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What's Your Crazy Green Idea? Video Contest, 21°

A X PRIZE Foundation project in Santa Monica, United States

Updated last month

The X PRIZE Foundation is hosting a competition on YouTube to find out what the next X PRIZE in the Energy and Environment sector is going to be. We're looking for crazy green idea that can become a breakthrough, and we're willing to pay $25,000 to the ...

Premium project about Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Biofuels, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Education, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Global Dimming, Green energy, Pollution, Recycling, Solar

Ricoh Power Cycle, 115°

A Ricoh New Zealand project in Auckland, New Zealand

Updated in July

Ricoh Eco Action Day, June 5 2008 Ricoh’s Eco Action Day is an annual practice across all our operations around the world, coinciding with World Environment Day. This year it was the perfect opportunity to launch an idea Ricoh New Zealand is aiming to spread across its branches – a ...

Premium project about Energy Saving, Events

Ricoh - Trees For Schools, 90°

A Ricoh New Zealand project in National, New Zealand

Updated in July

Launched in May, Trees for Schools is a Ricoh New Zealand programme where we work with schools around the country to establish schemes for community fundraising selling native plants, in place of other options often high in sugar and fat. We are sourcing New Zealand native seedlings, and subsidising the ...

Premium project about Education, Environment & Wildlife

Datamail - GoGreen Case Study, 93°

A New Zealand Post project in Petone, New Zealand

Updated in July

Datamail is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the New Zealand Post Group. THE SITUATION Recognising the importance of sustainability – for its business and its clients – the Datamail Group knew it needed to lift its game. Its Petone site already had a number of recycling facilities for cardboard, plastic wrap and toner ...

Premium project about Finance, Industry, Media, Recycling

Food for Change, 32°

global, New Zealand

Updated 40 minutes ago

Can local action inspire global change? Can what we eat locally make a difference globally? Our mouth is about as local as it gets, so that seems like a good place to start climate changing. Leadership begins with what goes in your mouth, not necessarely with what comes out of ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Deforestation, Economics, Education, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Genetic Modification, Green energy, Health, Industry, Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Pollution, Population, Recycling, Transport, Water

No Plastic Bags in New Zealand, 57°

New Zealand

Updated this week

www.noplasticbags.org.nz is a new grass roots website dedicated to a New Zealand free from plastic carry bags. Around the world more and more countries are banning or taxing plastic bags and it is time for New Zealand to wake up and do the same. This is about ...

Project about Consumerism, Recycling

Kapiti Off Grid, 32°

Wellington, New Zealand

Updated last month

To build a "Lo Grid" or "Off Grid" home in the form of the classic Kiwi Villa. A home that appears as might any other but will eventually use no mains power, possess no electrically heated rooms or water and won't be connected to any large-scale, waste-water processing plant ...

Project about Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Population

Climate Matters Video Contest, 46°

United States

Updated last month

Imagine if you had one minute in an elevator to tell our next President why climate change matters. What would you say? 1Sky and Brighter Planet are teaming up and we want you to film your message and upload it now to our new national video message competition -- Climate Matters ...

Project about Celebrities, Climate Change, Education, Energy Saving, Events, Media

Canadian clean energy training portal, 25°

country-wide, Canada

Updated last month

Together with the BC Sustainable Energy Association and our sponsors, we have launched a web portal that profiles and links to most of the available renewable training options in Canada. It includes 5 categories: Schools & Workshops, Green Energy NGOs, Government Intiatives, Industry Leaders, and First Nations. Go check it out ...

Project about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Education, Green energy

Produce Some of Your Electricity, 50°

Everywhere, Canada

Updated last month

Build a small wind turbine to use at the cottage, cabin, farm or your home. Or install a small Photovoltaic system. You'll not only reduce your power bill (just a little) but you'll also learn lots about saving electricity in the process.

Project about Education, Energy Saving

The Homestead, 220°

West Central Wisconsin, United States

Updated in August

This project is a labor of love for my husband and me who are hard-core DIYs! We purchased an old homestead built in the 1930's in December of 2006. Our goal is to up-date the old house and make it as energy efficient as possible using environmentally sound construction ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Health, Recycling, Water

Curbing Global Warming Without Killing Cement Industry, 47°

Northern Califnornia, United States

Updated in August

This is an opportunity for the Celsias community to collectively commission an investigative journalism effort about the cement industry. Spot.Us is a nonprofit that lets individuals or groups share the cost of funding an investigative journalists. We are still under development, but set to launch in the Fall thanks ...

