The World Hunger Problem
Every year over 15 million children die from hunger and this number is growing instead of shrinking.
The World Health Organization estimates that 1/3 of the world population is underfed and another 1/3 are starving.
1 in 7 people do not get enough food to be healthy.
Hunger and malnutrition are the number one risks to health, worldwide. [...]
Sign The Clean Energy Legislation Petition
We’re closer today than ever before. Right now, Congress is debating clean energy legislation that will jumpstart our economy and help solve the climate crisis. This is the historic comprehensive energy legislation that we’ve been waiting for. It will create millions of jobs and help solve the climate crisis by closing the carbon pollution loophole.
Stimulus to Repower America
You spoke and Washington listened. With President Obama’s signature on economic recovery legislation yesterday, America made the largest investment in clean energy and green jobs in our history.
Now we need to build on this momentum. I’ve recorded a special message to say thank you, and share our strategy going forward.
Will you watch and donate [...]
Google To Help You Monitor Your Power Usage
Google unveiled the plans for PowerMeter. A program to help you monitor your power usage right from your iGoogle homepage.
“Google PowerMeter, currently a prototype product, will allow you to see your own energy usage information and help you improve your efficiency in a variety of ways. The first way you’ll see this tool in [...]
Help Spread the Message, To Make the Switch
There’s been a lot of pressure lately to open up protected areas for oil drilling. But common sense says drilling is not the answer. Switching is.
Switching to 100% clean, renewable electricity within 10 years.
Watch our latest ad below (it will be airing during the Olympics). It shows Americans how we will make the switch [...]
Radioactive leak from sub reported by Navy
The Navy said a nuclear-powered submarine leaked minimally radioactive water while traveling to Japan, Guam and Hawai’i over several months.
The total radioactivity released into the environment from the USS Houston at each stop was less than one half a microcurie, U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman Capt. Scott Gureck said.
“That’s a negligible amount, equal to the radioactivity [...]
Happy Birthday To GreenOptions.org
Green Options (GO) is a community dedicated to environmental resources, education, and discussion. With Green Options you can create your own Green journal and be blogging in minutes. Share your green journey and help bring sustainable values to the mainstream.
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Today on Planet Green
Today on Planet Green
submitted by EcoBlogs 43 days ago (via feeds.treehugger.com)
We’ve been hard at work hammering out the Planet Green blog, which we’re launching in conjunction with the new 24/7 Discovery channel of the same name. If TreeHugger is the “what,” then Planet Green is the “do,” and PG is bursting with smart tips, [...]
How Can Brown Turn to Green?
How Can Brown Turn to Green?
submitted by heipet 21 days ago (via green-talk.com)
Leaves help to make excellent compost and mulch. This is how brown turns into green. Fall is one of my favorite seasons of the year. I love the fall foliage with its different colors of red, yellow, and orange. As beautiful as the [...]
