Don’t Forget Earth Hour 2009 Saturday Night!

March 27, 2009

UVA, Charlottesville City, Albemarle County, and Better World Betty urge you to join millions of people across the world tonight in Earth Hour from 8:30pm-9:30pm by turning off ALL YOUR LIGHTS for an hour! As a family we plan on going around the house and unplugging ALL the outlets as well. Excellent life/ecology/energy lesson here […]

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I’ll buy that for a dollar!!

March 27, 2009

I enjoyed a fabulous lunch today at Bizou on the Downtown Mall with fellow mom and local dynamo Gwen Goodkin, who is responsible for bringing the first annual Unicef TAP project to Charlottesville! As you can imagine we hit it off famously and I’m pleased to announce she will be joining Betty as a volunteer […]

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What’s going on backstage, Betty?

March 24, 2009

Ok. So I would like to say I’m purposefully reducing my virtual carbon footprint created by excessive blogging which is why I haven’t blogged in many, many days! The truth is, the closer it gets to Earth Day, the more booked and busier I get! I am knee deep in grant-writing, web updating, sponsorship-seeking, kid […]

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Best Wishes from Betty!

March 11, 2009

It’s hard to believe that it has been a year and a half ago since I sat down at Mudhouse envisioning plans for an online community resource when I ran into Dave Norris. I had always admired his work in our community on behalf of the homeless, affordable housing, the environment, education, the list goes […]

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World Water Week is coming: make change for a dollar!

March 10, 2009

Did you know that 900 million people worldwide do NOT have access to clean water? That’s why Charlottesville will join cities around the country participating in UNICEF’s Tap Project this year. During the week of March 22-28, restaurants will offer Charlottesville diners the chance to pay $1 for their glass of drinking water. Funds raised […]

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Betty called — She needs your help in the kitchen!

March 5, 2009

Better World Betty’s long-awaited survey is waiting to be taken BY YOU! Come on… A few extra minutes on the computer to help the PLANET will feel good right about now. Currently Better World Betty is the number one resource for all your green needs in Charlottesville. But this is just the first generation Betty. […]

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The Bruce and Betty show airs tomorrow am on 1061 the Corner

February 19, 2009

O.K. so “Show” is a strong word. But I am excited this opportunity to further Betty’s mission to support your current efforts to go green and hopefully offer some new tips. This 10 minute interview will be airing tomorrow morning at 8:45ish. This is a part of a rotating interview segment (Adrienne Young, local singer/songwriter […]

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Home Energy 101 at CCDC

February 16, 2009

What better way to refine and BETTER my twelve-month home energy efficiency plan than by getting inspired with a community workshop given by one of my favorite people, Eric Gilchrist, the program coordinator for SPARK!! Which if you haven’t heard of by now, you really are living in the dark, so to speak. SPARK! is […]

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Two Betty-licious Moms Recycle Old Sweaters Into Onesies

February 13, 2009

These onesies are so cool and cute, you have to see them in person! Two local Charlottesville moms just opened their own business of reusing/recycling old sweaters into onesies. Bring your old sweaters to them, or they’ll find the sweaters themselves and …Presto, Changeo… your baby is green with something other than old spit up. […]

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Betty’s FB Debut

February 10, 2009

You have been asking for months, “Betty, why aren’t you on Facebook?!” Well, I am happy to announce as of today, Betty is on FB. Betty has taken the plunge into the collective sea of online social networking feet first, with apron attached. She doesn’t know how much time away from the Earth kitchen she […]

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