Search Green Living
Subscribe to Our Newsletter
Subscribe to Our Newsletter


E-mail Address:
HTML         Text
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter





Environmental Headlines
Latest

Topic : lance-armstrong


Human Race 10K Benefits Wild Life Preservation

September 2nd, 2008

By Kelly Rondeau

Three major charities — The World Wildlife Fund, the Lance Armstrong Foundation and ninemillion.orgbenefited from the Nike + Human Race 10K on Sunday, an event billed as the World’s Biggest Race that involved 25 races in 25 cities around the globe.

Thousands of runners turned out for the 10K in the North American host cities of New York City, Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago and Austin, as well as around the world in other major cities such as Paris, Rome, Madrid, Vancouver, Lima, Instanbul, Singapore, Melbourne, Warsaw, and Seoul. Collectively, the runners logged more than 3 million miles, according to Nike, with each mile producing more money toward the three charities.

[Read more →]

Related Topics: · , , , ,

Tour de Faux Pas: Lance Armstrong Becomes Austin’s Top HH Water Consumer

August 18th, 2008

By Barbara Kessler

Lance Armstrong may have to take his own advice and “dare to change” his life after being outed as the city’s biggest water guzzler, using a whopping 222,900 gallons of water in June, according to an AP report that appeared in the Austin American-Statesman late last week.

In July, consumption jumped to 330,000 gallons, putting him way out in front of the competition at about 38 times what the average household uses, according to the New York Times, which jumped onto the story.

[Read more →]

Related Topics: · , , ,

Home | Writer Bios | About Greenrightnow | Contact Us

    © 2006–2009 greenrightnow.com