Some Interesting BLOGS 'n 2008 GREEN AWARENESS CONTEST POSTS from the Green is Red Hot Contest Participants
green awareness 2008: Green Awareness 2008 - 03/13/08 12:49 PM OK, guess I waited long enough to get into this. What sparked me is a email I did get today from MortgageIT and the new green program they have developed to help. Now I guess we know that everyone is jumping on board (even us mortgage companies to help were we ... (0 comments)
green awareness 2008: It's Not Easy Being Chartreuse, that's a shade of green, isn't it? - 03/13/08 12:16 PM Rain is pouring down outside my St. John's, Newfoundland home today and that may not sound strange to many of you but it is to us - it should be snowing. Here we call it Sheila's Brush (which is a snow storm just before St. Patrick's Day). Now I know most ... (2 comments)
green awareness 2008: "Go Blue" While Being Green - 03/13/08 11:44 AM Ann Arbor, Michigan has a saying and it is repeated all year long, "Go Blue". While I still think its great to be blue it's also really really great to be GREEN as well in Ann Arbor. We have The EnviroLink Network which is in Washtenaw County as well as Ann Arbor and links ... (2 comments)
green awareness 2008: Green Awareness===Let's GO GREEN! Who's Coming With Me? - 03/13/08 11:09 AM People assume that the world is what it is and there is nothing we can do about it. Well, I'm here to tell you there IS something we can do about it. Just imagine if everyone took baby steps to going green? Can you imagine how things would change? No, I'm ... (0 comments)
green awareness 2008: Green By Accident - 03/13/08 10:42 AM I like the color green. It's the color of the trees when they're in full bloom, our lawn when there's no water shortage, the name of the place I try to hit my golf ball in one or two shots every time and, last but not least - it's the ... (6 comments)
green awareness 2008: We were green when green wasn't cool. - 03/13/08 09:37 AM It seems that, today, green is all the rage. It's hot, hot, HOT! Suddenly, in every magazine, newspaper, online forum, "green" is on everyone's lips (or fingertips). It's an overnight sensation! However, like most overnight sensations, that's not the whole story. Like the movie star who worked as a carpenter to ... (1 comments)
green awareness 2008: Better Homes, Better Planet.-Going Green in Ontario, Canada - 03/13/08 09:31 AM After reading janeAnne's post yesterday about the 'Green is red hot' contest, I thought to myself how fitting her words for a title depicting a contest about what is happening in the world today. Not specifically THE world, but more specifically the developed world. Then on further thought, I realized those ... (2 comments)
green awareness 2008: Philadelphia loves Green. How we can keep it Green. - 03/13/08 07:00 AM Philadelphia is the home of the EAGLES. Green is our favorite color. ( atleast for most of us ) I hope even those who are not EAGLES' fans like the color of money. Go Green is the new mantra. We can help the environment as well as save some green by making ... (4 comments)
green awareness 2008: Wanna Grow GREEN?? Plant Seeds Early and Nurture!! - 03/13/08 12:43 AM School Kids Design, Develop and Build ~~ TERRACE TOWN 2008 ~~ Terrace Town 2008 Participant, Ashley Logan Komers with mom, Laurie Over 1100 Students of Madison, WI Schools, use recycled materials to build Terrace Town 2008! Growing GREEN never looked so good! These hard working kids raise Green Awareness 2008 to a ... (2 comments)
green awareness 2008: The Mean Green Machine - 03/12/08 09:06 PM For many years I thought being in the green was way more important than being green. I also was under the misconception that you couldn't do both. It seemed for too many years that the two views were mutually exclusive. A few years later and I am began to understand that being green ... (1 comments)
green awareness 2008: Western New York - Eco Friendly - 03/12/08 08:30 PM Eco-Friendly Western New York Interesting Green Facts about Western New York: Buffalo NY is the sunshine capital of the Northeast in the summer with 67% of sun filled days during the June - August time period! And you thought Buffalo was only famous for our snow! The University of Buffalo is the largest ... (8 comments)
