março 2009
Enviado por Live Earth, 12 março, 2009 - 10:26
When Jimmy Fallon took over NBC's "Late Night" show at the beginning of the month, he had one of the first studios on television that is entirely eco-friendly! "Everything is recycled," he told the The NY Post. "We are building everything with recycled metals and using all green lighting.”
Fox's hit series 24 is also going green! They have announced they are going carbon neutral, according to an announcement before the show earlier this week.
Enviado por Live Earth, 19 março, 2009 - 22:47
President Obama announced a $2.4 billion boost for electronic car development today, while predicting that there will be more than a million plug-in hybrid cars on the road within six years.
This is not only wonderful for the environment, but will hopefully put us neck-and-neck with foreign nations in the race to lead the world in renewable energy.
Enviado por Live Earth, 20 março, 2009 - 19:22
Thousands of dollars in prizes are up for grabs for cause-minded web designers and developers! Take the Change the Web Challenge and create a web application that brings people together to find and share opportunities to take action. Deadline April 3rd.
Want to change the world online?
Social Actions is asking cause-minded web designers and developers to create a web application that brings people together to find and share opportunities to take action.
The Change the Web Challenge is looking for innovative applications that will collect and share information on various opportunities to popular websites that people visit every day.
Enviado por Live Earth, 22 março, 2009 - 10:03
UNICEF will be launching an internet radio station to raise awareness, support and donations for the Tap Project – an annual effort to help the 1 billion people around the world that don’t have access to clean drinking water. The station will kick off on World Water Day, and will run for the duration of what has become World Water Week - March 22-28 and features an amazing list of guest DJ’s including OK GO, Rilo Kiley, Duran Duran as well as celebrity DJ’s like Elijah Wood and Rosanne Arquette.
UNICEF is running an internet radio station to raise awareness, support and donations for the Tap Project – an annual effort to help the 1 billion people around the world that don’t have access to clean drinking water.
TapProject Radio launched today -- World Water Day -- and broadcasts for the duration of World Water Week - March 22-28. An amazing list of guest DJ’s including OK GO, Rilo Kiley, Duran Duran as well as celebrity DJ’s like Elijah Wood and Rosanne Arquette will be featured on the station.
Enviado por Live Earth, 24 março, 2009 - 21:40
Could kites really be used to tap into the energy of high-altitude wind? At this year’s TED conference, inventor Saul Griffith argues that it is completely possible, and furthermore, should be done. 
Could kites really be used to tap into the energy of high-altitude wind? At this year’s TED conference, inventor Saul Griffith argued that it is completely possible, and furthermore, should be done.
He recently unveiled the super kite invention that his company has been working on. Alternative to the wind-turbines used today, his idea is giant kite turbines that create surprising amounts of clean, renewable energy.
Watch the video below and click here to learn more.
Enviado por Live Earth, 25 março, 2009 - 21:31
The EPA has finally officially come out and published reports that global warming is in fact threatening the health of the population. Although this might seem long-overdue, this is truly historic news. 
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has officially come out and published a report stating that global warming is threatening the health of the population.
Although this might seem long-overdue, this is truly historic news. Now that the EPA has made the official statement this will surely set the groundwork for legislation and limits on global warming pollution.
Enviado por Live Earth, 25 março, 2009 - 21:32
If you are in the LA area we recommend stopping by the Timothy Yarger Fine Art Gallery in Beverly Hills tomorrow, March 26th at 7pm. Artist Don Simon has created a beautiful fine art exhibition called Nature 2.0. All proceeds from the exhibition will benefit Million Trees LA.
If you are in the LA area we recommend stopping by the Timothy Yarger Fine Art Gallery in Beverly Hills tomorrow, March 26th at 7pm. Artist Don Simon has created a beautiful fine art exhibition called Nature 2.0. This is truly environmental awareness and community action, fused into beautiful art.
This exhibition is a unique collaboration between artist, community leaders, environmental activists, and the art community of Los Angeles.
