Vegware Awarded GEN Seal of Approval for Sustainable Disposables

Vegware is a global leader in eco friendly food packaging and catering disposables. All of its products are made from annually-renewable or recycled materials, and all are biodegradable and/or compostable.
 
Green Education Network has awarded it Seal of Approval to Vegware U.S., for its nation-wide introduction of an entire series of solutions to a widespread environmental [...]

Green Education Network a Guest on Dr Pat’s Green Hour Radio

Green Education Network CEO Gregory Hilbert (left)  was a guest on Dr Pat’s Perf Go Green Hour in July, and will return as a guest with Bob Williamson of Greenhouse Neutral Foundation at a later date. Dr Pat’s programs are broadcast, syndicated and heard on-line by tens of millions. CLICK HERE TO HEAR GREG ON THE [...]

Video: Ideas of and for Sustainability

In this 7-minute video the people of Bellingen in New South Wales Australia, comment about the meaning of “Sustainability”, share ideas and show off such projects as a composting toilet, community garden, and making biofuel from used vegetable oil.

GEN Supports Oceana

Oceana is an international non-profit organization devoted to the protection of earth’s oceans and life. To achieve real benefits for the oceans, Oceana conducts focused, strategic campaigns. Each campaign has a specific timeframe and objective that will make a significant difference to the oceans. Each campaign combines scientific, legal, policy and advocacy approaches to reach [...]

Inspiration: GEN Friend Dave Marcou, Sometimes “Small” Deeds Have Big Impact

Dave Marcou, a LaCrosse Wisconsin highschool classmate of GEN CEO Gregory Hilbert, is among other things an author, editor and writer whose byline appears on many books and articles. Because he’d not been in touch since 2004, this anecdote was among the things he wrote Greg to bring him up to date on his activities:
“In 2005, first by dumb-luck [...]

GEN Supports 350.org, Pls Put Oct 24 on YOUR Calendar, Help Cap Carbon Emissions at 350ppm

Green Education Network urges you to view the  two-minute video about 350.org right here on GEN, and key information from the 350.org website. NOTE: Current carbon level is 390!
 

Dear World,
This is an invitation to help build a movement–to take one day and use it to stop the climate crisis. On October 24, we will stand together [...]

World Population 6.7 Billion and Rising Fast

As of June 22, 2009, U.S. population was 306,731,155. World population was 6,788,199,388, increasing by 2.3 every second.
Overpopulation is a condition where an organism’s numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. In common parlance, the term usually refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment, the Earth.[1]
Overpopulation does not depend only [...]

Global Greenhouse Gas Still Rising

 

The Global Greenhouse Gas meter on Green Education Network shows the total amount of greenhouse gases  in planet earth’s atmosphere in metric tons, now over 3.64 trillion, and increasing at a rate of 2 billion per month.
The number is based on measurements developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and includes all the long-lasting greenhouse [...]

EIA All About Energy for K-8

The DOE Energy Information Agency’s Energy Kids Page is actually many outstanding pages of energy facts, history, fun and games, quizzes, puzzles, and classroom activities, complete with glossary and a downloadable PDF Teacher’s Guide with cross-curricular lesson plans for integration of Math, Language Arts, and Performing Arts. Because the foregoing go to the heart of [...]

Test Babelgum Video

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Pew Trusts Call for More Fuel Efficient Cars

Click here for PDF of 14-page Pew Charitable Trusts on Climate Change
From the Pew Charitable Trusts website (click here to visit): 
“Achieving the large-scale reductions in emissions needed to address climate change will require a major shift in the way the world produces and uses energy. Yet it can be done. While this change will not be [...]

Seven 1Hr Free-view Videos from Nat Geo

 Click on the links below to view these outstanding one-hour National Geographic ecology and wildlife documentaries FREE on you-tube
Amazon: Land of the Flooded Forest
Penguins: Emperors of the Ice
In Search of the Jaguar
Africa: Wilds of Madagascar
Last Stand of the Great Bear
A Man Among Bears
India: Land of the Tiger
Looking for DVDs About Wildlife, Nature, Ecology, Global Warming, [...]

New US Climate Change Report: Bad to Worse

Even as Congress belatedly tackles legislation that would cut U.S. carbon emissions and international negotiators have bickered over a global climate deal in Bonn, a new report by several federal agencies underscores the truths that too often risk getting lost in politics: global warming is real, it’s happening now and if we don’t act soon, [...]

Petition to Ban Nonbiodegradable Plastic Shopping Bags

 
 

 
Green Education Network stands with Bob Williamson and the Greenhouse Neutral Foundation in Support of the Goal of this Petition: banning store use of NONBIODEGRADABLE plastic shopping bags. At the same time, GEN urges the use of Perf Go Green BIODEGRADABLE Bags for kitchen, office and school Waste and Trash disposal. Click here to buy a box of the kitchen size in [...]

NatureBridge: Yosemite, Olympic Park and Headlands Institutes

NatureBridge (formerly known as Yosemite National Institutes) connects youth to nature and inspires the next generation of environmental stewards. Since 1971, its residential field science and environmental education programs have introduced almost one million students to the wonder of our National Parks and inspired them to conservation and service.
Comprised of the Headlands, Olympic Park, and [...]

Home, the Whole Movie, Free thru GEN

Click Here to See the Entire Movie HOME, free! HOME, by Yann Arthus Bertrand has been made available for free viewing for a limited time. After that time only the trailer will be free.
HOME is an ode to the planet’s beauty and its delicate harmony. Through the landscapes of 54 countries captured from above, Yann Arthus-Bertrand takes us on [...]