Project about Air Quality, Architecture, Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Economics, Emissions, Global Dimming, Media

Change the World for Fifteen Bucks, 10°

NZ, Australia and the UK, United Kingdom

Updated in August

We Are What We Do creates a new way for people to connect to their community by inspiring them to contribute and to feel part of something bigger than themselves. We believe in acting local but thinking global. More than 70 people in New Zealand, Australia and the UK including ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Design, Education, Food, Health, Media, Recycling, Travel, Water

Eco-My-Flat, 25°

Christchurch, New Zealand

Updated in August

Eco-my-flat is a four-week competition and workshop programme aimed at helping university students save money and become more eco-friendly. The competition aims to promote sustainable student lifestyles, with a workshop each week covering the themes of energy, waste, transport and consumption. The workshops, run by a professional facilitator, addressed specific ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Consumerism, Education, Energy Saving, Food, Recycling, Transport

ONE MILLION GOOD STOVES MISSION, 25°

India, Developing World, India

Updated in August

GEO has developed 14 good stoves - biomass as fuel http//www.goodstove.com ranging from 15% to 40% efficiency. India requires 120 million good stoves. The whole world requires at least a total of 500 million Good Stoves. GEO has declared all its stove designs as Creative Commons. Seeking support ...

Project about Biofuels, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Deforestation, Emissions, Energy Saving, Health

Carpool New Zealand, 15°

Nationwide, New Zealand

Updated in August

The Carpool NZ website has been around for around four years. It is a simple system designed to help people connect in order to share rides.

Project about Transport

Hotel Diaries A Story of a Green Hotel, 129°

Toronto, Canada

Updated in August

A derelict building in downtown Toronto is being converted into a hotel. This will be no ordinary hotel, however - the goal is to build a cutting-edge 'green' hotel, one that uses roughly 80% less carbon than business-as-usual. I am a software entrepreneur turned green venture capitalist. This project is my ...

Project about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Finance

Help the Earth, Don't use plastic bags!!, 33°

United States

Updated in August

My 8 year old son is doing a Cub Scout conservation porject to teach people how dangerous plastic bags are for the enviornment and to encourage them to use reusable shopping bags. He would like to hand out reusable bags and informational flyers. At the end of the project he ...

Project about Children and Families, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Pollution, Recycling, Water

il fantasma di torrevaldaliga, 10°

Civitavecchia, , Italy

Updated in August

Somehow related to the Panthom of the Opera, "Il Fantasma di Torrevaldaliga" lurks around Civitavecchia screaming in the night his horror for the decision of firing a new coal plant, the shady business behind, and most of all the indifference of the people who in the past 50 years has ...

Project about Air Quality, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Pollution, Protest, Water, Weather

solarnetwork.net, 10°

United States, New Zealand, New Zealand

Updated in July

solarnetwork.net is an open-source project to study a possible method of distributed generation. Using a scheme of "keep what you generate, share what you save" we are interested in building a software infrastructure together that would allow for a cost-sharing structure to eventually reduce the upfront cost of adopting ...

Project about Clean Technologies, Computing, Education, Energy Saving, Weather

RecyclingPins, 137°

Braga, Portugal

Updated in July

Because of the large amount of trash that everyone produces every day it is very important to start thinking in our Planet's health! The basic idea is to "wear" in your page one of these RecyclingPins to remember all visitors the responsibility to Waste Recycling, Separation and Reutilization! You ...

Project about Climate Change, Computing, Education, Recycling

Green Jobs Now: A National Day of Action to Build the New Economy, 12°

Across the Country, United States

Updated in July

On Saturday, September 27th, 2008, tens of thousands of Americans all across the country will come together for: Green Jobs Now: A Day to Build the New Economy. Join us! The day after the first debate in the most important presidential election of our lifetime, Americans will respond with one ...

Project about Climate Change, Economics, Events, Industry

Green Bonds - A Victory Bond for the Environment, 89°

Canada, Canada

Updated in July

Canada could be a renewable energy superpower. What's holding us back? Renewable energy is more expensive to produce than fossil-based. Over time, with high cost to carbon, this will change. We cannot wait, however: and we have an answer. "Green Bonds" is a policy proposal designed to accelerate Canada ...