Enviado por Live Earth, 26 março, 2009 - 16:01
The people are listening and just in time for World Water Week! According to two recent studies, more of the population is becoming perfectly happy to stick with their tap water instead of buying bottled. Sales of bottled water are falling as more people turn to the tap at home and when eating out. 
The people are listening and just in time for World Water Week!
According to two recent studies, more of the population is turning to tap water instead of buying bottled.
This is wonderful news considering the millions of dollars in marketing that companies spend each year to convince people that bottled water is better, when in fact dozens of taste tests have proven otherwise. Not to mention bottled waters lasting impact on the environment.
Enviado por Live Earth, 28 março, 2009 - 04:01
Earth Hour 2009 is today! Do not forget to be apart of this historic event - at 8:30-9:30pm local time. World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for just one hour (only one hour people!!) to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions.
Earth Hour 2009 took place at 8:30 pm local time.Millions of people in more than 35 countries worldwide turned off their lights for just one hour to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions.
Hundreds of icons and landmarks around the world went lights out for the fourth annual Earth Hour including the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sydney Opera House, Acropolis and Parthenon in Athens and The London Eye. More than 400 cities worldwide turned off all non-essential lights.
Enviado por Live Earth, 29 março, 2009 - 03:24
US President Barack Obama announced a "Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate" to help facilitate a U.N. agreement on global warming Saturday.
Leaders from 16 major economies were invited to attend a two-day meeting to be held in Washington April 27-28 to jump-start a plan to achieve an international pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Enviado por Live Earth, 30 março, 2009 - 04:46
The amount of cars on the road each morning to take children to school is getting out of control. Because of this a small town in Italy came up with what we think is a genius idea. To confront the threats of childhood obesity, and the pollution associated with the traffic jams of cars on the road in the morning, environmental groups in Lecco, Italy proposed a surprisingly simple idea - children should walk to school.
The amount of cars on the road each morning to take children to school is getting out of control. Because of this a small town in Italy came up with what we think is a genius idea.
To confront threats of childhood obesity, and the pollution associated with the traffic jams of cars on the road in the morning, environmental groups in Lecco, Italy proposed a surprisingly simple idea - children should walk to school.
Enviado por Live Earth, 30 março, 2009 - 22:19
Lights symbolically went out all over the world this past Saturday to commemorate Earth Hour 2009. Beginning in New Zealand at 8:30pm local time, lights began to shut off across the world.
Lights symbolically went out in nearly 4,000 cities and towns in 88 countries Saturday to commemorate Earth Hour 2009. Beginning in New Zealand at 8:30pm local time, lights began to shut off around the world.
Click here to see Boston.com's excellent photoessay. Click here for videos.
From the Sydney Opera House to the Eiffel Tower in Paris to millions of homes worldwide, lights were dimmed as part of the Earth Hour campaign to encourage people to cut energy use and curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Enviado por Live Earth, 9 março, 2009 - 20:53
Enviado por Live Earth, 7 março, 2009 - 16:37
img class="size-full wp-image-3183 alignright" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px;" title="tapdnywater_305_11" src="http://liveearth.org/liveearth/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tapdnywater_305_11.jpg" alt="tapdnywater_305_11" width="183" height="259" />The never ending debate on bottled water has thrown another one into the ring. Bottled water is known to be pretty un-environmental product for many reasons, using mass amounts of energy and resources to package and ship something that (in America) flows from our tap nearly for free.
Well now a New York company -- Tap’dNY -- is taking the famously well-tasting NYC tap water and bottling and selling it. There is a lot of debate circling around this idea, but the company has quite a few arguments to back it up.
Enviado por Live Earth, 13 março, 2009 - 11:36
In 1987 Brazilian-born Canadian, Marcelo da Luz saw a news clip about the World Solar Challenge race and it inspired him to design a super cool solar vehicle of his own - XOF1, which he calls The Power of One.
Enviado por Live Earth, 14 março, 2009 - 13:32
The South by Southwest 2009 Music and Media Conference is underway through March 21 in Austin, Texas. This amazing festival is filled with tons of movie screenings, concerts and panel discussions.
