The purpose of this web-based communication tool is to provide synergy and coordination between all the organizations, businesses, and groups who have sustainability as a part of their mission.
Eco-toolkit from Organic Consumers Association
TOOLKIT OF THE WEEK:
Earth Week is just around the corner (April 19-26), and the OCA wants to make sure you have your eco-toolbelts equipped with all of the necessary materials to help educate people and move the country toward positive change. Whether you are attending an Earth Day event, throwing an environmentally focused house party, or just bringing some helpful reading materials to leave on the office break-room table during Earth Week, the OCA has a full menu of green goodies for you to print, copy and circulate:
Sustainable Alternatives Announces April Events
Great things are happening at our big green house this month. From film screenings, to recycling classes, from putting in a demonstration garden to our first potluck dinner, we’ve got something for everyone.
Potluck Dinners Celebrating Local Foods
Bill McKibben interview about global warming
Check out this youtube video of the great Bill McKibben being interviewed about global warming by Wendy Hanamura of LinkTV.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nD9hfWiR3ik
Here's Bill talking about local food.
http://www.linktv.org/video/2375
And here's a link to a 1 minute video of a fantastic new documentary called the planet.
http://www.linktv.org/programs/special_planet1
Stock your Garden on Saturday with locally grown, open pollinated, heirloom plants
Karyn and Herb will only be here once this season - stop in and pick up some plants!
BEAN MTN FARMS SPRING SALE
Sustainable Alternatives and ReCycles Bike Co-Op Cohost Event March 23 and 27th
Get your ride on! Join us next week for local rides culminating in screening of We Are Traffic: The Story of Critical Mass and Return of the Scorcher.
Waste Audit to be held in Little Rock River Market
Keep Little Rock Beautiful is leading the effort to increase business and
multifamily recycling in Little Rock. Keep Little Rock Beautiful will work in parnetship with the River
Market Neighborhood Association, the River Market, the Service Group, U of A
Extension, and Ron Meyers & Associates to initiate a pilot business
GrassrootsOzark.net website overview and invite...
GrassrootsOzark.net is a forum for sharing and discussing news and resources toward the health and sustainability of the Ozarks environment and the communities and people that depend upon it. This site is based on user-generated content (that's you!), and not formally associated with any organization. The idea is to create an online space where concerned folks, regardless of resources, organizational affiliation, or location, can share stories and vital information in this geographically dispersed, but ecologically connected region.
U.S. Green Building Council Launches Green Schools Web Site
U.S. Green Building Council Launches Green Schools Web Site
