- Waste Free Holidays! Some Washington state counties have a program where participating businesses and orgs offer discounts on music, plays, sporting events, museums, restaurant meals, massages, fitness and other non-material gifts. (thnx, Chris)
- Gifts for Guns! People in Compton are given $50 gift certificates for turning in a gun, no Qs asked. In past years, the program’s helped solve robberies and find stolen guns.
- “Ecobabes” calendar: Green gals pose for a calendar to raise awareness about enviro issues. (Thnx, Larry)
- Visiting Santa Barbara? Ditch the car for discounts. Take the Amtrack, forego the airport hassles, and get up to 20% off your hotel stay!
…more on ecobabes, from EcoSherpa, Canadian org and blog (www.ecosherpa.com/):
Just came across a post over at Treehugger.com that made me snicker a little while simultaneously piquing my interest (and not just because the word “babe†was involved!) - “what on earth could this be about?â€, I thought to myself.
As I learned, ecobabes is a 2007 calendar, featuring “passionate, powerful, beautiful women from Northern California who are changing the world.†- a project put together as part of The Climate Protection Campaign.
One of our firm beliefs here at EcoSherpa is that in order to generate massive action, green initiatives need to be made appealing for the masses - NOT boring, depressing, unattainable etc! I’m sure there will inevitably be people who feel that beautiful women should not be used to sell environmentalism.
I for one will definitely be interested to see how this approach pans out for the ecobabes! :-)
Technorati Tags: ecobabes, climate change
Written by sherpa2 on September 22nd, 2006
Comment by EcoLarry — November 26, 2006 @ 4:16 pm
Ha! We should start our own green blogger calender ;)
Comment by Jasmin — November 28, 2006 @ 9:35 am
With both green girls and boys :) Maybe in illustrated format!
Comment by Siel — November 28, 2006 @ 1:13 pm
Ooh, idea :)
Comment by Jasmin — November 29, 2006 @ 9:30 am