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Happy Earth Day 2010!

Happy Earth Day 2010!

Happy Earth Day 2010 to everyone! Earth Day, Apr. 22, a day to celebrate the environment. The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 to promote the ideas of ecology, encourage respect for life on earth, and highlight growing concern over pollution of the soil, air, and water.

Green Spring Cleaning

Green Spring Cleaning

Green cleaning is a term that describes a growing trend in favor of using cleaning methods with environmentally-friendly ingredients and chemicals to preserve human health and environmental quality. Green cleaning techniques and products avoid the use of chemically-reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals, some of which emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) causing respiratory and dermatological problems among other adverse effects.

Chinese Companies Emit More CO2 Than Great Britain

Chinese Companies Emit More CO2 Than Great Britain

Three Companies in China emitted more Carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2008 than the whole of Great Britain, says the Greenpeace report of Huaneng, Datang and Guodian which are the top three firms in China. The report says that inefficient plants and China’s dependency on coal, makes tackling climate change very difficult.[...]

German Companies Looking To Africa For Solar Power

German Companies Looking To Africa For Solar Power

Twenty of Germany’s blue chip companies are pooling their resources to take advantage of the African desert’s sun. They plan on supplying the whole of Europe with power using solar energy and they plan to get it done with in a decade. This is the biggest solar project ever imagined and is known as “Desertec”. [...]

Canning Your Organic Garden

Canning Your Organic Garden

Each year I enjoy the discovery and the ever changing garden-scape. But the icing on the cake is good wholesome food right from my backyard. For example, my neighbor gave me scores of carrot seedlings which I transplanted in the garden. And I planted a package of sugar snap peas. Later in the spring we [...]

The Green Recovery Act of 2009

The Green Recovery Act of 2009

Overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)
The Recovery Act was signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009. It is an unprecedented effort to jump start our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive [...]

Barack Obamas First 100 Green Days

Barack Obamas First 100 Green Days

President Barack Obama promised on his very first day in the White House to help move America towards a new green future. Now we are 100 days into Obama’s presidential term and most environmentalists are happy with the speed in which Obama has moved on a lot of green issues.[...]

Green Choice Awards For Environmental Nonprofits

Green Choice Awards For Environmental Nonprofits

About the 2009 Green Choice Awards
The awards were hosted by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user-generated ratings and reviews of nonprofits. Reviews appear on both GreatNonprofits.org as well as GuideStar.org, the premiere source for donor research on nonprofits. Nonprofits with the most positive reviews in their budget category are determined the winners of the 2009 Green Choice Awards.[...]

HGTV Green Home

HGTV Green Home

The new 2009 Home and Garden TV (HGTV) Green Home has been built. The Green Home has many eco-friendly and green features from a Green “Living” Roof to Energy Star appliances. You can enter to win this home right here on our Green Earth Friend Weblog or go directly to HGTV Green Home Sweepstakes. [...]

“Bicing” In Spain Is Part Of Their Green Transit System

“Bicing” In Spain Is Part Of Their Green Transit System

Bicing is the name of a new bicycle project in Barcelona, Spain. It is part of the mass transit system and helps you to get to your place of employment or elsewhere in a climate friendly way, with almost no pollution, noise or traffic congestion. It is Barcelona’s Green transit system. [...]