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school district set to approve huge solar energy project

lorraine — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:45:29 +0000

I got a wonderful email this week from Shelly Yarbrough, member of the Val Verde Unified School District in Riverside County, California. Shelly wrote to me about a huge solar project that the Irvine Unified School District are just about to approve. On Tuesday, they are scheduled to approve a plan to install solar energy [...]

be eek-o friendly this October 31st

lorraine — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:07:10 +0000

Here’s a spooky Halloween fact: Consumers spent $1.4 billion on Halloween decorations in 2007, including everything from plastic ornaments to throw-away utensils. As the 2nd biggest holiday for decorating after Christmas, Halloween negatively impacts the environment by generating a lot of waste. 17 year old Ally Maize, LA’s resident “green” teen and founder of local nonprofit, [...]

dos and don’ts for your loo and sink

lorraine — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:19:35 +0000

Have you ever tossed items like cleaning or disinfecting wipes, moist towelettes or personal hygiene wipes into the loo? I’m sure you have. I know I have at one time or another. Well, even items labeled as disposal are, in fact, NOT and cause all sorts of issues at your local processing plants. Even dental [...]

10 Ways to Support Charity Through Social Media

lorraine — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:00:28 +0000

This post is a collaboration between Mashable’s Summer of Social Good charitable fundraiser and Max Gladwell’s “10 Ways” series. The post is being simultaneously published across more than 100 blogs. Social media is about connecting people and providing the tools necessary to have a conversation. That global conversation is an extremely powerful platform for spreading information [...]

10 Ways to Change the World Through Social Media

lorraine — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:00:29 +0000

Citizen journalism, open government, status updates, community building, information sharing, crowdsourcing, and the election of a President. Editor’s note: This is first guest post from Max Gladwell. Our children will inherit a world profoundly changed by the combination of technology and humanity that is social media. They’ll take for granted that their voices can be heard [...]

top executive charged with unlawful caring

lorraine — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:57:41 +0000

No sooner had I received word this morning that Greenpeace were taking action to urge government ministers from the world’s 17 biggest greenhouse polluters to “Stop Global Warming” and “Rescue the Planet” from the devastating effects of climate change that I then get confirmation that Phil Radford, Greenpeace USA’s new and shiny executive director, gets [...]

the flora & land-mine continuum

lorraine — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:20:37 +0000

How great would it be to have nature tell you if the ground you walk on is safe? Obviously this is not anything we have to worry about here in Western society (click here to see the video of what it could be like). However, it’s a very different story for millions of other people around [...]

Tomatoes After Tax Day

lorraine — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:09:35 +0000

presented by Aerin, our resident garden muse (when next in Berkeley, don’t forget to visit the Magic Gardens Nursery. If you mention MuseGreen you’ll receive a 10% discount off your nursery purchase!) We thought we’d share with you a wonderful article on tomatoes written by a great friend of Magic Gardens, Fred Hempel of Baia Nicchia. Tomato [...]

prince charles warns that we’re running out of time

lorraine — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:00:17 +0000

Did you know that the Earth’s population is growing at a rate of 6,000,000 per day and that resources we take for granted – such as the water we use to rinse off our latest cure for split ends are running drastically low, especially in the more remote parts of the globe? Speculation has it that [...]

the house with no energy bills

lorraine — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:22:01 +0000

What do you get when you combine renewable energy technology with good, centuries old building techniques? A zero-carbon building – that’s what. Developed by University of Cambridge architects (and recently featured on Channel 4’s Grand Designs program in the UK) as a prototype for future living – the ‘arch’ is based upon a 600 year-old design [...]