60 http://www.prwebpodcast.com A Top 30 Stream of Charity Guide Press Releases (in OGG format) via PRWeb podEditor@emediawire.com (PRWeb) podMaster@emediawire.com Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:31:37 -0700 Charity Guide http://www.prweb.com/prwebrss.gif 130 49 http://prwebpodcast.com Copyright PRWeb International, Inc. en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A Top 30 Stream of Charity Guide Press Releases (in OGG format) via PRWeb A Top 30 Stream of Charity Guide Press Releases (in OGG format) via PRWeb podEditor@emediawire.com PR Web PRWeb no http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/6/prweb393120.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/6/prweb393120.htm Avoid cigarette litter tragedies by properly extinguishing cigarette butts and educating others about the dangers of improperly disposed cigarettes. More than 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered in our parks, sidewalks and public places annually. Through properly educating others about the damage caused by cigarette butts, nonsmokers and smokers can join forces to save wildlife and prevent serious fires. [PRWeb Jun 5, 2006] http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/6/prweb393120.htm Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:36:19 -0700 podcrew@extrahoop.com cigarette butts are littered in our parks, sidewalks and public places annually, according to Keep America Beautiful. Casually flicking a cigarette butt out of a car window or tossing aside a cigarette while walking can cause significant harm to the environment; imagine the compounded effect of 4.5 trillion cigarette butts. Most cigarette filters are not biodegradable as many people presume-95 percent of filters are made of plastic cellulose acetate and take many years to decompose. Cigarette litter is not just an eyesore; it causes significant fire and environmental damage. Cigarette butts that aren't properly extinguished can -- and do -- start fires. The following cigarette litter tragedies could easily have been avoided: - In March 2004, cigarette butts tossed in a jammed trash chute in Richmond, Virginia, destroyed 26 buildings and caused $20 million in damage. - In September 2002, a wildfire that scorched 247 acres on the Camp Pendleton, California base was started by a cigarette butt tossed by a passing motorist. - In January 2001, a motorist driving along Interstate 8 in San Diego County flicked a cigarette butt onto the center median, sparking a fire that burned more than 10,000 acres, destroyed 16 homes and charred 64 vehicles. To make matters worse, improperly distinguished cigarette butts harm birds and other small animals. 165 chemicals in cigarettes are mistaken for food and ingested by birds and animals, which can lead to starvation or malnutrition if the butts block the intestinal tract and prevent digestion, or accumulate in the digestive tract, making the animal feel full and lessening its desire to feed. Cigarette litter tragedies could be easily avoided if people paid the same attention to cigarette disposal as they do to throwing away other trash. You can make a difference in reducing the effects of cigarette litter whether you're a smoker or not. If you are a smoker, always carefully extinguish your cigarette... never flick a lit cigarette butt. Also consider using a pocket ashtray. These ashtrays are very thin, foil lined and trap the smell inside. You can also use film or mint containers as improvised storage until you can properly dispose of the cigarette butts later. If you do not smoke, help educate others about the dangers of improperly disposed cigarette butts. Through educating others about the damage caused by cigarette butts, nonsmokers and smokers can join forces to save wildlife and prevent serious fires. To do even more, visit CharityGuide.org for more volunteer opportunities related to animal protection and environmental protection. Charity Guide is a nonprofit... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/6/prweb393120.htm]]> Susan White Cigarette Butt Litter: Another Danger of Smoking Cigarettes cigarette butts are littered in our parks, sidewalks and public places annually, according to Keep America Beautiful. Casually flicking a cigarette butt out of a car window or tossing aside a cigarette while walking can cause significant harm to the environment; imagine the compounded effect of 4.5 trillion cigarette butts. Most cigarette filters are not biodegradable as many people presume-95 percent of filters are made of plastic cellulose acetate and take many years to decompose. Cigarette litter is not just an eyesore; it causes significant fire and environmental damage. Cigarette butts that aren't properly extinguished can -- and do -- start fires. The following cigarette litter tragedies could easily have been avoided: - In March 2004, cigarette butts tossed in a jammed trash chute in Richmond, Virginia, destroyed 26 buildings and caused $20 million in damage. - In September 2002, a wildfire that scorched 247 acres on the Camp Pendleton, California base was started by a cigarette butt tossed by a passing motorist. - In January 2001, a motorist driving along Interstate 8 in San Diego County flicked a cigarette butt onto the center median, sparking a fire that burned more than 10,000 acres, destroyed 16 homes and charred 64 vehicles. To make matters worse, improperly distinguished cigarette butts harm birds and other small animals. 