October 2012
Californians: Vote YES on Prop. 39
10/22/12 | | 43 comments
November Ballot Measure Will Close a Tax Loophole and Fund Clean Energy Projects
California is known world-wide for its innovation, its creativity and its world-class economy. But between the national economic downturn and state policies like the corporate tax giveaway created in 2009, California is struggling to remain competitive.
Read MoreAnnouncing the School Food Journalism Awards!
10/18/12 | | 33 comments
Earth Day Network has joined forces with author and food activist Michael Pollan, the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and Alice Waters' Edible Schoolyard Project to launch the first annual Healthy and Sustainable School Food Journalism Awards. Open to high school students ages 13 to 18, the competition seeks to bring the hard facts about school food to entire school communities – in the students’ own words
Read MoreGoing Green During Durga Puja in India
10/18/12 | | 30 comments
By Neela Majumdar
In a continued effort to create awareness about India’s environmental issues, Earth Day Network has partnered with The Telegraph, a leading English-language newspaper in India, on The Telegraph in Schools (TTIS) Chhoto Chokhey Baro Pujo campaign for the first Alchemist Earth Award to the greenest Durga Puja Pandal.
Read MoreGlobetrotters to Kids: Eat Healthy, Sustainable Foods
10/8/12 | | 69 comments
Just in time for National School Lunch Week, Earth Day Network has teamed up with the Harlem Globetrotters to bring kids a special message: To stay on top of your game, you have to eat right.
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Read MoreWind Energy’s Future Threatened in Congress
10/8/12 | | 12 comments
One of the fastest-growing sectors in the energy industry, wind energy is playing a critical role in developing America’s vision for a clean, energy independent future.
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Watch Our 10 Million Trees Pledge
10/5/12 | | 4 comments
Check out this video of Earth Day Network President Kathleen Rogers at the Global Citizen Festival announcing our commitment to plant 10 million trees in in 5 years to help alleviate poverty. She’s joined by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunis and by Chris Peck from UPS, which made the first donation to this tree-planting effort.
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