Green The White House
dosomething.org 4/14/2009 — Yes You Can! Show the First Family (and the White House Staff!) how to make the White House green. To join the campaign find a fun way to green your home, record yourself doing it and share it here . For some quick ideas, you can virtually tour the ...

Taking out the trash, i-MiEV style
green.autoblog.com 9/28/2009 — Here's an odd little story from Japan today: the battery system that is used in Mitsubishi's i-MiEV electric car is going to get a workout as the driving force for the trash compactor in the Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Company's electric garbage collection truck. Running the compactor off of ...

Organize a Trash Pick-Up Party
planetgreen.discovery.com 7/9/2009 — Is there an area in your city that is littered with trash? From bus and train windows, I catch glimpses of a median that has trash all over it. I always think to myself, "It would be so easy for a group of people to pitch in and clean up. It would ...

Bringing Light to Trash
greenupgrader.com 7/16/2009 — I'm in the market for a new desk lamp, and these lamps from Breeze Block caught my eye last week while I was browsing Etsy. Now, I fear I am becoming a bit of a repurposing cynic after looking for recycled products day in and day out, but I like these lamps. Related posts: Ironic Repurposed ...

Alternative Energy and Taking Action
mindzle.com 7/19/2009 — My Green Earth Take Action Since being an American citizen, you may have the right to some green earth energy options and giving your opinion in the matter. Your opinion doesn’t mean anything if you do not vocalize your feelings and take some action. You will notice that there is a large ...

Umbra Mezzo trash can
1greenproduct.com 7/29/2009 — It’s important to think about the biodegradability of the trash you discard, but what about the trash can itself? That’s where Umbra’s Mezzo trash can comes into the picture. This 2.5 gallon round can with a 9-inch diameter is designed by the irrepressible David Quan and ...

Trash | Track
senseable.mit.edu 7/15/2009 — Trash Track relies on the development of smart tags, which will be attached to different types of garbage in order to track in real time each piece of waste as it traverses the city's sanitation system. The goal of the project is to reveal the ...

Inside the White House: The Garden (video)
youtube.com 8/31/2009 — First Lady Michelle Obama and White House chef Sam Kass tell the story of the first garden on White House grounds since Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden du...

Obama wants to set up White House farmers market
grist.org 8/21/2009 — by Grist Michelle Obama working with local students in the White House garden.Photo: The Official White House Photostream President Obama on Thursday said he and the First Lady are looking into setting up a farmers market just outside the White ...

Tracking trash - MIT News Office
web.mit.edu 7/15/2009 — Project aims to raise awareness of how garbage impacts the environment July 15, 2009 What if we knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took to make it disappear? Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or ...