On Saturday 10th April 2010 the inspirational new “Future Sparks” trailer came to Emerald where a number of different community groups and members of the local community competed to see who could produce the most amount of power using their own energy.
BY ELISA MILLER 18 Jan, 2010 08:50 AM PRESERVING the environment and improving sustainability is not a job for one – but a responsibility for all. It’s this notion that drove the creation two years ago of the Emerald for Sustainability Group, which aims to empower residents to improve how they live, and the environment [...]
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There are so many great ways to contribute to a healthy planet. Some steps are larger than others; some are quick and some eco-friendly ideas take substantial planning. We’ll eventually talk about all these ideas at length but just to get you thinking here are 100 various ideas that can help your family go green. [...]
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A speech by Paul Hawken given earlier this year as a Commencement Day Address to Class of 2009 students at University of Portland “When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was “direct, naked, taut, honest, passionate, lean, shivering, startling, and graceful.” No [...]
More and more people you meet have an indefinite feeling of unease, that their lives might be unbalanced, that maybe they should change something. However they are not sure exactly what to do. There doesn’t really seem to be a pattern as to who feels it, but there is a sense that things are not [...]
