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The Story of Stuff

Kevin Walsh of Chicago Peak Oil recommends The Story of Stuff, calling it “a great animated movie, which can be downloaded for free, that shows the story of resources from extraction, production, distribution, consumption to disposal.”

Open Book Peace Project

C3 Trainee, Catherine Trzybinski is organizer of the Open Book Peace Project. Visit the website to find out more www.openbookpeaceproject.org
The Open Book Peace Project (OBPP) is a grassroots effort to create an ongoing international dialogue about peace among diverse individuals and communities. The project gives individuals the chance to have their voices heard and their […]

Videos by C3 Leader Robert Aguilar

Check out Fall 2006 C3 Leader Robert Aguilar’s video projects at the sites below.
This is the submitted video for the Treehugger.com contest.
http://truths.treehugger.com/normal/convenient_truths_the_top_twen.php
- What Can Regular People Do About Global Warming?
- Carrying Power: Solar Energy On The Go
This submitted version is broadcasting on CurrentTV.
-Sun Powered Purses
This is a submitted shorter version that is in a […]

Bush Community Christmas Wish Project

Hi, it’s Gregory the Gardener, […]

River Beautification Project

Judy MacDonald sent this along this week…
I just completed my C3 Leadership training yesterday. I’ll sure miss seeing all those motivated people every week. How to keep my inner fires burning is already a concern, so I guess that was the motivation when I suddenly found myself driving off course earlier today. I was driving […]

Convenient Truths: A Green Video Contest

Channel your inner eco-critic. Seventh Generation, Inc. and TreeHugger.com asked citizens to share their solutions to climate change. Help out our expert judges by watching and rating the submissions.
I submitted two videos to the Convenient Truths: a green video contest.
My first film asks “What can regular people do about global warming? This film […]

kids challenge gov’t minister to energy reduction competition

From Chris Corrigan:
In the Netherlands, a group of kids has challenged a government minister to see who can reduce their power consumption the most.And guess who won? The kids reduced their energy consumption by 33% beating the minister’s 20% reduction.

What can you do?

Jean ~Nurture Girl~ Russell says:

work from home (don’t drive much at all).
radiate love at the people I interact with.
turn off lights, water, energy consumption, whenever possible.
assume the best in people (and thus avoid negativity and conflicts).
support and encourage people doing good.
nurture people building social purpose organizations.
avoid the news–twisted and spun as it is.
give money and […]

What can you do?

Maryam Y says:
“I try to remember to do lots of actions every day, albeit many could be considered small.” 

I walk instead of drive or even take public transport
I smile at people I go past
I turn off water/lights when I leave the room
I give way to other people
I try to buy green or fair trade products […]

individual action on car idling

From theChicagoland Bicycle Federation:
Armed in August with a $150, 2-by-5-foot aluminum sign, Lynn Romanek pitched the anti-idling suggestion to Glencoe District 35, where she carpools her 6th grader to Central School. Officials quickly warmed to the idea, and Romanek produced and donated a sign for each of the three buildings in the small kindergarten through […]

Projects and Practices

Ted Ernst is going to do the C3 class that starts Saturday. He’s volunteered to help invite his classmates into this weblog. In the course of a long conversation we’ve just had about this, we stumbled over more connections, resources, organizations and tools than my brain can possibly blog here now.
What […]