Project about Biofuels, Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Economics, Emissions, Finance, Politics

Community Reefs, 63°

Opotiki, New Zealand

Updated in July

The eco benefits of forming fish growing reefs close to boat launching areas are many: Fishermen use significantly less petrol getting to where fish are. Simpler near shore fishing boats can be used. The fishing is action packed, fun and produces a great diversity of species. Smaller catches can be ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Transport

Shoot Nations, 126°

Global, United Kingdom

Updated in July

Shoot Nations 2008 is a free global photographic competition addressing the theme of ‘Young People in a Changing Climate’. We want to build a global picture of how climate change is affecting young people worldwide, how they can act now to slow the change and how they can adapt to ...

Project about Climate Change, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Logging, Water, Weather

Pecha Kucha Wellington, 15°

Wellington Region, New Zealand

Updated in July

Pecha Kucha is a presentation format for creative work originally devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein-Dytham Architecture (KDa) (http://www.klein-dytham.com/) in Tokyo, Japan in 2003 as a place for creative types to meet, network, and show their work in public. The name derives from a ...

Project about Events

Intersect - Young professionals networking for sustainability, 82°

Wellington, New Zealand

Updated in July

We are a group of young professionals with a passion for sustainability and we want to intersect with other passionate people. Intersect is focussed on nurturing our leadership capabilities. We believe that leaders are the doers not just the talkers, so we are looking for practical solutions to the problems ...

Project about Consumerism, Industry, Philosophy & Religion, Recycling

The Bright Green Idea, 47°

New Zealand, New Zealand

Updated in July

A National Climate Change Innovation Award. This is essentially a Eco 'Dragon's Den' - where promising innovations are awarded with development funding and investment. A Wellington based TV production company have plans to make a TV series around the challenge which will ensure it gets maximum coverage. There are two ...

Project about Biofuels, Clean Technologies, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Recycling, Water

chinadialogue is...on the road from Bali to Copenhagen, 42°

Beijing, China

Updated in July

("中外对话"...从巴厘通往哥本哈根之路) Even as we speak, a new global agreement on climate change is being formulated. At a critical UN climate conference in December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, we will see the results. The road to Copenhagen, however, will be a difficult one to tread. Humanity faces an array of ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Education, Politics

"Heat", 17°

Wellington, New Zealand

Updated in July

We are producing a theatre piece, what becomes a triangle between a physicist studying climate change, his wife (a biologist), and an Emperor penguin during one Antarctic autumn, winter and spring. We are aiming to do this in a production run as far as possible completely off-grid. Echoing the real ...

Project about Biofuels, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Energy Saving, Events

Media information on line, 20°

Melbourne, Australia

Updated in July

See my blog about organic issues such as bees industry, pesticides, naturally enhanced agriculture, such as in bio-dynamics and Demeter. This is a welcome for all contributions emerging. More websites under the name , , asf have started. Look also under

Project about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Trading, Consumerism, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Genetic Modification, Health, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Protest, War

Find Me a New Car, 20°

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Updated in June

My car lease is up in June. Going vehicle free isn't an option, so I need your help in finding a new car. My criteria: Seats more than 2 people, Less than $380 a month, lease or loan, new or used, Can go at least 50 miles in a ...

Project about Transport

Green TV, 16°

Colorado 81623, United States

Updated in June

Film environmental media that shares the stories of individuals, groups, business and government that inspires change.

Project about Media

Give A Tree Campaign, 17°

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Updated in June

The proposed project is to encourage young people in Zimbabwe to plant and take care of trees. In recent years, Zimbabwe has witnessed tremendous deterioration of the environment spurred mainly by the country's political crisis. The proposed project will be implemented as soon as the political temperature in the ...

Project about Climate Change, Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife, Media, Politics

Living Off The Grid, 52°

cerrillos, United States

Updated in June

Having lived off the grid since 1971, I'd love to share some cool things i have learned over the years.

Project about Architecture, Energy Saving

connect2earth competition for young people, 20°

Gland, Switzerland

Updated in June

www.connect2earth.org is a global green on-line community, launched by WWF and IUCN, supported by Nokia. On the site, you can upload videos, images, and text to tell the world why you love this planet, or share with others your smart ideas, concerns or solutions about environmental issues and ...

