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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.
Andrea
Andrea
Find it very ironic that you would call it turkey day. If you want to really do something great for the earth, promote vegetarianism which is the greenest way you can go.
9 hours ago
Arlene Ruksza-Lenz
Arlene Ruksza-Lenz
I know a lot of vegetarians who regress and become carnivores just for Thanksgiving Day-alas, poor turkeys! :)
4 hours ago
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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. 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...
Francisca Garcia
Francisca Garcia
the 1990 foot print you mean !!!!!
Sat at 12:52pm
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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 re...
Mitzi Rabin
Mitzi Rabin
Yippee!!!
November 20 at 5:10pm
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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...
Anne
Anne
children lack everything...good schools, decent healthcare, school lunches that are actually healthy, and the list goes on and on....
November 20 at 6:25am
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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...
Martin
Martin
@Marianne: Where I live its even worst... I received TWO yellow pages phone books, by two companies who are competing for this market.... talk about straight-to-recycling useless waste of paper :(
November 18 at 3:01pm
Grégoire
Grégoire
Never seen so many likes for a post. You must have a ton of tree hugger friends K-ro!
November 19 at 6:58am
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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...
Vera Hill
Vera Hill
what a great idea
November 17 at 4:37pm
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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...
Evonne
Evonne
I have always wanted to go there.
November 17 at 10:46am
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Thanks to Geoff Livingston for sending in this post from the road! Incredible!
November 17 at 10:59am
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November 17 at 12:10pm
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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...
Nancy
Nancy
Wow Scott, way cool, keep up with learning all that you can to help our planet!
November 14 at 6:21pm
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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!

Marilyn McGinnis
Marilyn McGinnis
So, how many cities is it? The map zeros in on my city (Atlanta) so fast that I can't tell how many other dots there are across the world.
I am so happy this is happening. I plan to get my middle school students involved.
November 13 at 4:47pm
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Live Earth here's the "Coal Country" trailer:

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Trailer for the upcoming film, Coal Country
Nick Littlejohn
Nick Littlejohn
Coal Country is amazing. Our local Sierra Club brought it early to Portland and I'm hoping it elevates our discussion of clean energy.
November 12 at 4:29pm
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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 ...
Anne Dyson
Anne Dyson
Stop the Blowing up of our Mountains !!!
November 13 at 1:22pm