GREEN NEWS FOR APRIL 22, 2009

Green Building: The Greening of Southie | Healthy and Green Living By Ronnie Citron-Fink Do you live in a city? If you do, you know that city dwellers face a particularly unique set of sustainability challenges. Cutting through the complexities of the effects of global climate changes on cities and providing answers to the ... Healthy and Green Living - http://www.care2.com/greenliving/

Green your home: Meet our green home experts | Environment ... By Adam Vaughan When not presenting, Dick lives on his idyllic smallholding in Cornwall where he runs courses on all aspects of green living. He writes, host conferences, gives talks on British innovation, leadership and teamwork, lectures at schools ... Environment: Ethical Living blog... - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog

Nubia Goddess Rising She uses the Internet radio station she founded in 2005, AKERU Global Radio (now RENEGADE WISE WOMAN RADIO) , as a vehicle for grassroots activists, eclectic artists, cultural discussions, green living, holistic health, ... Podfeed.net All Categories - http://www.podfeed.net/

Living Ecologically and Ecology New in: Cultures & Community/Issues and Causes/Environment/Ecology · living ecologically and ecology - living green, loving our planet ... Add Living Ecologically and Ecology rss feed: Add to Google ... New in: Cultures & Community - http://www.webring.com/rss?d=Cultures___Community

5 Tips for your First Time on a Skateboard : Planet Green By Megan Cohen Before you take it to the streets, take a couple minutes to practice and get a strong sense of balance by standing on your board on a soft patch of grass, or even your living room carpet. The first time you jump onto a board you can ... Planet Green Articles Feed - http://planetgreen.discovery.com/

Neuromarketing » Another Kind of Green Marketing By Roger Dooley While it seems unlikely that a dusty artificial ficus tree would have much of an effect, what about an office area with lush, living greenery? Would a burbling waterfall have any impact? Recorded nature sounds? ... Neuromarketing - http://www.neurosciencemarketing.com/blog/

Green College Spotlight: Berea College | EarthFirst.com By Stephanie Rogers Students living in the EcoVillage enjoy a free car-sharing program. Berea College runs its own campus farm, which provides the school with organic produce, beef and pork. Berea also purchases food from local sources including nine farms ... EarthFirst.com - http://earthfirst.com/

Eco wedding gift ideas | Greenme: Sustainable Living Blog By GreenMe Bookmark and Share. Posted in Gardening, General, Green Gift Ideas, Sustainable Living. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. ... Greenme: Sustainable Living Blog - http://www.greenme.ie/

Planet Earth's Eco-Warriors - Earth911.com Fresh News! Stay up to date with what's happening in the green scene. Get the facts on the latest eco-friendly technology or learn what's happening in your local neighborhood with news about municipal programs. .... "The defense of nature's rights and people's rights have come together for me in Earth Democracy - the democracy of all life on earth, a living democracy which supports and is supported by living culture and living economies," Shiva says. ... Earth911.com » humaninterest - http://earth911.com/

ConservativeHome: Monday 20th April 2009 By ConservativeHome Lord Mandelson's new interventionism will "lead to hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money being used to fund the expansion of "green" industry. Projects funded could include wind, wave and nuclear power, and electric and hybrid cars. ... The current system will have to be reformed, but in such a way as to ensure that Parliament remains open to those who want a reasonable middle-class standard of living, some of which could be earned by outside interests. ... ConservativeHome - http://conservativehome.blogs.com/frontpage/ Tags: green living ideas, green industry,green gift ideas, living green, global climate change

Interesting Green

Green By Design » Spiritual Ecology: A Match Made in…Who Knows Where? By Green by Design Published by Green by Design on April 19, 2009 under Healthy Living. Peaceful Ecology - Ocean birds You know why I find the Green movement so engaging? Because it gathers people from all over the political spectrum. ... Green by Design - http://greenbydesign.com/

@GreenestDollar - Heather | Geofollow - Location Based Twitter ... By Geofollow Username: @GreenestDollarDescription: Author of The Greenest Dollar- entrepreneur, runner, green living gal, and future owner of a shipping crate micro home! Geofollow - Location Based Twitter... - http://geofollow.com/

