277 Articles match "America"

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• Extend the Envelope of your Home with an Outdoor Room
  
  Tags: Green Building/Remodeling Archadeck Backyard America Countryhome decks HGTV outdoor rooms Outdoor Rooms by Design patio tweetmeme_url='http://greenlivingideas.com/topics/green-building/extend-envelope-home-outdoor-room'; tweetmeme_style = 'normal';tweetmeme_source = 'greenlivingidea'; As the summer season approaches, many of us long to spend warm, lazy hours outdoors. But while this might be relatively easy to achieve if you live in the country, how do city-dwellers get their fair share of outdoor time without driving out to a [...]
  Green Living Ideas - Sunday, July 19, 2009
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• America... A Democracy?
  
  by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The short answer to this rhetorical question is NO, plain and simple. The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic – much in the same way that Britain is a Constitutional Monarchy – but it is NOT a democracy and was never intended to be thus. This is, I know, very difficult too understand for most people especially as they have been indoctrinated ever since about the first quarter of the twentieth century about the USA being a Democracy. A democracy, per se, is nothing but mob rule. The US system is NOT a democracy for, otherwise, maybe,
  Green (Living) Review - Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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• Active Transportation for America
  
  A Case for Increased Federal Investment in Bicycling and Walking Smart Growth Resource Library Active Transportation for America from the Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC) makes the case and quantifies the national benefits -- for the first time -- that increased federal funding in bicycling and walking infrastructure would provide tens of billions of dollars in benefits to all Americans. By making active transportation a viable option for everyday travel, we will cost-effectively reduce oil dependence, climate pollution and obesity rates while providing more and better choices for getting around town.
  The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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• Transportation for America
  
  Transportation for America is leading a call for the nation's leaders to commit to building a 21st Century transportation system. The organization has formed a broad coalition of housing, environmental, public health, urban planning, transportation and other organizations seeking to align national, state, and local transportation policies with an array of issues like economic opportunity, climate change, energy security, health, housing and community development. '' Build for America '' is Transportation for America's five-point plan to provide the transportation services and options
  The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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• Poverty in America
  
  Target now takes food stamps by Michael Smith (Veshengro) So many Americans are now using food stamps that more and more chain stores have begun accepting them, rather than lose these customers to economic hardship. Stores that have begun accepting food stamps or expanded the offer, amongst others, include Target, CVS, 7-11, Costco, BJ's and Sam's Club. Food stamp use was up 22% in summer 2009 from that of the previous year, with more than 35million Americans now using them. Food stamps, nowadays, come on a card identical to a debit or credit card, offering discretion and privacy
  Green (Living) Review - Friday, November 13, 2009
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• Chef’s Collaborative RAFT (Renewing America’s Food Traditions) Event is from Oct 10-12
  
  Chef’s Collaborative RAFT (Renewing America’s Food Traditions) Grow-Out Heirloom Harvest Week is a celebration of New England’s agricultural heritage, biodiversity and farmer-chef connections.  Tagged: Chef Derek Wagner at Nick’s On Broadway, Chef Joe Hafner at Gracie’s, Chef’s Collaborative RAFT, Dave Johnson of Local 121, Renewing America’s Food Traditions ...Tags: From October 12—18th, Grow-Out participant restaurants will have one or more items on their menu highlighting and honoring locally grown, heirloom vegetables from this year’s Grow-Out. Take
  Green Life Smart Life - Friday, October 9, 2009
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• If You Must Use Plastic, Consider a Green Credit Card
  
  Financial institutions across America now offer consumers a variety of green credit card and other personal banking choices as part of their [...] Tags: Banking America bank Bank of America Bank of America Corporation cent personal banking choices renewable energy projects renewable-energy certificates Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Compan Given the recent financial crisis, many banks are going green not just because they want to clean up their image but also because they want to clean up the planet. Post from: Green Living Ideas
  Green Living Ideas - Thursday, April 9, 2009
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• “Tour des Trees,” America’s Major Fundraising Event for Trees
  
  One of them, is the annual [...] [ “Tour des Trees,” America’s Major Fundraising Event for Trees from Green Living Ideas ] ...Tags: Most people believe that competitive summer sporting events begin with Wimbledon and end with the Tour de France. Not so anymore.
  Green Living Ideas - Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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• World’s Largest Meat Exporter Pledges No Cattle from Deforested Amazon Areas
  
  Tags: Meat Brazil Deforestation Greenpeace JBS-Friboi South Americ The world’s largest exporter of meat products announced that it has pledged to no longer purchase cattle raised in deforested areas of the Amazon after September 23, 2009. The company, JBS-Friboi, is also one of the largest companies in Brazil, which makes their decision very prominent to other businesses and sets a [...] [ World’s Largest Meat Exporter Pledges No Cattle from Deforested Amazon Areas from Green Living Ideas ] ...Tags:
  Green Living Ideas - Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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• Seattle as North America's First Carbon-Neutral City
  
  by Alex Steffen , 23 Nov 09 Last week, I stood on the stage at Seattle's Town Hall and called on Seattle to become North America's first carbon-neutral city, dropping its per capita climate emissions to nothing by 2030. Since then, I've gotten a whole slew of great emails and calls from people who are thinking that goal through, and have questions. Mostly, folks have been wildly supportive, generally wanting most to know how they can help build the movement to do that. I'm a writer, not an organizer, and I don't have the plan, but I can explain a little more my thinking,
  The Green Changemakers - Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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