green awareness 2008: "Going Green" without Spending a lot of "Green" - 03/12/08 05:24 PM It seems like every time we hear "going green" it seems to entail spending a lot of "green" to get there. Many of these new and innovative ideas are great, but do you have thousands of dollars stuffed under your mattress to pay for them? So you don't have the "green" to "go green?" Then this is ... (9 comments)
green awareness 2008: Potatos? not just for dinner anymore. - 03/12/08 04:25 PM Being of Irish desent, born "Kelley", I pride myself on my heritage. It's most often observerd in my fair skin, green eyes, and occasionally fiesty temperament. I did get to visit my homeland back in 1997 and enjoyed that 3 weeks immensely. Beautiful country and lovely poeple. I can't wait to ... (3 comments)
green awareness 2008: Sequim, WA Relocation Public Transportation - 03/12/08 03:15 PM In today's economy of rising oil prices, (the per barrel price hit $109 yesterday), people are looking for ways to save money at the gas pump. Some folks are ecologically minded and have purchased hybrid cars. Not only are they saving in gas purchases, they are not harming the enviroment through use ... (3 comments)
green awareness 2008: Green is Red Hot in Houston! But...Who is REALLY Green? - 03/12/08 11:41 AM Green Building is growing around the Nation like Wildfire! Houston is by no means an exception to this growth. Green seems to be the thing to talk about around here, and the term used by someone last week was Cocktail Conversation. No doubt that folks are hopping on the bandwagon and advertising ... (10 comments)
green awareness 2008: STATION IN ROCKLIN TEACHES COMPASSION ABOUT THE EARTH - 03/11/08 09:24 PM Did you know that there is a station in Rocklin, CA that teaches the public about compassion to our earth? With emphasis on our environment - I was surprised to find this place by accident. I was driving Interstate 80W just the other day and noticed a sign "ECOSTATION" before the Rocklin Rd exit. ... (0 comments)
green awareness 2008: Green at Being "Green" - Really Green!! - 03/11/08 10:01 AM Okay, I admit it, I'm not very green at this point - or I should say, I'm VERY green at being green. BUT I've learned an awful lot reading all the really cool posts in this ECO-friendly and Green Group. And I've found that there really are things I can do ... (20 comments)
green awareness 2008: Green is red hot, but is this less than transparent green practice going to burn us? - 03/10/08 09:08 PM What's red hot in Green, Well, Environmental credit banking is something that is heating up to red-hot. And some might say "we" are going to get burned by it in the long run.Not classically greenwashing, environmental credit banking is a huge and growing industry feeding on both our communal desire to ... (7 comments)
green awareness 2008: What Is Your Mean Green Machine? - 03/07/08 11:34 AM Xpressdocs has announced its aggressive green initiative, making it one of the first real estate partners to do so. As real estate's leading print on-demand technology company it understands the importance of creating a business environment that is both energy efficient and eco-friendly. While the plan incorporates recycled papers and environmentally ... (1 comments)
IF I missed anyone, please let me (janeAnne) know!
Look for the 2009 Green Awareness Contest in March, 2009~
Here's How the 2008 CONTESTANTS ENTERED THIS CONTEST...
1. Put I'M IN just below in the comment section
2. TAG your post "Green Awareness 2008" 3. PLACE A LINK to your post in the comment section below.
<<<EXAMPLE POST >>>>LAST YEAR'S 2007 Green is Red Hot Contest Winner was Liz Foley. Here is her winning entry.
Prizes and Points for the 2nd Annual Green is Red Hot Contest
1000 for first place 750 for second 500 for third 200 for each entry to this contest
1000 points for judges who also enter the contest.
WINNING ENTRY Based on 1) originality, 2) intriguing green subject matter, 3) a bit o' humor, 4) graphics, and 5) community appeal.
JUDGES: Ann Cummings, Michael I. Pulakamp, EcoBroker®, Tricia Jumonville, EcoBroker® and janeAnne "Greenolina" Narrin, EcoCertified® Real Estate Consultant
Photo essays count! (You only need 150 eco-wise descriptive words)
A "Wee Bit" of Lucky Green Philosophy, an Invitation, and Article Ideas
As Jeff Turnermentioned in Take Action, Inspiration Will Follow "We can sit around waiting for a great wave of ecological inspiration to kick us in the butt, or we can simply, locally, actively begin doing something... anything. If we do, inspiration will find us."
