Green Initiatives

TOMS

TOMS charity: water Earthwise Classic Shoes

Posted on October, 2011 Categories: Check It Out! , Consumer , Green Initiatives "With every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need.  ONE for ONE." The charity: water Earthwise Classic line is made using recycled and sustainable materials.  Also, "Because clean water is essential to the healthy development Read more
Avocado

Foundation to Support Those Working to Make a Better Future

Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Business , Green Initiatives Chipotle Mexican Grill recently announced that it has created the "Chipotle Cultivate Foundation," a new foundation aimed at supporting people, organizations and institutions that are committed to making a better, more sustainable future. Read more
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Building (Green) Communities

Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Green Initiatives , Planning Bay-Waveland Habitat for Humanity was proud to have one of their homes named 2011 Affordable Green Project by the National Association of Home Builders at their annual Green Building Conference in Salt Lake City this year. Read more
Bristol Park

Local Park Gets Green Makeover

Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Business , Featured , Green Initiatives , Leisure , Parks & Recreation , Recycling , Waste Management The playground at Bristol Park in Turlock, Calif. is roughly 20 years old, in major need of a facelift and some TLC. Sadly, in today's economy, community projects like renovating an aging park can get put in the backburner due to budget cuts. Read more
Garden

New York City’s Most Urban Farm

Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Featured , Green Initiatives , Land Use The Riverpark restaurant and the Alexandria Center™ for Life Science – New York City today announced the creation of New York City’s most urban farm, the 15,000 square foot Riverpark Farm at Alexandria Center. The Farm’s large scale, Read more
Green Jobs

Green Teens: More than Half are Interested in Working in the Environment

Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Communities , Featured , Green Initiatives Survey results released by Canon Canada reveal that 56 per cent of Canadian teens are interested in a career in the environment, but close to the same amount (51 per cent) aren't clear on the career opportunities available to them. Read more
Recycled Tires

48,000 Tires Collected in Weekend Recycling Blitz

Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Business , Featured , Green Initiatives , Recycling , Waste Management Toronto, ON, Canada - Ontarians took another step towards turning black to green, when more than 48,000 used tires were collected following a recent weekend recycling blitz organized by Ontario Tire Stewardship (OTS) and Read more
Walking

One-Million Kilometres in One Week: Results from Clean Air Commute

Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Bicycling , Business , Featured , Green Initiatives , Public Transit , Transportation Toronto, ON, Canada - Thousands of Canadians have saved the skies from more than 480 tonnes of air pollution during the Clean Air Commute, powered by Pollution Probe, a Canadian not-for-profit organization Read more
biking

New Funding and Validation to Turn Bike Rides into Cash

Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Bicycling , Communities , Featured , Green Initiatives , Leisure , Transportation CityRyde, the leading bike-sharing innovator, announced today that the carbon methodology behind its revolutionary Inspire software has been validated under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), bringing to fruition the two-year Read more
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Study Finds Plastic in Nine Percent of 'Garbage Patch' Fishes

Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Check It Out! , Consumer , Green Initiatives , Recycling , Waste Management The first scientific results from an ambitious voyage led by a group of graduate students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego offer a stark view of human pollution and its infiltration of an area of the ocean Read more
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