Enter MTV's Copenhagen Climate Video Challenge

They used to play videos but now they air reality shows 24/7 that feature a bunch of rich knuckleheads. But MTV isn't all bad. In fact, they are sponsoring a really cool contest for youth around the climate negotiations in Copenhagen later this year. MTV is inviting its viewers to enter the Internews Earth Journalism Awards Competition by entering the MTV Positive Change category of the competition "with your best, most original piece of content on climate change for a chance to pick up your award in Copenhagen."

Source: LivingECHO | 2 Jul 2009 | 4:25 pm EDT

Project H Delivering Water in Africa with Hippo Rollers

About 15 million people in Africa are without adequate access to drinking water, and Emily Pilloton is doing something about it. As the founder of Project H Design (and Managing Editor of Inhabitat), she's been busy proving that design can make a difference with the Hippo Roller project.

Source: LivingECHO | 31 Mar 2008 | 6:24 pm EDT

Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair

The following press release was passed along to us by Elizabeth Aguillera, from the Midwest Renewable Energy Association. Contact: Amy Heart, Programs Director Midwest Renewable Energy Association 715-592-6595 x20 amy@the-mrea.org Nation’s Premier Energy Education Event Set for June 20-22, 2008 Custer, WI – The Midwest Renewable Energy Association announced the dates for their annual Energy Fair. The MREA is gearing up [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Eco Events | 19 Feb 2008 | 3:17 pm EST

Do Roses Stink?

For Valentine’s Day, birthdays, anniversaries or other special occasions, giving flowers often seems like a gift from Mother Nature herself.

But when flowers are doused in pesticides and transported long (i.e., energy-intensive) distances, their eco-appeal quickly evaporates.  The health impact conventionally-grown flowers has makes them even less desirable.

Source: LivingECHO | 14 Feb 2008 | 2:19 am EST

EcoSherpa Joins Earth Hour!

What is Earth hour you might ask? Earth Hour is a movement that started back in 2007 on March 31 2007. It started with a question, “How can we inspire people to take action on climate change?” The answer: Ask the people of Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour. 2.2 million [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Eco Events | 8 Feb 2008 | 9:36 am EST

Icebergs to Sand Dunes - Our Changing Planet

We received an email from ‘Emma’, who is trying to spread the word about an upcoming presentation (in Toronto) by Geoff Green and Ray Zahab. Here is the info: Royal St. George’s College Parent’s Guild Speaker Series presents Geoff Green and Ray Zahab “Icebergs to Sand Dunes – Our Changing Planet” January 28th, 2008 Doors open at 6:30pm ~ Lecture [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Eco Events | 21 Jan 2008 | 3:45 pm EST

New Eco-Friendly Packaging Triggers Boom In Guilt-Free Litte

NEW YORK—Consumers are now able to discard their refuse wherever they please, knowing it will safely decompose in 10 to 20 years.

Source: LivingECHO | 13 Dec 2007 | 9:02 pm EST

Addressing Climate Crisis, Bush Calls For Development Of Nat

 WASHINGTON, DC—"We must act now so that our children's children can live in a world without sweat," said president Bush, justifying the project's $100 trillion price tag.

Source: LivingECHO | 13 Dec 2007 | 8:56 pm EST

Al Gore Caught Warming Globe To Increase Box Office Profits

Environmental officials claimed that Gore's tire fire in Akron, OH was "completely out of line."

Source: LivingECHO | 13 Dec 2007 | 8:51 pm EST

Al Gore, the Nobel Peace Prize, and Global Warming

By now it has been widely reported that Al Gore, along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in alerting the world to the very real and growing danger of climate change.

Source: LivingECHO | 18 Oct 2007 | 1:28 am EDT

Blog Action Day is in da House!

Three short days after my Blog Action Day announcement here on EcoSherpa, it has arrived! Whoohoo! It’s funny - I felt really guilty about leaving it so late, yet as I discovered today literally THOUSANDS of blogs have jumped on board in the last few days alone! The total blog count was between 11,000 and [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Eco Events | 15 Oct 2007 | 1:13 pm EDT

ASEC: Throwing a Better Party

While the Action Sports Retailers trade show oozed cool, the Action Sports Environmental Coalition...

Source: LivingECHO | 11 Oct 2007 | 6:09 pm EDT

The Natural Collection Supports Peace One Day Today

We're sure that millions of people all around the world have made a commitment to today's International Day of Peace.

