LIVING GREEN
Black Men In America.com has partnered with Valder Beebe to help us learn more about “living green.” African Americans have been “living green” long before it was “the thing to do,” we just didn’t know what to call it. Do you remember the fictional character Fred G. Sanford from the 70’s television series “Sanford and Son” starring Redd Foxx? Fred Sanford was ahead of his time. Think about it. Fred was the ultimate “recycler,” and more than just a junk man. If anyone had asked Fred what the initial “G” stood for in his name, he would have replied, “The ‘G’ stands for for G-R-E-E-N!“
Our Living Green section also features Celebrity Green where host Valder Beebe interviews celebrities who answer the question: What does going green mean to you and how do you contribute helping save Mother Earth?
To learn more visit our Living Green sections at the below listed links:
www.blackmeninamerica.com/green.htm
www.blackmeninamerica.com/green2.htm
http://www.valderbeebeshow.com
James Beebe & Valder Beebe
Celebrity Green
Where celebrities answer the question: What does going green mean to you and how do you contribute helping save Mother Earth?
June 19, 2008 at 11:05, pm
This is nice.
Media Relations Director
Valder Beebe Show
June 20, 2008 at 7:26, pm
Excellent partnership!
June 22, 2008 at 2:16, am
This is so important to the planet. Thank you.
CA
June 22, 2008 at 2:17, am
We should talk about what is importing about the planet.
July 17, 2008 at 2:35, am
How can I live green to live better?
July 23, 2008 at 4:41, pm
People are just saying green things to make money so I hesitate to get on board because I do not know what is true or just to make money.
July 24, 2009 at 8:22, am
I agree.
August 2, 2008 at 1:35, am
Hey, anyone out there watching planet green? It’s awsome.
rach
August 11, 2008 at 8:42, pm
Yes, Rachel, Planet Green ROCKS! I adore this it’s a great way to become educated in green. It will inspire the view to determine how green that that want to be. Keep watching Planet Green. In the Fall you can watch GG ‘GIVING GREEN’ NOW-CAST on my website valderbeebeshow.com and my co-host and I will talk about eco-awareness and philanthropy. Tune in!
September 4, 2008 at 9:23, am
When products are labeled environmentally, why are they costing more that other products? What I experience a apple at a organic foods store will cost much more than at a local grocery store, even if it is organic.
September 14, 2008 at 9:36, am
Conventional products (grown with pesticides) are so widely accepted to get food on your table. Natural and Organic products are requiring more work to produce and less quantity of the product is sold to consumers vs traditional methods. These foods [and non-food] items cost more to produce. To bring down the price of natural and organics, consumers can show their power by buying more, and prices are becoming lower. Keep buying and living Organic.
October 8, 2008 at 10:24, pm
I use coupons but I am not finding coupons for green products, where do I go for green products coupons?
October 9, 2008 at 3:03, pm
A Lopes 10/6 response:
In response to other African American celebrities who are changing the world with their green philosophy, right now Ludacris, yes that right the rapper is leading the pack. He is starring with Tommy Lee on Discovery’s Planet Green Battleground Earth. To find what others are doing in the green movement visits: aaenvironmentalblogspot.com
Try google to see the impact of; Brad Pitt, Salma Hayeh, Robert Redford and others.
October 9, 2008 at 3:07, pm
Response to Jay Cooper 10/8:
Seventh Generation http://www.seventhgeneration.com/coupons, a leader in being kind to the earth with the creation and quality of their products. Visit their site for coupons.
November 7, 2008 at 11:47, am
President elect B. Obama spoke of energy independence, what is his policy?
November 8, 2008 at 11:43, pm
Response to Natalie Gamer 11/8
President Elect Obama’s plan that can be found on barakobama.com is designed to remove America from the dependence of fossil fuel and foreign oil imports.
The plan is an outline, so many specifics will be theorized until he takes office Jan 20th, yet here are a few nuggets from his plan from barakobama.com;
The Obama-Biden comprehensive New Energy for America plan will:
ENERGY PLAN OVERVIEW:
Provide Short-term Relief to American Families
Eliminate Our Current Imports from the Middle East and Venezuela within 10 Years
Create Millions of New Green Jobs
Reduce our Greenhouse Gas Emissions 80 Percent by 2050
November 11, 2008 at 10:15, am
What is meant in terms of green “sustainability”?
November 11, 2008 at 9:55, pm
response to B. J. Wilson
Sustainability, in a general sense, is the capacity to maintain a certain process or state indefinitely. Sustainability depends on a healthy network of relationships; people, animals, plants, oxygen, food sources, to the environment in which we all live, eat , breath and reproduce for future survival.
To be sustainable, nature’s resources must be used at a rate at which they can be replenished naturally. Sustainability has become a controversial and complex term that is applied in many different ways: to different levels of biological organization (e.g. wetlands, prairies, forests), human organization (e.g. ecovillages, eco-municipalities, sustainable cities) and human activities and disciplines (e.g. sustainable agriculture, sustainable architecture).
November 30, 2008 at 10:27, am
I listen to the Valder Beebe Show on Sunday’s. This Sunday you were talking about the Discovery Network’s IDITROD, is that the same as a dog sled race?
