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Dame vs. Syracuse Gridiron Rivalry Goes Green on Carbonrally.com
With Notre Dame set to play Syracuse this upcoming Saturday on NBC in a carbon-free football game students, alumni and fans of the two schools are upping the rivalry by going head-to-head all month long in the name of sustainable living on
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Young Children Building Antibodies to Cockroach and Mouse Proteins Face Environmental Health Risks
According to a study released by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health there's reason to believe that the development of antibodies to cockroach and mouse proteins is associated with a greater risk for wheeze, hay
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WANTED: U.S. High School Students with Great Eco-Friendly Ideas!
If you’re a high school student with an idea to make your community a more sustainable place to live then there’s a new contest that just may be a great way to get the seed money you need to get your project off the ground. Put together by The Weather
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American Media & the Green Movement: Questions for Readers to Ponder
In case you weren't among the fifty or so people who attended 92Y Tribeca's panel discussion on American Media & the Green Movement last night, I just wanted to pass along some of the questions that popped into my mind as I listened to Annabelle
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American Federation of Teachers Passes Landmark Green Schools and Colleges Resolution
It may have slipped by your news reader during the dog days of summer, but don’t think for a second that the AFT’s recent adoption of a green schools and colleges resolution is anything less than a landmark event; because with 1,400,000 members the AFT
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Arizona Elementary Kids Find Online School Newspaper an Eco-Smash
When students and staff at the Frontier Elementary School in Peoria, Arizona realized just 100 kids didn’t have regular access to email in one form or another they took a shot at taking their journalistic masterpiece online, and they’re beaming because
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Ranking The 3 Rs
I liked this cartoon by High Moon over at Japan for Sustainability. I never thought about it quite this way before. Ranking the 3 Rs in order of importance, they give Reduce the first place, followed by Reuse and a third place for Recycle. Or should
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Global Green Cuts the (Green) Ribbon on Eco-Friendly School
Photo credit: Global Green Global Green, Hollywood's favorite environmental non-profit, is showing they have the substance to back the style: last week, they launched their pilot program to create five green schools serving low income children in the
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The Go Green Initiative School of the Week: Ladera Elementary in California!
It's charming to go green at Ladera Elementary School, and that's because the teachers and staff have put together a smart group of incentives to encourage students to live greener lives.
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Weather Channel Hosts Essay Contest for High School Students with Eye for Environmental Issues
If you’re a high school student with a passion for the environment and a way with words then we’ve got a contest that’s right up your alley. But you’d better hurry because the deadline for the Weather Channel's high school essay contest is just days
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The TH Interview: 2008 Brower Youth Awards (Part Two)
This week we hear from two more of this year’s Brower Youth Award winners. Marisol Bacerra has been using Google Maps and other media to plot toxic sites around her home neighborhood in Chicago. In Washington, D.C., Kari Fulton was singled out for her
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Bamboosk8 Makes First Bamboo Shortboard
Skateparks, street curbs, park benches and just about anything with a lip is no longer safe - safe from going green that is. Bamboosk8 has developed a shortboard skateboard desk out of 100% bamboo. Not a bit of maple in this
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How to Go Green: School Teachers
School teachers, listen up! This is a call for help. You are one of the first lines of defense in the environmental movement. In a few short years, the upcoming generation will decide the fate of this planet. And when
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The TH Interview: 2008 Brower Youth Awards (Part One)
David R. Brower was a powerhouse of the American environmental movement—in fact, it’s pretty safe to say that without David Brower, the green movement wouldn’t be what it is today. Certainly not a man who slept late, Brower founded the Sierra Club
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The Go Green Initiative's School of the Week: Westmount Elementary in Alberta, Canada!
The days of the week have taken on entirely new meanings at our Go Green Initiative School of the Week, Westmount Elementary School in Strathmore, Alberta, Canada.
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Urban Go Green Tour Uses Hip Hop Marketing to Promote Green Jobs
Image courtesy of Urban Go Green
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Discovery and 3M Announce America's Next Top Young Scientist!
When Melissa Ray of Chesterfield, Missouri took home the title this week of America’s Top Young Scientist at the 3M/Discovery Young Scientist Challenge along with her $50,000 prize she joined an elite group of middle school science enthusiasts over the
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The Go Green Initiative's School of the Week: Old Settlers Elementary in Flower Mound, TX!
While the grammatically inclined may be wondering where the apostrophe went in the name of the Go Green Initiative's school of the week way back when it was founded, but the simple truth is that they're doing amazing things to help educate kids about
