Green Education Network is persuaded by the work of Dave Blume and the non-profit I.I.E.A. that ethanol produced by sustainable perma-culture has the potential to have a greater and more favorable environmental and economic impact than ANY alternative-energy technology at hand or on the immediate horizon.
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Green Education Network Chairman and CEO Gregory Hilbert begs all to sign worldwide AVAAZ.org petition even long after the Copenhagen failure he predicts, to tell posterity we were not among those now forsaking the untold millions who will suffer horrors in consequence of that failure.
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ENSO Bottles LLC has been awarded the Green Education Network Seal of Approval because its product makes a needed contribution to the problem of non-recycled plastic, and ENSO has demonstrated a [...]
Environmental Science Lesson & Experiment Activity
Click Here to Download PDF of Lesson Plan and Experiment Activity for Grades 5-8. Click here to Download PDF Version for High School and College
DIG IT! You’re Environmental Scientists! Here’s Your Project
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The Problem: Every year U.S. grocery and other retail stores spend $4,000,000,000 ($4 Billion) to put our purchases in over [...]
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Discover cool things about science and nature, wildlife, environmental issues and more through games and activities.
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Lots of information and ideas about the earth, animals, and other neat stuff including what kinds of jobs are available for people interested in the environment.Â
FEMA for Kids http://www.fema.gov/kids/
The Federal [...]
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Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity defines biotechnology as:[1]
Any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use.
Biotechnology is often used to refer to genetic engineering technology of [...]
Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants (i.e. crops) creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and stratified societies. At right: Rice farming. The study [...]
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Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit, Al Gore, 5 hrs First published in 1992, it helped place the environment on the national agenda; now, as environmental issues move front-and-center [...]
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Green Education Network Serves K-12 but is technically not an “Environmental Group”! GEN supports all these organizations!
Environmental groups and resources serving K–12 schools
This article includes information about environmental groups and resources (such as those provided by government, its agencies, and existing or proposed legislation) that serve K–12 schools in the United States and internationally.
Specific organized [...]
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Private Organizations (Environmental NGOs)
These organizations are involved in lobbying, advocacy, or conservation efforts:
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African Wild Dog Conservancy
Aga Khan Trust for Culture
American Indoor Air Quality Council
Antinea Foundation
ATWA (ATWA International)
Bellona Foundation
Biofuelwatch
Biosphere Expeditions
BirdLife International
Center for International Environmental Law
Coal River Mountain Watch
Conservation Foundation
Conservation International
Conservation Law Foundation
Earth Charter Initiative
Earth First!
Earth Island Institute
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Earth Liberation Prisoner Support Network (ELPSN)
Earth Policy [...]
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Planet Earth, Living Earth, Oceans, Biotech, Global Warming and other Nature, Science, Wildlife and Environment DVDs are the featured in GEN’s Green eMall. Click below to see the entire PBS selection of DVDs, VHS Videotapes, [...]
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The Problem: Americans alone dispose of 360 BILLION plastic bags yearly. EPA estimates it takes 100 to 400 years for them to break down. In the meantime, trillions pollute and litter landfills, water supplies, oceans and landscapes.
The Solution Started Here: Perf Go Green’s patented BIODEGRADABLE products –including trash bags –incorporate recycled plastics that begin to [...]
Global Warming: Nobel Prize Winner Paul Crutzen
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Steve Connor, Science Editor of the Independent, wrote:
Professor Paul Crutzen, who won a Nobel Prize in 1995 for his work on the hole in the ozone layer, believes that political attempts to limit man-made greenhouse gases are so pitiful that a radical contingency plan is needed.
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development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
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