Earth Day Discussion: Share stories, links, videos, and upcoming events!
We want to hear from you! Let’s start an environmental discussion in honor of Earth Day. Share your green tips. Post links to your favorite environmental blogs and videos.
Are you organizing or participating in a clean-up event? Let us know and we will help promote it. Leading friends on a hike? Send us pictures! Riding your bike to work all week? Huzzah!
Share your Earth Day stories and environmental tips with us in the comments below.
Edit: Thanks for all your posts so far! I will start a links / video section as part of the post.
Links
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090421-earth-day-facts.html – Earth Day Facts: When It Is, How It Began, What to Do
101 Outdoor Activities – [PDF] Creative hikes, games, and activities from Sanborn Western Camps
http://www.365waystogogreen.com – Guy does one small thing a day to make his life more susatinable.
http://www.grist.org – News Site, touted as “a beacon in the smog.”
http://www.fashiontakesaction.com/content/about/founder/72-founder-a-president-kelly-drennan – Press Release about Fashion Designer trying to change her industry.
http://nols.blogs.com/nols_news/2007/05/lander_steps_it.html – Old NOLS Article on pushing Congress for an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050.
http://www.hcn.org – High Country News
http://wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org – Doing great work in service of Wyoming’s wild places.
Sanborn Western Camps blog
http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/27/us-becomes-largest-wind-power-producer-in-the-world/ – Article about USA becoming largest wind producer in the world.
http://www.metaefficient.com/news/north-americas-largest-solar-electric-plant-in-switched-on.html – Article about largest solar plant in the USA.
http://www.bigcitymountaineers.org – Organization that helps get local at-risk youth outside.
Events
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/04/celebrate-the-40th-anniversary-of-earth-day-in-a-city-near-you.php – Anumber of Earth Day events organized by city.
http://site.stalkingeducation.org/ – Exciting fall outdoor education conference “Stalking Education in the
Wild” in October. (great for those of you going to the Wilderness Risk
Management Conference in C. Springs!)
Videos
