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E-Waste: What to do with yours?

Posted in carbon footprint, E-waste, Eco-Friendly, Environment, tagged , , , , , , on January 12, 2011 | 5 Comments »

Was Santa Claus good to you this year, too? Did you get that new 3D flat screen TV, new iPad or iPhone, PC/Mac upgrade, or other techno-gadget? Congratulations, join the crowd and enjoy! But, what to do with the old? Why Care? In 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States estimated that the U.S. alone generates [...]

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Week 50: Greening toward 2011

Posted in Buy Local, carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, Local Food, Organic Food, Plastic, Water conservation, tagged , , , , on December 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Garbage day on our farm in South Africa doesn’t mean rolling a big green garbage bin out to the front lawn for pick-up. It means, hauling the bag(s) into the back of the car and driving 40 minutes on mostly country roads to our dump. This is what we saw during Week 50. I believe [...]

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Week 48: Really Cool Holiday Stuff

Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, Arts and Culture, carbon footprint, Children, Eco-Friendly, Education, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, Friends, Gender Equality, Gift Giving, Homeless, Hunger, Micro-financing, Plastic, Shopping, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 30, 2010 |

Not long ago, the mere mention of socially-conscious gifts or green giving would likely provoke offers of “let’s not exchange gifts this year” by adults, tantrums by children. At best, it meant a packet of cards with flowers pressed in waxed paper, or a lamp made from popsicle sticks (no offense to either). But now, [...]

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Week 45: The Perfect Plastic Video

Posted in carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Plastic, tagged , , , , , on November 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »

We had to add a follow-up to our Week 45: Plastic Surgery posting. This video just in from friend and follower Laurie. A fabulous way to get the message across. Worth watching!

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Week 45: Plastic Surgery

Posted in carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Plastic, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Yes, I know, Week 45 has long come and gone. The plan was to try to extract as much plastic from our lives during that week. We succeeded in many ways, but we needed to know that what we achieved were things we could make sustainable. It’s taken us two weeks to figure out what [...]

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LiveStream: TEDx The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Posted in carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Environment, tagged , , , , on November 4, 2010 |

On Saturday, November 6th, beginning at 11:30 AM EDT, the Plastic Pollution Coalition hosts TEDx The Great Pacific Garbage Patch where global thought leaders in technology, science, arts and entertainment, politics, design, community activism,  and business join in a dialog on “The Global Plastic Pollution Crisis.” The event will take place in Santa Monica, California, [...]

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Week 44: Spirit of Halloween

Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, Eco-Friendly, Environment, tagged , , , on October 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »

On Halloween, what better time to contemplate the ickies on our planet? The blood suckers, the scaries that fly at you at night, and that build nests in your hair when your unaware! In case you haven’t guessed, on this crisp fall day, as I chew on Halloween Gummies in grotesque shapes, I’m thinking of [...]

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Week 43: Winner of the Slacktivist Impact Challenge

Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Homeless, Hunger, Micro-volunteering, Random Acts of Kindness, volunteering, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »

After due consideration, and review of all the votes for our four finalists, we’re happy to announce the final results of the Slacktivist Impact Challenge. So, the results show that winner is … … … … the winner is … … … … the winner is … … Aw heck, we just couldn’t do it! [...]

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Week 42: Speaking as a Drop in the Ocean

Posted in Children, Children - Chronically Ill, click-to-donate, Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, Homeless, volunteering on October 21, 2010 | 7 Comments »

Still a little bit backwards as I try to catch up after this flu. Week 41 (from last week) will be posted shortly. Tuesday evening, I had the privilege to speak to an audience at my local Toastmasters meeting. It’s not something that I do often enough, I still fear public speaking. But when there [...]

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Week 40: Eating Local and Organic, Sharing Recipes

Posted in carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Environment, local eating, Local Food, Local harvest, Organic Food, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on October 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Due to flu and other 24/7 commitments we didn’t have time to post Week 40′s Impact Effort on-time … Here we go! Worth the wait, I think. Something a little different, brought to you by Nils this week. As you might recall, three weekends ago, we went to the local organic farmer’s market to buy [...]

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