Since its creation in 1987, SXSW has been at the epicenter of all the latest and greatest in online media, music and movies. So it's not surprising that, amid highly increased public awareness of environmental issues, the festival is hosting lots of green themed panel discussions.
Enviado por Live Earth, 18 março, 2009 - 13:52
Earth Hour 2009 is fast approaching. Be part of this historic event beginning March 28, at 8:30 pm local time.
World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for just one hour – Earth Hour – to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions.
Enviado por Live Earth, 18 março, 2009 - 21:38
March 22nd is a very important day - World Water Day. It is an international day of observance and action to draw attention to the plight of the more than 1 billion people around the world that lack access to clean, safe drinking water.
World Water Day grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Enviado por Live Earth, 15 março, 2009 - 13:43
If you’re in the Washington, DC area, head over to the Environmental Film Festival from March 11th-22nd. It's a massive environmental festival in its 17th year running, with 52 venues, 141 films, and 24,000+ attendees this year. The festival has quickly become the leading showcase for environmental films in the United States, as it is completely devoted to the awareness of environmental issues.
Enviado por Live Earth, 17 março, 2009 - 13:05
Apple is taking another great leap towards sustainability. They’re officially eliminating plastic bags from their stores! Instead of automatically bagging customer’s products in that familiar plastic drawstring bag, Apple’s retail stores are now offering help carrying large purchases to customer’s cars.
Apple is taking another great leap towards sustainability by officially eliminating plastic bags from their stores.
Instead of automatically bagging customer’s products in that familiar plastic drawstring bag, Apple’s retail stores are now offering help carrying large purchases to customer’s cars.
Enviado por Live Earth, 10 março, 2009 - 00:17
After months of discussion, the city of Austin, Texas will soon be home to the largest solar energy facility in America. The proposed 30-megawatt project was given the green light by city officials last week. It would be one of the 10 largest solar-power installations in the world.
Enviado por Live Earth, 11 março, 2009 - 14:15
Global climate change is severely intensifying water scarcity problems around the world, yet there seem to be very few businesses paying attention to this growing financial and environmental threat, according to a recent report issued by Ceres and the Pacific Institute.
Water is crucial for the global economy on every level. So not only is water scarcity detrimental to the environment, but it has massive effects on the economy.
Enviado por Live Earth, 10 março, 2009 - 19:39
Green jobs visionary Van Jones is headed to the White House! Jones, a featured speaker at the 2009 Green Inaugural Ball, founded Green For All and is the author of "The Green Collar Economy."
As Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the Council on Environmental Quality, Jones will:
[W]ork with departments and agencies to advance the President’s agenda of creating 21st century jobs that improve energy efficiency and utilize renewable resources. Jones will also help to shape and advance the Administration’s energy and climate initiatives with a specific interest in improvements and opportunities for vulnerable communities.
Enviado por Live Earth, 5 março, 2009 - 11:22
According to the EPA report, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, D.C. and Dallas Fort-Worth are at the top of the list of American metropolitan cities with the largest numbers of Energy Star buildings in 2008. 
Let's have a big round of applause for some major U.S. cities! Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, D.C. and Dallas Fort-Worth top of the list of American metropolitan cities with the most Energy Star-certified buildings in 2008, according to the EPA.
By definition Energy Star buildings generally use 35% less energy and emit 35% less greenhouse gases then the average building.
Enviado por Live Earth, 5 março, 2009 - 05:20
Still wondering where that $787 billion economic stimulus is going? Well President Obama has a plan for where the green will go -- towards more green. Plenty of that money is going into many sustainable projects and improvements. Specifically renewable energy research, funding for a huge high speed rail system across the country, tax credits for wind power and efficient home improvements, and many many more.
For example, $8.4 billion will go to public transportation upgrades and $3 billion to make some much needed improvements on public parks and facilities.
Enviado por Live Earth, 31 março, 2009 - 19:15
The U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a bill that would demand a 20% cut in carbon emissions nationwide while requiring every region of the country to produce a quarter of its electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar by 2025.
