Take action here and learn more at Raise Hope for Congo’s website.
Sunday Inspiration: Raise Hope for Congo
June 27th, 2010Guest Blog: Solon Lorax – Earth Week Update
May 17th, 2010A delayed Earth Week Update from the Solon High School Lorax. My fault, not theirs!
Greetings! I hope you all have been enjoying this week as it is, of course, a very important week for us environmental enthusiasts. Lorax has been very busy this week because, on the 19th, we kicked off our “cellphone wars” to encourage students to donate their old and unused cellphones to be recycled. The top contributors will receive a gift card to Chipotle and Gamestop. Also, this week we unveiled this years T-shirts, which are purple! On top of all this, we have also undertaken a campaign this year to educate our school and community about the environment. A big step we have taken in achieving this goal, was that we sent informative newsletters about the environment to all of the elementary students in Solon, describing to the students the potential affects that we, as people, have on the environment and what we can do to help. We are very proud of the progress we have made this year, and we hope that we can continue it!
-Nikhil
May Instructables
May 11th, 2010We now join Elyse for her monthly review of favorite Instructables.
Some awesome Instructables have turned up in my email lately – check ‘em out!
Who loves garage sales, thrift stores, and water fountains? I do! Combine your favorite things into one with the “How to make a Three Tiered Garden Fountain” Instructable. It’s definitely got class – just add a solar-powered fountain pump to make it even more sustainable.
Who has ever cooked in a solar over? I have and it was easy-peasy! Consider this idea: instead of microwaving your lunch at work, just set your lunch in your solar oven 
an hour before lunchtime and you’ll have a hot, healthy meal to eat in no time! I’ve heard some questionable things about the safety of microwaves anyway. Go build a solar oven today!
And finally, I couldn’t pass this instructable up – these pretzels just look so tasty! You don’t have to pay to go to a professional sporting event just to get pretzels 
ever again. Just make them at home and don’t forget to share.
If you are a supporter of greenlightzine.org and you’ve ever created an Instructable – let us know! We’d love to include it in our blog.
No Impact Man trailer
April 22nd, 2010Happy Earth Day, y’all! Check out this trailer for a movie called “No Impact Man.”
Sunday Inspiration: Puma thinks outside of the box
April 18th, 2010Thanks to Tricia for the suggestion!