October 30, 2007 by jameslucas.

Great Ideas to Get your Kids on a Permanent Earth Friendly Kick
The importance of teaching our children to be environmentally conscientious cannot be over emphasized. If children learn and know how to respect and appreciate nature and what this beautiful planet holds for them, then the legacy of responsibility will continue.

Helpful Hints on Teaching Your Kids About the Environment
Our hopes are on our children. To be able to leave them some legacy of Mother Nature and the environment, we need to educate them about what an important task we have on hand. Raising their awareness about environmental issues and their impact on global warming will help them to understand the urgency and need to act now.

What is an Ecosexual?
Ecosexual is a new term used by many to refer to a person so dedicated to their commitment of improving the environment that it controls their intimate relationships, and sometimes their friendships as well. An ecosexual chooses to drive an environmentally friendly hybrid car and only eats organic foods. With this type of stereotype, it is no wonder that their beliefs are often unaccepted by mainstream society, even with the modern green movements already in place.

Pair of Republicans Go Green
Harry Smith has an exclusive interview with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who have teamed up to fight for limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

Maroon 5 Go Green With Their First Headlining Arena Tour
Maroon 5 announced their first headlining arena tour and the band has teamed with Global Cool to ensure they are Carbon Neutral.

Big Ideas For A Small Planet: Work 1
New Belgium Brewing Company serves up an ideal place to work.

Big Ideas For A Small Planet: Work 2
Recycled materials make for good building materials.

Big Ideas For A Small Planet: Pray 1
Kids dump a trash can to see how much recyclable garbage they are tossing.

Big Ideas For A Small Planet: Pray 2
The cycle of life - using cremated remains to generate life in the ocean.

Big Ideas For A Small Planet: Create 1
Taking a jumbo-jet polluter and turning it into a sustainable architectural piece.

Big Ideas For A Small Planet: Create 2
Artists push environmental issues to provoke discourse.

Big Ideas For A Small Planet: Sports 1
Skier and activist Allison Gammet takes to the hills.

Big Ideas For A Small Planet: Sports 2
Build a better board: environmentally friendly skateboards.

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May 15, 2007 by jameslucas.

Green and Environmental Awareness Campaigns Online
Learn how to best leverage the power of the Internet of your environmental organization’s cause. A website can not only get information out, but bring information in and help organize your efforts, all while letting like-minded people know about your cause.

Bring Out the Tree Hugger in You by Becoming Environmentally Responsible
If you’ve ever heard the phrase tree hugger used to describe someone, you may think it is a negative term. Used negatively, the term can be used to describe someone who seems to be too concerned with the environment. Hippies can also be called tree huggers and many people are not starting to associate tree huggers and tree hugging with negative meanings. The opposite is true; tree hugger is actually a positive term for someone who is interested in or participates in environmentalism and conservation. These people are known for doing all they can to protect the environment and encouraging people not to waste our natural resources. If you want to get in touch with your inner tree hugger, take the steps below to improve your own environment and get involved in your community.

Environmentalism
Many of you know that I think that whenever zealously is involved any argument or position is jeopardized, regardless of the kernels of truth on which the initial position was built. The Great Global Warming Scandal is a perfect example of the swing of the proverbial pendulum from the Earth-is-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket Environmentalist perspective to the more Bush-ian hey-how-could-humans-effect-anything-on-such-a-global-scale.

Sundance Channel GREENIMATION: Going Green, or Else
This short asks - do you really need to drive 20 blocks to get a pint of ice cream? Vanilla at that. Some people would say no…as well a few others…Going green maybe be not only smarter but forced upon you if you’re not careful.

Sundance Channel GREENIMATION: How Much Can a Polar Bear?
In this short, due to global warming the polar icecaps are melting, placing pressure on polar bear families in the arctic circle. Here we see how their changing environment impacts directly in the home.

Sundance Channel GREENIMATION: Wasted
In this short, Milbert experiences a surplus environmental disasters resulting in a lesson that can only be learned cartoon characters.

Sundance Channel GREENIMATION: Breakfast
Meet Greg, Christian and their favorite crappy diner; then find out why it’s not easy to convince your friends to go to environmental pep-rallies.

Sundance Channel GREENIMATION: Yung Yeti
In this short, Yung Yeti and his friend Mr. Buck, the raccoon live in the forest and go about their lives being conscious of their environment.

Sundance Channel GREENIMATION: Meet the Banes
In the not-so-distant past, a man named Sterling married a woman named Daphne and conceived an offspring named Carson. Together, they are the most repulsive, insufferable, downright detestable family on Earth. If they are not stopped soon, they will surely destroy our fragile planet. Meet the Banes.

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