all things green

An environmental sustainability, living the green dream

[greengirlposts]

"While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done."

[marimargutti]

#bracelet #pieces made from #waste #paper #magazine #recycled #material #simple #beads #craft #handmade by Mari M.

[gutterballglory]

[greengirlposts]

My favourite sunset in the world.

[dendroica]

Obama to Propose Shift in Wildfire Funding

President Obama’s annual budget request to Congress will propose a significant change in how the government pays to fight wildfires, administration officials said, a move that they say reflects the ways in which climate change is increasing the risk for and cost of those fires.

The wildfire funding shift is one in a series of recent White House actions related to climate change as Mr. Obama tries to highlight the issue and build political support for his administration’s more muscular policies, like curbing carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. On Monday, Mr. Obama plans to describe his proposal at a meeting in Washington with governors of Western states that have been ravaged recently by severe drought and wildfires.

The proposal will ask Congress to pay the costs of fighting extreme wildfires in the same way it finances the federal response to disasters like hurricanes and tornadoes, the officials said. When unpredictable events like Hurricane Sandy are destructive enough to be declared disasters by the president, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is authorized to exceed its annual budget and draw on a special disaster account. The account is adjusted each year to reflect the 10-year average cost of responding to such events….

Mr. Obama’s budget request, which he will deliver to Congress next month, will include several other direct references to the costs of climate change, according to a White House official. This month, Mr. Obama announced that his budget would include a request from Congress for a $1 billion “climate resiliency fund.”

While there is intense resistance from Republicans and some Democrats in Congress to most of Mr. Obama’s climate policies, the wildfire funding proposal has bipartisan support. His proposal is based on a Senate bill sponsored by Senators Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, and Michael D. Crapo, Republican of Idaho. A similar bill in the House also has bipartisan support. A coalition of environmentalists, sportsmen and timber producers has lobbied in favor of the bill.

(via NYTimes.com)

[quotesmorequotes]

When all the trees have been cut down…When all the animals have been hunted…When all the waters are polluted…When all the air is unsafe to breath…Only then will you discover you cannot eat money.

~Chief Seattle

[latimes]

Happy International Polar Bear Day!

Science reporter Deborah Netburn talked to the chief scientist for Polar Bears International, the conservation group that founded International Polar Bear Day, about ways people can help polar bears. Number one on the group’s list: turn your thermostat down a few degrees.

Video: A polar bear cub experiences snow for the first time. Credit: Toronto Zoo

[larapaulussen]

[upcycle-style-blog-blog]

I’m so excited #travel #plans are all sorted #sailingaroundtheworld

[shutterhoney-deactivated2016121]

Thinking of spring…love these bike helmet planters from ishandchi

[oahficw]

Which city quotes inspire you? Share them with us and we might include them in this series!

[junkerdesigns]

Junker Harlock jacket from new and recycled materials.

[unconsumption]

The Reborn cardboard sofa, by Seoul-based monocomplex design studio. It’s reborn because it was, quite simply, made out of 127 used cardboard boxes.

[unconsumption]

More: Refuse Repurposed: Reborn Cardboard Sofa by Monocomplex | The Beautifulist

[fairtradeusa]

We <3 Fair Trade, do you?

[greengirlposts]

because every time I see that little label in the corner of my coffee or my bananas, I get as excited as a child entering their first theme park. It makes me feel good, like I am doing something good.

It excites me to think of how the product was made, the people who made it and how it's probably come from the other side of the world. 

I love it because every time I see the label it restores my faith in humanity and the steps we can take towards being a better society and shows how hard work, as a team does pay off. Pays off dramatically well.

[delightworthynartwares]

Often I am faced with a question about costs of some of my hand crafted items and the interaction usually goes something like this, ‘since you are using recycled materials how come this item is expensive?’ Expensive,of course being subjective.

My mission is to explain some of...

[threadsforthoughtblog]

Hope everyone has a lovely #valentinesday! #tgif #love #organic #heygirl

[greengirlposts]

My lovely Nica sis Charlotte Le Vay modelling said earrings from previous post, setting the trend.