The electricity that you get from a battery is over 1,000 times more expensive than electricity from an outlet. If you must use batteries, use rechargeable ones.

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If every American home replaced just one bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year – and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.

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First Name: Maya Our home in Kalamazoo is located on a four-laned avenue, lined with the grandest of deciduous trees. In the summer, their rich green leaves canopy over the busy road and cool us off from July’s heat. Inspired by it all, I decided to plant our own tree. Scouting our home’s property, we more »

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First Name: Tom Last Saturday afternoon, my sons and I set out to Levittown’s MacLaren Memorial Park for a little father-son time and to plant two trees. A few weeks earlier, I read about the Town of Hempstead’s curbside tree planting program and inquired about it with some local officials. They were kind enough to more »

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In celebration of Earth Week (April 17th-23rd), Military youth at USAG Baden-Wurttemberg in Germany engaged in a line-up of events and activities driven by the ECO-Effect® program. The entire community joined Commander, Colonel Butcher and Family & MWR Director, Berry Patrick, in making this year’s pilot program better than ever.

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Child’s First Name: Schofield Teen Center City: Wahiawa Zip Code: 96786

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Communities are special entities encompassing government, school systems, business, non-profits, and faith groups. City governments often take the lead in promoting sustainability at the local level, bringing together all of the various elements that make up a functioning and thriving community. Environmental problems can seem overwhelming and individual effort can seem futile….

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