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Students Heading Back To School Go Green

Image via Wikipedia Students Heading Back To School Go Green- Click This Link to See a Recent Channel 10 Interview with Ian and Maria Its wonderful to see so many 'green' back-to-school products this year out in stores. All companies want to be green  and some are greener than others, so make sure you do your homework before making those purchases. Look for products made from post-consumer recycled materials and products bearing the Forest Stewardship Council logo. Products bearing th...

Global Warning, Our Oil Addiction and Living on a New Planet

Narrated by Leo DiCaprio, this clip is based on the book by Thom Hartmann, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late. "Picture this, a blue planet protected by a thin layer of atmosphere that keeps temperature, air and water in perfect balance to maintain life. In the cold depths of space, this planet is a virtual paradise, the only one know of its kind. And, it is our planet, Earth. But something is wrong...human civilization and our re...

Gulf Oil Spill Teaching Resources

Windows to the Universe - from the educators at Windows to the Universe, a compilation of classroom activities for teachers and educators who wish to address oil spills and the effects of oil spills with students. Bird Baths: Cleaning Up Wildlife After Oil Spills, an activity from National Geographic Exploring Effects of Oil Spills on Birds, an activity from the Center for Global Environmental Education Liquid Density and Oil Spills, an activity from National Geographic What ...

Florida’s Great Senator- The Oldest Cypress Tree in North America

Every young student can tell you what are the biggest theme-park attractions in Orlando.  But probably very few can tell you about Big Tree Park, home Florida's oldest and most distinguished resident, the Senator bald cypress tree. Located in Longwood, FL , the Senator majestically looms high as if he could touch the clouds, above a land blanketed with way too many strip malls and concrete. Big Tree Park, part of the Spring Hammock Preserve is a nice reprieve from the modernized world and als...

EPA Whistleblower on Agency Cover-Up of Effects of Oil Spill Dispersants in Gulf

With BP having poured nearly two million gallons of the dispersant known as Corexit into the Gulf of Mexico, many lawmakers and advocacy groups say the Obama administration is not being candid about the lethal effects of dispersants. In this Democracy Now interview, Amy Goodman and Sharif Abdel Kouddous speak with Hugh Kaufman, a senior policy analyst at the EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response and a leading critic of the decision to use Corexit. Here is a partial trans...

Join a Hands Across the Sand Event on June 26

As the Gulf of Mexico continues to fill up with oil with no end in sight, the reports continue to bring us more distressing news. As of June 16, NOAA tells us that 1/3 of the Gulf is now closed to fishing. Methane (a very potent greenhouse gas) adds a new dimension to this ever-unfolding catastrophe.  The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 percent methane, compared with about 5 percent found in typical oil deposits, said John Kessler, a Texas A&M University oceanographe...

We Have Better Energy Choices

This is the creepiest ad. The 'drill baby, drill' chants from the crowd make me imagine a blood-thirsty crowd of Romans awaiting a gladiator fight. This creates once again an opportunity to mention how important it is to demand clean energy and climate change action from our elected officials. Call your Senators. And please tell them, you don't want a bill full of giveaways to big polluters and more offshore drilling. Have you visited the Repower America Wall? Add your voice today. ...

End the Cycle of Collective Destruction: No More Offshore Oil Drilling

Oil is a non-renewable resource. That means the supply of oil on planet Earth is finite. Oil production in the United States peaked around 1970 and since has been declining. Globally we are at or near Peak Oil right now. Our modern civilization runs on oil. Everything in our daily lives is dependent on oil, from the gas we put in our cars, to fertilizers, to plastics, synthetic fabrics, lubricants, paints, cosmetics, the list goes on and on. So do we just keep the party going, drill baby drill a...

Repower America With Clean Energy

Image by Earthprints via Flickr America faces unparalleled  economic, national security and environmental challenges. The solution seems simple- make a  transition to clean, renewable energy. A majority of Americans support a clean energy future, but powerful special interests block our path, and are spending millions of dollars to protect their interests. What can you do?  Call your  US Senators today and tell them you want a clean energy future and real comprehensive climate change ...

Julia Butterfly Hill: Our Disposability Consciousness is a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Julia Butterfly Hill is best known for living in a 180-foot (55 m)-tall, roughly 1500-year-old California Redwood tree for 738 days between December 1997 to December 1999. Hill lived in the tree, known as "Luna," to prevent loggers of the Pacific Lumber Company from cutting it down. In this video for the Global Oneness Project, she discusses our collective disposability consciousness. "When I started thinking about disposability consciousness, I went and asked a lot of native people that I kn...