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USC’s Fight Against Coal With Help From The Sierra Club

It seems that colleges are the new center stage for the fight against Coal Fired Power Plants.  YDT was informed by  a USC student and activist that USC is one of 60 college campus nation wide that are transition from dirty coal power to renewable energy during the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign.  Currently all of Los Angeles gets 44% of it’s energy from imported coal and USC wants to be a leader in changing that.  The campaign will take place throughout the fall with students hosting coal-less coalition BBQs and other events to show their commitment to the issue.   You can watch and informative video from the Sierra Club on the issues and check out a write up about the students from the NYTimes Greenwire.

No Impact Week and Huff Post Impact Have Launched

Our friends at Causecast.org have partnered with The Huffington Post to launch a new Huff Po Section called “IMPACT”.  The impact section will cover different aspects of impact–social good, humantarian issues, environmental issues–anywhere you can make an impact will be fair game.  In addition to the new section, No Impact Week has launched on the Huff Post.  Even though it has already started you can still join in–and keep up with the 4000 others who have decided to create no impact for one week.  Our co-founder Tracy has signed up, though she knows she’s going to be breaking the transportation rule sometime this week   Learn more about No Impact Week and get involved.

Vote the City of Irvine For the Recycler Award

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DT’s wonderful intern Pooja is also an employee of the City of Irvine Environmental Programs Division  and currently participating in the “Cash for Cans” contest against other cities to see who has created the best video to share the importance of recycling and everyone to do it.  You can watch the video here and place your vote for Irvine (it’s the most local city involved in the content, so show your home town support.)

Vote YDT as Best Online Magazine On Mashable

The internet is full of shameless promoters and while we try to limit the amount we do it, we know that at the end of the day it’s part of the business.  We’re asking you our loyal fans to vote us up as best online magazine for Mashable’s Best of the Web for 2009.  You can vote as many times you’d like for as many different sites–so we hope you’ll consider us if you do.

Going Back to School?  How About a Green MBA

Green jobs, green business, corporate social responsibility are terms that are all in the news these days, but how do you incorporate them into your work life?  If you’ve been pondering this question and thinking of going back to school check out this resource of Green MBA and MPA programs across the country from GreenEconomyPost.com

Tags: Causecast.org, City of Irvine Recycle, Coal Free, Coal Free College, Green MBA, Huffington Post Impact, Mashable Best of the Web 2009