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.
Taxpayers pay billions in USPS junk mail subsidies to the same banks and other corporations that plunder us, billions to haul their unwanted junk away, and billions for the landfills where most of it gets dumped. The same greed-driven megabanks that taxpayers bailed out in 2009 pay only 19 cents to bombard Americans with low-interest CREDIT CARD offers that later sky-rocket to rates of 22% and higher, while citizens pay $0.44 to mail their payment to the same bank.
Green Education Network Chairman & CEO Gregory Hilbert announced today that GEN has joined a Care2 call for a 2010 MARCH ON WASHINGTON DC (and capitols in all 50 states), to demand restoration of government of, by and for the people.
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.
Stop Unwanted Junk Mail and the Trashing of Trees, Mailboxes, Landfills & Taxes!
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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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Green Education Network highly recommends the Great Lakes Information Network website for information and resources specific to Great Lakes Environment, Ecology, and Sustainable Development. Click here to open GLIN in a new window!
The Laurentian Great Lakes are a chain of freshwater lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes [...]
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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DAISY’S MAGIC GARDEN
An Original Story for Our Times, by Green Education Network Publisher Forrest Stone
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Once upon a time there was a farmer. On the farm were cows, chickens, and sheep. These animals gave milk, eggs, and wool. The farmer also grew corn, beans, peas, and other crops. “It is hard work to take care [...]
Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form, such as electricity, using wind turbines. At the end of 2008, worldwide nameplate capacity of wind-powered generators was 121.2 gigawatts.[1]Although wind produces only about 1.5% of worldwide electricity use,[1] it is growing rapidly, having doubled in the three years between 2005 and 2008. [...]
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 [...]
Environmental economics is a subfield of economics concerned with environmental issues. Quoting from the National Bureau of Economic Research Environmental Economics program:
“ [...] Environmental Economics [...] undertakes theoretical or empirical studies of the economic effects of national or local environmental policies around the world [...]. Particular issues include the costs and benefits of alternative environmental [...]
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 [...]
CLICK HERE FOR EPA Gr 6-8 STUDENT CONTENT on GENÂ Â CLICK TOPICS BELOW for TEACHER RESOURCES
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Millennium for ALL Earth’s Children
A GEN K-12 Special Project
The Millennium Campaign starts here now, with YOU!
Click Here to Vote in GEN’s Poll to Choose the Official Name of our Campaign, and to “sign” our petition to the UN, President Obama, and the U.S. Congress.
Teachers, parents and students of all ages can vote and “sign” the [...]
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 GEN Highly Recommends These Titles in Non-Fiction, Environment and Science-Tech
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 [...]
Whole Planet Foundation is dedicated to reducing global poverty via a micro-financing method proven to be effective. The non-profit Foundation was established by Whole Foods Market, an exemplary and inspiring company whose environmental policies and practices GEN holds forth as a model for other companies to emulate.
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The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is THE authoritative source for the basis of saying there is now a concensus among scientists worldwide that (1) Global Warming is a Fact, (2) Global Warming is caused by Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and (3) There is a Risk of Catastrophic Global Warming
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 [...]
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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All These Titles and More Are in the PBS Store Planet Earth BioTech Fears Living Planet Ocean Wonders
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, [...]
Welcome to NAAEE — NAAEE Portal.
Green Education Network strongly supports NAAEE. See GEN’s Mission page to learn why!
Click the link above for a news reporter’s interview with Al Gore about his Global Warming message, and the geo-socio-political and economic hurdles that must be overcome, including the fact that there are still those who do not think global warming is a dire crisis, and a few who do not think it is caused by human activity. 6 [...]
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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.”
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The One-cent Coin Costs 1.26 Cents to Make, Wasting Resources, Costing Taxpayers Millions! CNN.com [...]
ACID RAIN WHERE YOU LIVE combines EPA information with Green Education Network Cross-curricular Lesson Plans for the integration of environmental education with Math, Earth and Life Science, Geography, Chemistry, Reading and Home Economics. Includes animations showing trends in control of air and water pollutants from sources that cause acid rain and contribute to global warming. Students discover what those trends are where they live.
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