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America’s institutions of higher learning are doing more than just molding and inspiring the bright minds of students. Many are also setting admirable examples of sustainable solutions to myriad problems.
Last updated by projectgreenlight on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 21:47.
Project Greenlight is rooted in a small community in Northeast Pennsylvania. Many people live in poor rural areas and working class urban neighborhoods in the formerly prosperous Lackawanna and Wyoming Valleys. I hope to educate people about energy conservation and help them to make a positive change. By distributing and installing CFLs I hope to not only touch individual lives, but to do my part in the fight against climate change.
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 begreen on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 14:20.
We are helping anyone looking to go green by living within their environmental means. Solving the problem of global warming one person at a time has made, and will continue to make a difference in the global struggle to cool off the planet.
Last updated by ivank on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 04:06.
Right now, we are looking toward the LA/Torrance community. Businesses are the leaders in operating consumption, and often they are key players when it comes to becoming more sustainable. If every product we use is made in a more sustainable manner, then it will be much simpler on the consumer end of the stick. Right now, there are a lot of people and business’s who need help pointing them in the more sustainable direction. Tech Go Green hopes to become this standard.
Last updated by Community Actio... on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 18:06.
Doraville is a growing community with a growing number of immigrant and refugee families. The area is very diverse with many Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese and Mexican Americans. Our goal is to bring all of these diverse people together to bring awareness to the global issue of preserving our environment. The preservation of our Earth is a cause that crosses all lines of color, race, ethnicity, religion and culture. Doraville is an area that doesn't have many recycling centers or environmental preservation or conservation campaigns.
Vanessa Carlton's SoHo loft is quite spacious by Manhattan standards. Yet it feels super cozy, with an earthy feel that exactly matches its owner. And it should, as she decorated the ethereal space herself. The wallpaper is tree print; the dining room table is long and wooden and adorned with drying flowers, the bathtub has beautiful, dark branches lying across it. And of course, in the center of it all, sits the "A Thousand Miles" singer-songwriter's unusually feminine piano (grand, indeed!).
Last updated by jenchick79 on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 20:05.
I am opening a green day care/preschool to teach children from the ages of 0-5 that they can have an impact on the environment. Also, the center will be eco friendly with minimal impact to the environment. The center will have a native grass that doesn't need to be watered, bamboo flooring and other recycled products. In addition, the children will be able to grow food and see how nature works with a key on fun so they enjoy being green.
My hope is to create an healthy learning environment for children with asthma/allergies or that are completely healthy.
Last updated by pacllama on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 20:13.
Kids at Willow Elementary School in Alaska are choosing to Recycle! There is currently no recycling program in Willow, Alaska. The nearest Recycling Center is almost 50 miles away! We are trying to get bins in all the classrooms and businesses around town! Having bins conveniently located will make recycling much easier for students, teachers and community members. The bins will also make it easier to transport the recyclables. Recycling is an easy choice, so we want to make recycling easy!
Last updated by Sevy on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 02:08.
I go to Sandy High School in Sandy Oregon, and this year I took a trip with the Green Club at school into Portland to view some of the many eco-friendly green roofs installed on several large and small buildings throughout the city. There was even a middle school with an eco-garden. After the trip I was very impressed by how effective and efficient these green roofs are. Within the next four years we are supposed to have a new high school built, up and running. The blueprints and such are currently in the works, from what I know, and evidently the architecht is environmentally oriented.
