North Carolina is a leader in launching and marketing sustainable businesses. Growth from 2008 -2009 in green building, in developing and investing in green housing moved forward in the state in spite of the recession. Impressive facts? Yes they are.
The Green Living Expo and Conference joint production included Wilma Magazine, Greater Wilmington Business [...]
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By Leslie Berliant - Sustainablog
When I was 6 years old, I wanted to be a farm lady. That’s what I wrote in my Dr. Seuss My Book About Me. Given that I talked my landlady into letting me dig up part of my front lawn to plant a vegetable garden last summer, that might still [...]
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"Treat The Earth Well. It Was Not Given To You By Your Parents, It Was Loaned To You By Your Children. We Do Not Inherit The Earth From Our Ancestors, We Borrow It From Our Children." ~ Ancient Indian Proverb
My friend Brian in the UK is one of my favorite environmentalist and blog authors,…. [...]
People are coming together as excitement builds around today’s ‘Inaugural Address’ …what a powerful message of unity!
It’s exhilarating to know the entire world shares in this beautiful spirit. Chilly weather looms over today’s events but the hearts of those in attendance will be warm as they realize the significance of this monumental moment in history. [...]
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President-elect Barack Obama’s top four economic decisions have been announced according to the latest news:
First - Universal Health Care
Second - Economic Recovery and Job Creation
Third - Building Green
Fourth - Ending the War in Iraq
As we’re aware “Environmental Organizations” supported Obama strongly and early on sent their wish list to Obama’s transition team.
This list included, cutting [...]
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Just thought I would let everyone know we have two more Green Communities listed on our main website, and we excited to have them on board! We have been needing a community in Tennessee, and now we have one!
Kingsport, Tennessee is the home of a wonderful sustainable community called Edenburgh. Please take a look at [...]
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Al Gore was a guest speaker today at the Web 2.0 summit in California. Here is a snippet of things he spoke about, but all in all he challenged Obama to get this country to sustainable resources within 10 years, which means greater emphasis on green communities. Take a look at the news article.
How many people think if they go ‘green’ it won’t make an impact in the environment, what change can one person really make?
Well … the power of one person’s example can bring positive change to those there around. How can we help you ask?
Let’s discuss 5 ways we can help family, neighbors and co-workers [...]
I think so. It’s already obvious that the US is focusing on getting greener, but we are actually behind in times, especially when it comes to green bags for shopping. In a previous post I wrote about Wal-Mart and the influence of green in their stores, notably their ‘Eco-friendly bags.’ I had [...]
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The other day I was in Wal-Mart, and although I have shopped there several times in the past months, I have to be honest I never noticed the “green” influence they are promoting. For example my eye was drawn to this display of ‘energy smart’ light bulbs in a center isle, WOW! [...]
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