Green Franchise Report

Two weeks ago, we took a look at news from the Congo involving “conflict minerals”: armed groups have exploited the mining of materials such as tin, tungsten, gold, and tantalum, and the people who live near these resources, to fund their fighting. Since then, I’ve had a chance to communicate with David Sullivan, a research [...]

GreenTalk Radio host Sean Daily talks to Stephanie Thornton of the EPA about their WaterSense program. Much like the EnergyStar program, WaterSense seeks to help Americans to save water and protect the environment by creating product efficiency standards that manufacturers must meet in order to receive the WaterSense certification label on their products.
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Today’s post is by Lisa Moore, a climate scientist at EDF.
NOAA recently released a terrific scientific report that explains, in plain English, the current and projected effects of climate change on the U.S. The nonpartisan report, prepared by the 13-agency U.S. Global Change Research Program, tells a grim but important story, clearly and with lots [...]

The Mother Nature Network has just published their list of the ten greenest cities in the United States.
There is as yet no official criteria set by the EPA for determining a city’s “greeness,” MNN considered key areas to measure the effectiveness of a municipality’s efforts at carbon footprint reduction, including air and water quality, efficient [...]

When they signed up to be interns for the world’s largest environmental education program, they probably didn’t think it would land them in jail, but that is exactly what happened…and ironically, it all started with a chance encounter at Disneyland…
Over Memorial Day weekend this year, my family went to Anaheim, CA for an ice hockey [...]

Recycling Rides at the Alameda County Fair

by Lauren Ivey, Intern for the Go Green Initiative
The Alameda County Fair comes to Pleasanton every year, to the joy of its residents young and old. This year, however, it is coming with a major attraction: The Balloon Samba. Butler Amusements recently purchased the children’s ride from the late [...]

Alexene Farol is a junior at USC studying Urban Planning. This is her 2nd summer as an intern for the Go Green Initiative.
Progress or Voter Folly?
Let’s talk about the California high speed rail line – the object of much excitement and anticipation for some, the true essence of headache for others. More specifically, let’s start [...]

Re:Vision Dallas: Urban Sustainability… One city block at a time.
 
Everything is BIG in Texas, including big ideas for 21st Century Urban Planning and Green job creation! Dallas,TX recently offered up one city block, inviting architects and urban planners from around the world to compete to re-design the space into the United State’s first fully sustainable, [...]

Sometimes it’s tough to know where to go for the best information on how to keep our kids safe and healthy, but this week on Go Green Radio, we’ve found an expert with the answers. Jennifer Taggart’s new book, “Smart Mama’s Green Guide”, is a candid and credible resource for child advocates who want to [...]