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StubHub has launched a program in conjunction with the National Forests Foundation that will help restore national forests across the US through the sales of post-season football game tickets. ...

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Teaching kids about the environment through game-play is nothing new, but in today's online gamer society, it's important to put the lesson-learning in the right format. Gamer kids now have something to play that makes sense both on and off the computer screen.

In a character-driven adventure game, Emerald Island is a virtual world where children are challenged to save the island from environmental destruction. Designed for kids ages 6 to 12, the game has an evolving plotline created by the kids in which environmental activism is the key ingredient. ...

In part two of our conversation with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, we get deeper into the nuts and bolts of Wikia Green, but also tackle the role that free culture can play in saving the world (hint: it's a big role). ::TreeHugger Radio

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Oh Facebook. That 2.0 of Myspace, which allows members to catch up with frenemies from high school they never wanted to see again, as well as find embarrassing pictures about themselves the day after the all night kegger. But, with 90 million users, thats a lot of energy and potential mobilization for good that can also come out of the site. Here is a roundup of some of the green applications on Facebook that you too can use to save the planet, or at least learn about it.

If you are thinking that a pair of recycled-paper board games called Bioviva and Head1Liners not yet on your Big Christmas list, you are probably not alone. In spite of garnering 13 international awards, educational Bioviva and the newer Head1Liners are probably not about to compete with those cutthroat deal-making and war-mongering board games like Monopoly and Risk (#1 and #2 in most popular lists).

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There are several recent video games which teach kids to consider natural resource protection and promote planet-saving activities, but what about greening the act of gaming itself? Flip produced a 5 minute clip on several ways to green electronics and gaming habits. Narrated by Katharine Fletcher, one of the bloggers on Flip, who admits that while she is not saying that kids shouldn't game, she wants to incorporate her greenness into one of her favorite hobbies and share these tips with other fellow gamers.

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The Acme Climate Action: Introducing The Unique Acme Climate Action Method book, by Provokatuer, is more than just a book, its a climate change activist into kit for the budding climate change activist in all of us. The cover alone is just so engaging that you can't help but pick it up.

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You can probably see one from where you're standing right now. A small child, toy in hand. Their glazed-over eyes as they absentmindedly put that building block or plastic action figure in their mouth and begin to gum and drool all over it. Not so fast, says President Bush, who last week signed into law a bill banning six toxic phthalates (pronounced: tha-lates) from children's products.

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