The holiday season is now upon us. For Americans, this means that we are buying presents for our loved ones, spending time with family, and decking the halls. Outdoor home decorations have become louder, brighter and more obnoxious in the past few years, bu this holiday, instead of purchasing your seven-foot-tall, blinking, light-up Santa Claus from Wal-Mart take a moment to consider the implications.
Everything we do has an impact on the earth, even during the holidays. While some Christmas-light-enthusiasts might call you a Scrooge, the abuse is probably worth it when you're helping to save the planet. Read more...
When Silicon Valley entrepreneur Heidi Roizen turned 50, she decided it was time to lose some weight, so she decided to do what she does best: start a company. Read more...
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Gandhi said, "Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it," and Marc Gold took this lesson to heart in 1989 when he started the 100 Friends project. "The idea is very simple," he says. "Every year many people contribute to the project and I take the money to Third World Countries and look for the neediest people I can find. I then put the money to work in the most compassionate, appropriate, culturally compatible, constructive and practical manner possible. You put the donation into my hands and I put the funds directly into the hands of the needy individual or family, or a small trusted grassroots organization helping them." Read more...
Dogs are often conversation starters. But what if you could meet other dog lovers online instead of on walks through the park? Boston-based SNIF Tags is doing just that: allowing pet owners to forge new connections with fellow dog-walkers online.
The SNIF Tag is a small RFID device that attaches to a dog's collar to record his or her daily movements and social encounters. the tag emits a signal that can be picked up by other SNIF Tags in the area. The dog's owner can then log on and view the profiles of the owners of the dogs their pet has come into contact with. Read more...
The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) has announced the launch of its new "growing organic" page. The page focuses on information that is practical in the organic sector. They provide information for everyone from grassroots organizers to advocacy groups to encourage the growth of their movement. The page has tools and information from all corners of the organic world and wants to be a community resource designed to represent and serve global organic movements. Read more...
Join december: Kaapstad Special
Het december nummer van het tijdschrift Join is uit! Deze Join staat vol met reportages, interviews, tips, impressies en achtergronden over Kaapstad: townships en villa’s; apartheid en solidariteit; huisdieren en mensenrechten; dromen en schildpaddenhartjes, Tafelberg en Supperclub. Read more...
If you're restless and don't know what to do with yourself, stay where you are. Just be still, be quiet. Let the eagerness to do something cool down. Let the pull of the outside world release its grip on you. Just as the sediment in a bottle settles to the bottom, so will your emotions if you let them be still. Read more...
The Hippy Gourmet says it is "a weekly, 30-minute public television series that airs nationally on PBS, Dish network channel 9415 (FSTV), syndicated television and globally through YouTube. The show is based in the Haight-Ashbury area of San Francisco, but travels the world highlighting organic, sustainable agriculture, alternative energy, and people making a difference for a better world. Read more...
Marion Nestle traces the obesity epidemic to its societal causes: the "gorge-yourself environment," farm subsidies, and the shareholder value movement. Read more...
Amsterdam - Head Matters (HM-OK!) presenteert het eerste CO2-neutrale relatiegeschenk en kerstpakket. De geschenken zijn Fair Trade-producten met een stijlvolle, luxe uitstraling die voldoen aan het MVO-principe. Ze zijn ecologisch verantwoord en bovendien CO2-neutraal te maken door middel van de Gold Standard Projecten, erkend door het Wereld Natuur Fonds. Bij Head Matters (HM-OK!) heeft de werkgever een gevarieerde keuze uit verrassende geschenken uit Afrika, Azië en Latijns-Amerika. Door de aankoop van deze producten kunnen producenten en toeleveranciers investeren in het verbeteren van hun leef - en werkomstandigheden.
HM-OK! is Fair Trade Read more...
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