THAT being said... This Contest Is a Call to Take Action.. As professionals, we stand at the gate of positive futures... It's a mighty powerful position in which to find yourself....SO...Read the contest guidelines and then enter this contest before it's too late~!
Just four (4) days left to enter!!!!! The deadline is NOON, Thursday, March 13th.
Winners will be announced on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and the GREEN WINNER ON March 17th when some of you may actually be wearin' the green. . .
A "Wee Bit" on the Pot O' Gold!
· Gold Stars for the winner and two runners' up at the Eco-All-Stars Group · Your article featured at ECO-All-Stars this coming week • Winner = 1,000 points and Featured at Active Rain.
REMINDER>>> place a link to your post in the comment section below.<<<<<<<<<<<
TAG YOUR ENTRIES "Green Awareness"...<<<<< or I may miss it.. and
...and may you find a pot of gold and a real leprechaun hiding where you didn't even expect him ... maybe even in a tree right out your own back door!
I'm having fun watching and reading this time but thanks for all of your hard work and encouragement...and all will benefit the environment too. It's a win-win!
This is a great contest janeAnne. I'm already seeing some fantastic entries popping up all over the network. One thing I hear amongst past and present contestants is this..."it's changed something about the way I live my life."
Here is my second one, it is a little better than the first. I'm not a talented writer like some of my fellow Active Rainers but I try. http://activerain.com/blogsview/419977/Green-Awareness
green awareness 2008: Philadelphia loves Green. How we can keep it Green. - 03/13/08 07:00 AM Philadelphia is the home of the EAGLES. Green is our favorite color. ( atleast for most of us ) I hope even those who are not EAGLES' fans like the color of money. Go Green is the new mantra. We can help the environment as well as save some green by making ... (2 comments)
green awareness 2008: Wanna Grow GREEN?? Plant Seeds Early and Nurture!! - 03/13/08 12:43 AM School Kids Design, Develop and Build ~~ TERRACE TOWN 2008 ~~ Terrace Town 2008 Participant, Ashley Logan Komers with mom, Laurie Over 1100 Students of Madison, WI Schools, use recycled materials to build Terrace Town 2008! Growing GREEN never looked so good! These hard working kids raise Green Awareness 2008 to a ... (2 comments)
green awareness 2008: The Mean Green Machine - 03/12/08 09:06 PM For many years I thought being in the green was way more important than being green. I also was under the misconception that you couldn't do both. It seemed for too many years that the two views were mutually exclusive. A few years later and I am began to understand that being green ... (0 comments)
green awareness 2008: Western New York - Eco Friendly - 03/12/08 08:30 PM Eco-Friendly Western New York Interesting Green Facts about Western New York: Buffalo NY is the sunshine capital of the Northeast in the summer with 67% of sun filled days during the June - August time period! And you thought Buffalo was only famous for our snow! The University of Buffalo is the largest ... (5 comments)
green awareness 2008: "Going Green" without Spending a lot of "Green" - 03/12/08 05:24 PM It seems like every time we hear "going green" it seems to entail spending a lot of "green" to get there. Many of these new and innovative ideas are great, but do you have thousands of dollars stuffed under your mattress to pay for them? So you don't have the "green" to "go green?" Then this is ... (6 comments)
green awareness 2008: Potatos? not just for dinner anymore. - 03/12/08 04:25 PM Being of Irish desent, born "Kelley", I pride myself on my heritage. It's most often observerd in my fair skin, green eyes, and occasionally fiesty temperament. I did get to visit my homeland back in 1997 and enjoyed that 3 weeks immensely. Beautiful country and lovely poeple. I can't wait to ... (2 comments)
green awareness 2008: Sequim, WA Relocation Public Transportation - 03/12/08 03:15 PM In today's economy of rising oil prices, (the per barrel price hit $109 yesterday), people are looking for ways to save money at the gas pump. Some folks are ecologically minded and have purchased hybrid cars. Not only are they saving in gas purchases, they are not harming the enviroment through use ... (2 comments)
green awareness 2008: Green is Red Hot in Houston! But...Who is REALLY Green? - 03/12/08 11:41 AM Green Building is growing around the Nation like Wildfire! Houston is by no means an exception to this growth. Green seems to be the thing to talk about around here, and the term used by someone last week was Cocktail Conversation. No doubt that folks are hopping on the bandwagon and advertising ... (9 comments)