Modern Capital: 1982 Organic Modern by Frank Lloyd Wright Protege ... By Mid-Century Mike Green produced homes that can be exciting and full of movement from one prospect, warm and relaxing from another. Zigzagging rooflines, dramatic asymmetric or triangular clerestory windows, and two-story living-dining- kitchen areas ... Modern Capital - http://moderncapital.blogspot.com/ Tags:  green living ideas, green lifestyle,

The Whip Zune Green Room Trailer | MVRemix By mvremixmedia Full Green Room summer schedule includes: 4/21 Asher Roth 4/28 Peter, Bjorn and John 5/05 New York Dolls 5/12 Living Things 5/19 Little Steven 5/26 Chester French 6/02 Gabriella Cilmi 6/09 Mos Def 6/16 Asa 6/23 Bookashade 6/30 Cool Kids ... MVRemix - http://www.mvremix.com/rock_blogs/ Tags:  green living ideas, green lifestyle, green design, green movement

GREEN NEWS FOR APRIL 20, 2009

Google Blogs Alert for: Green Living

Environment, pirates and us By Green Living Tips Why has piracy been getting worse suddenly and what does it have to do with the environment? Green living tips - Blogs - http://www.greenlivingtips.com/

Welcome to the Green Life A good way to start living the green life—or to recommit to it—is by participating in Earth Day activities. This internationally celebrated day—April 22—was founded by our very own Sen. Gaylord Nelson to recognize the importance of ... Express Milwaukee - http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/

Natural Anti-Aging | Healthy and Green Living By Mel, selected from Natural Solutions magazine As it turns out, natural products are incredibly beneficial in preventing the skin from aging. Healthy and Green Living » Health... - http://www.care2.com/greenliving/

Earth Day News & Green Tips : Blisstree - Health, Wellness and ... By Jennifer Chait On one hand, I'm not a fan of this practice because it promotes green living as a one time a year deal AND means my email in-box is overstuffed to the max each March and April. On the other hand, I do get to learn about plenty of cool ... Blisstree - http://www.blisstree.com/

Eco-Friendly Bags Abound at BagTrends' Green Arm Candy Party | Eco ... Eco-Friendly Bags Abound at BagTrends' Green Arm Candy Party Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff of EcoStiletto.com If bags are your bag, then Monday night's BagTrends. Eco Friendly Mag - http://www.ecofriendlymag.com/

Swish, swish… it's the Fashion Exchange at EcoStreet - A walk down ... By Tracy Stokes At EcoStreet we've tried the green lifestyle, and we're eager to pass on what we know. Going green doesn't have to be complicated, so we've dismantled going green into smaller pieces to make it more accessible to regular people like you ... EcoStreet - http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/

Some good ways to spend your time during Earth Week - Fresh Dirt ... By Sunset http://greencollartech.com/educational-opportunities/attend-green-class-workshop/sustainable-living-educational-series 21st Annual Earth Day Fair; Produced by Hawai`i Community College April 24 ... Fresh Dirt - http://freshdirt.sunset.com/ Tags:  green living ideas, green lifestyle, eco-friendly bags, Earth Day, natural products

GREEN NEWS FOR APRIL 16, 2009

Domains of Consciousness | Healthy and Green Living By Deepak Chopra Each of us lives in multidimensions. We can choose where to focus our attention, and wherever that focus goes, a new reality opens up. When I speak of other. Healthy and Green Living - http://www.care2.com/greenliving/

How To Live Richly: Go Green on a Budget : Sustainablog By John Ivanko, co-author of ECOpreneuring... While not all frugality rules, this approach to living more sustainably does require some degree of curtailment, scaling down and living within our means. It means using credit cards less and relying on community members or family more. ... Sustainablog - http://sustainablog.org/

Panasonic Lives the Green Lifestyle in Showcase House - CIO.com ... By Martyn Williams The lights, power, heating and other gadgets all sit on a high-tech in-house network, at the center of which is the living room TV, offering a portal into the house's energy needs. On a single screen you can monitor gas, ... CIO.com - News - http://www.cio.com/

Celebrity Baby Blog - People.com » Blog Archive Around the Web… « By Kate ... Nilon Get Excited About Eggs · Molly Ringwald and Mathilda Get Patriotic · James Hetfield's Little Rockers · Cat Cora Prepares for More Cooks in the Kitchen. green guide. CBB's Green Guide · Check out CBB's Guide to Green Living! ... Celebrity Baby Blog - http://celebrity-babies.com/

