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Bill McKibben Appears on the Late Show with David Letterman

Once again Bill McKibben makes his plea to get the Earth back to 350ppm. Click on the link below to watch the Late Show clip where McKibben makes the case for the current 350.org mission - 10/10/10. McKibben also announced his upcoming road trip to the US White House where he will deliver one of US President Jimmy Carter's original solar panels that was stripped of the building during the latter Reagan administration. Click here to read more about that effort.

Click 'continue' below to watch the Late Show clip.

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Reusable Bags Made From 100% Recyclable Materials

ReuseThisBag.com is a grassroots supplier of custom polypropylene bags. The bags can be reused multiple times and are even made from 100% recyclable materials.

"Plastic bags, like the kind you get at the grocery store, can take 450 years or more to biodegrade! Worse yet, the process of making and discarding them wreaks havoc on our environment. Using reusable shopping bags is one small effort that we can all make to help save our resources and our planet…one bag at a time. Spread the word about reusable bags!" -ReuseThisBag.com

Click the image below to learn 25 reasons why going reusable is so important!

Go Reusable Bags!

Purchase your own custom bag at ReuseThisBag.com



Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Tragic imagery and beautiful song give us hope that we can leave a better world for future generations. Click 'continue' below to watch the video.

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Another Reason Golf is An Eco-Nightmare

Golf courses are often criticized by environmentalists for their use of water, fertilizers, and pesticides. Now the attention towards greening golf has shifted to the golf balls themselves, which can take 1,000 years to decompose.

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The 3 R's Each Get a Holiday!

Reduce, reuse, and recycle — or the 3 R's — are not just a recycling mantra. Each of the 3 R's have a fall holiday dedicated to them too! Here's how you can join the green celebrations: Reduce holiday stress — by observing Buy Nothing Day on Nov. 28! Instead of fighting the crowds at the mall on the day after Thanksgiving, environmentalists are encouraged to take part in the most relaxing form of protest ever — by just enjoying the day without spending any money. Best part of this...

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Green Eating While Reading

Whether you're contemplating a vegetarian diet, thinking about planting a new tree in your backyard, or considering a winter garden, a new eco-foodie book's out to help you make some green decisions. Check out the reviews to see if you should pick up—or download—the whole read: >> Deciding between a ficus tree or fig tree? You’ll likely choose the latter after reading Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture by Darrin Nordahl. According to  Jen Boynton at TriplePundit, Public...

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Planting Trees: Bad for the Environment?

According to new studies, planting trees can have negative effects on our environment by reducing the local availability of water.

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November’s Recycling Project: Freecycling

This is the third in a series of four year-end recycling projects. September’s project was printer cartridges. Last month’s was cell phones. This month's is freecycling. Next month’s is computers. The 19th-century English decorative artist William Morris once said, “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." And yet, inevitably, our homes seem to fill up with things that are neither useful nor beautiful. Or perhaps they were once useful,...

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