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Super Fun Newcastle Earth Day 2011
The City of Newcastle, the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce and the Newcastle Weed Warriors are pleased to host Earth Day 2011 at Lake Boren Park on April 23, 2011 (granted Earth Day is really April 22nd, but we can forgive them). The event includes informative mini-educational seminars, booths featuring green products and services, activities for [...]
Continue reading...California-Greening Is The Key To Our Country’s Change
23. March 2011
I am always excited to see what California comes up with next. California is the 7th largest world economy, so things that start in California normally find there way to all of the States. (It makes sense- a manufacturer doesn’t want to make multiple types of product for each state). Since California’s standards are more [...]
Continue reading...Ditch The Bottled Water, Be Accountable
21. March 2011
Article from Corporate Accountability International and thegreenmomreview.com In the first three months of 2010 alone, the House of Representatives spent $190,000 taxpayer dollars on bottled water. Some quick math tells me that Congress is spending about $760,000 of our tax dollars a year on bottled water. That’s a lot of money—money that could pay teachers’ salaries—so that [...]
Continue reading...A New Role Model Named Architect Barbie
9. March 2011
I have to admit, I thought Barbies were “okay” growing up – I preferred building things from blocks and playing with GI Joe’s instead. However, the older I became the more upset I was that little girls (and okay, maybe some boys) were being brainwashed into believing that the perfect woman had to be stick [...]
Continue reading...Trader Joe’s Not Caring About Workers Rights?
28. February 2011
In a recent article from Grist, they discuss Trader Joe’s and its active role in supporting USA farmworker poverty. Yes, you read that correctly! I was completely surprised by this article because Trader Joe’s to me meant specialty food items from sustainable farms and resources. Boy was I wrong. The more I look at Trader Joe’s [...]
Continue reading...Awaiting A Seattle With No Viaduct
21. February 2011
The Seattle PI had a great article about the current outlook of Seattle post-viaduct. I am a firm believer that no-viaduct is the way to go. Let’s open up the view, allow a greater connection to the water and neighborhoods, foster development and help businesses thrive! Granted, there are a lot of concerns such as the [...]
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