green awareness 2008: Green at Being "Green" - Really Green!! - 03/11/08 10:01 AM Okay, I admit it, I'm not very green at this point - or I should say, I'm VERY green at being green. BUT I've learned an awful lot reading all the really cool posts in this ECO-friendly and Green Group. And I've found that there really are things I can do ... (19 comments)
green awareness 2008: Green is red hot, but is this less than transparent green practice going to burn us? - 03/10/08 09:08 PM What's red hot in Green, Well, Environmental credit banking is something that is heating up to red-hot. And some might say "we" are going to get burned by it in the long run.Not classically greenwashing, environmental credit banking is a huge and growing industry feeding on both our communal desire to ... (7 comments)
green awareness 2008: What Is Your Mean Green Machine? - 03/07/08 11:34 AM Xpressdocs has announced its aggressive green initiative, making it one of the first real estate partners to do so. As real estate's leading print on-demand technology company it understands the importance of creating a business environment that is both energy efficient and eco-friendly. While the plan incorporates recycled papers and environmentally ... (1 comments)
The Judges are hard at work...the entries are being read and read again..
.OH it's a hard task before the judges...so many excellent entries...
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1st Runner Upwill be announce on Sunday at about NOON.
WINNER will be announced on St Patrick's Day(Monday) ...You can make a lucky guess as to when, butI can assure you (quite possibly) that winner will be wearin' GREEN! =)
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"I'm turning GREEN right before your eyes! 
OK, guess I waited long enough to get into this. What sparked me is a email I did get today from MortgageIT and the new green program they have developed to help. Now I guess we know that everyone is jumping on board (even us mortgage companies to help were we ... (0 comments) 
Rain is pouring down outside my St. John's, Newfoundland home today and that may not sound strange to many of you but it is to us - it should be snowing. Here we call it Sheila's Brush (which is a snow storm just before St. Patrick's Day). Now I know most ... (2 comments) 
Ann Arbor, Michigan has a saying and it is repeated all year long, "Go Blue". While I still think its great to be blue it's also really really great to be GREEN as well in Ann Arbor.
People assume that the world is what it is and there is nothing we can do about it. Well, I'm here to tell you there IS something we can do about it. Just imagine if everyone took baby steps to going green? Can you imagine how things would change? No, I'm ... (0 comments) 
I like the color green. It's the color of the trees when they're in full bloom, our lawn when there's no water shortage, the name of the place I try to hit my golf ball in one or two shots every time and, last but not least - it's the ... (6 comments) 
It seems that, today, green is all the rage. It's hot, hot, HOT! Suddenly, in every magazine, newspaper, online forum, "green" is on everyone's lips (or fingertips). It's an overnight sensation! However, like most overnight sensations, that's not the whole story. Like the movie star who worked as a carpenter to ... (1 comments) 
After reading janeAnne's post yesterday about the 'Green is red hot' contest, I thought to myself how fitting her words for a title depicting a contest about what is happening in the world today. Not specifically THE world, but more specifically the developed world. Then on further thought, I realized those ... (2 comments) 
Philadelphia is the home of the EAGLES. Green is our favorite color. ( atleast for most of us ) I hope even those who are not EAGLES' fans like the color of money.
School Kids Design, Develop and Build ~~ TERRACE TOWN 2008 ~~
For many years I thought being in the green was way more important than being green. I also was under the misconception that you couldn't do both. It seemed for too many years that the two views were mutually exclusive. A few years later and I am began to understand that being green ... (1 comments) 
It seems like every time we hear "going green" it seems to entail spending a lot of "green" to get there. Many of these new and innovative ideas are great, but do you have thousands of dollars stuffed under your mattress to pay for them? So you don't have the "green" to "go green?" 
