Digital Mags - First One is FREE

Are you tired of collecting years of magazines, only have stacks and stacks piled up in the corner and dreading to haul them to the recycle bin? Well thanks to The Read Green Initiative, you can get some of your fav mags digitally - no need to recycle! And the best part, your first magazine is FREE!!! Who doesn't love Freebies.

The Read Green Initiative offers a wide variety of magazines ranging from Elle and Car and Driver to Saveur, Men's Journal, and Fitness Rx. Proceeds from each subscription purchase helps plant trees at schools, playgrounds and neighborhoods worldwide.

FREE Recycled/reusable bag from Central Market (Houston)

On Wednesday, April 22, from 3 pm to 7 pm, bring in at least 5 plastic bags (they can be from anywhere) to Central Market and they’ll give you one of their signature, striped reusable bags. They're made from recycled plastic bottles, are surprisingly strong, and can be used over and over again, promoting more eco-friendly future trips. Limit one free bag per customer, while supplies last.

Free Workout Pants...Yes, FREE

Thanks to the Chicas over at Fit Bottom Girls, here's another way to recycle... The Houston lucy store is in Highland Village

Trade up your trousers

lucy Recycles
Got some old workout pants you’d like to trade in? Now you can celebrate Earth Day and get some bucks off of some new threads. During the month of April, you can take your used workout pants into any lucy store and received $10 off a new pair of regular price lucy bottoms, including pants, capris, shorts and skirts. lucy will donate the pants to charity, you'll get new pants, and you'll save the pants from hitting a landfill. Win, win, win!

Trade up.

Houston Green Expo - This Weekend - FREE

Looking for something Earth-Day friendly to do...here it is...

Houston Green Expo

Sustainable Energy and Green Building Consumer Event
Saturday, April 18 - Sunday, April 19, 2009
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Reliant Park, Hall B

The City of Houston and Gulf Coast Green present the second Houston Green Expo: Sustainable Energy and Green Building Consumer Event exclusively featuring certified green products and building materials, renewable energy, energy efficiency tips, and green vehicles. FREE ADMISSION.

• Houston Green Expo Flyer (.pdf)

This is your chance to view and purchase green products. The products displayed make economic sense, strengthen the environment and makes us less dependent on foreign energy supplies.
Five themes are featured at the expo:

• Green Building
• Energy Efficiency
• Renewable Energy
• Alternative Transportation
• iGreen Youth Zone (www.igreenhouston.org)

Youth are encouraged to participate in the iGreen Youth Zone which is full of education, entertainment, interactive activities and giveaways.

Leading sponsors include: CenterPoint Energy, TXU Energy, and Direct Energy.

Tell your friends about this important community event. To learn more you can also visit www.gulfcoastgreen.org.

While admission is free to the public, we encourage everyone to ride Metro to reduce emissions and avoid the $8 parking fees around the park.

Earth Day Houston 2009

Earth Day will be soon upon us – the one day when people who never recycled think before tossing their plastic water bottle in the trash, trees get planted, and parties are hosted. So here is a list of upcoming Earth Day Celebrations…

April 11, 2009 9:00a – 6:00p Discovery Green Park

Earth Day Houston is a green living festival focused on the merits of mindful, sustainable living while educating and encouraging Houstonians to preserve, conserve and enhance our city and the Earth. Families will enjoy interactive conservation awareness activities highlighting land, air, water, and renewable energy, a Farmers’ Market, recycled art activities for kids, the latest in hybrid transportation and more. Live music with local and regional entertainment, a Kids’ Energy Zone, and plenty of food and beverage on site will round out the day’s events.

For more information, visit www.earthdayhouston.org or call (713) 528-3779.

April 18 & 19 9:00a – 3:00p Houston Zoo

Join the Houston Zoo and Waste Management as we highlight Mother Earth. Learn how you can help protect the planet by recycling and conserving in your everyday life. Event activities include our Recycling Relay Race, Can You Run as Fast as a Cheetah?, Give Mother Earth a Hand, and Meet the Keeper Talks focused on what the Houston Zoo does to help our planet.

For more information, visit: http://www.houstonzoo.org/earthday/

April 18, 2009 10:00a - 4:00p Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

4501 Woodway Dr., Houston, Texas 77024 A FREE, family-friendly event

Earth Day 2009 will offer Houstonians a free, family event with opportunities to learn about earth-friendly products from local companies and organizations and recycling opportunities in Houston. Have fun with activities such as face painting and making crafts from recycled materials. Some of the day's activities will include:

Kids' zip line
Face painting
Crafts from recycled materials
Live bluegrass music
Organic food samples
Earth-friendly vendors
Solar cars

April 22, 2009 11:00a – 2:00p Houston Medical Center Earth Day Symposium

6550 Bertner at Moursund

Through this celebration, the TMC community will learn about the benefits of recycling, ways to reduce one's ecological footprint, and how the TMC is going green. Nearly 50 hospitals, universities, businesses, governmental agencies and community organizations will participate and share information on their sustainability initiatives. Special events, including electric car rides, a roulette wheel of eco-prizes and a demonstration solar house, are also planned. Many of the exhibitors will be giving out free eco-friendly items--such as compact fluorescent light bulbs, reusable shopping bags and tree seedlings. The tree seedlings will include up to 2,000 native pine trees and hardwoods. Opportunities to recycle various items, including old eye glasses and cell phones, will be available as well.

The Commons food court will be featuring special Earth-Day selections so join us for lunch and celebrate Earth Day!

The event is being organized by the Houston Medical Center Recycling Collaborative. For more information, please email us at EarthDay@HMCRC.org.