U.S. Update: Wall Street fights to be green By analyst@fxstreet.com (FXstreet.com Independent... After early data in the U.S. showing the cost of living in the U.S. fell in March, with the consumer price index decreasing 0.1 percent, but Core CPI rising to 0.2%, and New York Manufacturing index contracting only to -14.7 (the ... FXstreet.com: Technical - http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/

Lies, Damn Lies, and the Seventh Sin of Greenwashing | GreenBiz.com By Joel Makower And that I think has to do with the fact that some companies have created their own labels that aren't third-party, independent, consensus-built, the way that, say, Green Seal or EcoLogo or a number of other so-called Type I eco-labels are. .... Now that we're living in a world with more than 300, I think the severity of the problem is much better known. JM: This all feels pretty discouraging, frankly, for anybody who's trying to make a difference. ... GreenBiz.com Green Business News - http://www.greenbiz.com/feed/greenbiz TAGS: green living ideas, sustainable living, green lifestyle

Green Living News For April 15, 2007

Think Green on Earth Day: Easy Ways to Help the Planet This Earth Day, focus on green living. Learn simple ways that you can reduce waste and help save the planet. Suite101: Science & Nature Articles - http://www.suite101.com/scienceandnature/

Electric Cars and New Battery Technologies with Renewables ... By Sean Daily Sean Daily, Green Living Ideas' Editor-In-Chief, talks about electric cars, car kits, and new battery technologies with Steve Heckeroth, electric vehicles expert and owner of Renewables. [Courtesy of our friends at GreenLivingIdeas.com] ... Sustainablog - http://sustainablog.org/

How Green Can You Go by Maggie Reed on Creators.com - A Syndicate ... So that's why we came up with a fun way to let people know how green they're currently living, and how easy it would be to make a change or two to help out our troubled planet," said Pettengill. GoGreenScore.org offers the following ... Most recently updated columns... - http://www.creators.com/

Biking Has Its (Tax) Benefits. Or Does It? - City Room Blog ... By By Sean Patrick Farrell Could Mr. Blumenauer also be onto a hot new transportation/green living term? Might multi-modalism be the next hypermiling? Perhaps. Sahar Wali, Mr. Blumenauer's communications director, describes her boss, a man who often takes his ... City Room - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/

Are we loving the Galapágos to death? | csmonitor.com According to CBS News, officials of the Galapagos National Park said in a statement that "the eruption is not a threat to people living on nearby Isabela Island, but lava flowing to the sea is likely to affect marine and terrestrial ... In the Bright Green Blog, Environment editor Judy Lowe and blogger Eoin O'Carroll help you sort through the news, ideas, opinions, trends, challenges, and – especially – solutions along the road to an environmentally sustainable future. ... Environment - http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/

Copenhagen Climate Conference » Blog Archive » Climate Change ... By Eberhard Rhein We have resigned to living with global temperature that will be two centigrade above temperatures that have prevailed throughout human history. Humanity can do no more than limit the damage by mitigating an inevitable rise of temperatures ... The last projection of a rise between 1-6° by 2100 may need to be reviewed in the light of the faster rate of green house gas emissions since the beginning of the century (+ 3.5 percent p.a., compared with 1 percent during the 1990s! ... Blogactiv Daily Newsletters - http://blogactiv.eu/

Nomad Green » Blog Archive » Nomad Green wishes to bring more ... By Portnoy Zheng Introduction to Nomad Green ... Mongolian traditional life style is another selling point to tourists, whether it is living in a yurt. horse riding across the grassland, or enjoying Mongolian wrestling and feasts. ... Nomad Green - http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/nomad-green/

Arianna Huffington: Here's a Switch: Some Good News About Banking By Arianna Huffington Yet another bright spot in the banking world: green banks. As the New York Times reported last week, it's a growing trend in the industry. New green banks are being founded, and some established banks are going green. ..... I'd like to see that "triple bottom line" applied to all businesses, and I think the planet (and a lot of us living in/on it) would, too. It's the positive wave of the future - a new kind of economics taking social and environmental values as seriously ... The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/ Tags: green living ideas, green living, green banks, sustainable living

Check out some progr

Check out some progress photos after the jump of what will soon be New York City’s first 100 percent green-powered electronic billboard. The Ricoh eco-billboard will be a 47- by 126-foot solar- and wind-powered installation that will light up the south face of the Reuters Building (3 Times Square) along 42nd Street at the corner of 7th Avenue. http://htxt.it/8XnT

