Green Options » Climate Matters http://greenoptions.com/tag/climate-matters Posts tagged 'Climate Matters' Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Eat the View Places Third in Climate Matters Contest http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/10/28/eat-the-view-places-third-in-climate-matters-contest/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/10/28/eat-the-view-places-third-in-climate-matters-contest/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:01:12 +0000 Pamela Price http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/10/28/eat-the-view-places-third-in-climate-matters-contest/ Guest contributor Pamela Price is the founder of Red, White & Grew, a blog devoted to “Promoting the Victory Garden Revival and other simple, earth-friendly endeavors as bipartisan, patriotic acts in an age of uncertainty.”

Not too long ago, Eat the View (ETV) founder Roger Doiron wondered here how to push the idea of creating a new White House Victory Garden further into the public sphere. At the time, he hoped to see Obama and McCain say on camera whether or not they’d follow in the footsteps of Eleanor Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson and allocate a portion of the First Lawn to food production. Thus far neither presidential contender has addressed the notion, but much of the rest of the country is going to learn about it very soon… thanks to the Vimeo.com Climate Matters Video Contest.

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]]> http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/10/28/eat-the-view-places-third-in-climate-matters-contest/feed/ Kids Ask The Next President To Take a Stand On Climate Change http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/24/kids-ask-the-next-president-to-take-a-stand-on-climate-change/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/24/kids-ask-the-next-president-to-take-a-stand-on-climate-change/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:04:43 +0000 Reenita Malhotra http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/24/kids-ask-the-next-president-to-take-a-stand-on-climate-change/ As kids become more aware of the tough environmental issues facing their generation, we increasingly see them speaking about about the problems and often even taking action. Climate change is a hot topic of conversation these days (pun intended) and the more that kids are aware of what it means the higher the chances that they can help salvage the planet for future generations.

Recently, 1Sky and Brighter Planet ran a user generated video contest called Climate Matters, asking people to send in videos that address the problem of climate change. The winning submissions from the Climate Matters video contest will be distributed to all presidential nominees and each member of Congress. The winning video, created by Steven Dempsey features a child’s voice talking about making the difference to today for a better tomorrow. Ask the Children, the video that came in second place was created by Barbara Lucas who asked her niece why we should be concerned about using fossil fuels and was touched by the depth of her awareness and fear. To view Ask the Children click here.

Read more about the winning videos and watch Climate Matters, the video that came in first place.

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