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230 MPG — Eco-Win!
Wednesday, 12 Aug, 2009 – 9:15 | View Comments
230 MPG — Eco-Win!

So, GM’s coming out with a new car that’s going to hit show rooms in late 2010. The car? The Chevy Volt. The reason this is exciting? It’s slated to get 230 mpg …

Prayer Flags
Tuesday, 11 Aug, 2009 – 10:09 | View Comments
Prayer Flags

After a stressful, kind of terrible freshman year, I wanted to do everything I could to create a space that emanated peace, well-being, and compassion. So, sophomore year, I hung prayer flags over …

Backpacking – Eco-Win
Monday, 10 Aug, 2009 – 9:19 | View Comments
Backpacking – Eco-Win

So, normally, going back to college means, “Oh, dear. How on EARTH am I going to fit all of my stuff into ONE CAR?!” But not this year! I’m going abroad and then …

Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma — Video
Monday, 10 Aug, 2009 – 9:13 | View Comments
Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma — Video

So, I must say that I am not a huge fan of opera. I can say, however, that I am a huge fan of singing, and of music that moves people to the …

Ireland’s Wind-POWER – Eco-Win!!
Friday, 7 Aug, 2009 – 8:29 | View Comments
Ireland’s Wind-POWER – Eco-Win!!

Ireland just set the record for wind-energy production — they’re supplying 39% of their electricity through wind-power! POWER TO IRELAND! Eco-win!
- Anonymous

The Earth
Thursday, 6 Aug, 2009 – 18:47 | View Comments
The Earth

I was flipping through my high school year book and saw the quote I put under my graduation picture. At the time, I was not involved in anything “green,” but I think the choice …

Fall Nostalgia
Thursday, 6 Aug, 2009 – 18:44 | View Comments
Fall Nostalgia

Today I got nostalgic for the fall, so I opened up the file of pictures I took of my friends and I apple picking last fall. I came across this one and had to …

Pacific Trash Vortex — ECO-FAIL!!
Tuesday, 4 Aug, 2009 – 9:28 | View Comments
Pacific Trash Vortex — ECO-FAIL!!

So, I just learned about the Pacific “trash vortex,” also called the “garbage patch” and the Pacific’s “plastic soup.” Basically, it’s a mass of plastics and other trash floating in the Pacific just below …

16-Year-Old Solves Waste Crisis
Tuesday, 4 Aug, 2009 – 9:11 | View Comments
16-Year-Old Solves Waste Crisis

So, you know how we have this ridiculous waste crisis going on? With dumps and landfills filling up by the day, it seems that trash could overtake our planet quite easily. Especially since …

Food, Inc is a Huge Eco-Win
Monday, 3 Aug, 2009 – 10:06 | View Comments
Food, Inc is a Huge Eco-Win

Now, if this isn’t a contribution to the eco-revolution, I don’t know what is! Food, Inc is a documentary film about the American food industry and its effects on our environment, bodies, health, economy, and …