NURTURE NATURE PROJECT
Archive for October 2011
New York City Organic! Gust Organics Restaurant, ABC Home Organic Products, and Funky Subway Man!
So, my singer/actress/teacher sister Susannah, (seen above amidst terrifying gang of stuffed animals), and I took a trip to New York City recently on our usual starving-artist-style, shoestring budgets! We are so grateful for wonderful friends who offered us beautiful, cozy accommodations and a delicious breakfast! We stopped by ABC Home which must be the biggest indoor … Continue reading
Columbia’s Jeffrey Sachs Discusses the U.S. Economy and Occupy Wall Street with Erik Schatzker of Bloomberg TV (+)
Jeffrey D. Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is also Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. From 2002 to 2006, he was Director of the UN Millennium Project. His latest book is The Price of Civilization: … Continue reading
Toxic Prevention Story in Tweets
The message about toxic chemicals in our environment is gaining momentum and strength and a growing force for change is fighting back. See http://www.toxicbaby.com, the documentary by Penelope J. Chaffer! “ See how powerful we are:) Chemical Giants Bow to #BPA Ban in Kids’ Foodware | Environmental Working Group: http://www.ewg.org/release/chemical-giants-bow-bpa-ban-kids-foodware#.To9pWN61s_4.twitter via @AddThis toxicbabymovie October 7, … Continue reading
This Week’s Top Green Progress Tweets!
Progress in the green world! Amazing things are happening out there! Check out NASA’s new Sustainability Base! “ PRT @elaineishere: Big news! Living Future Inst. just launched new certif. prog. for Net Zero Energy Bldngs: http://ow.ly/6NBqW #GBNext NNUS October 5, 2011 http://www.living-future.org/netzero/ “ RT @CradletoCradle: Great video featuring NASA client, Steve Zornetzer + new building: … Continue reading
Go Erin Schrode! Project Green Challenge (30 Days) Started Yesterday! Huge Kudos to High School and College Students Signing Up!!
Throughout October a daily green challenge is on ProjectGreenChallenge.com and in an email delivered to each participant who has signed up . Meet Project Green Challenge’s extremely cool founder, Erin Schrode! Contestants who complete the 30-day Challenge can apply for the Challenge Finals. Ten finalists will be selected to participate in Green University, a two-day eco summit held in California this December. Students will … Continue reading
Conversations on Courage: Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu & Aung San Suu Kyi (CGI 2011)
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu talk with each other for the first time Continue reading
