Ethanol: Food Versus Fuel Debate

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.

GEN’s Gregory Hilbert Condemns EDF Praise of Walmart

Walmart’s ruse does next to nothing to reverse our course to catastrophe! GEN condemns EDF’s shamefully-distorting praise of it, and the elitist lifestyle EDF’s self-serving executives are living in consequence of such outrageous behavior!

URGENT: Whaling, Dolphin Slaughter, More

URGENT: Whaling, Dolphin Slaughter, Carbon Credits, Boycott Corporate Greed. Green Education Network CEO Gregory Hilbert posts 4 appeals in one article as environmentalists fight onslaught of unsustainability at every turn

Sustainability? Join Boycott of Corporate Greed!

Sustainability? There is none! I’m as mad as hell, the only thing we’re sustaining is the wealth of the greedy corporate elite, and I’m not going to trust government or anyone else but THE PEOPLE to do something about it! — Green Education Network CEO Gregory Hilbert

Americans Pay Billions in Taxes for Unwanted Corporate Junk Mail!

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.

Global Catastrophe 2010: Tea Party Conservative Republicans Help Corporate Elite Conquer USA

“If conservative Tea Party Republicans sweep the U.S. fall elections, the conquest of America by corporate greed will be complete. By mid-century the world will be purged of billions of human beings our planet will no longer have the resources to sustain.”

November 2010 Catastrophe: All Incumbents Voted Out

Catastrophic November: 
All Incumbents Voted Out
by Green Education Network Chairman and CEO Gregory Hilbert
 
I hope to God I am able to open the eyes of the many good people on Care2 and elsewhere who are calling for a WHOLESALE house-cleaning of Congress in the November 2010 elections, most especially those heaping criticism on Obama. The consequence of [...]

March On Washington 2010

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.

Copenhagen Failing or Failed, PLEASE Sign Petition for Posterity Regardless!

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.

Petition to Stop Paying for Corporate Greed, Stop Unwanted Junk Mail that Trashes Trees, Forests, Landfills, Mailboxes & Taxes

Stop Unwanted Junk Mail and the Trashing of Trees, Mailboxes, Landfills & Taxes!
 
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.
CLICK HERE [...]

Biodegradable Plastic Bottles from ENSO Bottles Awarded GEN Seal of Approval

 
Less than 15% of recyclable plastic bottles are recycled. ENSO Bottles help solve the problem.
 
 

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 [...]

Let’s Replant the Rainforests! GEN will donate!

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 [...]

Sustainability in San Fran: Permaculture Video

 
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 [...]

Video: Australian Town Bans Bottled 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.

Listen Up! Earth Matters Talk Radio

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!

Eco Arts and Crafts Contest, Video, Nancy Martini

“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 [...]

Dig It! Hands-On Environmental Science: Biodegradable Plastic

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

 
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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Conservation International Websites

Conservation International:  “We believe that the Earth’s natural heritage must be maintained if future generations are to thrive spiritually, culturally, and economically. Our mission is to conserve the Earth’s living heritage – our global biodiversity – and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature.”  Click Here to Visit the Conservation [...]

GEN to All Educators, Highschool and College Students: Read This, Please!

Our friends at Ethical Expeditions (click here to visit) alerted us to this commencement address of Paul Hawken at the University of Portland on May 3, 2009. We urge you to click on the following link to read it: http://api.ning.com/files/LEHjgEOx2*2RVIhRQc0YK62kBqwNqfb2koThfs4y9j6xkL6UYW24vD7czs4-rH65EhnVBJ4A2D6dVggCV6NNPERRfbox2axD/UofP_Commencement_05.03.09.pdf