Work & Connect : Planet Green

Idaho's No-Kill Animal Shelter Needs Help; A Look at Shelters Around the U.S.

POSTED Feb 5 2011

Animal shelters are one of the few (almost) universally-loved institutions in the U.S.: they provide homes for homeless, uncared-for animals while simultaneously helping people to connect with pets without having to rely on animal breeders, who often use cruel practices. + READ MORE

Donate Sewing Scraps to Schools

By NaturallySavvy.com IN Work & Connect Jan 31 2011

Kids are back in school, and that means teachers will be looking for cheap or free materials for students to explore art and design. Scraps of fabric as small as tiny squares and triangles left over from quilting can be useful in the classroom. + READ MORE

Make Abstract Art with Crayon Nubs

By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Work & Connect Jan 22 2011

There are lots of ways to use crayon nubs instead of tossing them, including making your own abstract art. + READ MORE

Coyotes Put to Work in Cities

By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jan 17 2011

Think you've heard about strange methods of rodent control? Think again. + READ MORE

Get Your Endangered Species On - With Free Condoms

By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Dec 30 2010

Endangered Species Condoms "highlight how unsustainable human population growth is driving species extinct at a cataclysmic rate." + READ MORE

Author David Swanson Boldly Declares: "War is a Lie" (Interview)

By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Dec 29 2010

'War is a Lie' is "a handbook of sorts, a manual to be used in debunking future lies before future wars have a chance to begin." + READ MORE

Will Amazon's New "Aunt Mildred" Patent Be the Green Answer to Online Gift-Giving?

By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Dec 29 2010

Amazon has come up with an idea that (surprise!) some people love and some people hate: a patented way to let people exchange gifts before they've even been delivered. + READ MORE

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Split Estate, One Year Later: Fracking Still Dangerous, Movie Still Relevant

By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Dec 28 2010

Since last fall, when Split Estate aired on Planet Green, the film has been making waves across the country, and it's still going strong. + READ MORE

Ron Jacobs Provides a Travelogue in New Book "Through the American Night" (Interview)

By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Dec 27 2010

"I see this book as something like a travelogue—a journey through physical, intellectual, and psychic space, as it were." + READ MORE

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Anonymous Donors Inspired By Depression Era Giving and How Charity Extends Your Life

By Sara Novak IN Work & Connect Dec 24 2010

For Christy Nelson the Christmas season looked bleak. A mother of two and nursing student, the struggling single mother was about to have her utilities turned off with no way of paying the bill. Until she wrote into a local newspaper asking for a $100 donation from a Christmas fund created two years ago by three retired businessmen. + READ MORE

Joan Wile Talks About Grannies Against War, the Children of Afghanistan, and Much More (Interview)

By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Dec 21 2010

"Many women have broken free of the image of grandmothers as rocking-chair-bound, cookie-baking old women who spend their time watching soap operas and knitting sweaters for their grandkids." + READ MORE

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