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WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following the presidential debate Wednesday night during which Governor Mitt Romney criticized the green investments of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune and International President of the United Steelworkers (USW) union Leo W. Gerard, Co-Chairs of the BlueGreen Alliance, issued the following statement: "At a time when we cannot take any jobs for granted, Governor Romney's...
CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As students settle into the new school year, they're finding more local food on their lunch trays, more nutrition and agriculture-related topics in their curriculum and more gardens in the schoolyard thanks, in part, to the "Farm to School" movement. The U.S. will observe the second annual National Farm to School Month this October, but the Farm to School movement dates back to the early '90s, when only a handful of programs existed. Today,...
VISTA, Calif., Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco Building Products, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOB) announced today that Interstate + Lakeland Lumber, an Eco Building Products affiliate, located in Greenwich, Connecticut, continues to ship Eco Red Shield(TM) coated lumber. As the rafters are going up on our first house in Greenwich, Connecticut, we are pleased to announce that we have shipped the first floor of a 5,000 square foot home located in Rye, New York. Sheldon Kahan, President of...
New Social Network, Designed Solely for the Green Community, Connects Individuals and Businesses/Groups/Federations Who Share the Same Eco Concerns and Goals Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 09, 2012 Ozoshare, the first social networking platform dedicated to the green world driven solely by the green interests of its members, marked its public launch today. The new site is the first and only private, secure, user friendly social network dedicated to the green community where members...
Social Enterprise wants to raise awareness about how treating each other effects the environment Mont- Royal, Canada (PRWEB) August 08, 2012 Social enterprise organization, Four Green Steps, will kick off the company's first ever “Unsolicited Acts of Kindness Week” beginning on Monday, August 13th, 2012. For every person who pledges to perform an unsolicited act of kindness during Kindness Week, Four Green Steps will plant a tree. During this week the company encourages everyone...
SAUSALITO, Calif., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Teens Turning Green is collaborating with eBay Green and Whole Foods Market® to launch Project Green Dorm and its first Project Green Dorm Makeover Contest, a powerful call to action for students everywhere to head back to school in a thoughtful and sustainable way. From August 1 through September 3, 2012, college students can enter the contest by curating the ultimate green dorm room with images and descriptions on Pinterest. All...
VISTA, Calif., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco Building Products, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOB) announced today the Company has been awarded additional production releases, representing in excess of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) in gross revenues, on ECOB's contract to supply Eco Red Shield(tm) coated lumber, labor and trusses for the next phase of houses at Brookfield Homes "Green Door" project in Ontario California. E Build & Truss, Inc., a wholly owned...
July 9th Deadline Set for Green Companies With a Focus on Community Action; Award Recognizes Leading Green Innovators and Can Be Used as Winners See Fit. WASHINGTON, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Do you run an innovative green business that deserves to be recognized for its work in the community? Do you use your spending power to support a local company that is committed to the environment and also giving back to your town or city? If so, you will want to submit a...
NEW YORK, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 3Power Energy Group Inc. ("3Power"? and "the Company"?) (OTCBB: PSPW) (Frankfurt: PSD), is pleased to announce that the company signed a strategic alliance and partnership agreement with Green World Development Inc., (OTCBB: GREW), to jointly acquire and to develop US multifunctional Energy Centres. Initially 3Power and Green World will Jointly acquire the North Carolina Biomass/Wood Pellet Plant to develop multifunctional Energy Centres on the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Qatar joined sixteen other industrialized, emerging economies and developing countries on Wednesday in signing the Agreement on the Establishment of the Global Green Growth Institute. This agreement will convert the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), a think tank founded in 2010 and based in Seoul, Korea, into an international organization. GGGI is dedicated to pioneering a new model of environmentally sustainable economic growth. Its...
