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Bike to Work Week 2008!

by Ann Benoit · 05/11/08

Grab your bike out of the garage because May is national Bike Month and Bike to Work Day 2008 is on May 15 in the Bay area! If you sign up to pledge that you’ll ride your bike to work on this day, you’ll be entered to win a new bike! There will also be “energizer stations” in every county which will be giving out tote bags + treats to riders.

For Bike Month events in other cities/states check out the League of American Bicyclists site.

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Oscars Still Light Green

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by Starre Vartan · 02/26/07

Well, the Oscars are over, and while there’s just no way that a party this big can be environmentally-friendly, efforts were made to make this Oscar greener than ever (though the website doesn’t detail exactly how impacts were reduced), it says:

This year, the Academy, the Oscar telecast producer Laura Ziskin and the entire production team endeavored to select supplies and services with a sensitivity toward reducing the threats we face from global warming, species extinction, deforestation, toxic waste, and hazardous chemicals in our water and food.

Independently, some stars did try to reduce their impact where they could, most notably by getting to the big event in a hybrid or other kind of alternative transportation (I’d love to see biodiesel shuttle buses in the future!), in a campaign by Global Green called Red Carpet/Green Cars.

And of course, Al Gore’s speech got a lot of claps and supportive hollers at the party I went to last night. Serious….and funny!

From this Reuters article, following is a list of some of the leading green celebrity players (and I have to mention, where are the women? This list is really dominated by the guys….):

- ROBERT REDFORD: 30 years on board of Natural Resources Defense Council,
founder of Sundance Preserve, winner of 1993 Earth Day award, 1987 United
Nations Global 500 award. In April 2007, launches weekly three-hour slot
called “The Green,” dedicated entirely to the environment, on his Sundance
TV channel.

- LEONARDO DICAPRIO: started the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998 to
promote environmental issues, drives a hybrid car, currently writing and
producing a feature length documentary on global warming called “11th Hour.”

- BRAD PITT: co-creator of design competition to build 20 affordable,
reduced energy, environmentally friendly homes in New Orleans.

- STING: founder in 1989 of Rainforest Foundation to protect rain forests
and their indigenous peoples.

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Recycle and Rehash

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by Starre Vartan · 08/20/06

Right after I returned from my vacation I wrote several posts that were lost during our transition to a new server. Rather than rewrite them in their entirety, I am doing an edited version. So if you’ve seen these items here before, it’s because you have! (It’s always nice to know you’re not losing your mind, right?)

Here Goes….

How’s Your Air?

The U.S. Air Quality Gradebook is a great resource, put together by a retired scientist. He took 21 different measures of air quality as determined by the EPA, and combined them to make a comprehensive air quality map (why doesn’t the EPA do this? Probably they don’t want to scare people…). If you go to the site, you can find out more about the air in your county by clicking on the map, and if you go to the pages labeled Sources, you can even find out what exactly is fouling your air.

Cuba Libre?

Photo by Erica Gies

In Cuba, eating locally is the only option. I’ve always wondered what the real deal with Cuba’s green cred is- I’ve heard it’s much more environmentally concious there, but I didn’t know any of the specifics. I have to admit I’m extremely jealous that Grist’s Erica Gies recently checked it out for herself. Read more about the pros: countrywide organic agriculture, some creative alternative transportation, and large conservation areas.

Bored? Refashion Your Wardrobe!

My new obsession is the Wardrobe Refashion Blog, which has been mentioned here before. It is so fun checking out all these creative folks’ amazing projects, like the corset and bolero jacket above. There are also new shirts from old shirts, skirts from pants, and bags made from just about everything. Wardrobe Refashion is a group blog, which you can join simply by adhering to a few rules and regs, and signing onto their pledge.

City Sol Cuties

There were plenty of good-looking greens at NYC’s City Sol festival. Check out more pictures of the event here, and to learn more about what City Sol is all about go here

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