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More and more people are asking for fireworks with less of an impact on the environment, and researchers are working hard to meet this demand. In case you were wondering, those big exploding things in the sky aren't exactly good for the planet. Scientists agree that a small handful of fireworks displays over the course of the year do not have too much of a long-term impact (though the short term impact is quite measureable). » read more

My great-great, etc. grandfather was a fellow named Lewis Morris.  And Lewis was a principled guy who roughly 232 years ago signed a document that materially changed his life and the world.  He and the other signers of this declaration were tired of being oppressed.  They saw a wrong in their world and publicly and at great personal risk drew a line in the sand. » read more

People need to know about going green. I think this website is a great way to get the word out but what about the pople who don't know about Greenopolis? We are responsible for getting the word out. Make posters and post them aroung your neighborhood. Have a party about going green and use green product and let people know you did. Just plain tell people. Having lunch with some people that don't know alot about going green and guess what you have run out of things to talk about this is a great way to get the word out start upa new conversation about going green.

I’ve heard a lot of people mention how many football fields of forest disappear every second/ hour/day.
I don’t know about others, but I personally didn’t have the remotest
idea of the actual size of a football field until I wrote this post.
According to our resident football expert, Maarten, there isn’t even a
standard size. So why do we keep talking about football fields? It
helps visualize, since most people, unlike me, have a clue. » read more

Monday morning is like no other morning at my beach. Only Monday has such a diverse mountain of paraphernalia left behind by yesterday’s crowd. Who are they that walk off leaving their $49 chaise lounge in the sand? Or their shoes? It would cross my mind to ask myself, “Wasn’t I wearing shoes when I last walked across this parking lot?”
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As my neighbor pulled up to the Safeway parking lot in her BMW convertible, she scoffed at me while I schlepped over to the recycling center; plastic bags in tow, dripping trails of soda and dripping my own sweat from the heat.

What had I gotten myself into?  I'm a semi-green, cotton grocery bag toting, suburban mom. » read more

As you know, turning off lights and water when you don't need it helps us alot. But, this is just a reminder. When you finish a soda can, recycle it! When you finish milk in a gallon, recycle it!

                                               Parks

There are alot of parks that you can help at. Maybe one of these days on your freetime, try to plant a tree or a couple flowers at you local park. Going green can make you feel good.. infact, it can make the world feel good. » read more

I came upon a very interesting book the other day that can be read online for free. The title is "Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air" and it is written by David J.C. MacKay, a Cambridge professor. The text can be found at withouthotair.com. The book is almost 400 pages long, but the good news is that if you aren't quite up to this challenge, MacKay also provides a four page summary of his work, which I think is defintiely worth a read. » read more

Go Outside and Play! With a Fair Trade Ball of Course…

Don’t hesitate to enjoy the summer and the patriotic 3-day weekend by going outside and playing some sports, whether it is soccer, football, basketball, rugby, or volleyball!  There is a company that you can buy eco-certified Fair Trade sports balls for all of your fun activities! » read more

I've seen Office Depot Start to carry recycled supplies.. that's good because all the notebooks we've used up and thrown away, is a waste of trees! Grad Recycled sells spiral notebooks, I'm not sure about pencils and what not; however, i have also seen pen's and pencils recycled in Office Depot, maybe our world is changing.. day by day! Keep your eye out for these things, if possible, try to recycle more :)