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Want to make a difference in the health of the planet, but don't know where to start? Check out the Be The Change Program, which brings together people from across the spectrum to show you how, and help give a frame to your enthusiasm.

As going green becomes more and more popular, it seems that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.

According to a Harris survey, more than 90% of Americans are recycling, but over 1/3rd of the entire U.S. population hasn't changed their lifestyle because they "did not know what to do" in order to be more green.

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something... green? In honor of the impending wedding season, The Nature Conservancy offers tips to make your special day one Mother Nature will celebrate!

Simonetta Carbonaro, expert on consumer psicology on the changes to come...

Ever wonder what happens to those seasonal banners in malls? Thrown out, mostly. In Vancouver, they make them into stylish shopping bags, the proceeds going to create more green spaces there. And they can go even further, with biodegradable. Check it out!

NaturCert, the global independent organisation which has developed the NaturCert Certification Program for the environment and society, is announcing its launching.

White Apricot just introduced a really fun thing called “Seriously?”  It’s all about eco products & stories that are (how can I say) crazy, nuts or "over the top."  It’s all in the spirit of not taking things too seriously…

exploring efforts to “uninvent” suburbia in industrialized countries — and how to avoid having it be the new norm around cities in fast-growing developing countries. Experiments in the United States include turning old malls into walkable villages with housing, small retail businesses, and the like — somewhat like small-scale, less-grand variants of Masdar — the $22 billion car-free, solar-powered city for which ground was broken on Saturday next to the Abu Dhabi international airport.

Remember when "environmentalist" just meant... recycling? Today there's a lot more choice! Check out these tips from scientists and leading green bloggers on how to make personal, everyday choices to help save the planet.

How much can we each do to make a diference? and how much of what we hear on the radio is our choice? Snip and Clip are trying to get a song with a wholesome message into the charts. However the BBC would prefere to back something morbid (we're all going to Die by Malcom Morrisson) over a positive bunch of people who want to educate children about the changes to our environment. Even DJ's on Local radio stations like Touch fm's Brody have been refused permission to play the song. why wont the mass media promote positivity at Christmas time?

I thought this line was funny inn article that wasn't meant to be funny - One Bushman, when asked why he hadn’t emulated neighboring tribes by adopting agriculture, replied, “Why should we, when there are so many mongongo nuts in the world?”

How will rising oil prices affect low- and middle-class lives? Sociologist and professor Rowan Wolf sees at-risk populations growing while government services and class divides are increasingly strained. A member of the Portland Peak Oil Task Force, she discusses relocalizing our economies, to counter globalization based on an unsupportable grow-or-die economic model.

Sometimes it takes an overly simple message in a weird setting to make you think. Seriously, it is good advice - but in different degrees for different people.