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Creating strong leaders and a strong environment.
More to come here later.
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Creating strong leaders and a strong environment.
More to come here later.
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Updates coming soon!
Look! A blog about Pete Wentz this month that doesn't mention the word baby (er, more than once)!
Ever the activists, Fallout Boy has accepted Do Something's invitation to appear in a public service announcement. The topic: anything to do with the environment (that includes climate change!). The writer/creator . . . you? Could be!
This PSA campaign is a call to action for all green guys and girls (or Fallout Boy fans, or both!) to create their own videos; the top entry will be professionally made starring the band. The winner will also be flown to the shoot to hang with the guys. Pretty awesome.
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P.S.: Though the next April 22 is 364 days away, isn't it time we all try to make every day Earth Day? If you need ideas for your video, check out the recycling and energy conservaation sections of DoSomething.org
CGG caught up with Ben Jelen on his way to do a Free Green concert on Earth Day in NYC at a Replay store. Ben's a total cutie and stopped to answer a few questions:
CGG: Why earth day? Why is this your big issue?
Ben: It's a big issue because our planet is everything.
CGG: What kinds of things do you do?
Ben: I bike everywhere, recycle EVERYTHING at home and on tour. I also tour in a biodeisel bus. I wish I could compost more, but I live in Brooklyn and it's too difficult.
Ben's hope for future: “I think that turning off TVs and and switching lighbulbs [to a more energy-efficient kind], is good but, it's short term. We need a renewable energy source; that's where the future is."
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Ben is so dedicated to this cause, he started the Ben Jelen Foundation. The charity has four goals: to educate teens about environmentalism, aid those affected by climate change, invest in alternative and clean energy sources, and finance organizations that campaign for a better climate.
Check out Ben's music and more about his foundation at: www.benjelen.com and http://www.myspace.com/benjelen. BTW: His latest EP is only available digitally to save the earth from the excess packaging of CDs. How cool is that?!
Acclaimed designer Phillip Lim (pictured below with Debra Messing) was inspired by a National Geographic show on arctic polar bears to launch a new green line to fight global warming. Lim is creating Go Green Go, a 10-piece collection made with natural cottons and organic silk.
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Photo via Style.com
Kate Hudson, Rihanna, and Debra Messing, just to name a few, are fans of Phillip Lim's designs. Rihanna, pictured below with Chris Brown, is wearing a Phillip Lim black dress.
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Lim has also instilled a company recycling plan for plastic garment bags by designing a $20 canvas grocery tote that reads, "Smile, you have just reduced your carbon footprint," with all of the profits going to Al Gore's Climate Project.
Lim told Elle magazine, "I know it's [the environment] not going to change overnight, but at least I can try to reduce what I've done."
DO SOMETHING about global warming and the disappearing ice caps! Plant a tree, use energy saving light bulbs, and turn off the lights when you are not in the room. Click here to find out more ways that YOU can help stop the threat of global warming.
Hello all,
We'd like to invite you to a global warming themed art showing. This show takes place in Long Beach California at the [2cc] 2nd City Council Art Gallery from April 19, 2008 until May 22, 2008. The 2cc gallery is located at 435 Alamitos Ave. Long Beach, CA 90802. It is between 4th and 5th street.
The artists reception is Saturday April 26 from 7-9 pm. Please come join us.
The show is free and open to all ages. The show is juried by international artist, curator and author Kim Abeles. Kim Abeles is an artist who has been on the forefront of earth, world, and global warming issues for years.. She gained international attention for her series of plates called “The Smog Collectors”.
The 36 artists are Jude Wadler, Albert Sormanti, Wendy Trauth, Kimiko Miyoshi, Michael Hankin, Don Hall, Jackie Appel, Steven Fujimoto, Ken Boland, Kirk Van Allyn, Milo Cil, Bill Damrova, Bob Beers, Ronald Ray Seekers, S. Shelly Jones, Ann Isolde, Stan Benson, Betty Marin, Carlos Daub, Eileen Star Moderbacher, Diana Wong, Cheryl Lommatsch, Melissa Kaup-Augustine, Don Ryan, Julie Kornblum, Melissa A. Kojima, ReneeAmitai, Ann Marie Rousseau, Kerry Kugelman, Janet Lucroy, Tim Armstrong, Kenda Francis, Ann Fanciullo Sperling, George Two Horses, and Jaune Sabatte. Music provided by the Brad Dutz Obliteration Quartet.
