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Alexandra Cousteau, the founder of Blue Legacy, a nonprofit dedicated to our beautiful water-based planet, and Live Earth Run for Water spokesperson, recently sat down with the folks at EcoStiletto to chat. Cousteau spent her days growing up on grand oceanic expeditions with her famous grandfat...
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After months of speculation, the White House announced today that President Obama will travel to Copenhagen on Dec. 9 to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference.During his brief time there, Obama will announce a U.S. emissions reduction goal "in the range of 17% below 2005 lev...
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David Kuria wants to transform the way Kenyans think about toilets. His company, Ecotact, is building bright, beautiful structures in dense urban centers and slums, where Kenyans can pay a small fee to use a hygienic toilet. A seemingly simple intervention but with potential for enormous impact ...
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Live Earth here are 7 tips for a green Thanksgiving! What are you thankful for this year?
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If you are in charge of preparing food for Thanksgiving this year, you will undoubtedly be busy with your nutritious creations. But as you're planning your shopping list, be sure to take a minute to think about where your food comes from.
Every Monday we profile a Dow Live Earth Run for Water partner organization that works toward providing solutions to the nearly 1 billion people who lack access to clean, safe water. To donate to one of these projects, visit liveearth.org/give. Wasrag (the Water & Sanitation Rotarian Act...
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Sand dams are an ancient water-saving technique that is thousands of years old and could prove to save millions of lives from drought. They are constructed out of concrete barriers 1-5m high and filled with sand. When seasonal rains fall, water collects behind the dam. The sand acts like a sponge...
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We should be much more aware that we may be using water at an extremely unsustainable pace. An astronomical amount of water is used for consumer products and food consumption known as your Water Footprint. This is the amount of water a person, company or nation uses to produce the commodities, go...
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GWC Report Urges Citizens to Act on Behalf of Children Worldwide Affected by the Global Water Crisis
In recognition of Universal Children's Day, established by the United Nations General Assembly as a day to promote the protection, welfare and education of the children of the world, Global Water Challenge (GWC) today released "Clean Start: Focusing on School Water, Sanitation and Hygiene."The re...
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In recognition of Universal Children's Day, established by the United Nations General Assembly as a day to promote the protection, welfare and education of the children of the world, Global Water Challenge (GWC) today released "Clean Start: Focusing on School Water, Sanitation and Hygiene." The repo...
Dell is shipping some of its computers in packaging that includes bamboo components, with the exterior packaging being made from 25 % post-consumer recycled materials. Bamboo is so preferable because it grows fast, at up to 24 inches a day, and is strong enough to protect equipment during trans...
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The Dutch are well known for their everyday use of the bicycle, but now the government is trying to take that to a law abiding level. A new Dutch driving tax has just been proposed – one designed to seriously get people out of their cars. The plan would actually tax miles driven and would r...
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While in Europe, I had the opportunity to catch up with Brother Phap Thanh (Bernard), the monastic in charge of the Deer Park Monastery solar project, which attracted significant attention in the San Diego region. Deer Park Monastery is part of the Plum Village Tradition of Bhuddhism run by Nobel...
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Live Earth Run for Water partner Pump Aid just sent in a great video detailing their efforts to establish sustainable and safe water solutions in communities in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Liberia.The long-term effects of this work will ensure improved health and increased agricultural production in the...
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Check out this new brick design! It looks like an ordinary brick, but is much more than that. Turn it over and and you can see one very different eco-friendly design change, one that will change the way bricks are made.The "Save Water Brick" design is really unique; the brick is a mixture of disc...
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Alexandra Cousteau, water advocate and founder of Blue Legacy, is a lead spokesperson for the Dow Live Earth Run for Water. She was interviewed by Treehugger TV at the Run for Water announcement event last month in New York. Watch parts one and two of the interview below. Click here to watch...
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Live Earth One month ago today we announced the Run for Water. Look how many cities are on the map now!!! - http://liveearth.org/run - get involved!
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Coal Country reveals the truth about modern coal mining. The story is told by the people directly involved, both working miners and activists who are battling the coal companies in Appalachia.In preparation for its premier November 14th on Planet Green, activists and musicians around the country ...
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A month before world leaders meet in Copenhagen to strike a climate deal, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released The Ocean and Climate Change -- Tools and Guidelines for Action, to help decision-makers understand the importance of the ocean in the global climate debate...
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This August, nearly 10,000 people gathered on the beach in Belgium to dance in a show of solidarity for climate action. Oostende Beach was filled with members of the Belgian Climate Coalition and Friends of the Earth to participate in a choreographed, Bollywood-style dance filmed by producer Nic ...
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We're thrilled to announce that Atlanta has been added to the list of cities hosting the Dow Live Earth Run for Water!Atlanta's Dow Live Earth Run for Water event will take place in downtown Atlanta with the start/finish at the Water Village area located at Pemberton Place, adjacent to the World ...
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If you don't have a tap, washing your hands in a hygienic way isn't easy. You could place a bowl of water on a table, but then you would be washing your hands in the dirty water other people left behind. You could walk to the hand pump and ask somebody else to pump while you wash your hands. But ...
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Every Monday we profile a Dow Live Earth Run for Water partner organization that works toward providing solutions to the nearly 1 billion people who lack access to clean, safe water. To donate to one of these projects, visit liveearth.org/give. In the spring of this year, I traveled to L’Esp...
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We are proud to begin highlighting the wonderful Friends of Live Earth Run for Water events being planned around the world for April 18, 2010. The 2010 Friends of Live Earth Run for Water Race in Santo Domingo will be a high-level event, helping the Dominican community to acknowledge the importan...
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Make your friends the star of a music video and declare energy independence! Check out Crush Global Warming - the world's first personalized music video. Crush Global Warming supports the Declaration of Independence from Fossil Fuels, written by 15-year-old ACE youth leader Alec Lo...
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Al Gore's new book "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis" is now on sale!Following up on his wildly successful 2006 book "An Inconvenient Truth," "Our Choice" goes into more detail about the solutions we can pursue to prevent the irreversible damage to our planet, as opposed to just mak...
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It's one of the remotest places on Earth. Yet even Tibet and its mountain resources cannot escape the wrath of climate change wrought by industrialization (Midui Glacier photo by reurinkjan).In one of the most far reaching consequences of China's rapid economic acceleration and its somewhat relat...
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Repower America has just launched their new major call to action with The Wall. A place where thousands of people have committed to a revolutionary new energy future for our nation, and coming together to express their hopes, share their resolve, and step up to a leadership role in building a gra...
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Live Earth Have you added your voice to the Wall yet?
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The Repower Wall is a revolutionary approach to standing up for what we believe in -- for what our country needs. It combines the power of your voice with the force of a multi-media campaign, to build a collective call for change so loud it’s undeniable.
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Check out the Alliance for Climate Education's new personalized music video about global
warming! Crush Global Warming :-) http://facebook.com/acespace
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Live Earth did you have a GREEN Halloween?
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Trying to have a more environmentally friendly Halloween this year? It's not as hard as you might assume.