Project about Celebrities, Climate Change, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Events

Earth 2100, 21°

New York, United States

Updated in June

Calling all environmental enthusiasts, film makers and creative minds! ABC news is producing a 2-hour special that will air on ABC this fall called Earth 2100. It's a show about what the world's top scientists, economists, and historians say our world could look like by the year 2100 ...

Project about Climate Change, Consumerism, Education, Population

Council for Socially Responsible Investment, 20°

Nation wide, New Zealand

Updated in June

A charitable trust with the purpose of educating and advocating for socially responsible and environmentally sustainable investment. We have been going since 2003.

Project about Education, Environment & Wildlife

The Big Tent Scotlands Festival of Stewardship, 20°

Falkland, United Kingdom

Updated in June

The Big Tent festival (26-27 July) Scotland’s Festival of Stewardship is a weekend of celebrations, music, art and creativity which champions the work of the environmental movement and those concerned with the conservation of the living world. A rich and diverse cast of artisans, musicians and performers will journey ...

Project about Events, Media

TripShare, 26°

New Zealand

Updated in June

TripShare is an online service which connects drivers and passengers. Registering on TripShare is free and allows you to search trips and contact the lister to organise your travel plans. Use TripShare's search functions to sort trips by travel date, start and end locations and, when you've traveled ...

Project about Biofuels, Climate Change, Consumerism, Energy Saving

Appalachian Offsets, 25°

New Zealand

Updated in June

Appalachian Offsets is a voluntary Carbon Offset program to combat global climate change through local renewable energy and efficiency projects in Western North Carolina. We encourage people to first reduce the amount of greenhouse gas they produce but this is an opportunity to reduce their impact by supporting projects that ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Education

Natural Plant for Medication in Kutai National Park, 10°

East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Updated in June

Kutai National Park-Indonesia, as one of lowland rainforest in the world, has over 900 plant species. About 200 species identified as Medicine plant. High deforestation pressure made micro climate changes in this area and ecosystem destruct. This project aims to identified other medicine plant. So it can be used for ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Education

TalkClimateChange, 26°

World Wide, United Kingdom

Updated in June

TalkClimateChange is a new initiative aimed at promoting global understanding of Climate Change and Global Warming. TalkClimateChange believes that change only happens following understanding, and that understanding is only reached through discussion. Our goal is to present news, views and opinions from both sides of the Climate Change debate, and ...

Project about Climate Change, Education

Climate Cycle, 25°

Chicago, United States

Updated in June

As global warming continues to change the earth and its environment, Climate Cycle organizes bicycle rides that raise money and awareness in response. Our first event is a 100-mile ride that will begin and end in Chicago with a goal of raising $650,000. The money raised goes to installing ...

Project about Transport

YERT Your Environmental Road Trip, 26°

Minneapolis, United States

Updated in May

A 50 state 52-week exploration of environmental sustainability in America. Mark Dixon, Ben Evans, Julie Evans and Erika Bowman document America's progress through High-Def video, blogs and photos. www.YERT.com now contains over 45 short videos with more each week. Feature documentary pending, and possible syndication.

Project about Celebrities, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Education, Environment & Wildlife

Local Farm Link, 37°

Black Creek, Canada

Updated in May

By improving the convenience of finding locally grown foods we will reduce the amount of carbon emissions required by the monster food machine. This dynamic, farmer-driven website, allows shoppers to find locally grown foods as easily as looking through a grocery store flier. In many regions the small farms have ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Consumerism, Education

Windustrious Cleveland, 25°

Cleveland Ohio, United States

Updated in April

Windustrious Cleveland promotes the building of the world's first freshwater wind farm, on Lake Erie, offshore from Cleveland.

Project about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Energy Saving, Population

ecostore hosts Green Drinks, 65°

Auckland, New Zealand

Updated in April

On the 3rd of April 2008, ecostore, a New Zealand icon of sustainable living, hosted Green Drinks in the form of a lively street party outside ecostore in Auckland’s Freemans Bay. Over 220 people from all walks of life and career paths turned up to network and discuss matters ...

