shoebox, and weighs about 5 kilograms, heavy enough to hurt when it hits me in the head."Tipple has http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/06/come-walkabout.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-7360638469929525585Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:34:00 +00002010-06-21T13:21:53.291-07:00animalbeachBPoilspillwaterIt has been over two months since the BP oil spill disaster. While BP is struggling to stop the oil gushing from a broken pipe in the Gulf of Mexico, the spill is creeping into more coastal areas of Florida and Louisana. Cleanup in these areas will take years or decades, if the beaches are not lost forever. Please visit boston.com for more information or read the full length article: httphttp://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/06/post-oil-disaster.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-6395212025623585221Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:18:00 +00002010-06-18T13:29:40.875-07:00The species of jellyfish might the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth. There might be no natural limit to it's lifespan. They are able to bypass death since it is capabale of cycling from mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again. Scientists say the hydrozoan jellyfish is the only known animal that can repeatedly turn back the hands of time http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/06/immortal-soul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-8974151829364271262Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:54:00 +00002010-06-18T13:00:07.984-07:00Planning a trip for your summer travels, head to Kangaroo Island in Australia.Prints marked the sand – left not by stranded sailors but by the local wildlife, which, with just one human being per square mile, still roams free. Kangaroo Island (KI), off the coast of South Australia, is wild, elemental and unफॉर thegiving. But I can think of few places in which l would rather be shipwrecked. KI is http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/06/planning-trip-for-your-summer-travels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-1925942979556147967Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:27:00 +00002010-04-29T14:36:52.852-07:00barrelsgovernmentoceanoilwetlandsDISASTER IN THE GULFUp to 5,000 barrels of oil a day may be now be leaking into the water after last week's explosion on a BP-operated rig, which then sank.While officials believe they can get this huge slick under control, environmentalists are deeply concerned, with some experts predicting a disaster on a huge scale spanning three or four American states.A coastguard crew has set fire to part http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-oil-spill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-321389994159422479Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:43:00 +00002010-04-12T14:57:05.944-07:00The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 90 chapters http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/04/surfrider-foundation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-8866880404901850695Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:07:00 +00002010-03-26T18:51:08.223-07:00carcleanelectricfree energytransportation2010 Year for NEW Sustainable TransportationOur growing population and expanding urban cities force us to revisit the issue of sustainable transportation. At one point we had California dealer parking lots packed with clean energy cars. From one day to the next the lots were stripped of these efficient vehicles and sent directly to car mauling sites. We are now wit heads way below water http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/03/2010-year-for-new-sustainable.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-7222309130362523153Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:55:00 +00002010-03-20T11:08:17.748-07:00March 25 – 1 to 4 pm: Level 100: Awareness, Sustainability, Green Basics & LEEDMarch 26 – 8 am to 4 pm: Level 200: LEED Core Concepts & Strategies / Green Associate Exam PrepSustainability and LEED concepts by GreenPoint US (http://www.greenpointusa.com/http://www.greenpointusa.com/), an organization that provides courses and training seminars for people interested in LEED http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/03/leed-in-miami.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-724257403644490645Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:26:00 +00002010-03-20T10:52:13.571-07:00 The Boucher Brothers and the Alonzo Mourning Charities asked if ECOMB and the City of Miami Beach could assist them, once again, in organizing a beach cleanup / litter prevention orientation to their 150 girls at their Beach Day Event.Thanks everyone for your support.For more sustainability information please visit: www.ecomb.org/ http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/03/beach-clleanup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-8685797759749080687Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:22:00 +00002010-02-18T10:28:47.543-08:00Hosted by Travel Portland and Travel Oregon, the ESTC 2010 will be held in Portland, Oregon, from September 8-10, 2010. The ESTC 2010 will bring together business leaders, travel and tourism professionals and community members, providing opportunities to share the latest trends in eco-tourism and sustainable tourism.Speaker Application is NOW OPENDeadline March 1st 2010Apply Now : http://http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-here-ecotourism-and-sustainable.