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| In The News |
| The Green Jobs Act of 2007 – You’ve heard of white collar & blue collar jobs – read about the new: green-collar job! The "Green For All" Initiative calls on the Federal Government to allocate $1 billion dollars to 250,000 new workers in "green-collar" job training over the next four years – establishing and expanding new clean technology and renewable energy industries that can fight the climate crisis and the poverty crisis at the same time. More info. |
Some Firms Replace Offshoring with Onshoring – Onshoring, in fact, is becoming trendy.
Some U.S. companies have recently pulled back from India to set up shop in rural areas where access to high-speed broadband connections isn't the problem it was just a few years ago, and where lower real-estate prices and wages are attractive. |
| Inspirational Quotes |
"The trash we throw away can have harmful consequences on wildlife and the environment far from home. President Bush joins me in encouraging all Americans to reduce the amount of plastic we use in our daily lives, re-use the plastic we already have, and buy items made of recycled materials and those that can be recycled." — First Lady Laura Bush in a letter to the Wall Street Journal describing her concern over marine plastic debris.
“When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.” - Lakota Indian
“When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in a manner so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.” - Native American Proverb
In Memoriam:
David K. DeLong – Son of Dean DeLong, Monroe County PA Recycling Coordinator passed suddenly on 10/15/07.
Patrick Palumbo – Inventor of the Original Tire Swings from Wildlife Creations, passed on 9/26/07. This video was made the year before his death. Employees of the company continue to make the swings. |
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| Top Stories |
America’s Underwater Tire Dump - More than 30 years ago, an estimated 1 million to 2 million tires were dumped off Broward County to create a huge artificial reef. Like similar efforts around the country, the project was intended to build structures that would attract fish by providing hiding places and vertical formations in the ocean. But few fish showed up. Worse, many tires broke free of their nylon bonds and damaged the real reefs where the fish did live. Today, the tires continue to harm corals, sponges and other marine life. But where environmental officials saw a disaster, the Navy saw a training opportunity. Read more. See video below.
50 Ways to Green-Up Your Company – Imagine asking today how the Internet affects business. It's an absurd question, like asking how electricity changed business. Asking the same about sustainability, it turns out, is equally absurd. Like the Internet, sustainability spurs innovation in everything, from how you see your business model to whether you see your employees (why not let them work at home more?). Here are our favorite ways companies today are greening up--and saving money and making better widgets in the process. View the list!
NRC’s Conversionator – Explore this new site to learn some fun facts about recycling. Grab an item and drop it into the conversionator. Learn how your recycling makes a difference. Visit this website!
The Greenest Way to Get Away - Let's say you live in New York and you're looking into vacationing in San Francisco...which is 2,582 miles away. Sounds like fun! But you're environmentally conscious — which we know you are — and let's say you'd like to get to the City by the Bay in the greenest way possible. (Except walking and biking, of course. We're assuming you don't have weeks or months to make the journey...or a high tolerance for blisters.) So: plane, train or automobile? The answer is... Read more.
A vast nature landRead more or visit their website.From TVPredictions.com:…in high-def, it's like watching a succession of oil paintings come alive on your screen. This is not must-see TV; it's must-experience TV.
Items You Never Thought To Recycle - Ok sure, we can all recycle newspapers, magazines, our cans, and our cereal boxes. If you are only recycling the obvious items you are not even chipping the surface. In fact, I will not only tell you what to recycle, I will try to tell you how and where to do it. Read more. |
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| Videos |
Navy Underwater Tire Recycling Video –U.S. Navy Divers recover tires from the ocean floor. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. June 4, 2007 - U.S. Navy . Watch video
Mulching with Glass! - Landscape designer, Michael Glassman, offers specialty glass as a mulching alternative that offers all the benefits of mulch, adds a unique accent and won’t break down. Watch the video!
5 Year-Old is Passionate about Recycling!Watch Video! |
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| Green Building & Gifts |
| How could you make your home or business more maintenance-free, keep the kids safer when they fall & help solve an environmental problem? Buy RECYCLED Products! Fencing Sale from Close the Loop! 10% off Recycled Plastic Wood Post & Rail .For investment opportunities to help build this viable product, please contact us. Surfacing Solutions: Rubber Mulch & Tiles, Timbers & Pavers. Close the Loop - Serving the needs of business, schools, military, municipalities & residential consumers with the finest recycled and green products on the market today! Please give us a call ~ 866.629.8414, or visit us on the web anytime at www.closetheloop.com Please stop by our booth at NAAEE in November! (see upcoming events below) |
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| Upcoming Events |
| Calling ALL Environmental Educators & Teachers!Come to the Coast for 350 presentations, workshops, new ideas & important examples of excellence in environmental education in the USA & Worldwide. The North American Association for Environmental Education is holding their 36th Annual Conference:Nov. 14-17, 2007 in Virginia Beach, VA |
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