Soles4Souls announced that National Barefoot Week is stomping ground again next month, June 1-7, 2010. I have been a fan of Soles4Souls and their efforts for a few years now. Disasters don’t stop happening and people always need help even if it is just receiving a pair of shoes to wear on their feet. A…
Category Archives: Green Outreach
A New Perspective: Through Endangered Eyes Giveaway
One thing we don’t often talk about on this site is the correlation between climate change and endangered species, and specifically, what we can do to help ensure the myriad species who also currently call this planet “home” remain here for generations to come. What better way to teach future generations that all creatures great…
Minimizing Your Plastic Footprint: Glass Dharma Giveaway
Keeping the Earth Week fun moving right along, today as promised we have more great green products for you to win, more Earth Day tips, and bonus links to keep you clicking green all week long. David Leonhardt, a glassblower and the founder of Glass Dharma, the original hand-made glass drinking straw, created his own…
Let’s Get It Started In Here: The Naked Binder Giveaway
Most of you have probably heard by now that Earth Day is just around the proverbial corner, slated for this upcoming Wednesday, April 22nd. I’m sure you’ve seen television spots, heard radio announcements, and read other green sites preparing to embrace the day, and the entire week, with wide open hearts and minds, in the…
Around The Greenosphere: Weekly Link Roundup
Here are some of our favorite posts from around the greenosphere this week, to help start your weekend a bit greener. Monday Inhabitat announced that MIO will be releasing a new green outdoor line for Target, set to be available in stores April 12th. The product assortment includes eight outdoor items made from recycled and…
Ursa Freedom Project
To many of us, poaching is an unfamiliar term and practice. It happens on African savannahs and involves clandestine ivory sales. Unfortunately, the face of poaching is a very real and ugly one in more places than we care to think about. I recently joined a viral action network whose goal is to raise awareness…
Go Green With Your Spring Cleaning
It’s that time of year again to go through our homes, clean out the cobwebs, and freshen up things for spring. I don’t know about you, but this has never been one of my favorite tasks! Nonetheless it needs to be done, so, what better time could there be to start introducing some green cleaning…
Help A Friend And Give Locally
For the past few weeks, my family has been preparing for a big move. We are not moving down the street or to the next town, but instead across the country. During our lives here in our current home, we fortunately did not accumulate a lot of “stuff,” but much of what we have will…
New School Thinking
As we make strides to green our home and our lifestyle, we wanted to share our enthusiasm with the preschool where we send our two sons. After noticing that the school did not have any recycling bins and the amount of paper scraps in the trash at the end of each session, I started thinking about how to reduce…
Reflecting On The Best Of 2008
As the end of the year draws near, we all get inundated with the ”Best of 2008″ programs, lists and commentaries. Well, as I am a junkie for montages that reflect on what happened over the past year, and how it impacted one’s daily life, I thought I would share my own! The Best Eco Friendly Changes I Made…
