Tag: environment
group name: earthhour
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March 09, 2008 09:03 AM EDT --
20 Days remaining until Earth Hour on March 29, 2008 - when cities around the world have committed to turn of their lights for one hour to demonstrate their commitment to - and concern for - the . . . more
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March 29, 2008 11:20 AM EDT --
So .... today's the day ...
What are you doing for Earth Hour?
How about following the
Go Green tip of the day
Turn off your lights March 29, from 8 to 9 p.m. Unplug your TV, your . . . more
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January 24, 2008 09:04 PM EST --
Earth Hour
Turning out lights
To make the point: we care
All around this great world of ours
People are making a statement: we care
About continuing to breathe
About global . . . more
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March 28, 2008 05:56 PM EDT --
Just a reminder: tomorrow is the day!
I am so happy to be seeing signs all around me.... our township is participating, and also the cities where I go to school (Barrie & Sudbury) .... all . . . more
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February 10, 2008 12:02 PM EST --
Once upon a time, our store was full of videos. There were videos (and DVDs) along every wall, and on shelving units down the middle of the room.
As the video rental business has died, the movies . . . more
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February 18, 2008 01:39 PM EST --
36,709 people have now signed up to participate in Earth Hour on March 29.... you are one of them, right? Of course you are - I knew that :)
How'd we do on last week's challenge? Water . . . more
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January 26, 2008 11:40 PM EST --
The group continues to grow.... need some articles though, people! Aren't you tired of reading mostly me? Anything related to the environment...doesn't have to be directly related to Earth . . . more
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February 10, 2008 01:26 PM EST --
27,200 people have now signed up to participate in Earth Hour 2008 - and the number of businesses has risen from to 1,214 (from around 300 when we first started paying attention). And the Earth Hour . . . more
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January 19, 2008 07:56 PM EST --
On 31 March 2007, more than 2 million Sydney businesses and households turned off their lights for one hour - Earth Hour - sending a powerful national and global message that it's possible to take . . . more
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February 02, 2008 11:41 AM EST --
Week 3 challenge:
This week's Toronto Star Earth Hour Challenge is to eat less meat - to follow a vegan diet one day a week . Vegan = no meat, poultry, fish or dairy.
Meat production . . . more
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May 14, 2008 02:31 PM EDT --
I often hesitate to write about anything even vaguely political related beecause people start sniping at each other. So I hope those reading this will take note that:
This particular Hospitality Village . . . more
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January 20, 2008 05:33 PM EST --
I mentioned this video in a previous article about some of the Earth Hour related articles at the Toronto Star site - but at that point, I had not actually watched the video.
Now I have. . . . more
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January 22, 2008 11:58 PM EST --
Go Green tip of the day
Wash clothes in cold water. Since 80% of electricity in washing is used for heating the water, using cold rather than hot will save as much as 2,500 kilowatt-hours . . . more
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March 04, 2008 12:43 PM EST --
With Spring just aroud the corner, it's time to spend more time outdoors. For me at least. And as I was spending more time out doors taking photos at Fiorito Pond when I looked up the dirt road and . . . more
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January 21, 2008 10:27 PM EST --
Go Green tip of the day
Two large power plants have to run constantly to supply enough electricity to run North American TV sets that are turned off . These "power vampires" suck . . . more
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January 20, 2008 12:42 AM EST --
Today was the first day of the Toronto Star's Earth Hour coverage - which is where I first heard about the whole Earth Hour thing.... that would be the paper that hubby was kicking through the . . . more
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March 26, 2008 02:34 PM EDT --
Well I got out of the house and down to one of my favorite ponds for a walk yesterday. As always I brought my dogs. Can't really go without them, somehow they know.
One of the first things I noticed . . . more
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February 17, 2008 01:58 PM EST --
On August 21, 2007 the leaders of the three nations of North America (US President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Mexican President Felipe Calderon) announced that their respective . . . more
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January 22, 2008 06:02 AM EST --
SOURCES OF RUBBISH
The 'Major Sources of Rubbish' chart shows the types of rubbish surveyed and the proportion they represent of the total rubbish surveyed.
Plastics . . . more
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February 22, 2008 03:47 PM EST --
When I go for my walk, I'm like a child I look at everything. You would think I just saw these things for the first time, but in truth I just never tired of natures splender.
Like when an . . . more
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