Every Monday we profile a Dow Live Earth Run for Water partner organization that works toward providing solutions to the nearly 1 billion people who lack access to clean, safe water. To donate to one of these projects, visit liveearth.org/give . Wasrag (the Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group) is a group of Rotarians who are dedicated to one of the aspirations of the United Nations Millennium...
In recognition of Universal Children's Day , established by the United Nations General Assembly as a day to promote the protection, welfare and education of the children of the world, Global Water Challenge (GWC) today released "Clean Start: Focusing on School Water, Sanitation and Hygiene." The report identifies the challenges and solutions associated with the global water crisis and its...
A Way Forward: Facing Climate Change This short documentary film from National Geographic and the United Nations Foundation explores the global impact of climate change and its devastating effects, as well as the actions scientists suggest we take in response. ACT GREEN! - Kids Tackle Climate Change ACT GREEN! is a fun, educational website designed by Scholastic to motivate and empower kids to take...
The Dutch have an idea that's good for debate here at home. A proposal would tax the miles driven on a car instead of the current taxes levied on roads and new car purchases. Specifically, "the plan proposes an average tax of $.07 per mile, with fees higher during rush hour and for commercial vehicles," says Live Earth . "It would use GPS systems installed in each car to track mileage...
Yesterday, at Al Gore's book signing in Beverly Hills, it wasn't the former vice president who drew the most attention from the throngs of onlookers—it was our sexy Mother Earth who turned heads. The crowd showed Mother Earth all the love she's not getting from Gore, whose hypocritical addiction to meat is getting in the way of his call to go green. Vivaciously verdant Mother Earth caused many...
Alexandra Cousteau, water advocate and founder of Blue Legacy , is a lead spokesperson for the Dow Live Earth Run for Water . She was interviewed by Treehugger TV at the Run for Water announcement event last month in New York. Watch parts one and two of the interview below. Click here to watch more videos from the Dow Live Earth Run for Water event announcement.
It seems that there is the potential for a number of other jobs here in Tehran/Iran for the team currently engaged in training. Some of it will be quite intense if it is awarded to us and will involve a great deal of survey work for fire safety. While it is encouraging it is also a daunting prospect as there is more than just abricks and mortar/legislation thing to be achieved here. There is a whole...
Microsoft has unveiled a new-look video site which touts itself as "a sophisticated online video offering". Bing Video takes over where Microsoft Video left off, with the company looking to cement itself as 'market-leader'. "MSN has been leader in online video for some time – we first launched video on our site in the mid-1990's and since then have pioneered the delivery of online...
We're thrilled to announce that Atlanta has been added to the list of cities hosting the Dow Live Earth Run for Water ! Atlanta's Dow Live Earth Run for Water event will take place in downtown Atlanta with the start/finish at the Water Village area located at Pemberton Place, adjacent to the World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium. The 6k course will take participants through nearby neighborhoods....
ATLANTA, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Live Earth announced that Atlanta has been added to the list of cities hosting the largest worldwide water initiative on record to help combat the global water crisis. The Dow Live Earth Run for Water - to take place April 18, 2010 - will consist of a series of 6 km run/walks (the average distance many women and children walk every day to secure water) taking...
Every Monday we profile a Dow Live Earth Run for Water partner organization that works toward providing solutions to the nearly 1 billion people who lack access to clean, safe water. To donate to one of these projects, visit liveearth.org/give . In the spring of this year, I traveled to L’Esperance Orphanage in Rwanda where I found a wellspring of hope amidst the surrounding village’s...
Perhaps the best way to understand the extraordinary transformation of Al Gore is to study the changing rhetoric of his enemies. A mere nine years ago, back when George Bush was just a cheeky rogue with an adorable line in malapropisms, presidential candidate Gore was famously derided as wooden and dull. Having failed to win the presidency - though of course that depends, as ever, on your definition...
We are proud to begin highlighting the wonderful Friends of Live Earth Run for Water events being planned around the world for April 18, 2010. The 2010 Friends of Live Earth Run for Water Race in Santo Domingo will be a high-level event, helping the Dominican community to acknowledge the importance of prevention regarding the world water situation and reaching the top of mind of the public by helping...
In 2007, Aussie musician Missy Higgins and her band toured the US in a Prius, participated in Live Earth and helped PETA campaign against animal abuse. That same year, KT Tunstall also jumped on the green bandwagon, touring in...
It's one of the remotest places on Earth . Yet even Tibet and its mountain resources cannot escape the wrath of climate change wrought by industrialization ( Midui Glacier photo by reurinkjan ). In one of the most far reaching consequences of China's rapid economic acceleration and its somewhat related occupation of Tibet, the world's largest non-polar glacier reserve is endangered. Dubbed the Third...
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