165 chemicals in cigarettes are mistaken for food and ingested by birds and animals, which can lead to starvation or malnutrition if the butts block the intestinal tract and prevent digestion, or accumulate in the digestive tract, making the animal feel full and lessening its desire to feed. Cigarette litter tragedies could be easily avoided if people paid the same attention to cigarette disposal as they do to throwing away other trash. You can make a difference in reducing the effects of cigarette litter whether you're a smoker or not. If you are a smoker, always carefully extinguish your cigarette... never flick a lit cigarette butt. Also consider using a pocket ashtray. These ashtrays are very thin, foil lined and trap the smell inside. You can also use film or mint containers as improvised storage until you can properly dispose of the cigarette butts later. If you do not smoke, help educate others about the dangers of improperly disposed cigarette butts. Through educating others about the damage caused by cigarette butts, nonsmokers and smokers can join forces to save wildlife and prevent serious fires. To do even more, visit CharityGuide.org for more volunteer opportunities related to animal protection and environmental protection. Charity Guide is a nonprofit... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/6/prweb393120.htm]]> 00:15:00 no http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb383148.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb383148.htm Volunteer vacations are a great alternative to routine holiday travel. This summer, you could travel on a volunteer vacation to help your favorite cause, such as: animal protection, child protection, environmental protection, community service, healthcare, or reversing poverty. Volunteer vacations are affordable and can range in duration from a weekend to a year, with many one-week and two-week vacation-volunteering options. [PRWeb May 9, 2006] http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb383148.htm Wed, 10 May 2006 11:57:21 -0700 podcrew@extrahoop.com Volunteer Vacations are a great alternative to routine holiday travel. This summer, you could travel on a volunteer vacation to help your favorite cause, such as: animal protection, child protection, environmental protection, community service, healthcare, or reversing poverty. Volunteer vacations are affordable and can range in duration from a weekend to a year, with many one-week and two-week options. You can volunteer close to home or travel abroad to a service-project site in Europe, Asia, or Africa. On a trip this summer, you could... • Travel on an Animal Protection volunteer vacation: Make a difference for fish and wildlife. For instance, you could: help conservationists rehabilitate elephants in Asia and Africa; help save endangered whales through a research expedition or "migration vacation" in Canada or Mexico; or work to rescue orphaned chimpanzees in Uganda. • Travel on a Child Protection volunteer vacation: Improve the life of a child. For instance, you could: cultivate music appreciation among institutionalized children in Transdnistria and Romania; help operate a dental clinic in Nepal for needy children and families; or volunteer at a peace camp for war-traumatized children in Northern Ireland. • Travel on a Community Service volunteer vacation: Serve your wider community. For instance, you could: help to eliminate poverty by building a home for the homeless in places from Alaska to Ethiopia; preserve hiking trails in Colorado; or promote sustainable agriculture by helping develop organic farming techniques in Thailand. • Travel on an Environmental Protection volunteer vacation. Protect the environment. For instance, you could: assist scientists in conducting environmental research projects in Slovakia; help park rangers plant trees in the United Kingdom; or save tropical rainforests in Ecuador. • Travel on a Healthcare volunteer vacation. Promote health and safety: For instance, you could: join an expedition to restore coral reefs in Fiji; use your medical expertise to provide healthcare services in remote villages in Guatemala or Ghana; or help alleviate the suffering of babies with AIDS or HIV in Tanzania. • Travel on a Poverty Activist volunteer vacation. Help reduce poverty around the world: Volunteer as a management consultant for an international development project in Russia; teach English... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb383148.htm]]> Michael Organ Volunteer Vacation Opportunities: Turn Holiday Travel into Meaningful Volunteering Volunteer Vacations are a great alternative to routine holiday travel. This summer, you could travel on a volunteer vacation to help your favorite cause, such as: animal protection, child protection, environmental protection, community service, healthcare, or reversing poverty. Volunteer vacations are affordable and can range in duration from a weekend to a year, with many one-week and two-week options. You can volunteer close to home or travel abroad to a service-project site in Europe, Asia, or Africa. On a trip this summer, you could... • Travel on an Animal Protection volunteer vacation: Make a difference for fish and wildlife. For instance, you could: help conservationists rehabilitate elephants in Asia and Africa; help save endangered whales through a research expedition or "migration vacation" in Canada or Mexico; or work to rescue orphaned chimpanzees in Uganda. • Travel on a Child Protection volunteer vacation: Improve the life of a child. For instance, you could: cultivate music appreciation among institutionalized children in Transdnistria and Romania; help operate a dental clinic in Nepal for needy children and families; or volunteer at a peace camp for war-traumatized children in Northern Ireland. • Travel on a Community Service volunteer vacation: Serve your wider community. For instance, you could: help to eliminate poverty by building a home for the homeless in places from Alaska to Ethiopia; preserve hiking trails in Colorado; or promote sustainable agriculture by helping develop organic farming techniques in Thailand. • Travel on an Environmental Protection volunteer vacation. Protect the environment. For instance, you could: assist scientists in conducting environmental research projects in Slovakia; help park rangers plant trees in the United Kingdom; or save tropical rainforests in Ecuador. • Travel on a Healthcare volunteer vacation. Promote health and safety: For instance, you could: join an expedition to restore coral reefs in Fiji; use your medical expertise to provide healthcare services in remote villages in Guatemala or Ghana; or help alleviate the suffering of babies with AIDS or HIV in Tanzania. • Travel on a Poverty Activist volunteer vacation. Help reduce poverty around the world: Volunteer as a management consultant for an international development project in Russia; teach English... