How to Change Behavior

I think many folks at ANE would agree with the premise of the video below–especially our solid waste coordinator and vermicomposter extraordinaire, Jess Skinner.

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Goldman Environmental Prize Announces 2009 Winners

Celebrating its 20th year, the Goldman Environmental Prize has announced the 2009 winners, selected for their grassroots activism in “protecting endangered ecosystems and species, combating destructive development projects, promoting sustainability, influencing environmental policies and striving for environmental justice. Prize winners are often women and men from isolated villages or inner cities who chose to take [...]

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The Green Mind

The New York Times Magazine has published their 2009 green issue. Articles include, “Why Isn’t the Brain Green?” and “Natural Happiness.”
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Goldman Environmental Prize

The Goldman Environmental Prize recognizes and honors grassroots environmental activists:
The 2008 Goldman Prize recipients tackled some of the most pressing environmental issues of the day through grassroots efforts, helping to educate and motivate local communities to get involved in the effort to protect the natural environment around them and to stand up for their rights.
The [...]

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Mountaintop Removal Road Show

David Cooper’s “Mountaintop Removal Road Show” is coming to Keene this
Wednesday Night, April 16th, 7pm
At Antioch University New England’s Community Room
The Road Show is a 70-minute presentation by David Cooper, which includes a stunning 25-minute slide show about the impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining on residents, communities, and the environment in the southern Appalachians. [...]

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Share the Compact Flourescent Love

Have family, friends, or colleagues who you know aren’t yet using compact flourescent lightbulbs (CFL)? Try sharing CFL love with this 3-minute video:

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Our Own Mindy Pistachio in the News!

A Boston Globe article highlighting the Town of Peterborough’s efforts to green government mentions ANE ES student Mindy Pistachio. Mindy conducted the research that convinced officials to help cut carbon dioxide emissions by requiring town vehicles to be turned off.
Go, Mindy!

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A Challenge: Sign the Kyoto Protocol as an Individual

Abi Abrash Walton, a faculty member in ANE’s Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program and contributor to The Well-Trained Activist, sent this one our way . . . .
In Altar Call for True Believers from the September/October issue of Orion Magazine, Janisse Ray challenges those of us who think we are walking our talk as [...]

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Shareholders Push Hasbro to Drop Toxics from Toys

In May, Greenbiz.com reported on this story:
In the wake of new restrictions on toxic chemicals in products across the U.S. and in Europe, shareholders in Hasbro have filed a resolution urging the company to stop using PVC in its products, as well as to produce a sustainability report reassuring shareholders that the company is taking [...]

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The Year without Toilet Paper

Back in April, Wall Street Journal Online posted the video Stephen Colbert’s interview with No Impact Man, Colin Beavan.
Here’s Beavan talking about his family’s no-impact experiment:
For one year, my wife, my 2-year-old daughter, my dog and I, while living in the middle of New York City, are attempting to live without making any net impact [...]

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