green living
Last updated by kfcrawford on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 22:37.
Shift The Tide is closing the information gap between the environmentalist movement and the Average Joe. Our goal is to create an accessible source for ideas about conservation and the small changes everyone can make to help keep the planet healthy.
Last updated by jgarcia on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 11:56.
On the morning of Saturday, April 12, members of College Forward’s Student Leadership Council (SLC) at Crockett High School will lead a group of their peers and neighbors in an environmental improvement and education day, Green Up! Having already worked in the park to remove invasive species and large debris, College Forward students will now help to build a butterfly garden at Williamson Creek in South Austin. Following a morning of volunteer work, the program’s SLC will host an environmental fair onsite at the park.
Last updated by newmanc5 on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 11:37.
Green Oakland Fair is going to be the first annual fair emphasizing the importance of going green in Oakland County, Michigan. I have collaborated with my county's Conservation District to make this ground breaking event happen. Saturday April 19th is their Annual Spring Tree Sale Pick up date, which also happens to be the weekend before Earth Day. We decided to work together and take advantage of the near 500 Oakland County residents that will be picking up their trees and spread the green message.
Last updated by diningforeducation on Tue, 12/04/2007 - 17:08.
MISSION STATEMENT:
We are committed that Seattle students will develop their own understanding of food and energy through direct experience with the community.
DINNER:
In Seattle on January 12th 2008, local communities of educators, builders, chefs, legislators and students will gather to discuss the future of environmental education in Seattle highschools.
Our goal is to discuss what is already in place and what people are doing that works and apply that to the future of education.
Last updated by klatshaw on Sun, 11/25/2007 - 01:03.
With the help of my college professor, I established the first commercial green roof in the state of Nebraska! Prairie plants—plants that would survive drought, and other harsh conditions—were used to cover the roof. A specially designed mixture, called RoofliteTM was used as a lightweight growing media. This planting media was tested for its water holding capacity and drainage properties before it was used.
So what does all of this mean? Economically, it means we are receiving huge energy savings by insulating the roof.
Last updated by BackPorchEnergy... on Mon, 10/08/2007 - 00:17.
The Back Porch Energy Initiative is a non profit founded in May of 2007 by six college graduates who wanted to take action on critical local issues in the American southeast. The American southeast has the highest per capita energy consumption values in the country, spending only one fifth the national averages on energy programming and resources. The founders of Back Porch call the southeast home, and we decided to do something about these discouraging figures. In November, we are headed on a ten month tour of the American Southeast on a bus fueled by waste vegetable oil.
Last updated by BackPorchEnergy... on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 15:35.
The Back Porch Energy Initiative is a non profit founded in May of 2007 by six college graduates who wanted to take action on critical local issues in the American southeast. The American southeast has the highest per capita energy consumption values in the country, spending only one fifth the national averages on energy programming and resources. The founders of Back Porch call the southeast home, and we decided to do something about these discouraging figures. In November, we are headed on a ten month tour of the American Southeast on a bus fueled by waste vegetable oil.
