As you’re acting on your New Year’s resolutions, don’t forget to include the basic lifestyle changes you can make to help the environment! Just think: you could recycle more at your home, make the switch to LED light bulbs, use less water, buy a more fuel efficient car, or even just have the kids put down the video games and go out into nature in 2013.

That might sound like a lot of work, but I promise it’s not, and even small things make a big difference. Here are four books that might give you a new perspective on challenges to our environment and get you motivated to take action. (more…)

I recently attended the launch of my friend and amazing photographer Roger Moenks’ new book, I Am Eco-Warrior, at the Ralph Lauren store in Lenox Square. I was very honored to be included in the book and to share my story about the Captain Planet Foundation. There are more than 50 people featured in the book, including Richard Branson, Sylvia Earle and Stella McCartney. Several of these environmental leaders, including my dad, joined me for a book signing. (more…)

This year’s Captain Planet Foundation Gala was an amazing success! I am so excited to announce that we raised over a million dollars! Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who attended, as well as donated.

This year we had some really amazing guests and award recipients. Jimmy Carter, Richard Branson, Ted Turner and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson all participated on a panel, discussing a wide array of environmental topics. (more…)

I was very proud to be chosen by The Delta Mu Mu Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity this month for their 2012 Omega Citizen of the Year award. The fraternity runs an organization called the Black Rhinos Mentoring Program, where the men work with young students on public service initiatives based around environmental projects. I was thrilled to hear that the kids chose to plant trees in the inner city areas of Atlanta for their community project next year. My work with environmental youth mentoring programs is a great tie-in with their initiatives. I believe this is part of an important overall goal of bringing more diversity into the environmental movement.
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It is my great honor to announce the launch of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, a culmination of several months of planning between Ray’s friends and family members. Ray Anderson was a close personal friend of mine who passed away August 8, 2011. He was a visionary and a leader in the world of sustainable business. He was the founder of Interface, and envisioned his carpet company as a model for the closed-loop, restorative enterprise of tomorrow. Together, his friends and family have breathed new life into his foundation as a memorial to a great man and to carry his legacy into the future.
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I was recently in Portland, Maine helping to kick off a capital campaign for the Federation of State Conservation Voters conference. The money raised will go to help the state leagues build capacity, educate our citizens about important issues and the importance of voting for the environment, win elections for legislators that vote pro-environment and hold our legislators accountable for their votes. Also in attendance was the great Bill McKibben. I had the pleasure of having him speak at my house about 2 years ago. Bill McKibben is one of my heroes. He started and is leading a global warming movement on his website 350.org. (more…)

2011′s Captain Planet Foundation Benefit Gala was an enormous success. We raised over $855,000 for our children and the environment. The money raised will help fund Captain Planet Foundation’s mission, to support hands-on environmental projects which are designed to encourage innovative, game-changing initiatives that will inspire and empower the next generation of environmental stewards. (more…)

The following interview was conducted by eco-writer Lindsay E. Brown. She’s the managing editor of Eco-Chick.com, publisher of BrownLovesGreen.org and she regularly contributes to EarthHour.org and Ecover’s Corporate Blog. You can follow her on Twitter: @LindsEBrown

By Lindsay E. Brown

Journey to Planet Earth is one of the most important TV series you’ll watch. Each episode magnificently explores the fragile relationship between us and the world we inhabit. (more…)

The following interview was conducted by eco-writer Lindsay E. Brown. Her work is regularly featured on Eco-Chick.com, EarthHour.org and Ecover’s Corporate Blog.

By Lindsay E. Brown

Two women from very different backgrounds are on a mission: to better the world with their ice cream.

Jennie Dundas and Alexis Miesen were busily running their successful Blue Marble Ice Cream shops in Brooklyn when a Rwandan woman named Kiki entered and changed their lives.
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The following interview was conducted by eco-writer Lindsay E. Brown. Her work is regularly featured on Eco-Chick.com, EarthHour.org and Ecover’s Corporate Blog.

By Lindsay E. Brown

Leilani Munter is an accomplished race car driver who is rather unique in her industry. She’s an environmental activist who offsets her carbon footprint for each race, lobbies before Congress on behalf of environmental issues, and travels the world to protect the planet when it needs her help. She’s a vegetarian to boot! Leilani doesn’t make hollow eco-claims, though; she’s a woman of her word whose actions speak loudest. (more…)