Green News for 4/13/09

Photovoltaic Installation Underway at Times Square Eco-Billboard ...
By stephen@greenbuildingsnyc.com
Check out some progress photos after the jump of what will soon be New York City's first 100 percent green-powered electronic billboard. ... green literacy, Green LITES, green living, green living blog, Green Living Technologies, green loan programs, green lofts, green logistics, green luxury condo, green luxury properties, green Manhattan, green Manhattan office space, green materials, green MEP, green merchandising, green MetroCard, green mixed-use, green moving company ...
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Industrial Nanotech Showcases Nanotechnology-Based Coatings in NYC ...
Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets: INTK) announced today that the Company's patented Nansulate® nanotechnology-based coatings will be showcased in a green technology show house currently being renovated in Brooklyn, New York by Eco Brooklyn. The house highlights best ... Nansulate® HomeProtect Clear Coat will be used on the exposed brick walls to offer insulation without reducing the interior living space and allowing the natural look of the brick to show through. ...
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Perceptive Travel Blog » Blog Archive » Green Living from a Travel ...
By liz
Tim has been writing about environmentally friendly travel way before it was in vogue to do so, so it was great to read more about his ways of green living and traveling. Excerpts from the interview: Earth Promise: What was your first, ...
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Earth Day Info: The 411 on 4/22 - Earth911.com
By Steve Uydess
Discovery Green Park in Houston is hosting Earth Day Houston, "A green living festival focused on the merits of mindful, sustainable living while educating and encouraging Houstonians to preserve, conserve and enhance [the] city and ...
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Tags: green living ideas, green living, Earth Promise, green technology, photovoltaic, green building, green Manhattan office space, green logistics, sustainable living

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Healthy Water and Cleaner Landfills

We’ve been told for the past decade or so that drinking water from out cities' water systems in the United States is potentially full of toxic chemicals like lead, chlorine, mercury, copper and bacteria. We've read scare stories about municipal water systems being polluted by sewage systems. As a result, people got used to drinking bottled water as a healthier and safer alternative to ordinary tap water.

Now we’re finding out that bottled water isn’t as healthy for us as we thought. First there’s the container itself. That handy plastic sports bottle we’ve gotten used to carrying around with us is often made from plastics that contain cancer-producing toxins called phthalates. They actually leach into the water that we’re drinking and accumulate in our bloodstreams. Studies are showing that the concentrations of phthalates in our systems are increasing with each generation, mainly as a result of drinking water bottled in toxic plastic containers.

Then there’s the fact that these plastic bottles aren’t biodegradable. Plastics now represent at least 25% of the contents of our landfills. And plastics won’t break down for at least 10,000 years…some estimates are even longer. So our healthy-water solution has turned into a big health hazard. What can people do?

Fortunately, there are a couple of easy and inexpensive solutions to our drinking water problems.

You can install a simple filter system onto your kitchen faucet. And you can now buy a portable filter system that’s as convenient as your old sports bottle, but the bottle is not toxic.

First, there are filters that can be attached to your kitchen faucet. They’ll reduce chlorine and heavy metals, and generally make your tap water taste better. For example, the Brita system costs about $20 - 40 for the starter kit, and $20 for each replacement filter. It will filter about 100 gallons of drinking water and lasts for about 4 months.

For about the same price, you can now get a 16 ounce portable filter system, from Back to the Tap, which actually filters as you drink. It uses a number 4 LDPE plastic bottle, which is the kind of plastic that doesn’t leach phthalates into your water. The filters are replaceable, and you can refill it anywhere with plain old tap water. It can be refilled about 300 times, so that’s 300 sports bottles you’re not adding to the surplus of plastic that’s already in our landfills.

Going green does take some forethought and planning, but it’s getting easier every day. It’s really rewarding when you can see an immediate impact on your own health. It’s an added bonus when taking care of your own health also makes the environment healthier.

Interested in making a contribution to a greener world? Many interesting facts and ideas at GreenWindsofChange.com on how to help save our environment through the use of alternative energy and sustainable building materials also at ReclamationRecycle.com on recycling just about everything.

