Category: Events
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The Hudson Valley Green Festival
If you don’t have plans yet for the Labor Day weekend holiday, how about the Hudson Valley Green Festival? The event is sponsored by Rhinebeck’s Terrapin Resturant and will be on 04 September at the Staatsburgh State Historic Site. It is a one day festival celebrating alternative energy, local food and drinks, and other Hudson…
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Anything Pawsible
April 25 is National Pet Parents Day! Are you looking for eco-friendly pet products and organic treats for your furry “children”? If you’re in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area, Anything Pawsible will be at the Lexington Avenue Festival between 60th and 66th st. on 01 May, 22nd Annual Broadway Spring Festival between 86th and…
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Earth Hour 2010 in the Philippines is done
Okay, I admit that I and our mother didn’t get to do Earth Hour properly this year, since we were out to dinner. During our drive home, one can’t really say we were in serious darkness. There was still plenty of light, although some did make an effort. Some billboards weren’t illuminated, Quezon Memorial Circle…
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Earth Hour 2010
Earth Hour is upon us! Lights off this Saturday, 27 March from 830 to 930 PM, earthlings!
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The 12th Tour of the Fireflies is on April 18
Every year, The Firefly Brigade holds The Tour of the Fireflies to promote the bicycle as a transportation alternative here in Metro Manila and also to raise awareness about pollution and the environment. What do fireflies have to do with this? Decades ago, fireflies were a pretty common sight in the metropolis. But these days,…
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World Water Day – March 22, 2010
Mark your calendar, greenies, World Water Day‘s right around the corner, specifically on March 22, 2010. This effort came about thanks to the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. As former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan wrote, “(w)ater is essential to life.” We need potable water to survive….
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Earth Hour in the Philippines is done!
So maybe I didn’t get to properly do Earth Hour because I was on the road and on my way home, but it was ever a surprise to see that our mother sorta, kinda observed it; she lit candles and only had an electric fan on because it’s scorching, and she left a light on…
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Lights Off!
Earth Hour is tonight at 830 PM.
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World Water Week
In honor of World Water Week, here are some tips from Seventh Generationon water conservation: If you have a water meter, check your home for hidden leaks. Take a reading, don’t use the water for several hours, then check the meter again. If your new reading is higher, you’ve got a leak somewhere. Leaky faucets…
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2nd Philippine International Motor Show to showcase more green vehicles
CAMPI, or the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, is holding the 2nd Philippine International Motor Show on August 21 to 24. The event promises to focus more on green and fuel-efficient cars as a response to the more sluggish car sales this year, thanks to the increasingly ridiculous fuel prices. In the motor…