Green Talk

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Last week with the holidays, I missed the “Got Green Mail” segment.  My cup overflowed with amazing stories for all green palates to enjoy.  Remember, if you have a great green story (which includes your own), display the link in the comment section and give us a quick blurb of what the article is about.  Here goes this weeks’ green treats:

National Geographic PSA Video College Student Contest

The National Geographic Channel is sponsoring their second annual “Preserve Our Planet” College Film and PSA Contest for college students.

“Preserve Our Planet is about working together to preserve the environment, and this year’s criteria include a new core idea - “Together We Can Make A Difference” - which students should reflect in their entry films and PSAs. In addition to the cash prize, winners will have the opportunity to screen their work at the annual meeting of the National Geographic Explorers in June 2009, and see their films broadcast nationally as part of National Geographic Channel’s Earth Day events via on-air, online, and NGC On Demand, wherever available.

For complete details, including complete details, including rules, entry forms and prize information, please visit: http://www.preserveourplanet.com. Submissions will be accepted through December 31, 2008. There is an online voting component where people can help determine the audience choice film.

Boat Green

Boating Green featured on the San Diego Boat Show. Who says you can’t have the wind in your face and smell the sweet spray of water with showing a little green style?

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The Union of Concerned Scientists has been quite busy compiling their resolutions on how to change the current federal science policy with a new administration posed to take over the country.  Their Ten Wishes for the Obama Administration was prompted by President-elect Obama’s selection of Steven Chu, Nobel Prize-winning physicist for energy secretary yesterday.

“Fortunately, political interference in science is a problem with a solution,” said Dr. Francesca Grifo, director of the UCS Scientific Integrity Program in recent press release. “We’ve provided 10 quick, easy and inexpensive actions the new administration can take to get off on the right foot.”

“The Obama administration will face immense challenges that can only be met if it has access to the best available scientific information,” she added. “The new leaders of science-based federal agencies must make scientific integrity reform a priority if they are to regain the faith of all Americans and make fully informed decisions that affect our health and safety.”

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I am hoping that you are enjoying my “you’ve got green mail” feature.  It was a little quiet on the comment front on my first Green Mail article .  Did you like the copper faucets and door handles article about how cooper zaps those nasty virus bugs away?  I loved that one.

Today, I have a series of interesting articles for you:  ”Panties for Peace Campaign,” “eBooks-A Greener Choice or Not,” “Banned Toys for Sale: What to Watch Out For and What to Buy,” and “NASCAR Goes Green with Hybrid Pace Car.”

If you have a great post to share, please do in the comments.  Just give a little information about the posts so readers can decide if they would like to read it or not. You can submit one of your own posts if you like. Just keep the posts “green” in topic.

Enjoy!

Panties for Peace Campaign:  Send your panties to weaken the strength of the Burma.

“The Panties for Peace campaign was launched by a group of women peace activists from a Burmese peace activist group called - Lanna Action for Burma which is based in Thailand. Since we initiated the panties for peace campaign for Burma, women’s panties (as well as male underwear) have been mailed out by activists to Burma’s foreign missions in Australia, Singapore, and European countries.

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This Lawn is Your Lawn from roger doiron on Vimeo.

The other day, I received an message on my personal Facebook page from Michelle, aka the Green Bean of Green Phone Booth, with  a copy of a video by Roger Doiron urging our new President (Eater in Chief) to consider turning the White House landscape into a working garden.  It is not that far fetched since many Presidents had White House Gardens until we made it easier to truck food from all over the world.  Please watch the short video above of Roger’s proposal.

Just to give you some background on Doiron, according to an interview by Mother Earth News, he has been involved in growing food in one way or another for thirty years. He is currently the Founding Director of Kitchen Gardeners International ,  which is “a nonprofit network of over 5,000 gardeners from 90 countries who are taking a hands-on approach to local foods systems development.”  In addition, he is a freelance food and garden writer as well as a photographer.

Why the First Lawn?

“The White House has had food gardens at many different points and was even home to a herd of sheep in 1917 when President Wilson brought them in to replace the power mowers. In February, I decided to put the idea back on the public agenda by posting it on the Web site OnDayOne.org where people are making different proposals for what the next president should do upon taking office,” he indicated during the interview.

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