December 13, 2008 at 12:16, pm
IDITROD, yes is a dog sled race
Listen to Valder’s interview on http://www.valderbeebeshow.com with the “winnings musher in the world” Jeff King talk about
TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD, airing Fridays at 8PM ET/PT, follows mushers and their sled dog teams across 1,150 miles of rugged terrain as they take on Mother Nature – and each other – in The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
TOPIC:DISCOVERY CHANNEL WORLD PREMIERE SERIES GIVES VIEWERS AN INSIDE LOOK AT ONE OF THE – TOUGHEST RACES ON EARTH the TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD, airing Fridays at 8PM ET/PT,
Competition from Anchorage to Nome Alaska. Through dense forests, over mountain ranges and across frozen rivers and isolated tundra in the wilds of Alaska – Discovery Channel was there to chronicle one of the most demanding competitions in the world though the eyes of the men and women who dared to take on the monumental challenge.
TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD, airing Fridays at 8PM ET/PT, follows mushers and their sled dog teams across 1,150 miles of rugged terrain as they take on Mother Nature – and each other – in The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
For TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD, Discovery Channel followed seven mushers and their dog teams – both race rookies and race legends.
Some are hoping to win while others are just hoping to finish. To scratch – or drop out of the competition – would be devastating for any musher who has put everything on the line for a chance to compete, including personal finances.
December 17, 2008 at 11:48, am
Valder and “winnings musher in the world” Jeff King talk about
TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD, airing on The Discovery Network Fridays at 8PM ET/PT, follows mushers and their sled dog teams across 1,150 miles of rugged terrain as they take on Mother Nature – and each other – in The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
April 15, 2009 at 2:12, pm
Recently, I head one of the guest of the show, The Valder Beebe Show talking about Blue Planet, what was that?
June 4, 2009 at 12:17, am
I apologize for the long dely (kind of busy with the Valder Beebe Show) anyway regarding Blue Planet (4/15 entry).
I was honored to speak with the legendary Jacques Cousteau’s granddaughter Alexandra Cousteau. She and I briefly talked of our passion for planet earth. Her championing cause is her legacy of earth’s water.
Visit: Alexandra Cousteau to learn more about Disani teaming up with Alexandra for Blue Planet. You will be amazed at their passion for earth.
Blue Legacy is an initiative started in 2008 by Alexandra Cousteau. The mission of Blue Legacy is to tell the story of our water planet to the world, to inspire people to take action on critical water issues in meaningful ways and to help shape society’s dialogue to include water as one of the defining issues of our century and the primary vehicle through which climate change will be felt.
June 4, 2009 at 12:19, am
©Beebe’s Smart Living
Smart Life Information
Simplify Your Life
To simplify your life can mean, learn to live more with less!
De-clutter your home and Reprogram your life.
Make a commitment to eat quality foods and exercise.
Fill your life with people you love and those who love you.
And above all, honor a Sabbath to rest, restore and rejuvenate you and your life.
Fine More Smart Living at ValderBeebeShow.com select “Smart Living”
June 4, 2009 at 12:26, am
Litter Facts
#6 On average, a city’s primary sources of litter are generated from:
Trucks with uncovered or unsecured loads on local roads and highways.
Pedestrians or cyclists who do not use the trash receptacles.
Motorists who do not use car ashtrays or litterbags.
Business dumpsters that are improperly covered.
#7 Urban cities sources of litter also include;
Loading docks and commercial or recreational marinas with inadequate waste receptacles.
Construction and demolition sites without tarps and receptacles to contain debris and waste.
Household trash scattered before or during collection.
#8 According to static’s Debris on roadways nationwide causes and average of 25,000 accidents each year and more than 80 fatalities.
Accidents and slowdowns due to road debris also cause delays and increase the time we spend stuck in traffic.
#9 Did you know that littering could cost drivers and their passengers a misdemeanor fine of $500 and up to 60 days in jail in some American states?
Think about it. The fast food that cost you $5 could end up costing you $500 dollars when you toss that bag out the window. Isn’t it easier to simply find a trash can?
#10 Littering is not only unsightly, it can cause environmental and health problems. Cigarette butts, for example, contain toxic chemicals that can end up in storm drains and contaminate our water systems. Trash and other items falling from unsecured loads can cause serious traffic accidents. BE wise, do not litter.
Finally, “change the way you look at things – the things you look at will change”
June 29, 2009 at 2:24, am
Here, a few common terms in regards to the environmental changes in words and viewpoints. LIVING GREEN terms to help you feel more comfortable discussing and playing a part in eco-awareness.
Annual Consumption
Refers to the annual amount of utility consumption by consumer or business; electricity is measure in kilowatt-hours (kWh); water is measures in gallons (gals).; home heating fuel is measure in gallons (for liquid fuel) and BTU for natural gas fuel. This information can be acquired from your utility and energy providers.
Bio-Fuels
Fuels made from living organism; plant (cellulose) biomass resources. Fuels that include ethanol (primarily corn), methanol (distilled wood), and bio-diesel (made from soy, switch grass or used vegetable oil).
Cap & Trade
The continual decrease of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide in a cost-effective manner.
Large-scale companies (polluters) will have a limit on the amount of greenhouse gas that it can produce. The company must have an “emissions permit” for every ton of carbon dioxide it releases into the atmosphere. These permits set an enforceable cap, on the amount of greenhouse gas pollution that the company is permitted to emit.