Images of the show and an update afterwards will be available soon.
| Started On: | 04/19/2008 | Ended On: | 05/22/2008 |
| People Involved: | 50 plus as many guest as we can handle | People Impacted: | As many people as possible. |
| Money Raised: | TBD |
Updates coming soon!
With the same humor and humanity he exuded in An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore spells out 15 ways we can address climate change, from buying a hybrid car to inventing a hotter brand name for global warming. First, though, comes a hilarious set of stories from The New Gore, who turns out to be a stand-up comedian. The former Vice President has plenty of joke material, and he's funnier than you've ever seen him. Then he gets down to grittier matters with a list of actions ordinary people can take to stem the tide of global warming. His message: Doing something is easier than you think.
In Al Gore's brand-new slideshow (premiering exclusively on TED.com), he presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting, and challenges us to act with a sense of "generational mission" -- the kind of feeling that brought forth the civil rights movement -- to set it right. Gore's stirring presentation is followed by a brief Q&A in which he is asked for his verdict on the current political candidates' climate policies and on what role he himself might play in future.
Planet is a new mag jam packed with articles and photographs dealing with global issues. Brady Corbet, who had a recurring role on 24, is on the cover stretched out in the backseat of a car. The issue features articles about soft power design and vertical farming (literally an apartment-style building with farms one on top of the other). The magazine also addresses growing pressure to boycott the Olympics as a protest to China's economic relationship with Sudan.
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Planet also discusses "green space" and dishes the truth about hybrids and bottled water. The content is really interesting, and more important, extremely relevant to global culture.
Learn more about the magazine and then check out the Do Something website to find out how you can go green!
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Problem: You're Leonardo DiCaprio (just go with it). You produced a great doc about global warming, its human causes and its consequences. You want everyone to see it, but you feel like a hypocrite selling wasteful DVDs.
Solution: Environmentally sound packaging made from "100% certified renewable resources."
I'm not really sure what that means exactly, but the effort is noteworthy. If you want to be really low impact, you can rent it On Demand or buy it on iTunes, but then you'd miss out on the "more than 60 minutes of extras exploring action plans for rescuing the planet."
Even more, a portion of the profits will be going to Global Green. The DVD is released April 8th, but you can pre-order today for five bucks.
If you have no idea what we're even talking about, watch the trailer.
Also, we still love this promo picture for the film.
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I would like to start a sand volleyball tournament and cook out at the Band Shelter on 23rd Street in Bettendorf, Iowa this summer. There are two courts there, so we could have two pools of teams playing at once. The champion form each bracket would play in the end. ALL MONEY EARNED WOULD GO INTO BUYING TREES, which would be planted around the city. I am going to try to see if Wallaces Garden Center (or some other local garden center) will sell us trees for a discounted price. If possible, I also would like to hold a barbeque for any hungry people nearby. I would try to get food either donated or buy it from a local grocery store. I'd also like to create t-shirts that say "Play for the Planet" which would have a giant tree with a volleyball. I could sell the t-shirts either separate or include them in the entree fee. The back would have all of the sponsors (Wallaces, Hy-vee and the "Do Something" organization) In the end, after we obtain the trees from Wallaces Garden Center we would need volunteers to plant the trees. My high school (Pleasant Valley High School) has a volunteer hours requirement and I could have an announcement the last week of school for people who are interested in earning some of their hours, or would just like to help out. I would also create an event on www.facebook.com. My mom is also the regional director for USAV club volleyball, so I could obtain emails of competitive volleyball players in Pleasant Valley Club Volleyball. My project could impact and greatly beautify the Quad Cities. (Currently, I there is not an exact date set because I need to find funding to follow through.)
| Started On: | June 2008 | Ended On: | August 2008 |
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To get involved either add me as a friend on facebook (Heather Kay Swanson in the Pleasant Valley Network) and send me a message (best way of getting to me) or email me at [edited by DS Staff]
Related Cause: Global WarmingCategory: Education & Environment
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