The Green Brief readers can easily catch up on top green news stories,, green products and green innovations, as well as benefit from helpful information geared to help consumers cut the costs of electricity and how to help educate others about living sustainably.

The tips offered by the Green Brief will fall into three main categories: Business, Home and Travel. Readers can check out individual sections to get ideas about how to green up those areas in their lives.

A key component to The Green Brief is allowing users to submit their own suggestions and ideas. Each suggestion that is submitted is rated according to the cost of implementing the solution, and how much can be saved by putting it into practice.

Nick Drake, the managing director of Climate Change Communications Ltd, said:

“With this application, iPhone users can get the inside track on green issues, whether they’re after information about their home, workplace or lifestyle. No longer do they need to be chained to their desktop PC or Mac just to get the latest on the environment, which is important for the pace of life that many iPhone users have.”

“Users of the software get access to ‘green’ tips and news while on the move, knowing that the tips will not only help protect the planet, but should also help patch any holes in their pockets, which is particularly necessary in the current economic environment.”

Notes to Editors

The Green Brief, which is expected to be hit among connected-types who care for the environment and their wallets, is the first foray into application development for Climate Change Communications Limited.

The newly formed company is dedicated to raising practical awareness about our environment, partly by spreading ‘know-how’ to save carbon in various areas, while striving for a return for its customers. The name of the application is a play on the meaning of ‘brief’ being a ‘quick look’ at news, and is an amalgamation of other ideas. Access the application now on its dedicated homepage – www.thegreenbrief.com – visit for more information, screenshots and details about Climate Change Communications Ltd.

The Green Brief is available to download in the Apple Store from iTunes and costs $2.99 / £1.79 / €2.39. The content is all in English, the size of the application is 0.6Mb and it requires an active internet connection to retrieve the content.

Along with unknown possible health risks that releasing such a large amount of genetically modified food to the public, there is the issue of biodiversity. There is the concern that GM crops will contaminate native species. The danger here is that native species are part of a great balance of biodiversity. There is simply not enough known about the effects of GM foods in terms of human health and nutrition, or in terms of environmental results and impact on biodiversity.

Citizens for Health says on its Web site:

Since half of the granulated sugar in the U.S. comes from sugar beets, the infiltration of GE sugar beets represents a significant alteration of our food supply. Unlike traditional breeding, genetic engineering creates new life forms that would never occur in nature, creating new and unpredictable health and environmental risks.

Under the Bush administration, the USDA approved Monsanto’s genetcially modified sugar beet seed without submitting an Environment Impact Statement (EIS). In January 2008, a lawsuit was filed which demanded that production be stopped on GM sugar beets until a valid EIS was prepared. Under the Obama administration, nothing has changed; the USDA still has not issued an EIS on Monsanto’s sugar beets.

Over 100 companies pledge not to use GM sugar in their products

Food companies and consumers have responded to this influx of GM sugar beets by creating the Non-GM Beet Sugar Registry. Add your food-related company to show your support and pledge to avoid GM beet sugar wherever possible, and to ask sugar beet industry not to introduce GM beet sugar into our food supply. If you know someone with a food-related business ask them to visit the registry above and add their voice to the cause.

Take Action

Since this is already happening, one of the best things we can do is contact government representatives, sugar companies and large candy companies and ask them not to use sugar from genetically modified sugar beets.

Send a Message to the Obama Administration

Let President Obama know how you feel about the FDA’s refusal to issue an EIS, and that you’re opposed to genetically modified foods. Send your feedback to Obama.

Ask Companies Not to Use Sugar from GM Sugar Beets

Some companies such as Hershey have agreed not to use GM sugar. Below are links to customer feedback forms of some of the top sugar and sugar-related companies. Ask that these companies refuse to use sugar from genetically modified sugar beets.

Contact American Crystal Sugar Company -the largest producer of beet sugar. If you have time to do only one thing, take a moment to send a message to American Crystal Sugar Co.

Contact Hershey’s

Contact M&M Mars

If you have some additional ideas for taking action, use the form below to leave a comment.

Walden III School has taken going green to a whole new level and is currently one of the 10 finalists in a national essay contest to be recognized as America’s Greenest School.

Walden’s essay writer is Bria Kaufman, a seventeen year old senior student.

“I’m like freaking out about it because I wasn’t expecting it and now there’s all this attention,” Bria said. “I keep telling myself to breathe. It’s very intense.

Bria wrote her essay in response to an assignment given by her ecology and environmental society teacher.

“It was a fun essay to write because I’m very proud of Walden and all their green efforts here,” she said. “There was lots to talk about.”

Bria wrote about many of the going green projects taking place at Walden, including a program that works with the community to encourage the use of fluorescent light bulbs and planting trees. Walden also generates power from the large bank of solar panels installed on the roof, which was funded by money raised by the school. There is also a rain garden and outdoor classroom being built, and the school has a recycling program in place.

Bria’s essay was selected from nearly 2,000 submissions received from 767 different schools.

The winner of America’s Green School will be determined by public online voting, so head over to http://www.americasgreenestschool.com/ , check out the contestants and cast your vote!