Green News for Easter Sunday 2009

A study in Global Warming: Marc Morano and Freeman Dyson | Living ... By theamericangreen Compare two prominent anti-global warming thinkers. Living the American Green - http://www.livingtheamericangreen.org/

25 Eco Links to Green your Weekend | EcoSalon - The Green Gathering Arianna Huffington recently invited Deep Green Living to have a mosey around her house and suggest ways she could be a little more eco. And…there are logs for the fire made of compressed coffee grounds? Can you imagine the aroma? ... EcoSalon - The Green Gathering - http://www.ecosalon.com/

Green Agitators | OpenMarket.org By Julie Walsh Now, what kind of arrogance does it require for a living human being to think that in the full breadth and scope of world history, that their little irrelevant period of time on it is the way it's always been or is even optimum and the ... OpenMarket.org - http://www.openmarket.org/

Istanbul College Celebrates All Things Green : TreeHugger Throughout the week, recycled goods also be available for sale on campus and people can bring furniture, clothes, and other unwanted things from their homes to be re-sold and reused. Via: "Uni students go green with an ecology carnival ... TreeHugger - http://www.treehugger.com/

One Watt, One Year, One Dollar : Planet Green By Michael Graham Richard Dishes are easier to wash in hot water, and it makes routine floor cleaning easier as well. Thanks to our hot water heater, we are able to get hot water almost immediately just by turning on the tap. That is what I call living. ... Planet Green Articles Feed - http://planetgreen.discovery.com/

Dansko achieves gold certification - The Daily Local News ... Nine months ago the Jennersville corporate headquarters of Dansko moved next door to its brand new green building. Last month the building was awarded a gold rating for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design by the U.S. Green ... Additionally, Kjellerup commissioned him to design and create a steel waterfall that is now integrated into the living wall. Facilities director Daria Payne said Dansko attempted to use sustainable materials throughout the facility. ... Business from www.dailylocal.com - http://www.dailylocal.com/

Win an Under the Sink Makeover : Blisstree - Health, Wellness and ... By Cherie Burbach This year, in honor of Earth Day, Seventh Generation invites Blisstree readers to take a walk on the green side of life and consider using natural ingredient based cleaners. Seventh Generation will be giving two lucky Blisstree winners an " under the sink makeover" to get a clean sweep at living a greener, healthier lifestyle this spring. The giveaway will include a Seventh Generation tote bag filled with eco-friendly and family friendly cleaning supplies that are safe to ... Blisstree - http://www.blisstree.com/

Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted): Chambers ... By "GrrlScientist" none@example.com The green that you see is a "gift" from a random agent of destruction. I think it is chalk, but am not sure. Oculus is located in passageways under the World Trade Center and was largely untouched by the events of 9/11. ... ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - http://scienceblogs.com/

Nano Vent-Skin By Agustin Otegu | archiCentral By admin What comes out of this merging of living organisms is a skin that transforms two of the most abundant sources of green energy on earth: sunlight and wind. There is another advantage of using living organisms: the absorption of CO2 from ... archiCentral - http://www.archicentral.com/

Solar-powered 'city of tomorrow' to shine in Florida "Babcock Ranch will be a living laboratory for companies, workers and families ready to reap the rewards of innovation," Kitson said at a press conference introducing the project. Other power players in attendance at the press conference ... In addition to having its electricity generated from solar energy, the entire city is expected to have wireless internet, electric-car chargers and other green innovations. Half of the 18000 acres will remain green space within the ... Causecast - Latest News - http://www.causecast.org/news_items.rss   Tags:  green living ideas, green living, green jobs, solar energy, global warming

 

Green Motors

Cleantech Blog: The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric ...
By Cristina Foung
Besides her green products column on Cleantech Blog, Cristina is a passionate advocate for green living at the Green Home Huddle at Huddler.com, which focuses on electric cars, organic personal care, and other green products. ...
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tags: motorcycle, motorscooter, electric cars, green products

Green Ideas For Your Home

Freshen the Air in Your Home | Green Living Ideas
By GLI Editors
Everybody wants a clean and great smelling home, which is why air fresheners are such hot selling items in hardware stores and supermarkets. Be careful.
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Green News

EcoGeek - Clean Technology By Philip Proefrock As environmental ideas have entered the zeigeist, mostly thanks to global warming--and still mostly focused on that issue--plenty of technology companies are lining up to tell us how they're helping green/save/clean the environment. .... These are already a sacrifice for me, a zero-sum choice between being embedded in nature, or living in a more compact arrangement that tosses away the pleasure of open pasture for the misery of apartment neighbors and elevators, ... EcoGeek.org - http://www.ecogeek.org/

