Guest guest Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 > > Monday, April 24, 2006 > > IDEAL BITE ~ a sassier shade of green > > =============================================== > Today's Daily Tip: Biters HEART Earth Day…and > Volunteers > =============================================== > > Did Saturday’s Earth Day festivities leave you > yearning for more? > > The Bite: > Help ingrain the Earth Day, Every Day mantra of the > Biters with a > feel-good tool of the trade - volunteerism. No > matter your schedule, > skills or savvy, there are hundreds of environmental > organizations > waiting for someone like you. > > > The Benefits: > - Keep it local…and beautiful. Give back to the > community with > neighborhood park clean ups - a great way to spend > the day outside. > - Channel your inner activist. Take action on > environmental issues > that matter to you, from preserving ocean wildlife > to stopping global > warming. > - Work with children and teens by joining local > organizations, which > work to educate the public on organic food growing > and environmental > issues. > - All the cool kids are doing it. Earth Day Networks > estimates that > 500 million people from 4,500 organizations in 180 > countries will > participate in Earth Day events during the month of > April. > > > Personally Speaking > Aside from the obvious, our mothers always preached > to us one great > benefit of participating in volunteer opportunities: > the chance to > meet quality men. (Of course the validity of that > theory has yet to be > proven). > > > Wanna Try? > - Stop Global Warming - the easiest way we’ve found > to be heard. Join > the virtual march - if we get enough of you Biters > to sign up, Laurie > David will hand Leonardo DiCaprio a Biter tee... > (http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_partner.asp?466640) > - The Nature Conservancy - search for volunteer > opportunities in your > neck of the woods. > (http://support.nature.org/site/PageServer?pagename=volunteer_ed6) > - NRDC - help the Natural Resources Defense Council > in their efforts > to save streams, species and trees. > (http://www.nrdc.org/action/default.asp) > - Environment Defense - contact politicians and > decision makers on a > variety of issues that matter to you. > (http://www.environmentaldefense.org/actioncenter.cfm) > - Idealist - create profiles based on your schedule, > interest and > skills to find your perfect volunteer opportunity. > (http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/Home/default) > - CSA Resources - all the tools you need to > participate in community > supported agriculture. > (http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa/) > > > Bang for the Bite Rating: 5 Apples (out of 5) > If 10,000 biters volunteered for just 10 hours a > year, their labor > would be worth an estimated $1,804,000 - all devoted > to helping people > and planet. > > > Cocktail Tip > Earth Day is big with schools: it is the 3rd most > activity-inspiring > holiday, after Christmas and Halloween. (Go kid > Biters, go!) > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > Visit Ideal Bite on the web at > http://www.idealbite.com/ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > Blog about it at the Ideal Bite blog! > http://idealbite.blogs.com/ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > Hey Biters! Get $25-off at PrintingForLess.com! > Brochures, postcards, business cards, letterhead, > envelopes, note > cards and more…come experience our 100% Satisfaction > Guarantee, > soy-based inks, instant pricing and live expert > help. Use this code > for $25 off your next order: RP1SZY4SR > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > > > © 2006 Ideal Bite, Inc. > > > All editorial suggestions in this tip are the result > of testing and a > preference for the tip topic. No advertiser has paid > to have its > company referenced in the tip. Advertising on the > Ideal Bite can be > found as separate and distinct units, namely the > skyscraper banner > along the side and/or a small image with text along > the bottom of the > email. From time to time, if we know that a certain > company is going > to be mentioned or featured, we inform them in > advance and allow them > to purchase paid advertising space if they would > like to do so. But we > promise -- we won't recommend anything we didn't try > and didn't like > -- and no one can pay to be featured in the tip. > > > > This email was sent to info, by > dailytip > > Un: Send an email to info Ideal Bite | 178 Clinton Street | Suite 4F | > Brooklyn | NY | 11201 > > Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam protection around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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