| October 25th, 2009 | A new song has been recorded by some of the biggest stars of music and film to support a global climate change campaign. The project is part of the tck tck tck campaign, which is raising awareness of the need to combat rising carbon emissions levels. This is particularly vital in
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| October 8th, 2009 | TODAY, Guy Laliberte, Founder of Cirque du Soleil, will promote a special water conservation message from outer space. His water conservation organization, One Drop Foundation, is producing a 2 hour, ONLINE event which starts at 5pm PCT, Friday, October 9th. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Dr. David Suzuki, Peter Gabriel, Salma Hayek, Shakira, U2
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| September 6th, 2009 |
Hip Hop Caucus and Green Jobs for All have teamed up to create Green the Block. Beautiful.
Let’s hope they come out with a green collar hip-hop youth theater troupe! To promote the cool benefits of green jobs to youth, naturally. What could be more creative than that?
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| September 4th, 2009 | Cirque du Soleil is one of my favorite entertainment companies. I was so pleased to learn from Lyn Heward, their COO of Special Projects, that a strong environmental ethic guides their work, e.g. they installed a seven layer filtration system for their O show in Las Vegas.
Obviously, they are all about the
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| September 3rd, 2009 | The Arts (music, poetry, theater and film) are one of the best vehicle in which to reach specific target audiences with your message. Hollywood films (An Inconvenient Truth), Live Aid, and Rock the Vote are some examples that come to mind. However, I think we’re only just scratching the surface and need to more fully
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| September 2nd, 2009 | Video games exist for improving brain fitness, financial planning, and learning dance routines, so why not for sustainable living? The field of video games that teach sustainability strategies appears to be slowly blossoming.
PowerUp the Game by IBM teaches kids how to save the world by bring clean energy
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| August 21st, 2009 | For lovers of sustainability communications, viewing this award program (and past year recipients) doesn’t get much better!
Check it out: The GREEN AWARDS™ recognizes excellence in 16 categories in 2009. The awards set out to illustrate the crucial role that needs to be played by communications in informing people about green issues, products and lifestyle
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| August 18th, 2009 | Check out these amazing ONLINE sustainable design classes from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) . If you want to learn more about sustainability, design and art, there are no more excuses!
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| July 18th, 2009 | Looking to green your company/organizations’s grounds? How about something intriguing, restorative and educational? Impossible?? No, just look to Sonoma’s Corner Stone Gardens for inspiration. I was on my way to taste wines in the Russian River, but became enchanted by the Corner Stone Gardens, which feature micro-climates of inspirational and educational faire. If you
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| July 17th, 2009 | New Zealand's Soul Speed Activist Theatre and Dance Troupe
Dancing for Dolphins
We can’t see dolphins swimming under the water, getting caught in nets, BUT we can see dancers imitating dolphins getting caught.
Maui’s Dolphins are endangered dolphins found in New Zealand’s waters: There are only about 110 Maui’s Dolphins left. The
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Welcome to the CSPA Quarterly 7 is now available
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Sustainability in Theater
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