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Greenpeace hit the streets recently, to show off LEGO’s latest collaboration with Shell. Like many of our Climate Mamas and Papas, we love LEGO. But we don’t love their partnership with Shell. The last few weeks, over a half a … Continue reading
Posted in building materials, Climate Mama Video Peek of the Week, Construction, Do Something Wednesdays, Games & Toys, Take a Stand: Action & Advocacy
Tagged climate change kids, climate change parents, Greenpeace and Lego campaign, Lego and Arctic Drilling, Lego and Climate change, lego and shell
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Update 7/16: The Greenpeace YouTube video “Lego is not Awesome” is back..! Woohoo..See below Also, Greenpeace has an awesome new toolkit of activities so that families can be part of a global wave of protest calling on LEGO to cut … Continue reading
Posted in building materials, Climate Mama Video Peek of the Week, Games & Toys, In The News, Plastics & Plastic Free, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Science, Take a Stand: Action & Advocacy
Tagged arctic drilling and lego, arctic exploration and Greenpeace, arctic exploration and lego, climate change and kids, climate change and lego, climate change and parents, greenpeace and lego, lego and shell
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I want to share a special story, about my dearest friend and BFF Lynn, her husband Rob, and their 3 children, who live in the town of Katonah, New York. Theirs is a tale about mindfulness, giving back, and recycling… … Continue reading
Posted in building materials, Climate Mama News, Construction, Do Something Wednesdays, Lifestyle & Fun, Recycling
Tagged A-home, Charity Panda, home recycling, Katonah Fire Department intentional burn, landfills, LEED Certification, Martha Stewart recycling, recycle your house, recycling, repurposing household items, Robert Seigel Architects, US Green Building LEED Program
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As my father likes to tell me (and I tell my kids): “Back in the day, we went to the store, bought a 40, 60 or 100 watt light bulb, screwed it into the socket when we got home, and … Continue reading
As we come up on the one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, in New Jersey, the state that I live in, sadly many people are still living the Sandy “nightmare.” Our state hasn’t yet updated needed and necessary flood maps … Continue reading
Posted in building materials, Disasters, Do Something Wednesdays, Plastics & Plastic Free, Technology
Tagged climate change kids, climate change parents, did climate change cause Sandy, hurricane sandy and kids, hurricane sandy one year later, Sandy one year later, superstorm sandy and climate change, superstorm sandy anniversary
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According to the National Drought Mitigation Center, at the end of September 2013, over 45% of the lower 48 states were experiencing moderate to worse drought conditions. While this is a big improvement from the end of September 2012, when … Continue reading
Tweet Share Rio+20, or The Earth Summit as it is widely known, is fast approaching and will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 20 – 22, 2012. Rio is a city transformed from where it was and what … Continue reading
Posted in building materials, Construction, In The News, Politics, Recycling, Renewable Energy
Tagged #RIOPLUSCITIES, Ashley Halligan, Earth Summit and Cities, Medellian Columbia, Naples Italy clean up, Philadelphia Solar City, Rio+20 Cities, Rio+20 Earth Summit, Rio+Social, Songdo South Korea LEED
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Tweet My take on the Canadian Tar Sands?! A juggernaut, seemingly unstoppable, a source of unimaginable profits for multinational energy companies versus shortsighted Russian roulette for the rest of us, for our planet, for our environment and for our economy. … Continue reading
Tweet A few quick “Tar Sands Facts” are to help you understand the basics of ‘what all the fuss is about!” As a general comment, the Tar Sands found in Alberta are in fact an oily, sticky, sand like substance … Continue reading
Did you know that the United Nations has designated 2011 as the Year of the Forest? Officially called Forest 2011 – With the theme “Forest for People” – countries and organizations all over the world will use a wide range … Continue reading
