Tag Archives: Healthy

Celebrate Earth Month with The Green Room

Earth Month, Walmart

This month is Earth Month, a celebration of the environment and sustainability that culminates with Earth Day on April 22. It’s a great time to focus on the importance of sustainability and how we can make it part of our daily lives. And since that’s also the goal of The Green Room, we wanted to give a sneak preview of how Walmart is celebrating Earth Month.

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Making seafood more sustainable, one fishery at a time

Aquaculture, SFP

Aquaculture pens in Zimbabwe (photo credit: SFP)

There’s a lot of talk about how responsible consumers should skip seafood from unsustainable fisheries – fish that are on a ‘red’ or ‘avoid’ list from an environmental campaign group.

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First Lady Michelle Obama visits Walmart Neighborhood Market

Great For You food at Walmart

Today we were honored to have First Lady Michelle Obama visit one of our Walmart stores to celebrate our progress on making food healthier and more affordable for families nationwide.

Two years ago we made a healthier food commitment that was informed by the First Lady’s work with Let’s Move!.

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Follow the leaders on The Leaderboard

MNN Walmart Leaderboard

A few months ago, we announced a new advertising partnership with Mother Nature Network that would create a special editorial channel on the site for readers to explore the people, businesses and organizations leading in sustainability.

Now we’re pleased to announce the official launch of that channel, “The Leaderboard”.

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Make resolutions for the New Year greener

New Years Resolutions

As we get ready for 2013, many of us are busy planning New Year’s Eve parties with our family and friends. After all, it’s a time for celebrating the past year, looking ahead to the New Year and a clean slate – and, for many of us, making New Year’s resolutions. Resolutions are our personal vows to do better for ourselves.

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