Your free headquarters for helping the world.
Environmental projects, community events & personal commitments.
Environmental projects, community events & personal commitments.
A refreshing way to be involved.
Project creators launch their ideas and create goals that determine the success of the project. Participants join in, accomplish goals, and earn rewards.
Project creators launch their ideas and create goals that determine the success of the project. Participants join in, accomplish goals, and earn rewards.
An earthbongo project is the creation of someone like you.
It can be big or small, serious or playful. Get inspired, tap the drum, start a rhythm, and the results will come.
It can be big or small, serious or playful. Get inspired, tap the drum, start a rhythm, and the results will come.
Have impact.
Every week, people work on amazing projects that help the environment, children, animals, community,
and individuals. Wouldn’t it be great to add it all up? That’s earthbongo.
team projects
Our school has a fabulous garden program, but we lack a sustainable way to water our crops. We won a 'Build Your Block' contest from Umpqua Bank and are matching the $10,000 we won with $5000 we earned in the Greenworks 'Walk to School' contest to create a cistern for our veggie...
Oct
31
by Stephanie
So I read an article in Sunset Magazine about a woman in California who, come trash day, has NO TRASH AT ALL. I mean nothing. Zip. Zero. NADA. My thoughts ranged from curiosity, to sympathy (she must have issues), to revulsion, to defensiveness (we have LOTS of recycling, thank you very ...
Jul
1
So far, 15 people have joined.
by Quick Start
Are you up for a challenge? If so, we dare any kid to add one more serving of fruit to their diet each day. (Fruit tubes, leathers, chews or anything that comes in a package do not count!)
Yes, we know you know fruit and veggies are good for you, did you know...
1- that eating strawb...
So far, 3 people have joined.
by Quick Start
Slow down and smell the flowers!
If you have a car, it's so easy to just hop in and run errands. Sometimes quick convenience becomes a habit and it's good to shake things up!
This project aims to get you out of your single-occupancy car. For a trip that you were planning to do by car,...
May
31
So far, 3 people have joined.
by Quick Start
Hey, kids -- does your day feel filled up with stuff you don't want to do --- chores, homework, stuff like that? Wish you had more time for sports? Playing? Art? Reading? Well, we're going to try a little experiment, so get ready! Take one hour this week, sometime when you would have pl...
Aug
31
So far, our number of hours unplugged is 2.
by Quick Start
Most of us spend a big amount of money heating water. According to the US Department of Energy, a whopping 12% of our electric bill is for this item alone.
When you wash in hot water, 90% of the energy used by the washer is used to heat the water, and it really doesn't make much di...
So far, 7 people have joined.
by Quick Start
My friend had a great idea - she donated the equivalent of her grocery expenses to the Oregon Food Bank.
I'm taking up the challenge and passing it on: track your food expenses for the week and donate the total to an organization that helps people feed themselves.
Post who you dona...
So far, 2 people have reported back.
by Quick Start
The world is a big place and there's lots of stuff that needs doing.
Find a group that needs a helping hand and join their work for the day. Tell us who you helped and why.
Put it in gear and make a difference!
So far, 1 person has reported back.
I thought this was a pretty good article from the LA Times. It's from someone writing a column under the heading "Realist Idealist" and has their experiences as to what worked for them, and what did not, in their attempts at living more ecologically friendly.
Here's the link:
http://...
So far, 7 people have reported back.
Attract a little wildlife to your back yard, offer a treat for birds, and see a bit of nature up close! Here’s a great project to do with your kids.
PS What kinds of seed work best? Do they like the peanut butter, too?
So far, our number of pinecone bird feeders created is 57.
