Category: Green news

From Environment New York: On Dec. 7, President Obama is going to Copenhagen to try to get world leaders to agree on an international plan to reduce global warming pollution. To convince the world to join us in tackling global warming, we need to lead by example and make sure the United States is putting…

Support Campbell’s Help Grow Your Soup campaign. They’ve teamed up with the National FFA (Future Farmers of America) to restore five barns. You can choose from 10 barns and vote for your favorite here. For every vote cast, Campbell’s is donating $1 (up to $250,000) to the FFA from 01 October 2009 to 05 January…

Help Stonyfield Farm direct $100,000 to 3 organizations dedicated to helping Mother Earth. Go to Stonyfield Rewards to support any of these worthy causes: The Organic Center Energy Action Coalition Center for Biological Diversity You can cast votes as many times as you want. You can also earn rewards by collecting and entering reward codes…

This was 16 years ago, @ the UN Conference on Environment and Development. I wish we could say the adults heeded her call.

Mark it on your calendars: October 1 is World Vegetarian Day! It kicks off World Vegetarian Awareness Month. (photo from here)

Tomorrow, 23 September, is World Wildlife Fund’s “What a Difference a Day Makes” global online event. If you twitter, post a message to Twitter with tag #wwf24 to let everyone know what you’re doing to help Mother Earth.

I was happy to see this poster at my local pharmacy yesterday. I had asked them before if they took back expired or unused medications, and they didn’t. It’s good that New York is stepping up its efforts to keep the water supply clean. For more information, visit the Department of Environmental Conservation.

The newly renovated Henry Miller’s Theatre is home to this season’s Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of the musical Bye Bye Birdie. The show is now in previews with opening scheduled for 15 October 2009. Why is this news for Green Unlimited you ask? Only because it is Broadway’s FIRST and ONLY green theatre. According to…

I was in Chicago this past Labor Day weekend and while walking around the Millennium Park area, saw a solar-powered trash compactor. The city first started using them in the beaches. Called Big Belly, once trash reaches the top of the cans, it breaks an electronic beam that triggers a motor to mash the trash….

I heard this on the radio this morning: Georgetown’s Four Seasons Hotel will be installing little speed bumps that will generate electricity when cars drive over them.