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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89% of Americans Want It. Championed by Greenhouse Neutral Foundation, Green Education Network and Others are Collaborating to Get It Done.
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Green Education Network January 2010 update of 2009 Earth Matters radio setback by CEO Gregory Hilbert: HERE WE ARE, THANKS TO YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND OTHERS LIKE YOU!
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 [...]
Click here for PDF of 14-page Pew Charitable Trusts on Climate Change
From the Pew Charitable Trusts website (click here to visit):Â
“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 [...]
MeetTheGreens.org is a new kids’ guide to looking after the planet. Kids can watch The GREENS’ cartoon adventures and discover related green games, news, downloads, a blog, action tips, links, and much more. This innovative, Web-only project comes from WGBH in Boston, the producer of shows like ZOOM, ARTHUR, Frontline & NOVA. Click Here to [...]
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Eco Kids Online http://www.ecokids.ca
Discover cool things about science and nature, wildlife, environmental issues and more through games and activities.
Environmental Education for Kids! (EEK!)http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/eek/
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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Building sector must change to meet global energy targets, new study finds
HARTFORD, Conn. April 27, 2009 – In the most rigorous study ever on the subject, The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) demonstrates how to achieve a 60 percent reduction in the energy use of buildings by 2050 to help meet global climate [...]
Ecosystems
Careful preservation and protection and management of our natural resources will help sustain our environment for future generations. On this page and many others on Green Education Network, you can learn the principles of energy, soil, and water conservation. You can also learn ways to prevent pollution and practice environmental stewardship.
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Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline. The concept is based on the observed production rates of individual oil wells, and the combined production rate of a field of related oil wells. The aggregate production rate [...]
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Green Education Network Preliminary Donation List
Of the many worthy Non-profits, the following are those eligible to receive a GEN donation. This list will be finalized and updated on an ongoing basis.
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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 [...]
List of Renewable Energy Organizations
This is a list of notable renewable energy organizations:
Renewable energy – American Council on Renewable Energy
Renewable energy – Apollo Alliance
Renewable energy – ASADES Argentine Association of Renewable Energy and Environment [1]
Renewable energy – Danish Organisation for Renewable Energy (OVE)
Renewable energy – Energy-Quest
Renewable energy – Environmental and Energy Study Institute
Renewable energy – [...]
Private Organizations (Environmental NGOs)
These organizations are involved in lobbying, advocacy, or conservation efforts:
International
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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Carbon-neutral living is about reducing one’s carbon footprint, which means using less energy derived from fossil or carbon-based fuels, chiefly oil (and gasoline derived from oil), coal, wood, and gas. Additionally, there are things you can do to offset your use of carbon-based energy sources (ie your carbon footprint). For more, and an online tool you [...]
10-minute version of Al Gore’s televised global warming presentation
Click the link above to see the “trailer” (promotional preview using out-takes) to the Academy Award winning documentary movie “An Inconvenient Truth”. The book and the movie can be purchased in the GEN Green eMall bookstore.Â
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Sustainable Development: Introduction to Scope and Issues
Economic Sustainability
Agenda 21 clearly identified information, integration, and participation as key building blocks to help countries achieve development that recognises these interdependent pillars. It emphasises that in sustainable development everyone is a user and provider of information. It stresses the need to change from old sector-centred ways of doing [...]
development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
Free PDF Download Activity Book from EPA includes coloring, word jumble and quiz that helps young students learn that conserving energy helps reduce acid rain. Click here for the Activity Book
Short video shows simple “Do’s and Don’ts” for conserving energy and other resources in an office environment.
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Go Green, Ban the Penny!©
It’s a Student-Teacher-Parent Learning Crusade to   Save Energy & Metal and a FUN-raising FUND-raiser!
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The One-cent Coin Costs 1.26 Cents to Make, Wasting Resources, Costing Taxpayers Millions! CNN.com [...]
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It’s a K-12 Student-Teacher-Parent Learning Crusade to Save Energy and Metal! FREE Cross-Curricular Lesson Plans & Activities!  Option to participate in our first annual Nationwide Contest, ends June 3, 2010; 500 Winning Schools, 5 Winning States! GEN’s Learning FUN-Raiser is a FUND-raiser too!
The One-cent Coin Costs 1.26 Cents to Make, [...]
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