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb383148.htm]]> 00:15:00 no http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb378452.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb378452.htm Learn how to reduce global warming and greenhouse gases. By making simple substitutions, you can save money while reducing skin cancer from ozone depletion and coastal flooding from rising ocean levels. [PRWeb May 2, 2006] http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb378452.htm Tue, 2 May 2006 14:33:11 -0700 podcrew@extrahoop.com Global warming describes the rise in temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere due to the release of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. By making simple substitutions, you can save money while reducing skin cancer from ozone depletion and coastal flooding from rising ocean levels. Here's how... Reduce gasoline consumption: For every gallon of gasoline burned, about 20 pounds of carbon dioxide enter the atmosphere. So: bike, walk, take public transportation, or carpool whenever possible. Unplug and strip: Many electronic devices draw power whenever they are plugged into an outlet, even when they are turned off or are fully charged. These energy hogs include adapters that come with rechargeable battery-powered cordless phones, cell phones, power tools, and digital cameras. Electronics that are on standby, such as TVs, cable boxes, and computer monitors, also waste energy. The solution? Unplug these devices and plug them into a power strip. Turn off the strip when these devices are not in use (the strip doesn't draw power). Swap Bulbs: Replace incandescent bulbs with energy efficient compact fluorescents, which are widely available in many sizes and shapes. Only 10% of the energy consumed by incandescent bulbs is released as light; 90% is heat. Fluorescents cost more initially, but they last up to 12 times longer and reduce electric costs. Patronize "green hotels": When you travel, stay at green hotels where the owners have programs that save energy and water and reduce solid waste. Audit your home: Get a free energy audit on your home from your gas and/or electric utility and then institute their recommendations. Eat more vegetables, less meat: The average American diet causes the release of an extra 1.5 tons of greenhouse gases per year compared with a plant-based diet. Reducing your meat and dairy intake by half can make a big difference. Make saving energy a family affair: Assign each person an energy-saving task. For example, one child can gather vegetable scraps for the compost; another can turn off lights and power strips when they are not in use; and you can use cold water for the wash and use the dryer less often. Re-energize your office: Help institute energy-saving (and money-saving) activities: use ceramic cups instead of disposable ones; encourage double-sided copying; "unplug and strip" (see above); start a carpool; turn down the lights. If you'd like to do even more, visit CharityGuide.org for more do-it-yourself environmental protection tips. Charity Guide is a non-profit organization that inspires and facilitates flexible volunteering, by providing volunteer opportunities that are entirely flexible and immediately actionable. ###]]> Michael Organ Reduce Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases: Do-It-Yourself Tips Global warming describes the rise in temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere due to the release of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. By making simple substitutions, you can save money while reducing skin cancer from ozone depletion and coastal flooding from rising ocean levels. Here's how... Reduce gasoline consumption: For every gallon of gasoline burned, about 20 pounds of carbon dioxide enter the atmosphere. So: bike, walk, take public transportation, or carpool whenever possible. Unplug and strip: Many electronic devices draw power whenever they are plugged into an outlet, even when they are turned off or are fully charged. These energy hogs include adapters that come with rechargeable battery-powered cordless phones, cell phones, power tools, and digital cameras. Electronics that are on standby, such as TVs, cable boxes, and computer monitors, also waste energy. The solution? Unplug these devices and plug them into a power strip. Turn off the strip when these devices are not in use (the strip doesn't draw power). Swap Bulbs: Replace incandescent bulbs with energy efficient compact fluorescents, which are widely available in many sizes and shapes. Only 10% of the energy consumed by incandescent bulbs is released as light; 90% is heat. Fluorescents cost more initially, but they last up to 12 times longer and reduce electric costs. Patronize "green hotels": When you travel, stay at green hotels where the owners have programs that save energy and water and reduce solid waste. Audit your home: Get a free energy audit on your home from your gas and/or electric utility and then institute their recommendations. Eat more vegetables, less meat: The average American diet causes the release of an extra 1.5 tons of greenhouse gases per year compared with a plant-based