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The Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower, Beijing’s Forbidden City, and hundreds of other world landmarks will be abruptly blacked out Saturday night. But the 60-minute power outages—scheduled for 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., local time—won’t be the results of a terrorist plot, natural disaster, or massive solar flare. They’re all part of Earth Hour 2011. (See before-and-after Earth Hour pictures from past years.) The organizers behind the 6th annual Earth Hour urge people to turn off lights and other nonessential appliances in a symbolic show of support for action against climate change and for energy conservation in general. In 2010, 128 countries...
There’s a new easy way for all of you skaters out there to get a little greener. i RIDE i RECYCLE is a new grassroots skateboard deck-recycling movement. Started by lifelong skaters with a passion for action sports and a clean environment their mission is simple: Keep skateboards out of landfills and appreciate them as the works of art that they are. i RIDE i RECYCLE aims to transcend a rider’s environmental footprint, enhance social consciousness and achieve high design. They give ownership to every skateboard manufacturer, shop owner, and individual rider by providing real solutions to an industry known...
Water for People achieved its goal of raising $2 million for its two-month ‘Donate to Drink’ campaign. The best part? It surpassed its target and raised $2,334,100. The campaign was hosted on Crowdrise.com and benefits areas in Africa, Asia, Central America and South America where Water for People works. The international nonprofit organization aims to create a world where everyone has safe drinking water all while ensuring no one suffers or dies from water or sanitation related diseases. We are so thrilled and thankful that we were able to surpass our $2 million goal. It was certainly not an easy feat,...
If a bunch of supermodels won’t get you to care for the environment what will? Using the platform of the modeling industry, supermodels Georgie Badiel and Heide Lindgren have formed Models 4 Water, an organization which provides the most basic human need and right to countries low in resources: CLEAN WATER. What started as a brainstorming session over a kitchen table searching for a way to help the people of Burkina Faso, Georgie’s homeland, has now become a registered 501(c)3 through their various relationships and with the help of their director Max Crespo. Currently Models 4 Water, through its partnership with Gilt,...
Fabolous is getting into the giving spirit. The New York rapper has teamed up with New York Yankees’ Robinson Cano and New York Jets’ Ahmad Bradshaw for his first annual Three Kings coat drive. We just started the foundation, the Fabolous Way, and the winter was coming and we wanted to kick off the foundation with something where we’re giving back to the people within the inner city explained Fab of the initiative during an interview with Pix11. The winter is coming and it’s getting cold and people need coats and people don’t have the opportunity to go out and buy...
Over at greendiary.com, writer Dipanjan Biswas gives us a quick briefing on what you shouldn’t be throwing into your recycling bin! Recycling is an environment friendly activity. Recycling helps to reduce damage done to the environment due to excessive non-composing waste and excessive production. However, there are some items which are harmful to the environment if recycled. The things we will talk about in this article are the ones prohibited by most municipal systems and are or no use to commercial recycling industries as well. Here are the 15 environment enemies which should never be recycled. 1. Wet paper It sounds...
Leonardo DiCaprio has long since become one of Hollywood’s most committed activists for environmental and animal conservation movements. He recently gave his support to the bill banning the shark fin trade in California, and was added to the jury for the Zayed Future Energy Prize because of his environmental work. Now, the actor/activist will be leading a campaign by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) raising awareness of endangered elephants. IFAW’s Animal Action Education program features a campaign each year during Animal Action Week. This year, October 3-9 will be all about elephants and how you can help protect them ivory poaching,...
Global Green USA has released a new PSA to help drive awareness of their new “I AM” campaign – and it’s packed with plenty of famous faces that have supported the organization in the past. Mark Ruffalo, Adrian Grenier, Orlando Bloom, Serena Williams, James Cameron, Billy Morrison, Mark McGrath, Kevin Bacon, and Kyra Sedgwick are just a few of the celebs that make appearances. The initiative is meant to keep climate change in the public dialog – in particular, the predicted devastating effects rising sea levels will have on people living near coastal areas. Global Green’s I AM Campaign is tackling...
The cost of building new classrooms and schools shouldn’t prohibit students in the developing world from accessing a quality education, but new construction, even using inexpensive materials like cinder block, can run up a five-digit bill in construction costs. Now, Hug It Forward, a nonprofit in Guatemala, has figured out how to build new schools on a shoestring budget by turning the plastic bottles that litter the countryside’s villages into raw construction materials. A plastic school might sound like it’s better suited for Barbies than for people, but the technology—developed by the Guatemalan nonprofitPura Vida—is actually quite clever and allows for...
By making just a few small changes to your daily routine, you can save water, save money and preserve water supplies for future generations. Yes you can save money by being environmentally conscious. The average household spends as much as $500 per year on its water and sewer bill. By making just a few simple changes to use water more efficiently, you could save about $170 per year. If all U.S. households installed water-efficient appliances, the country would save more than 3 trillion gallons of water and more than $18 billion dollars per year! Also, itt takes a considerable amount of...
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