Archive for the 'Environment' Category
Save to del.icio.us — tags freecycle recycle environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/10/13/a-simple-step-to-take-join-freecycle-recycle-2/”; About ‘freecycling’ and The Freecycle Network Freeycling is a worldwide grassroots movement of people banding together to recycle items by giving them away for free. While there are a number of different freecycling groups around the world, the largest and oldest [...]
October 13th, 2007 | Posted in Environment, Personal Values, Recycle, Simple Steps, Uncategorized | 7 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags opensource software environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/10/09/open-source-software-development-is-more-green-and-environmentally-friendly/”; How do you make software development dramatically more eco-friendly? Two Words: Open Source. With the Open Source model, you can: Use less packaging. Increase the efficiency of shipping and receiving. Speed up product development. Get rid of resource-heavy validation management services [...]
October 9th, 2007 | Posted in Citizen Journalism, Environment, Tech Tuesday | 13 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags government environment digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/07/31/governments-role-in-global-warming-no-idle-vancouver-9344/”; This sign is from the city of Vancouver in British Columbia and it’s purpose is to inform motorists that letting their cars idle is against the law and punishable by a fine of $50 to $100. Vancouver’s “Motor Vehicle Noise and Emission Abatement By-Law No. [...]
October 8th, 2007 | Posted in Citizen Journalism, Environment, Politics, Role of Government | 6 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags water environment carbon savings Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/10/03/a-simple-step-you-can-take-install-a-low-flow-shower-head-save-water-money-carbon/”; If you’re like most Americans, you probably take a shower every day. Unless you’re already using a low-flow shower head, you have an opportunity to save some money in addition to cutting back on your family’s environmental impact. Low Flow [...]
October 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Energy, Environment, Reduce, Simple Steps, Uncategorized, Water | 12 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags energy blackgoogle greenIT environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/10/02/black-is-the-new-green-10-energy-saving-search-sites-black-google-blackgoogle/”; Black is the New Green. At least, that’s the message of a movement sometimes referred to as Black Google. The idea first appeared in a January 20th blog post by Mark Ontkush, where he examines how much energy could potentially [...]
October 2nd, 2007 | Posted in Energy, Environment, Fun, Global Warming, Reduce, Simple Steps, Uncategorized | 34 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags globalwarming polls environment Add to Stumbleupon A recent Poll by Gallup and Yale University is suggesting that the attitude of Americans toward Global Warming is changing — and changing fast. digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/”; For example: 72% are either ‘Completely Convinced’ or ‘Mostly Convinced’ that “global warming is happening”. 69% are [...]
September 27th, 2007 | Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Polls | 31 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags food peanutbutter environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/07/01/how-peanut-butter-helps-the-planet/”; One of the daily decisions we all face is what to eat. How do we eat well and in a way that’s good for the environment — and at the same time have meals that are easy to fix and taste [...]
September 21st, 2007 | Posted in Choices, Environment, Quick Bits, Simple Steps, Uncategorized, What to Eat | 15 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags quotes inspiration environment green photo Add to Stumbleupon We can all envision the world as a better place. Each of us can imagine a better life — better government, better living habits, better environment. We can all imagine these — but can we make them real? “When you do nothing, [...]
September 20th, 2007 | Posted in Citizen Journalism, Environment, Image of the Week, Quick Bits, Simple Steps, Societal Values, Uncategorized | 9 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags organic books gardening toread environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/16/organic-food-growing-farming-acriculture-silent-spring-ddt/”; It’s Sunday night and I’m on my laptop to begin this passionate subject – Organics! My mind was whizzing with random topics and bits of information to write on this column. I realized then that the best way to [...]
September 16th, 2007 | Posted in Eat Local, Environment, Organic Perspectives, Societal Values, What to Eat | 13 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags bicycling, environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/14/how-to-commute-by-bicycle-bicycling-good-bikes-for-commuting”; With the rise of oil prices and the growing ‘green’ movement, people everywhere are evaluating commuting to work by bicycle. And based on the response to our recent post “Choices: Bike or Drive?”, many of our readers are interested in commuting by [...]
September 14th, 2007 | Posted in Choices, Energy, Environment, Personal Values | 11 Comments
