This week on www.Green4th.com I've featured lots of amazing things:

  • Adobe (as in Photoshop) saving $1M per year after spending just $1.2M on green building improvements
  • Rupert Murdoch's News Corp promoting 100% carbon neutrality by 2010,
  • The Reverend Billy Graham stating "Christians...

  • via my Green4th.com, my experimental newsfeed: 1. "PODER" http://www.green4th.com/2009/06/poder.html "People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources" Susana Almanza formed PODER 18 years ago with a collaborative mission: to redefine environmental issues as social and economic justice issues, and set a community-driven agenda to address...

    I've recently started an experiment, a work in progress: http://www.green4th.com/ The following articles come from that newsfeed. This week's coolest stuff:

  • 1. Nature Rocks, http://www.naturerocks.org/ making family outdoor adventures easy, from camping at national parks to pitching tents in your own backyards...

  • According to Mayor Wynn, Austin's population has doubled every 20 years since 1880. We're all aware of rapid changes. But this video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY, tells of global growth trends in population and information. Staggering ...

    "Ecology (from Greek oîkos, "house"; -λογία, -logos, study of) is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the distribution and abundance of organisms and their interactions with their environment."[1] An eco-system is a natural unit of interdependent organisms in an area functioning together with the physical environment....

    Save Money, and the Earth, with Homemade Cleaners Last week we discussed how toxic many household products are (so toxic that they are routinely referred to as hazardous household waste) and how to safely remove them from your home. This week we want to share some...

    Green on the Road I'm visiting my mother in a senior living community in western Pennsylvania, and realizing again how easy it is for many of us to live "green" in Austin. I'd like to use this forum to chat about what other parts of the...

    Hi everybody -- this is my first post. I'm interested in big picture eco issues, so will be relating those to Austin as the AEN develops. Thanks & love, Chris


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    This summer Goodwill Industries is expanding its youth opportunities as part of the Viva Verde Summer Youth Employment Program. Goodwill is seeking to partner with green organizations who can provide employment and vocational experience for at-risk youth. Goodwill pays all wages throughout the...