A X PRIZE Foundation project in Santa Monica, United States 
Updated in September 2008
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
Sebikotane, Senegal 
Updated this week
The project is a promoter and supplier of Vetiver grass (see www.vetiver.com for more details of this plant)in Senegal, West Africa. Vetiver is a very effective way of sequestering carbon emissions and countering the effects and impact of global climate change which is currently having a devastating ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Deforestation, Environmental Disasters, Water
Opotiki, New Zealand 
Updated last month
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
Wellington, New Zealand
Updated in November 2008
Biomimicry produces solutions for daily life that mimic what goes on in Nature. Janine Benyus has an amazing presentation about this which she gave at the TED convention in the US. We have a copy of this presentation on "The Science" section of our website. In New Zealand, the worlds ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Environment & Wildlife, Organic
West Central Wisconsin, United States
Updated in November 2008
In December of 2006 my husband and I purchased an old homestead built in the 1930's. As DIYers our goal is to up-date the old house and make it as energy efficient as possible using environmentally-friendly construction and renovation techniques. We are working on natural farming (permaculture) techniques to ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Health, Recycling, Water
OREGON, United States
Updated in November 2008
TRANSITION OREGON is a networking site for those interested in exploring and/or implementing the Transition model in their community. This site is being created through grassroots participation, and is continually evolving. It is a spontaneously arising effort to connect 'transitioners' with each other and to encourage and support the ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Climate Change, Consumerism, Deforestation, Education, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Food, Global Dimming, Green energy, Industry, Media, Organic, Pollution, Recycling, Solar, Transport, Water, Weather
Internet, United Kingdom 
Updated in November 2008
Let’s play a bit and pretend you’re the “Planet Creator”. You’ve got the responsibility to create a planet, from scratch…and it happens that this planet: it’s ours, it’s Earth. Easy or not Easy, that’s not the question….but these are the fundamental ones ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Biofuels, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Deforestation, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Food, Global Dimming, Green energy, Health, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Pollution, Population, Protest, Transport, Travel, War, Water, Weather
United States
Updated in October 2008
We're ditching some long-held tenets of environmentalism and harnessing the engines of capitalism, high technology, and human ingenuity to jump-start the manufacture of a dramatically sustainable future.
Project about Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Architecture, Biofuels, Design, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Green energy, Media, Organic, Recycling, Solar, Water
Bulgaria, Bulgaria 
Updated in October 2008
100 volunteers can come to Bulgaria and be funded through the European Voluntary Services EVS project. the funding will cover their travel to Bulgaria, health insurance for the year, languge course, food and accommodation, a mentor for the year and some spending money for the year. They will come and ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Deforestation, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Food, Green energy, Health, Organic, Recycling, Solar, Water
vancouver, Canada 
Updated in October 2008
I was interested in practical responses to pending peak oil. Municipalities and businesses spend a fair amount of money on garbage disposal, part of this is directly related to fuel costs. I wanted to see how effectively local composting could help a small business reduce its garbage on a daily ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Clean Technologies, Food, Organic, Recycling
Global, New Zealand
Updated in October 2008
Causing global change one meal at a time. What we eat locally makes a difference globally. Our mouth is about as local as it gets, so that seems like a good place to start climate changing. Maybe leadership begins with what goes into our mouths, not with what comes out ...
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
NZ, Australia and the UK, United Kingdom
Updated in August 2008
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
Christchurch, New Zealand
Updated in August 2008
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
Bulgaria, Bulgaria
Updated in August 2008
World wide opportunities on organic farms Bulgaria branch. Voluntary work on organic farms in Bulgaria. Currently free membership for farms and volunteers.
Project about Agriculture & Food
New Zealand
Updated in July 2008
Transition Towns are starting in over 50 towns in NZ. Groups are addressing the twin challenges of peak oil and climate change and are finding they have collective genius beyond their imagination. Food and energy resilience are often the focus but actually when oil peaks and is no longer cheap ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Energy Saving, Recycling, Water, Weather
Beijing, China 
Updated in July 2008
("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
NYC, United States
Updated in July 2008
Urban agriculture on the Columbia University campus!
Project about Agriculture & Food
Melbourne, Australia 
Updated in July 2008
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
Marlborough, New Zealand
Updated in June 2008
The Wairau, one of the world's few remaining braided rivers,is threatened by an out-dated hydro generation scheme. STWR Inc. is appealing this decision. Of all possible alternative generation projects this is the most environmentally damaging.
Project about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Water
Pasadena, United States
Updated in June 2008
Freedom Gardens of the World is the latest initiative of the now seven year journey taken by the pioneers at Path to Freedom. Based on their years of experience of growing and eating their own food from their ordinary urban residential lot, the Dervaes family is challenging others around the ...
Project about Agriculture & Food
New Zealand
Updated in June 2008
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
East Kalimantan, Indonesia 
Updated in June 2008
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
Black Creek, Canada
Updated in May 2008
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
Marlborough, New Zealand
Updated in April 2008
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
Bath, United Kingdom
Updated in January 2008
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
Christchurch, New Zealand
Updated in August 2007
Orana Wildlife Trust is a registered charitable trust operating both Orana Wildlife Park and Southern Encounter Aquarium & Kiwi House in Christchurch, NZ. The trust achieves over 90% of its income through gate takings - the rest is from grants, donations and sponsorships.
Project about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife
A Celsias Project is a group of people planning and working towards a goal that actively reduces climate change.
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Bath, United Kingdom
Wellington, New Zealand
