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The CAN House - July 4th - Pensacola

GreenDocCindy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:29:01 -0500

Compass Solar Energy, Inc is joining with Deep Green Technologies, llc to add a solar component to The CAN House for July 4th. By adding the solar panel, we will be able to show how a house can be off the grid (in a small way). Drop by the Sertoma July 4th Celebration in Seville Square, Pensacola, FL to see this Deep Green Project.

Be sure to get your GreenGoneWild.com bracelet to show your support for The CAN House. Look for our volunteers with the green T-Shirts.

What I try to do...

Aline — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:32:40 -0500

Quiet Revolution

Lionel Yap — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:44:52 -0500

I was recently asked a simple question "What can I do? I mean its gonna take A...L...O...T of effort to change anything thats happening now.." The context of the conversation revolved around our current planet's health & climate change.

Many a friend has asked what they can possibly do in the face of corporate giants where the BOTTOM LINE IS KING and being enviromentally concious is either a luxury or a sales gimmick...

Stay tuned to this space... I'll be giving eveyone an opportunity to do thier bit to "Save the planet, One Day at a Time"

Til then... Have a great day!

AQUADOO AIR WATER TECHNOLOGY

anabio — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:08:17 -0500

My Actions Done in High School

enviroprincess — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:14:19 -0500

Get rid of the screen savers!

Tiffany — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:33:54 -0500

NEW SEARCH ENGINE SEEKS TO BUILD A GREEN FUTURE!

mhaney — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:13:38 -0500

The first Flash Search Engine is an Environmental Search Engine!! http://www.greenplanetsearch.com is now live!

When Mike Haney first presented the idea behind the technology behind

www.greenplanetsearch.com, he was laughed down. Virtually, of course. “Everyone can

dream,: scoffed one, erroneously.

A few people were intrigued. The combination of Haney’s vision of a Flash-driven search

engine, and the plan to create a dazzling environmental education resource, eventually

attracted a loose-knit corps of collaborators, most of whom have never met in person first

among them Andre Roussille, a French computer programmer, and now part owner of the

company.

The upshot from this collaboration, apart from the stunningly beautiful homepage, is the

only people involved in the creation of the search engine, is that the only people involved

in the development devoted environmentalists, who genuinely wish to disseminate good

information to students and educators.

Later, through a similar serendipity, Mr. Haney teamed up with a veteran journalist who

agreed to lend his services to the site, building from scratch a source of environmental

news and policy analysis.

Advertisers will be strictly vetted by the companies shareholders, limited to companies

that are making a meaningful contribution the planet’s health.

The final result, which was launched this week, is the culminating of thousands of

hours of work, and more than a few false starts.

It boasts easily navigable information, experiments, lesson plans, presented in an interactive and graphically enhanced format,

and has an exclusive global climate change resource section for teachers and kids.

If you would like more information about greenplanetsearch.com, or to schedule an

interview with Mike Haney, please call Mike Haney at 305.531.3746 or e-mail info@greenplanetsearch.com.

The Jonah Sisters...

Huntley Addie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:02:32 -0500

Pulished Thursday, June 19, 2008 in Montreal Gazette...

Good use of a poor waste

The school year has ended and I just can’t wait to see if my ex-student will get on Oprah Winfrey this year, or next.

Two weeks ago, Stephanie Jonah, who I taught a few years back, showed up at my door with a simple plan that involves me, you, any and all schools, Oprah Winfrey and Africa.

She never outright mentioned Oprah, but…

This wonderful eighteen year old, ever proud of her deep roots and rich Ghanaian heritage, has teamed with her older sister, Beatrice, in order to try and make a little difference in a big way.

I always say go big or go home, and this initiative sums up that mantra in a large way.

“I have always wanted to make a difference,” Stephanie told me in a recent telephone interview. “But I have often felt limited and helpless to do much. My sisters and I, living both in Canada and Ghana, have always done what we could, donating old games or toys to help needy children. But that only got us so far.

“At this point, being still young, I don’t have money enough to donate what I’d like. Still, I remember at the end of a school year, my friends and I would throw out most of our school supplies. I bet this is still happening.

“I thought, why not put these wasted supplies to good use?”

So, Stephanie embarked upon her quest to recruit some schools to assist her in this effort. Trouble is, this time of year, ironically, schools are so busy and everyone is so worn out, that they are not the Mecca for supporting new initiatives, regardless of their potential or brilliance.

By the time I met with this dynamic young lady, she already felt a little defeated.

“I have gone to three high schools,” she told me, “and all three gave me the same sort of reply. From: ‘Well, we have already done what we can do this year for Africa’ to ‘Well, we keep our supplies for our own students with needs’; even though these are valid and fair excuses, I still feel a little down.”

Sure Ghana, a little further east of the Beaconsfield mall, may seem beyond our immediate concern and maybe we feel inundated by the throes of those in pain and need on our very street, but this does not have to be the point.

The point is not why should I help this person or that rather the point is: why should I not?

People act like they care. They cry at the movies and want to, for a few fleeting seconds, pool those tears into a river of action. And yet, it is the rare few who actually ride a wave of doing anything at all.

When someone comes up with an effort that really doesn’t cost a whole lot in time, energy or dollars, the cynicism and indifference of the ‘actors’ can do significant damage to the spirit of those ‘Stephanies’ who could make a difference.

I want to support my ex-student in this, and yes, I also want her to be on Oprah for this is a damn good idea!

What Stephanie Jonah proposes is simple. As schools shut down, instead of wastefully ditching binders, duo-tangs, dividers, old dictionaries, paper, pens, pencils, erasers or whatever into garbage bins -- give them to her.

She will collect as many supplies as she can garner and send them to Africa. Her sister, Beatrice, living in Accra the capital of Ghana, is expecting the first shipment in July. And schools have already been lined up, and are soon to line up.

So, before bolting out to the summer pool, soccer field, or for vacation fun, do some organizing. Take a look at all the dividers and unused loose-leaf paper; the binders that can be reused; the pencil cases, and organize now, for next year, for yourselves.

Anything extra, or unwanted – Stephanie will take it.

Our English department at John Rennie, in order to support the Jonah sisters, is equally simple. It takes each teacher about 5 minutes out of their lives.

The grade 11 final provincial exam was delivered with answer booklets for the students to respond in. These booklets are twenty pages of lined paper each. Students use on average about ten of these pages. Each student was given three booklets to use.

That’s ten blank pages in each booklet at the end of the exam; or thirty sheets of lined paper per student. With three hundred students that’s three thousand pages – not bad.

We are simply collecting that paper for her and in the end, that might make a pretty good start.

Will it get her on Oprah? We’ll see.

If you’d like to support Stephanie in any way, please contact her at: students.helping.students@hotmail.com

Low watt Bulbs

jnalley706 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:00:40 -0500

LIFE - Let It Freely Exist!

gogreenangie — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:37:37 -0500