In case anyone had their doubts that president-elect Barack Obama’s commitment to combatting climate change (especially reengaging with the international community) and in promoting renewable energy, check out this video clip which was prepared for presentation at a Governor’s Global Climate Summit happening in California.
While he doesn’t...
With Notre Dame set to play Syracuse this upcoming Saturday on NBC in a carbon-free football game students, alumni and fans of the two schools are upping the rivalry by going head-to-head all month long in the name of sustainable living on Carbonrally.com. As each school works to create the largest green team with the largest reduction in their carbon footprint, and NBC throwing down some serious cash to help fund sustainable initiatives across the winning campus.
But which school is currently winning?
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If you’re a high school student with an idea to make your community a more sustainable place to live then there’s a new contest that just may be a great way to get the seed money you need to get your project off the ground. Put together by The Weather Channel and the National Environmental Education Foundation as a part of Classroom Earth, they’re looking for smart, innovative, and workable solutions to pressing environmental issues.
And get this; they’ll even pay you a cash stipend for being a local environmental intern to go along with the seed money you'll receive to help make it happen!
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photo: Eric
A lot of people have been throwing around variations on the phrase “Green New Deal” in the past month in their plans/recommendations on how the US and/or world economy can morph into a greener form. A new opinion piece from two researchers at the Worldwatch Institute is no different (though they prefer the term "Global Green Deal") and contains many of the same elements that have been highlighted before: Increase renewable energy deployment, increase energy efficiency, create a greener infrastructure, using resources more wisely.
Have a great idea to beat the effects of climate change? Want $75,000 to fund your idea? Try the contest hosted by Financial Times and Forum for the Future. It starts today and aims to seek out the best of the best for fighting climate change.
Read on for what they're looking for and how to take part. ...
It may have slipped by your news reader during the dog days of summer, but don’t think for a second that the AFT’s recent adoption of a green schools and colleges resolution is anything less than a landmark event; because with 1,400,000 members the AFT has the membership muscle to back up their call for greener schools in America....
If you’re as interested in seeing our schools cutting energy costs and their total carbon footprint as Sen. Clinton and the United States Green Building Council are then there’s no doubt you’ll want to get involved with their upcoming series of webinars aimed to help schools across the country get a better idea of just how valuable some simple investments in green infrastructure can...
If you’ve been looking for a great reusable bag that folds in tightly on itself for easy carrying in no time at all then look no further than the keychain that turns itself into a reusable tote put out by GrowKids.
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Straight away let me say that I wouldn’t get my hopes up that this will solve our carbon capture and storage problems, and even if it went a long way to, there are plenty of other problems with obtaining and burning fossil fuels beyond their carbon emissions. Phew... There’s my preface to what’s a pretty cool discovery.
Barack Obama speaking in Germany back in July, photo: matt4077.
At numerous times during his campaign, Barack Obama indicated that he would take a more collaborative, reengaged approach in dealing with other nations on major issues. And though he’ll still be president-elect Obama for close to three months, that hasn’t stopped politicians in other nations from reaching out to him, offering suggestions.
Canada Would Consider Climate Pact With US
photo: Barack Obama and Joe Biden
Barack Obama comes to office having to deal with the most difficult circumstances since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Perhaps even more difficult, since the environmental bill from 200 years of unchecked of fossil fuel burning has finally come due and Obama will have to deal with the convergence of deep financial crisis and deep environmental crisis at the same time. Indeed the only way out of either is by addressing them as a whole. And to make it worse, now is perhaps last chance to act before global warming fundamentally changes the planet into a much less hospitable place for humanity.
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