http://www.yourstreet.com/news/earth-day YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us It was a great green day at the home of Don and Melba Grogan in Farmington. Volunteers put in about 100 native plants in a difficult to mow area, completing an Earth Day project that rethinks the traditional American lawn. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748058/group-helps-couple-rethink-traditional-american-lawn Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:26:08 -0700 The Burning Plain This weekend's would-be emotional heavy-hitter features Charlize Theron as a successful woman forced to revisit a youthful mistake—a defining moment in her life—and takes the audience on an underwhelming journey about confronting, and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729342/cinephillyist Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:30:08 -0700 NEW YORK — Americans planned beach cleanups, packages for soldiers and save-the-tree fundraisers along with familiar remembrances in three cities to mark eight years since the attacks of Sept. 11, the first time the anniversary was named a national day of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6712235/9-11-declared-national-day-of-service Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:37:08 -0700 NEW YORK — Americans planned beach cleanups, packages for soldiers and save-the-tree fundraisers along with familiar remembrances in three cities to mark eight years since the attacks of Sept. 11, the first time the anniversary was named a national day of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6710273/on-9-11,-day-of-mourning-becomes-day-of-service Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:00:08 -0700 Filmmaker finds inspiration in his past for 'Earth Days' documentary Robert Stone vividly remembers his first Earth Day in 1970. He was an 11-year old New Jersey kid. "I crushed cans all day long," he says. "It was my first experience with recycling and that... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6686831/experience-inspires-earth-days-director Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:00:08 -0700 An estimated 200 volunteers, including the entire Saint Louis School varsity and junior varsity football teams, took part in today's Aloha çÄina Earth Day community cleanup and recycling drive at the campus. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6595790/tons-of-materials-recycled-in-drive-at-saint-louis-school Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:44:08 -0700 In his new film "Earth Days," director Robert Stone examines the early days of the environmental movement--from rustlings in the 1950's to the first Earth Day in 1970 through the intense activism that followed. "Earth Days" opens August 14th at The Quad Cinema . http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6523023/-earth-days-the-leonard-lopate-show-tuesday,-11-august-2009- Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:00:08 -0700 By Lydia Seabol Avant Staff Writer NORTHPORT | Eight-year-old Sydney Galloway wanted to do something to help the environment when she decided to write a letter to Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon. “We had been learning about Earth Day [at school] and what will happen... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6473657/mayor-helps-girl-s-recycling-wish-come-true Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:18:08 -0700 The Ko'olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club is sponsoring an Aloha 'Aina Earth Day, where people can take unwanted items, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 1 at Windward Mall parking lot on Alaloa Street. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6401592/community-clean-up-time-at-aloha-aina-earth-day Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:53:08 -0700 A grassy slope near a water pond is an inconvenient chore for the winner of the Grow Native! Landscape Challenge, a $1000 Earth Day makeover the newspaper is coordinating. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6387231/melba-and-don-grogan-win-landscape-challenge Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:33:08 -0700 iBrattleboro.com has just crossed a milestone worth sharing with everyone who uses the site. As of this afternoon, over 20 million pages of your stories, comments, and contributions have been viewed since the site began in February of 2003. That's 20 million page... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6338332/20-million-page-views-for-ibrattleboro Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:04:08 -0700 I’ve spent the better part of this past spring finishing up the design and upkeep of our home’s front gardens. I originally laid them out last summer, ordered my plants (almost all online at first), then planted in the fall when my shipment arrived. For now,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6290662/one-project-closer-buying-garden-plants-online-versus-local-nursery Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:00:08 -0700 MOBILE, Ala. -- After losing her Bayou La Batre home to Hurricane Katrina, Jennifer Adams made a commitment, along with her best friend, Nichole Barnett of Grand Bay, to clean up the piles of wreckage in the town. Now, the 23-year-olds have helped start UNITE, which... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6224884/new-nonprofit-unite-works-to-clean,-improve-southwest-alabama-environment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:37:08 -0700 Something happened, back on Earth Day 2009, that didn't get nearly the fanfare it deserved. Citing the critical need to improve environmental education across the country, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Congressman John Sarbanes (D-MD) introduced House and Senate... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6101466/no-child-left-inside Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:00:08 -0700 By DAVID CASSTEVENS FORT WORTH — Six weeks ago, Joe Kuban returned for the last time to Nolan Catholic High School, his alma mater and the place where he taught ecology for more than 30 years. The school celebrated Earth Day by planting an evergreen in his... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6063761/longtime-fort-worth-educator-inspired-his-students Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:39:08 -0700 Discount Cab presented Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona with a check for more than $8,200 Tuesday. The state's largest taxi company donated one dollar for every cab ride it made on Earth Day and earmarked the proceeds for a Habitat for Humanity environmental http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6072663/discount-cab-helps-habitat-for-humanity-build-green-houses Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:28:08 -0700 World Environment Day , which falls on June 5 every year, was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 -- shortly after the US instituted Earth Day . While there are many ways of observing World Environment Day , one of the easiest and certainly the newest is... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6053638/world-environment-day-is-june-5-all-you-need-to-know Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:43:08 -0700 [News] What Earth Day’s founder thinks about passive houses, the Columbia River Crossing, Obama and Cap and Trade. Eight years ago, Denis Hayes—the founder of Earth Day and arguably America’s pre-eminent environmentalist—visited WW as part of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6037943/-q-a-denis-hayes Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:00:08 -0700 Just received word from parent volunteer chair Nancy Stillger that West Seattle’s Holy Rosary School has been certified as the first Washington State Green School in Seattle. “Our volunteer-led Green Team has implemented food composting, installed... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6026221/holy-rosary-makes-history-first-green-school-in-seattle Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:14:08 -0700