The Earth Day Network is hosting "A Billion Acts of Green®" in 2012. The goal is to register one billion environmentally friendly actions in advance of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development happening in Rio de Janeiro in June, 2012. At the Rio de Janeiro event, The Earth Day Network will face world leaders to demonstrate that people are willing to stand up and be counted. The … [Read more...]
Earth Day and Reusable Shopping Bags Go Together
April 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
April 22rd is Earth Day, and Earth Day is a great reason to start discussing more eco-friendly practices you can start with your own family, in your home. Reusable shopping bags provide a great tool to enhance Earth Day activities that might be happening in your children's school already. We have come up with a few ways your children can focus on reducing, reusing and recycling by using reusable … [Read more...]
Five Ways To Be Sexy and Green
March 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Being sexy with a heart of gold will make you even more sexy. Going green is the new sexy, so with this in mind, here are five ways you can pick up your game environmentally and get noticed. Use reusable shopping bags. You never know who you are going to meet in the grocery store, so not only do you want to pay attention to your clothes and appearance, you want to be a leader in your … [Read more...]
Recycle A Plastic Bag Into A Reusable Bag
March 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Here is a fun craft project for a rainy day. This artist featured on ThreadBangers has invented a way to reuse plastic shopping bags into a cute sandwich bag and a reusable shopping bag that can be used over and over. The artist did not talk about how to keep the sandwich bag clean, but whenever you are washing plastic, it is better to wash it by hand in cold or luke warm water. Do not throw … [Read more...]
Are EIA’s Necessary In Regards To Plastic Bag Bans?
March 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In 1969, the National Environmental Policy Act was created so that officials who make decisions affecting environmental changes are fully informed of the environmental aspects and consequences prior to making their final decision. Policies that might impact our environment are things like plastic bag bans, building a dam, building a park, new roads, ect. To retrieve all the information … [Read more...]
Bring Your Reusable Grocery Bag To A Farmers Market
March 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There are a lot of local benefits to hosting Farmers Markets. Farmers Markets benefit producers, consumers, the environment, the community and the economy. Producers Farmers Markets help the farmers by cutting out the middleman and thereby allowing increased financial returns through direct selling, price control, and a regular cash flow. Consumers are able to talk directly with the farmer … [Read more...]
Save Our Shores To Hand Out Reusable Grocery Bags in Santa Cruz County
March 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Save Our Shores, located in California, is a community leader in marine environment issues including ocean awareness, advocacy and citizen action. Their core initiatives are plastic pollution clean up, clean boating, and ocean health. Over the last 30 years, Save Our Shores has accomplished many positive environmental outcomes. For example, they were instrumental in establishing the … [Read more...]
California Shore Lines About to Get a Little Cleaner
February 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
President Obama has approved a ban, initiated by California Senator Joe Simitian in 2004, to force cruise and cargo ships to dump their sewage at least three miles out from any California coast. Joe Simitian initiated the ban in 2004, along with Governor Schwarzenegger, but the EPA under the Bush administration never signed it. This banning of large ship sewage dumping is a triumph for … [Read more...]