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-3498738567388097617Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:39:00 +00002010-02-17T06:55:45.126-08:00eco_art_gallery - Adopt a bin fundraiser organized by ECOMB of Miami Beach and Sponsored by Seaside Syndication, Miami Dade County and Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, The Sun Post in colloboration with other creative groups will be sponsoring adopt a litter bin campaign. Liter bins are located in Miami Beach from 1st to 23rd street. The campaign will select 204 artists to decorate one of the http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2010/02/ecomb-art-by-sea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-5827625907226040083Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:30:00 +00002009-12-27T18:13:15.912-08:00On average, 103 gallons of water are consumed each day by each citizenA seemingly limitless supply of water but wrong.Every day, over four billion gallons of groundwater are consumed to satisfy the demands of agriculture, industry, power plants, development, and municipal and public water supplies, and as a result, we are depleting our natural, underground water resources faster than they can be http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2009/12/watershed-close-tap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-1570265080967754359Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:17:00 +00002009-11-18T22:34:53.689-08:00Energy-hungry television sets will soon be banned across California in a landmark move by state legislators to reduce energy consumption.The state of California will be the first in the US to impose a mandatory energy curb on TVs, an often-overlooked power drain.Supporters say the move will help save California residents more than $8bn over 10 years in energy costs. The California Energy http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2009/11/power-guzzling-tvs-now-banned-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-873636362553905769Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:07:00 +00002010-03-20T10:14:10.607-07:00Itare Beach in Bahia Brasil is a Carbon-Free Destination! Following a Carbon Free Tourism Certification Program directed by the movement Mecenas da Vida (Patrons for Life) The Program aims to work in partnership with businesses, to develop the solution for two serious social-environmental problems in the country:1 - The destruction of tropical forests resulting in reduction of biodiversity, http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2009/10/itare-beach-in-bahia-brasil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-8611482362306295081Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:14:00 +00002009-10-28T12:31:28.462-07:00Energy is central to sustainable development and poverty reduction efforts. It affects all aspects of development -- social, economic, and environmental -- including livelihoods, access to water, agricultural productivity, health, population levels, education, and gender-related issues. None of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) can be met withouthttp://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2009/10/expo-2010-shanghai-china.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-8551550294693882419Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:44:00 +00002010-03-20T10:25:17.178-07:00In the past 150 years, 95 percent of all redwoods have been cleared. The 5 percent that remains are still being liquidated. Ancient trees that go back 2,2000 years old, sprouted well before the birth of Christ. The forest existed during the dinosaur era and contains more biomass acre for acre than the Amazon, yet it has been reduced to mere patches on a map. Redwoods rely on fog for up to 40 http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2009/10/redwood-and-dinosaurs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-45658962033349800Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:56:00 +00002009-10-13T21:11:53.634-07:00 The Bugathermo is no ordinary boot. Now we can dream, plan, and do arctic adventures comfortably. The power of design engineering at Colombia Sports-wear has introduced a new kind of boot that fits like a glove.An innovative, rechargeable heating system keeps feet warm for up to eight hours. Three temperature settings adjust to the coldest conditions, and with waterproof, http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2009/10/no-ordinary-boot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-717178806741089927Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:59:00 +00002009-09-25T20:09:42.448-07:00More and more people are getting out their handy pocket sustainable seafood guides and that's a great thing. For one reason or another these guys have been hit hard with overfishing or the methods in which they are fished have dire consequences for the planet. So if you see these fish on a menu skip them and if you see them at the fish market pass them by. Of course this list is subject to changehttp://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2009/09/least-sustainable-seafood-in-world-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-4474124965217055422Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:21:00 +00002009-09-20T15:01:59.501-07:00AMERICAN EMBASSY-LEED CERTIFIEDAMERICAN EMBASSY-LEED CERTIFIEDIn March 2007, the U.S. embassy in Sofia became not only the first building in Bulgaria, but also the first U.S. diplomatic compound in the world, to earn LEED certification. The State Department aims to complete 15 LEED certified embassies by the close of fiscal year 2009.The plan for the Sofia embassy began with the Standard Embassy Design, a stock model developedhttp://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2009/09/first-us-eco-embassy-in-bulgaria.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108265358331983706.post-8281954100561574374Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:36:00 +00002009-09-17T10:02:48.122-07:00UNIPOL: WORLD"S FIRST ANTI-AIR POLLUTION POLICE FORCEIn Abidjan, the commercial and cultural capital of the West African nation of Cote d'Ivoire, the potent odor of car exhaust permeates just about everything. Eighty percent of the country's vehicles are second-hand -- discarded cars shipped in from Western countries.These are all cars that will leave u with lung cancer as they passed by.Last http://greenisglobal.blogspot.com/2009/09/unipol-worlds-first-anti-air-pollution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evylart)0