Our Green Year: Day 346 of our Green Year: Greening Our Easter By Craig Baird You can reuse baskets for gathering flowers, vegetables, or to hold things in the living room like magazines. They can also make great holders of fruits in your kitchen. Second, instead of buying the fake plastic type grass that comes ... Our Green Year - http://ourgreenyear.blogspot.com/green living ideas, Tags: green living ideas, ideas for green living, global warming, clean the environment

Today's Green Living News

Earth Hour - A Universal Commitment to the Battle Against Climate ... By GLI Editors is it possible that switching off your lights for one hour can help save the planet? An insignificant amount of time you say, but the impact that just one hour. Green Living Ideas - http://greenlivingideas.com/
Green Living Articles, News & Resources | Bees, Bath & Beyond By Google Video - "green living" OR "ecology" 01.04.2009 by Google Video - "green living" OR "ecology" Category Green Living News, Videos on Green Living. Queen of Green Lindsay Coulter learns how to make a bee bath and housing for Blue Orchard mason bees, two vital pollinators we ... Green Living Articles, News & Resources - http://greenecolivin.com
The Comparatively Green Urban Jungle - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com By By Azadeh Ensha A 2008 report by the Brookings Institution, for example, found that the average American in a metropolitan area has a carbon footprint of 8.21 tons — fourteen percent less than the average American living outside the city. ... Green Inc. - http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/
arch Monthly of Green Articles By Preston Koerner ... modernism, and all things "green." Our coverage of technology and news was a little lacking, but tell me what you think. If we're not talking about something that needs to be talked about, let us know. Certainly, with Living Future ... Green Building : Jetson Green - http://www.jetsongreen.com/
Keeping up with the Greens' during a recession Harding is philosophical about the successes and challenges of trying to be a "green goddess." Mostly though, she's realistic. Green choices that stick have to be sustainable - and affordable. "Living green and being frugal aren't ... National Post - Life - http://www.nationalpost.com/17126.rss?type=rss
Whole Healthy Living » Naturally Stop Pests From Burrowing And ... By admin While your green may not encompass as many acres of the turf in the movie Caddyshack, they can cause just as much recurring trouble. Getting rids of gophers and moles leads to one grand solution- killing them. ... Whole Healthy Living - http://www.wholehealthyliving.com/
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Understanding The Go Green Initiative

The Go Green Initiative is a nationwide program to introduce recycling and other green and environmentally helpful practices to schools. It began in 2002 when a PTA council president in Pleasanton, California named Jill Buck wanted to increase environmental awareness in local schools. Since then, it has grown to be a national and even international movement, with schools all over the U.S., as well as Europe, Asia, Africa, Mexico and Canada becoming Go Green Schools.

Over the last decade, awareness and understanding about environmental issues has grown quite a bit, which is why the Go Green Initiative has become such a popular cause. The Go Green Initiative is based on five basic principles, which spell the word "green."

1. Generate compost - this teaches children about the principles of growing and recycling. It is also instructive about gardening, farming and the source of our food.

2. Recycling - children are taught to recycle as much as possible, both in their schools and at home.

3. Educate - students, parents, teachers and the entire community on the benefits of recycling and other environmentally helpful practices. Education is at the heart of the program, as it used in the school system.

4. Evaluate - evaluate the environmental impact of everything you do. This includes considering what you purchase at the grocery store or mall, where you work, what you drive and every other aspect of your life.

5. Nationalize the principles of responsible paper consumption. Do as much as you can electronically and reduce the amount of paperwork needed for as many tasks as possible.

These simple but important five principles are the core of the Go Green Initiative. More schools are joining this program all the time. This has the result of educating more children in the ways of being environmentally responsible. It allows them to practice these principles every day, as they are used at the schools that join the program.

Many local PTAs, corporations and local governments have partnered with the Go Green Initiative to help spread awareness in communities around the world. The objective of the program is to make everyone aware of the environmental consequences of everything that they do. It is especially geared towards children, but the goal is to have everyone become more aware and educated about responsible environmental behavior. Understanding the Go Green Initiative means learning about what all of us can do to make the planet cleaner and healthier for everyone.