Project about Celebrities, Climate Change, Politics, Weather

Ebooks, 75°

Houston, United States

Updated in April

WOWIO - www.wowio.com is reducing the environmental impacts associated with printed books by providing all-digital ebook alternatives. Despite the not-insignificant environmental cost of running the Internet and the life-cycle costs of the devices needed to read the content, digital books are still an enormous step forward compared to the ...

Project about Consumerism, Education

Queen Charlotte Wilderness Park, 55°

Marlborough, New Zealand

Updated in April

Queen Charlotte Wilderness Park is an isolated peninsula in the Marlborough Sounds. Originally a large sheep station the property is now dedicated to “the business of saving our environment”. Ron Marriott of Queen Charlotte Wilderness Park says, “We have two goals – the first is to work with landowners to encourage ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Consumerism, Environment & Wildlife

EcoBase, 75°

Europe and UK, Moldova, Republic of

Updated in March

EcoBase it is a modern interpretation of traditional log homes. Inside this 132 square meters two-storey home you can find everything for sustainable living: > kitchen, living room, bathroom and two bedrooms. It comes up with 3 basic types of the home - all stylish, modern, green and energy-efficient. The roof is ...

Project about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Education, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife

Sustainable Rehabilitation of New Orleans Low Income Housing Pilot Program, 52°

New Orleans, United States

Updated in March

Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent levee failures caused unprecedented devastation in New Orleans. The level of destruction in America's eighth-poorest large city revealed to the world that socioeconomic and environmental injustice make communities vulnerable to climate related disasters. Months after the worst disaster in U.S. history, tens of ...

Project about Architecture, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Population

Ride to Sustain - 4000 miles of Sustainable Solutions, 60°

Boston Massachusetts, United States

Updated in February

Beginning June 2007, three young men climbed on their bikes in San Francisco, CA. Their goal, to understand not only the grave issue of global warming, but what difference they could make a difference beyond buying fluorescent light-bulbs and hybrid cars. From that point Ride to Sustain crossed the US ...

Project about Celebrities, Climate Change, Consumerism, Health

Sustainable House Day, 38°

Central Otago, New Zealand

Updated in February

Tours of homes with sustainable features. This allows people wanting to build or retrofit their homes to learn from others who have used a variety of ways to reduce energy consumption and make the most of the sun and natural aspects of a section.

Project about Architecture

Planet Car Club, 31°

Bath, United Kingdom

Updated in January

Planet Car Club is helping communities across the UK set up their own car clubs. Sell your car (or your second car), hire the one outside your house by the hour and only when you need it, save money, cut your emissions, and be part of your community again. Planet ...

Project about Climate Change, Transport

Planetary Population Partnership, 30°

Bath, United Kingdom

Updated in January

This is a project run by Our Future Planet, bringing together nations, states, provinces and areas with sustainable populations so that they might recognise and communicate their ideals, experiences and goals. Once united these PPP members will be able to present a sustainable model to the rest of the world ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, War, Weather

Climate Counts Choices and Voices, 61°

Manchester NH, United States

Updated in January

Climate Counts wants you to use your CHOICES and your VOICES to send a strong message to the companies you know best that climate change really does matter. All of the products you buy are made by companies with a climate footprint, companies that use energy and water, generate waste ...

Project about Consumerism

Sustainable Redevelopment of New Orleans: Green Weatherization of Low-Income Housing, 50°

New Orleans, United States

Updated in January

Citywide expansion of successful 2007 Pilot. Goals: meet NOLA's critical need for affordable, energy-efficient housing; improve conditions that make communities vulnerable to disasters; and foster a paradigm shift from “conventional” to “sustainable" disaster relief.

Project about Architecture, Climate Change, Education, Events, Population

Carbon Reduction Action Groups, 30°

Frederick, United States

Updated in January

Carbon Reduction Action Groups (CRAGs) are viral groups whose members commit to voluntary caps of carbon emissions from personal energy use. The average household can save over $1000 per year just by reducing energy use 10%. CRAGs help their members to learn about ways to save energy, save money, and ...

Project about Clean Technologies, Consumerism

Be The Change, 47°

Nationwide, New Zealand

Updated in November 2007

Be The Change is a NZ based coalition of Greenpeace, Forest & Bird and Oxfam aimed at providing a platform for individuals to become more active in their own lives in reducing their carbon footprint. A big part of the project is creating a climate aware online social networking community at ...

Project about Climate Change, Deforestation, Education, Environment & Wildlife

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