Volunteer and Change the World

From the January 2008 issue of B Magazine: Beauty & Beyond, January Reminders section, page 10, an article on adding volunteering to your list of resolutions for this year:
VOLUNTEERING: WHY IT CHANGES THE WORLD
By Linda Matarasso
Most of you have already made a list of resolutions for 2008. Is volunteering your time on the list? If [...]

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Bali Climate Change Agreement - Yippee!

I guess that Avaaz petition I signed (along with 100,000 Canadians) and the stern emails I sent John Baird, the Environment Minister, and Stephen Harper, Prime Minister, must have worked (ha, ha, ha), as Canadian (and U.S. and Russia) stopped blocking the progress of a UN agreement after pressure from other countries (oh, and me, [...]

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The Problem With Christmas: Some Solutions

From AlterNet: Headlines Newsletter, December 4th, 2007, Environment section, an article by Bill McKibben, the writer of  The End of Nature, Hundred Dollar Holiday, Maybe One: A Case for Smaller Families, Hope: Human and Wild, etc., (http://www.billmckibben.com/books.html.
THE PROBLEM WITH CHRISTMAS

By Bill McKibben, Grist Magazine. Posted December 4, 2007.
It has long since become too busy, too [...]

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Eco Decorating for the Holidays

From Gaia.com, http://www.gaia.com/article/7188?from=conscious-consumer, here are five holiday eco decorating tips:
5 Holiday Eco Decorating Tips
by Jodi Helmer
Step away from that festive-looking flocked plastic wreath — and start opting for holiday decorations that really are green. You’ll feel even better giving green gifts this year if your present-opening happens amid halls decked in eco-friendly style.
Interior designer Cheryl [...]

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Socially Responsible Investments

From the July 2007 issue of Benefits Canada, page 9, is an article about American pension plan sponsors and socially responsible investments:
TURNING GREEN
American plan sponsors are aware of the need for Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), and the popularity of offering an SRI option in defined contribution (DC) plans is growing, according to a survey by [...]

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10 Ways To Be Environmentally Responsible

These suggestions about being environmentally responsible are from an Earth Day Canada brochure for Earth Day 2007.  When you make green changes, mention the changes to your relatives, friends and co-workers.  People may not make changes the first time they hear you are making a change, but you will be surprised in the long run [...]

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Summary of Climate Change Report

From the StopGlobalWarming.org website,  http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_read.asp?id=6385211172007 , here is a brief summary of the “Synthesis Report” from the International Panel on Climate Change’s  Climate Change 2007 report.  It is a scary prophecy of what we can expect if we do nothing. So we all need to start doing our bit — now.
The three other sections of [...]

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Synthetic Chemicals In Our Bodies: Buyers Beware

Here is an article from the Daily Green, November 9, 2007, about a study done finding synthetic chemicals in our bodies (http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/body-burden-47110904).
Although this was a U.S. study, similar Canadian studies have shown that we are also contaminated.  Until the U.S. and Canadian governments (and others who haven’t acted already) stop harmful synthetic products showing up [...]

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Greening Schools

Five Steps to Go Green At School 
If you’ve got kids in school, you have an ideal place to combat climate change and the harsh effects it has on the developing world.
According to Statistics Canada, nearly 5.3 million children spend a good chunk of each weekday in public schools across Canada. Imagine the positive environmental impact [...]

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Mystery of Vanishing Honeybees: You Can Help

I have read several articles about the problem of disappearing honeybees and colony collapse disorder or other suggested reasons for the problem. But the article below is the first one I have seen which provides some suggestions about what you can do to help.
HONEYBEE DISAPPEARANCE THREATENS FOOD CROPS: 5 WAYS TO HELP
by Rachel Brand
If ever [...]

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