“Cleaning up Chisinau” is a project organized by the organizations Youth Generation, ADVIT, Art Labyrinth and AVI, aiming to promote ecology and recycling by gathering people to clean up the city. The project is a one day event, taking place on April 24th 2010, 12.00 – 21.00, and will include cleaning parks in each of [...]
Three weeks from today, hundreds of thousands of American citizens will demonstrate in parks across the country calling for official action on global warming. They’re right that the United States has failed to implement strong policies that would help reduce the nation’s harmful emissions that contribute to climate change.
Not surprisingly, the numbers vary according to party affiliation. A much lower 33 percent of Republicans think the government is doing a poor job to protect the environment, but that number grows to 67 percent among Independents and tops out at 78 percent among the Democrats. The environment always seems to get the back seat, [...]
As the shepherding group Earth Day Network points out, the relatively new holiday really makes a difference. "Earth Day broadens the base of support for environmental programs, rekindles public commitment and builds community activism around the world through a broad range of events and activities," concludes the organization. This year’s theme is Protect Our Children [...]
First and foremost is green car technology. Some 200,000 hybrid cars have been sold in the U.S. since 1999, and automakers will add as many as eight new gas-electric models in the coming year to the six already on the market. Next is green buildings, with more than 200 new commercial and public structures in [...]
The game and one day lesson plan, called ?Environmental Jeopardy?, was sent to more than 6500 educators around the country who are members of Earth Day Network?s Educator?s Network. Teachers who join the Educator?s Network through the Teacher?s Corner of the Earth Day Network website will also receive a free copy of ?Environme?tal Jeopardy?. ?Earth [...]
As activists prepare for the 35th anniversary of Earth Day, April 22nd, Earth Day Network is reaching out to a wide range of constituents to increase awareness of issues affecting communities nationwide, particularly communities of color and inner-city neighborhoods. Earth Day Network representatives attended the historic meeting of the Baptist Conventions in Nashville on January [...]