diet. Reducing your meat and dairy intake by half can make a big difference. Make saving energy a family affair: Assign each person an energy-saving task. For example, one child can gather vegetable scraps for the compost; another can turn off lights and power strips when they are not in use; and you can use cold water for the wash and use the dryer less often. Re-energize your office: Help institute energy-saving (and money-saving) activities: use ceramic cups instead of disposable ones; encourage double-sided copying; "unplug and strip" (see above); start a carpool; turn down the lights. If you'd like to do even more, visit CharityGuide.org for more do-it-yourself environmental protection tips. Charity Guide is a non-profit organization that inspires and facilitates flexible volunteering, by providing volunteer opportunities that are entirely flexible and immediately actionable. ###]]> 00:15:00 no http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/4/prweb371992.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/4/prweb371992.htm By promoting flexible volunteering, CharityGuide.org helps busy people make a difference. [PRWeb Apr 13, 2006] http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/4/prweb371992.htm Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:52:53 -0700 podcrew@extrahoop.com Charity Guide showcases flexible volunteer opportunities, to help busy people make a difference in as few as 15 minutes or during a volunteer vacation. Hectic lifestyles and unpredictable schedules don't need to be a barrier during National Volunteer Week, because CharityGuide.org enables even the hardest working people to volunteer -- from wherever they are and whenever they want. Volunteer Jasmine Allgood appreciates the flexibility: "Charity Guide allows me to volunteer at my convenience. I don't have time to do traditional volunteering anymore since I work and go to school full-time. Fortunately, Charity Guide helps me do something kind when it's convenient for me, so I can feel good about volunteering again." CharityGuide.org leverages the Internet to appeal to prospective volunteers on the cause of their greatest interest and at the moment of their greatest willingness to act. Featured causes include: animal protection, child protection, community and society, environment protection, health and safety, poverty and homelessness, and random acts of kindness. "There is enormous, untapped kindness available from busy people who yearn for greater fulfillment through helping others, but are unable to commit to traditional volunteering opportunities," said Michael Organ, founder and executive director of Charity Guide. "Our purpose is to provide 'would-be volunteers' with service projects that are entirely flexible and immediately actionable." To make it possible to complete a service project in as few as 15 minutes, Charity Guide works with investigative journalists and writers who do the research on potential volunteer opportunities, and then provide detailed "how to" instructions and links. For instance, in just 15 minutes, volunteers can help reduce identity theft, avoid antifreeze poisoning, or even send an encouraging card to a chronically hospitalized child. For volunteer Dee Vasquez, helping children is very meaningful: "The 15 minute volunteer activities really appealed to me. I love sending inspirational cards to hospitalized children –- it puts a smile on my face. Who knew I could touch a child's heart in just 15 minutes?" Media Contact: Michael Organ 847-830-0980 # # #]]> Michael Organ For National Volunteer Week April 23-29: Flexible Volunteer Opportunities for Busy People Charity Guide showcases flexible volunteer opportunities, to help busy people make a difference in as few as 15 minutes or during a volunteer vacation. Hectic lifestyles and unpredictable schedules don't need to be a barrier during National Volunteer Week, because CharityGuide.org enables even the hardest working people to volunteer -- from wherever they are and whenever they want. Volunteer Jasmine Allgood appreciates the flexibility: "Charity Guide allows me to volunteer at my convenience. I don't have time to do traditional volunteering anymore since I work and go to school full-time. Fortunately, Charity Guide helps me do something kind when it's convenient for me, so I can feel good about volunteering again." CharityGuide.org leverages the Internet to appeal to prospective volunteers on the cause of their greatest interest and at the moment of their greatest willingness to act. Featured causes include: animal protection, child protection, community and society, environment protection, health and safety, poverty and homelessness, and random acts of kindness. "There is enormous, untapped kindness available from busy people who yearn for greater fulfillment through helping others, but are unable to commit to traditional volunteering opportunities," said Michael Organ, founder and executive director of Charity Guide. "Our purpose is to provide 'would-be volunteers' with service projects that are entirely flexible and immediately actionable." To make it possible to complete a service project in as few as 15 minutes, Charity Guide works with investigative journalists and writers who do the research on potential volunteer opportunities, and then provide detailed "how to" instructions and links. For instance, in just 15 minutes, volunteers can help reduce identity theft, avoid antifreeze poisoning, or even send an encouraging card to a chronically hospitalized child. For volunteer Dee Vasquez, helping children is very meaningful: "The 15 minute volunteer activities really appealed to me. I love sending inspirational cards to hospitalized children –- it puts a smile on my face. Who knew I could touch a child's heart in just 15 minutes?" Media Contact: Michael Organ 847-830-0980 # # #]]> 00:15:00 no