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First Creek Science Club helps clean gulch and creek

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 05 April 2010 in General Environment

Digging up and pulling out invasive weeds or checking the quality of water in a creek may not be the way many students plan to spend a day off from school, but nine First Creek students in the Science Club were participating in Martin Luther King Jr.’s Day of Service on Jan. 18. It was also the kic...

Iowa's Dept of Natural Resources coordinating environmental projects for GYSD

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 05 April 2010 in General Environment

On Saturday, April 10, 100 people will organize community-based, environmentally-focused, youth-led service projects for Global Youth Service Day 2010 and beyond. read more here http://nextstepadventure.com/2010/03/07/join-the-movement/

Jane Goodall Institute Celebrates 50 Years, Action to Save Chimpanzees Still Urgent

Posted by joeycello on Monday, 05 April 2010 in Animals

Just a century ago, more than 1 million chimpanzees roamed the African forests. Today, scientists figure there are perhaps as few as 300,000 chimpanzees left. Without concerted action, the possibility of zero chimpanzees in the wild – indeed, a world in which remaining forests and savannas are virt...

One man, one moment: How Earth day changed the world

Posted by plantitfilm on Sunday, 04 April 2010 in Peace

A Wisconsin senator's idea mobilized a green generationBY ROCKY BARKER (http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/04/17/1152179/one-man-one-moment-how-earth-day.html) One U.S. senator and a core of young organizers made April 22, 1970, the day the environmental movement began. That day, 20 million Americ...

Dirt! The Movie helps promote Global Youth Service Day

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 03 April 2010 in Arts and Entertainment

Dirt! The Movie is traveling across the U.S. with free screenings. And it's promoting GYSD as it goes. read more here http://dirtthemovie.org

Youths take lead in drive to change our world

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 02 April 2010 in General Environment

By Ouisa D. Davis We say that the future is in the hands of our youth; that is even more the case in the current age of technology and human advancement. Some of the most pressing problems of our world and our community can be identified and addressed with the eyes of the young; eyes that are clear...

40th Anniversary of Earth Day April 22, 2010

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 01 April 2010 in Peace

Forty years after the first Earth Day , the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity – an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future. Earth Da...

History of Earth Day

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 01 April 2010 in Peace

The United Nations celebrates Earth Day each year on the spring equinox, which is often 20 March. This is a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969. The United Nations Earth Day is similar to World Environment Day. Earth Day 2010 will be on 22 April. The First Earth Day...

Global Youth Service Day

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 01 April 2010 in General Environment

Global Youth Service Day, originally launched and known as National Youth Service Day in the United States, is a coordinated annual event which gathers young people around the world in conducting community service, service learning, and youth voice activities that benefit their communities, their co...

Electric Cars, Carbon-dioxide Emissions and Air Conditioning

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 29 March 2010 in Energy Efficiency

Contrary to some of the recent rumors, at a base price of $32,780 it is relatively affordable… so affordable, in fact, that, after the $7,500 federal tax credit, Nissan is able to offer the LEAF for a lease price of $349 a month not including generous state incentives. When you add in some of those ...

Wave of darkness rolls around world

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 27 March 2010 in Energy Efficiency

The Empire State and the Chrysler buildings in New York City, along with landmarks from the Eiffel Tower to Sydney harbor, went dark for an hour on Saturday to raise awareness over the fight against climate change. The global brownout was a noisy event in Sydney harbor, with ferry horns blaring t...

Earth Hour 2010 kicks off as millions unplug around the world

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 27 March 2010 in Energy Efficiency

After the white-shelled roof of the Sydney Opera House fell dark, after Taiwan's skyscrapers dimmed and Beijing's Forbidden City became, well, a little more forbidding - it was Moscow's turn to turn out the lights as Saturday's global Earth Hour event rolled around to Europe. Millions of people wor...

EARTH HOUR - MARCH 27 2010

Posted by plantitfilm on Thursday, 25 March 2010 in Energy Efficiency

Mission, History & Earth Hour 2010 On Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people, organizations, corporations and governments around the world will come together to make a bold statement about their concern for climate change by doing something quite simple—turning off their lights for one hour....

BRAZIL'S NATIONAL CONGRESS COMMITS TO THE EARTH HOUR MOVEMENT

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 25 March 2010 in Energy Efficiency

The president of the House of Representatives, Michel Temer, and the president of the Senate, José Sarney, both signed the pledge to EH. Senator Marina Silva also pledged her support to Earth Hour 2010. This coming Saturday, March 27, both the Federal House of Representatives and the Federal Senat...

CHINA'S FORBIDDEN CITY LEADS LANDMARK CLIMATE ACTION FOR EARTH HOUR

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 25 March 2010 in Energy Efficiency

Antarctic research unit signs up to switch off ensuring lights go out across every continent • More than 118 countries and regions to observe Earth Hour’s message of hope and action • Google and UEFA join global action on climate change China’s most significant historic landmark, the Forbidden City...

THE GLOBE PREPARES TO SWITCH OFF FOR EARTH HOUR

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 25 March 2010 in Energy Efficiency

• 121 countries and territories across all seven continents to participate in global climate action • Great Pyramids and Sphinx to lead Earth Hour’s landmark action on global warming • Football superclub, Real Madrid, joins the greatest team ever assembled to tackle climate change • Archbishop Desmo...

USC IGM Art Gallery Hosts Great Thinkers Forum:"A Global Collective for a Sustainable Planet"

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 25 March 2010 in Sustainable Development

For Immediate Release: March 11, 2010 Contacts: USC Institute for Genetic Medicine Art Gallery Keck School of Medicine at USC 2250 Alacazar St, CSC 240 Los Angeles, CA 90033 Maryam Gueramian, Young Professionals Committee Chair - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Great Thinkers Forum: A Global Collective ...

The U.S. Military Goes Green

Posted by plantitfilm on Wednesday, 24 March 2010 in Sustainable Development

The Department of Defense is placing a new emphasis on improving energy efficiency. The goals are to improve national energy security, enhance battlefield capability, and control costs. On that last point, anyone would be excused for being skeptical about DoD’s sincerity when it comes to saving mo...

Story of Bottled Water

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 22 March 2010 in Clean Water

Annie Leonard Releases New Video on Story of Bottled Water for World Water Day by Jaymi Heimbuch Today is World Water Day - a day to celebrate and become ever more savvy about this incredibly finite resource that we all have to have access to in order to survive. Annie Leonard and crew are also on...

World Water Day 2010

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 21 March 2010 in Water Conservation

By David Bois World Water Day 2010: Everything You Need to Know the annual UN-sponsored focus on the technical, social, and political challenges and opportunities relating to the world's supply of fresh water. We rarely give clean water and sanitation a second thought, mostly because our water de...