Global Green News
Santa Monica-Malibu Schools Embrace Solar
September 2, 2010: Global Green USA and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District are celebrating last night’s board passage of the School District’s decision to adopt a plan for installing solar panels on nine elementary schools that will generate nearly two-thirds of all the power needs for the schools, save the district $2.8 million - $5.1 million dollars and reduce 24,000 tons of CO2 emissions over the next twenty five years. Learn More
International Day against Nuclear Tests
September 1, 2010. His Excellency Erlan A. Idrissov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States, and Dr. Paul F. Walker, Washington DC director of Global Green, both keynoted a reception at the University Club of Washington to commemorate United Nations “International Day Against Nuclear Tests” and call for U.S. ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Learn More
New Orleans Five Years After Hurricane Katrina
August 29, 2010. On Sunday, we marked the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. In light of this event, Global Green USA has created a map that shows the greening of Greater New Orleans. Take a look at the map, and all the ways in which Global Green has responded to the storm and catalyzed the community to rebuild in a sustainable way. Learn More
Tip Of the Day
Heading Back To School
Take Inventory and Avoid Duplicates: Getting ready to go back to school requires stuff -- school supplies, clothes, backpacks, etc. -- but it doesn't always require new stuff. Take a careful inventory of what you already have that can be used again.
Choose Greener Pens and Pencils: The days of package upon package of disposable pen and pencil are gone, replaced by biodegradable pencils, refillable pens, and recycled versions of both.
Don't be a Paper Pusher: Buy products with the highest percentage of post-consumer recycled content possible and are processed chlorine free (PCF), and use these products to their maximum efficiency by printing on both sides of the paper, and filling notebooks from cover to cover before purchasing a new one.
