March 28, 2007 by jameslucas.

You are Contributing to Global Warming and Miserable Doing It
Are you trudging along with the polluting mainstream? Seek a healthier and happier lifestyle instead and improve your environment as well. Do you want road rage or a new age?

There’s No Doubt About It: Humans are the Cause of Global Warming
What do YOU think is the major cause of global warming? Or should I say - WHO? Global warming is affecting our world and the people and creatures who live on it in unimaginable ways. What should we, as humans who are able to think and reason, do in order to stop global warming from doing its worst?

Will Bushanol Help Global Warming?
Will Bush’s emphasis on ethanol really help or is this just another way to help the oil companies?

Christian Right and Global Warming Debate
Many of the top Christian TV Evangelists has joined the Global Warming Fear Motif. Some have asked what do the Christian Right TV Evangelists have to gain by doing this? Well some say they will have more access to the major media news outlets. Previously they could only get on TV with pro-Conservative news shows. By joining the environmental, Al Gore Global Warming debate they can have it all.

The Great Global Warming Swindle
This short program, produced and shown in England, destroys the arguments put forward by Al Gore and the human caused Global Warming activists.

Global Warming: Point of No Return?
James Lovelock says Global Warming is now at point of no return. Other top climate scientists are more hopeful but say we only have less than 10 years before it’s irreversible and time is running out. Bush Administrations been accused of asking top climate scientists at NASA to STOP speaking out about the climate crisis and of altering scientific journals reporting on the phenomenon. We all need to speak up NOW or the Human Race will join the MILLIONS of other Species that will be extinct by 2050 from Global Warming.

Lou Dobbs: Global Warming
Lou Dobbs discusses Global Warming with 3 guests. Lou wants to get going with solutions to fix this problem, and stop the false debate.

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March 26, 2007 by jameslucas.

Earth Day: A Brief History and Plan
Earth Day, one of the less celebrated holidays, which is quite a shame as it’s also one of the more important ones. You might be wondering where Earth Day came from, as it certainly doesn’t have nearly as much information abounding around about it as other more popular holidays.

What Is Earth Day?
Even though it’s been around since the 1970’s many people really do not know anything about Earth Day. They have no idea what Earth Day is or through it how many accomplishments we have made to make our world a better and safer place for all of us to live.

Earth Day: April 22 a Day of Environmental Awareness
Proof of the media’s impact on the world today, it was not until the full throttle report put out by the New York Times that the environmental awareness sought by Senator Gaylord Nelson really took on some steam. For seven years prior to the actual Earth Day grassroots movement, Senator Nelson had tried to gain the proper respect and recognition he felt the environment deserved.

Earth Day: Good News for the Environment
As Earth Day 2007 approaches, there seems to be good news on the environmental scene, which should come as welcome change to anyone concerned about the state of our Earth. That’s in stark contrast to the first Earth Day, back in 1970.

Happy Earth Day!
Authors of Trash Talk share easy ways to celebrate Earth Day.

Earthships 101: Part 1
Earthship n. 1. passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials 2. thermal mass construction for temperature stabilization. 3. renewable energy and integrated water systems make the Earthship an off-grid home with little to no utility bills. Biotecture n. 1. the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their sustainability. 2. A combination of biology and architecture.

Earthships 101: Part 2
Earthship n. 1. passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials 2. thermal mass construction for temperature stabilization. 3. renewable energy and integrated water systems make the Earthship an off-grid home with little to no utility bills. Biotecture n. 1. the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their sustainability. 2. A combination of biology and architecture.

Earthship Demonstration
The Earthship is a completely independent globally oriented dwelling unit made from materials that are indigenous to the entire planet. The major structural building component of the Earthship is recycled automobile tires filled with compacted earth to form a rammed earth brick encased in steel belted rubber. This brick and the resulting bearing walls it forms is virtually indestructible.

Earthship Journey
Earthship Biotecture creates buildings that…heat and cool themselves naturally via solar/thermal dynamics collect their own power from the sun and wind harvest their own water from rain and snow melt contain and treat their own sewage on site produce food in significant quantities utilize materials that are byproducts of modern society like cans, bottles and tires.

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March 16, 2007 by jameslucas.

The World is Not Enough: Calling for a More Ethical Approach to Personal Finance
With the success of the Live 8 and Make Poverty History rallies in bringing ethical awareness to world finance, the public needs to turn the spotlight onto their own personal finances to ensure real change is made.

Socially Responsible Mutual Funds
Investing can have a dark side. There are plenty of shady business ventures, which may not be legally but are definitely not moral. There are people out there who believe that to get ahead in business, investing, and life you have to do unpleasant things.

The Business of Saving the Planet
As the days are getting shorter and the downtown air has finally started to cool off, the dialogue about fighting global warming keeps heating up. All this talk is changing the way business is being done.

The Top 10 Questions for Socially Responsible Leaders
The assets of your business traditionally include property, plant, equipment, and your customer base. Progressive organizations understand that business assets also include their good reputation.

TreehuggerTV: How to Buy Green Produce
This week on TreeHuggerTV we are back in the supermarket shopping with nutriton expert Marion Nestle. You may have caught a previous THTV episode when Marion was helping us to buy green milk. This week we’re in the fruit and veg aisle and Marion is lamenting the fact that lack of labeling means we can’t tell where the apples come from. This is especially frustrating when they are out of season because we can’t tell how far round the world they’ve traveled. Come help us carry the shopping basket and learn more about the pros and cons of selecting organic fruit and vegetables in the supermarket.

TreehuggerTV: Edible Estates
How do you make your front lawn greener? Landscape with food instead. Edible Estates wants to tear out your lawn & replace it with a garden that is both beautiful and functional. What if keeping up with the Joneses meant you had a better tomato bush or a bigger plum tree? Edible Estates wants to make that happen, transforming suburbia one lawn at a time.

TreeHuggerTV: Green Alcatraz, Cool Cob and Toxic Co.
This week TreeHuggerTV brings you something dirty, something clean, and a whole lot of green in between, starting with a look at the Toxic 100 list of the largest corporate polluters. But before you jump to any quick conclusions, we’ll let you know what Toxic 100 company also made the list of Global 100 of the most Sustainable Corporations in the world. In cleaner, less confusing news — the infamous former federal prison Alcatraz gets greener, British schools move towards carbon neutrality, and kids in California celebrate cob ? reviving a traditional building technique to craft modern benches.

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