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New Articles for October 29, 2007

Great Ideas to Get your Kids on a Permanent Earth Friendly Kick

The importance of teaching our children to be environmentally conscientious cannot be over emphasized. If children learn and know how to respect and appreciate nature and what this beautiful planet holds for them, then the legacy of responsibility will continue.

Helpful Hints on Teaching Your Kids About the Environment

Our hopes are on our children. To be able to leave them some legacy of Mother Nature and the environment, we need to educate them about what an important task we have on hand. Raising their awareness about environmental issues and their impact on global warming will help them to understand the urgency and need to act now.

What is an Ecosexual?

Ecosexual is a new term used by many to refer to a person so dedicated to their commitment of improving the environment that it controls their intimate relationships, and sometimes their friendships as well. An ecosexual chooses to drive an environmentally friendly hybrid car and only eats organic foods. With this type of stereotype, it is no wonder that their beliefs are often unaccepted by mainstream society, even with the modern green movements already in place.

Pair of Republicans Go Green

Harry Smith has an exclusive interview with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who have teamed up to fight for limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

Maroon 5 Go Green With Their First Headlining Arena Tour

Maroon 5 announced their first headlining arena tour and the band has teamed with Global Cool to ensure they are Carbon Neutral.

Green and Environmental Awareness Campaigns Online

Learn how to best leverage the power of the Internet of your environmental organization's cause. A website can not only get information out, but bring information in and help organize your efforts, all while letting like-minded people know about your cause.

Bring Out the Tree Hugger in You by Becoming Environmentally Responsible

If you've ever heard the phrase tree hugger used to describe someone, you may think it is a negative term. Used negatively, the term can be used to describe someone who seems to be too concerned with the environment. Hippies can also be called tree huggers and many people are not starting to associate tree huggers and tree hugging with negative meanings. The opposite is true; tree hugger is actually a positive term for someone who is interested in or participates in environmentalism and conservation. These people are known for doing all they can to protect the environment and encouraging people not to waste our natural resources. If you want to get in touch with your inner tree hugger, take the steps below to improve your own environment and get involved in your community.

Environmentalism

Many of you know that I think that whenever zealously is involved any argument or position is jeopardized, regardless of the kernels of truth on which the initial position was built. The Great Global Warming Scandal is a perfect example of the swing of the proverbial pendulum from the Earth-is-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket Environmentalist perspective to the more Bush-ian hey-how-could-humans-effect-anything-on-such-a-global-scale.

What Type of Environmentalist Are You?
By Lance Winslow

The other day someone sends me this message; What Type of Environmentalist Are You? Well, that is indeed interesting, as I am not really an environmentalist, but I am an entrepreneur however? Apparently the person got it confused because we always led our industry; the mobile car wash industry in specialty equipment and environmental controls, but as far as being an environmentalist; me, not quite.

Environmentalists and the Wind Power Debate in Maine
By Richard Chapo

For the first time since the oil shortages in the 1970s, efforts to convert to renewable energy have accelerated. In the case of wind power in Maine, this has caused an odd conflict.