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> Monday, April 24, 2006

>

> IDEAL BITE ~ a sassier shade of green

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> Today's Daily Tip: Biters HEART Earth Day…and

> Volunteers

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>

> 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!)

>

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