Green Options » service http://greenoptions.com/tag/service Posts tagged 'service' Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:12:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Crafting for Service http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/07/30/crafting-for-service/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/07/30/crafting-for-service/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:12:44 +0000 Vanessa Brown http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/07/30/crafting-for-service/ Crafting as a family and sending your treasures off to those who really need them would be the perfect family activity this week. E

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ven though the holidays are still so far away, it is good to help prepare for the busy season now! There is no better time than the present to do something good for someone else.

Here are just a few of the projects going on that I know about:

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]]> http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/07/30/crafting-for-service/feed/ The Seven Sins of Greenwashing http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/04/15/the-seven-sins-of-greenwashing/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/04/15/the-seven-sins-of-greenwashing/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:05:09 +0000 Sonya http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/04/15/the-seven-sins-of-greenwashing/ A new report claims that the increasing number of ‘all-natural’ and ‘organic’ products on the market may be guilty of “the seven sins of greenwashing”.

TerraChoice Environmental Marketing released its report The Seven Sins of Greenwashing today. The report defines greenwashing as “the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service.”

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]]> http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/04/15/the-seven-sins-of-greenwashing/feed/ Martin Luther King Jr.’s National Day of Service http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/01/06/martin-luther-king-jrs-national-day-of-service/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/01/06/martin-luther-king-jrs-national-day-of-service/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:15:30 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/01/06/martin-luther-king-jrs-national-day-of-service/ President-elect Barack Obama is asking every person in the United States to help transform Martin Luther King Day, January 19th, into a national day of community service. Obama is encouraging all of us to act locally to improve our own neighborhoods, to promote mutual responsibility, and to also make an ongoing commitment to help those in need.

Pat and James shovel mulch for the Latona Community Garden in Bayview.Pat and James shovel mulch for the Latona Community Garden in San Francisco.

Click here for more information on how to serve on MLK Day in your own neighborhood.

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