Source: LivingECHO | 11 Oct 2007 | 6:07 pm EDT

Visiting Tridel's Eco-Suite

It started badly; I couldn't find a bike rack and Stacy offered me a bottle of Fiji water. (It turns out they had terrific bike storage in a more protected area that I could not see.) I had been invited to tour the "eco-suite" built...

Source: LivingECHO | 11 Oct 2007 | 6:01 pm EDT

2009 World Green Roof Congress in Toronto

Just caught this interesting press release from Newswire: The City of Toronto and Green Roofs for Healthy Cities successfully bid for the 2009 World Green Roof Congress TORONTO, May 31 /CNW/ - “Green Roofs for Healthy Cities,” the North American green roof industry association and the City of Toronto are pleased [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Eco Events | 1 Jun 2007 | 11:00 am EDT

Harmony Organic Milk

On a recent visit to Brady’s Meat & Deli, (located in Waterloo, Ontario), I came across some organic milk products from Harmony Organic. I was instantly drawn to the old-fashioned glass bottles and intrigued enough to buy a few bottles and give it a try. I commonly purchase my milk in the plastic milk [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Green Living Tips | 28 May 2007 | 10:51 pm EDT

Buying Local in the Waterloo Region!

I am on a quest to change my food buying habits and switch to locally grown goods as much as possible. I have been on this gradual quest for the last few years but have decided recently to kick my efforts up a few notches. A big part of my initiative will be to [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Green Living Tips | 28 May 2007 | 10:12 pm EDT

Buying Local!

Buying local is a topic that I have wanted to write about for so many months and is something that I am extremely passionate about. For the last 3 years I have adopted a regular routine of waking up early on a Saturday morning to visit the St. Jacobs Farmer’s Market (about 10 minutes [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Green Living Tips | 18 May 2007 | 2:15 pm EDT

Happy Earth Day!

Just wanted to write a short post wishing all our readers a very happy Earth Day! Hope you have been enjoying the weekend (absolutely gorgeous here) and getting involved in some Earth Day Weekend activities. Steve and I got up bright and early on Saturday morning and met up at a local mall where the city [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Eco Events | 22 Apr 2007 | 2:41 pm EDT

Beyond the Blue Box

One of the great articles that I found in the ENVIRONEWS newsletter from the Region of Waterloo is, “Beyond the Blue Box”. With spring’s arrival many of us are anxious to do some spring cleaning and purge our homes of unwanted items. Before you run out and buy a ton of garbage bags, do [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Green Living Tips | 3 Apr 2007 | 11:13 am EDT

Compost Ambassadors Wanted!

Bentley, do you want to become a compost ambassador? I just came across an article over at News Wales, and Pembrokeshire is looking for enthusiastic residents to become Master Composters. The Master Composters would encourage their local communities to participate in home composting. I wonder if the Waterloo Region has a similar program. I [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Green Living Tips | 3 Apr 2007 | 9:01 am EDT

Live Earth Concert – Toronto Wants to Join!

It appears Toronto wants to take part in the Live Earth concert for global warming. Toronto City officials are currently looking for a local promoter to host the event. I think it is extremely important for Canada to get involved in this event. We need to demonstrate to the rest of the world that [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Eco Events | 2 Apr 2007 | 10:17 am EDT

Being Green Under the Sheets!

I couldn’t resist writing about the article I found this morning, “Green sex the latest in saving the planet”, found over at the Winnipeg Free Press website. It turns out Greenpeace and TreeHugger have released guides for those of us who would like to bring some green into our sex lives. According to [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Green Living Tips | 6 Mar 2007 | 9:23 am EST

Happy Birthday, You Young Green Thing!

By Tracey Smith It’s bizarre, yet pleasantly reassuring that the telephone has been ringing a little more of late. It is coming up to my baby’s 3rd birthday…my virtual baby that is, an awareness campaign called National Downshifting Week. I popped it out with gusto and a deep breath in 2005 - rather like shelling [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Eco Events | 27 Feb 2007 | 10:35 pm EST

Guerilla Gardening! Grab your trowel and get dirty!

When you think of the term Guerilla Gardening what comes to mind? When I first heard of the term I started to think of people dressed in dark clothing going out at night and secretly planting seeds. It reminded me of my childhood days where I would take sunflower seeds and plant them in [...]

Source: EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Green Living Tips | 17 Jan 2007 | 3:26 pm EST

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