{"id":6878,"date":"2014-04-04T13:21:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T20:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/?p=6878"},"modified":"2014-09-14T18:06:38","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T01:06:38","slug":"spread-the-green-word-and-celebrate-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/2014\/04\/spread-the-green-word-and-celebrate-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Spread the Green Word and Celebrate Earth Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Day is celebrated each year on April 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, and across the world, countries, cities, groups and individuals come out to show their support for environmental protection. \u00a0So as I was thinking about Earth Day and the importance of reducing your carbon footprint as much as possible, I love the Verizon Hopeline program which accepts donated old cell phones.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone can donate the phones that they are no longer using, from any provider, as well as batteries, chargers and other accessories to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.verizonwireless.com\/aboutus\/hopeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>HopeLine<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VerizonWireless\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Verizon<\/strong><\/a> uses those funds to provide cash grants to organizations fighting against domestic violence. \u00a0It also means that 10 million phones are recycled and refurbished by HopeLine, and 2.1 million phones are recycled under Verizon\u2019s \u201czero-landfill\u201d policy.<\/p>\n<p>Verizon also takes going green a step further by building LEED\u00ae-certified and ENERGY STAR\u00ae-certified retail stores, and use solar power to help power their network.<\/p>\n<p>How you de-clutter your life, recycle, reuse or save energy? We want to hear from you! Share a photo of your Earth Day and green ideas throughout April with us in one of these ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Post a link to your photo in the comments section below<\/li>\n<li>Tweet your pic using the hashtag #EarthDay #VZWBuzz<\/li>\n<li>Post on Instagram using the hashtag #EarthDay #VZWBuzz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We would love to see your ideas! \u00a0We will also share your photos on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnTran_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Twitter\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/anntranfashion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s celebrate Earth Day this month by sharing ways to help our planet\u2014it\u2019s the only one we\u2019ve got!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Verizon-Sustainability-4-4-20141.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6886 colorbox-6878 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Verizon-Sustainability-4-4-20141-349x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Verizon Sustainability 4-4-2014\" width=\"349\" height=\"1024\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Verizon-Sustainability-4-4-20141-349x1024.jpg 349w, https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Verizon-Sustainability-4-4-20141-102x300.jpg 102w, https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Verizon-Sustainability-4-4-20141.jpg 409w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 349px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 349\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6886 colorbox-6878\" src=\"https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Verizon-Sustainability-4-4-20141-349x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Verizon Sustainability 4-4-2014\" width=\"349\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Verizon-Sustainability-4-4-20141-349x1024.jpg 349w, https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Verizon-Sustainability-4-4-20141-102x300.jpg 102w, https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Verizon-Sustainability-4-4-20141.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Day is celebrated each year on April 22nd, and across the world, countries, cities, groups and individuals come out to show their support for environmental protection. \u00a0So as I&#8230;<span class=\"posted-on\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Posted on<\/span>  <a href=\"https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/2014\/04\/spread-the-green-word-and-celebrate-earth-day\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2014-04-04T13:21:58-07:00\">April 4, 2014<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2014-09-14T18:06:38-07:00\">September 14, 2014<\/time><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,366],"tags":[567,795,796,792,793,791,794,367],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spread the Green Word and Celebrate Earth Day! 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