Being of Irish desent, born "Kelley", I pride myself on my heritage. It's most often observerd in my fair skin, green eyes, and occasionally fiesty temperament. I did get to visit my homeland back in 1997 and enjoyed that 3 weeks immensely. Beautiful country and lovely poeple. I can't wait to ... (3 comments) 
In today's economy of rising oil prices, (the per barrel price hit $109 yesterday), people are looking for ways to save money at the gas pump.
Green Building is growing around the Nation like Wildfire! Houston is by no means an exception to this growth. Green seems to be the thing to talk about around here, and the term used by someone last week was Cocktail Conversation. No doubt that folks are hopping on the bandwagon and advertising ... (10 comments) 
Did you know that there is a station in Rocklin, CA that teaches the public about compassion to our earth? With emphasis on our environment - I was surprised to find this place by accident. 
Okay, I admit it, I'm not very green at this point - or I should say, I'm VERY green at being green. BUT I've learned an awful lot reading all the really cool posts in this ECO-friendly and Green Group. And I've found that there really are things I can do ... (20 comments) 
What's red hot in Green, Well, Environmental credit banking is something that is heating up to red-hot. And some might say "we" are going to get burned by it in the long run.Not classically greenwashing, environmental credit banking is a huge and growing industry feeding on both our communal desire to ... (7 comments) 
Xpressdocs has announced its aggressive green initiative, making it one of the first real estate partners to do so. As real estate's leading print on-demand technology company it understands the importance of creating a business environment that is both energy efficient and eco-friendly. While the plan incorporates recycled papers and environmentally ... (1 comments) 
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Philadelphia is the home of the EAGLES. Green is our favorite color. ( atleast for most of us ) I hope even those who are not EAGLES' fans like the color of money.
School Kids Design, Develop and Build ~~ TERRACE TOWN 2008 ~~
For many years I thought being in the green was way more important than being green. I also was under the misconception that you couldn't do both. It seemed for too many years that the two views were mutually exclusive. A few years later and I am began to understand that being green ... (0 comments) 
It seems like every time we hear "going green" it seems to entail spending a lot of "green" to get there. Many of these new and innovative ideas are great, but do you have thousands of dollars stuffed under your mattress to pay for them? So you don't have the "green" to "go green?" 
Being of Irish desent, born "Kelley", I pride myself on my heritage. It's most often observerd in my fair skin, green eyes, and occasionally fiesty temperament. I did get to visit my homeland back in 1997 and enjoyed that 3 weeks immensely. Beautiful country and lovely poeple. I can't wait to ... (2 comments) 
In today's economy of rising oil prices, (the per barrel price hit $109 yesterday), people are looking for ways to save money at the gas pump.
Green Building is growing around the Nation like Wildfire! Houston is by no means an exception to this growth. Green seems to be the thing to talk about around here, and the term used by someone last week was Cocktail Conversation. No doubt that folks are hopping on the bandwagon and advertising ... (9 comments) 
Okay, I admit it, I'm not very green at this point - or I should say, I'm VERY green at being green. BUT I've learned an awful lot reading all the really cool posts in this ECO-friendly and Green Group. And I've found that there really are things I can do ... (19 comments) 
What's red hot in Green, Well, Environmental credit banking is something that is heating up to red-hot. And some might say "we" are going to get burned by it in the long run.Not classically greenwashing, environmental credit banking is a huge and growing industry feeding on both our communal desire to ... (7 comments) 
Xpressdocs has announced its aggressive green initiative, making it one of the first real estate partners to do so. As real estate's leading print on-demand technology company it understands the importance of creating a business environment that is both energy efficient and eco-friendly. While the plan incorporates recycled papers and environmentally ... (1 comments)
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Everyone~
1. Put I'M IN just below in the comment section
2. TAG your post "Green Awareness 2008"
3. PLACE A LINK to your post in the comment section below.