Green Education Network does not at this time have a final position on every aspect of this important debate, except to say we conclude that neither land nor crops grown for consumption as food by humans should be converted to ethanol fuel production on a massive scale. However…
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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There’s a Popular “Do Not Call” Law Against Unwanted Telemarketing Calls. Sign Our Petition Demanding One for Unwanted Junk Mail!
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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Less than 15% of recyclable plastic bottles are recycled. ENSO Bottles help solve the problem.
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Click here for the educational info page on the ENSO website.
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 [...]
We Can Turn the Tide on Global Deforestation! (K-6 click here to learn about rainforests) (Gr 7 thru Adult click here for comprehensive Deforestation info below Petition)
Let’s Replant the Rainforests! Green Education Network will Help You Support People Working On It Right Now!
About REPLANTING THE RAINFORESTS: This is a grass roots campaign that is designed to empower [...]
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The video and information below is from the San Francisco Permaculture Guild. CLICK HERE to visit the Guild’s site.Permaculture is about designing ecological human habitats and production systems. It is a land use and community building system which strives for the harmonious integration of human dwellings, microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soils, and water [...]
It’s not the water the townspeople banned, it’s the selling of it in plastic bottles. In the U.S., most nonbiodegradable plastic bottles are not recycled, despite the billions of them that are subject to deposit laws meant to incent their return so that they can be recycled.
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!
“Creativity, the Cornerstone to Improving the Environment” — Nancy Martini
In Nancy’s Honor, GEN is conducting an ECO ARTS & CRAFTS CONTEST! EVERY PARTICIPANT WINS HONORS! Get the scoop below!
Nancy Martini writes: I am an Art Director and Artist creating with recycled materials for as long as I can remember. Someone always seems to find me [...]
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 [...]
Green Education Network CEO Gregory Hilbert (left)Â Â 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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!
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
 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, [...]
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, [...]
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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 [...]
You’ll find a wide variety of animal life in or around fresh water ecosystems…aquatic birds… amphiphians..mammals and of course, a wide variety of fish. And the water cycle is very important to fresh water ecosystems.
Click below to go to the website hosted by the Missouri Botanical Garden to learn more about each of the [...]
Click Here for the page on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service where you can view an excellent 10-minute video about the impact of climate change on our wildlife habitat and wildlife, and the role of the Service.
Below in the public interest we have reproduced text from the same U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website page, [...]
Grasslands are found on every continent except Antarctica. Click here to learn about them and their plants and wildlife at a great website hosted by the Missouri Botanical Garden
(At right) The Konza tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of northeastern Kansas.
Photo Credit  Wikipedia,  Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, [...]
The Temperate Deciduous Forest biome has four seasons of winter, spring, summer, and fall. Animals and plants have special adaptations to cope with these yearly changes. Click here to Learn All About It at a great website hosted by the Missouri Botanical Garden
Photo Credit Wikipedia  Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin St, [...]
The tundra biome is at the top of the world — around the North Pole! Below a thin layer of tundra soil is its permafrost, a permanently frozen layer of ground. During the brief summers, the top section of the soil may thaw just long enough to allow plants and microorganisms to grow and reproduce. [...]
Middle School, High School, College, All Adults… We Can Turn the Tide on Global Deforestation. See Let’s Replant the Rainforests below this info for K-6
K-6: Did you know there are two types of Rainforest — the temperate and the tropical? Tropical rainforests are found close to the equator. Temperate rainforests are found along coasts in the [...]
Green Education Network has awarded a Certificate of Honor to the National Highschool of Arts Queen Marie in Constanta, Romania for it’s several completed environmental projects. The projects are part of a months-long international campaign in which the school is involved. Below we share the videos documenting their efforts because it may do your heart good — [...]
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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