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Okay, I admit that I am slightly addicted to Google Earth. I guess I just have WAY too much time on my hands these days being a real estate agent. I loved reading this article how other activist are using Google Earth as well.
Google Maps Illustrate Environmental Woes
By Kevin J. Delaney
The Wall Street Journal
November 16, 2007
Activists trying to save the planet are adding Google Earth to their arsenals.
Appalachian Voices, which campaigns against coal mining that removes mountaintops, is among those leading the way. The Boone, N.C., nonprofit and partner of community organizations Thursday will begin directing consumers who enter their ZIP Codes on its site to images of specific mountaintops that have been razed to provide coal for their electricity providers, and potentially for their own homes.
The new service uses the mapping and aerial imagery provided by Google Inc.'s Earth and Maps offerings to show actual pictures of the mountaintops. The Google services are popular for providing free detailed aerial images of most places in the world, allowing computer users to easily zoom in for a peek. Google Maps can be accessed over the Web, and Google Earth requires special software be installed on a user's computer.
Now those Google programs are making possible efforts to raise the awareness of Americans to the impact of their consumer choices, even if it is felt primarily in other states or across oceans. Google, Mountain View, Calif., says other groups are preparing projects that show consumers their impact on climate change. Some green businesses are developing similar applications as well.
The latest efforts are nascent, and it remains unclear whether they will reach people who aren't already sold on the underlying causes. But the theory is that consumers will be less likely to buy lumber from clear-cutting operations or jewels from mines that pollute surrounding areas, for example, when confronted with images of the specific impact. Appalachian Voices is providing individuals with links to protest to their legislators or power companies about the mining, which it says is bad for the environment, miners and the local communities.
"When you can show people they have a direct connection to it, it makes it that much more relevant to their day-to-day life," says Mary Anne Hitt, Appalachian Voices' executive director.
Using the nonprofit's new service a person in Washington, for example, might learn that there are four power plants feeding his electricity provider that use coal mined with mountaintop-removal methods. A satellite map shows their locations and the mines they draw from, which the individual can zoom in on. The Appalachian Voices site - www.ilovemountains.org/myconnection - provides related data, such as photos, videos and information about the mines and local communities. A user can download data about the mines he is connected to and zoom around them in the separate Google Earth software.
Rebecca Moore, manager of the Google Earth Outreach program, calls the Appalachian Voices service "very cutting edge" and says other groups are preparing similar ones. The Earth Outreach program, officially rolled out in June, provides technical advice and training to nonprofits interested in using Google Earth.
Conservationist Mike Fay has looked into making a feature available so a consumer can see the specific patch of forest where the lumber used for their home or deck came from. But he says necessary data about the wood's origin aren't available.
Some companies are using Google Earth in a similar manner to try to connect customers to the places where their food comes from. Dole Food Co., for one, has added a code to the label of organic bananas that consumers can enter at a special Web site. The site provides information about the history and location of the farm where the bananas grew, as well as a link to data that can be viewed in Google Earth. There consumers can zoom in on aerial images of the farm.
Appalachian Voices is just one of the nonprofits making extensive use of Google Earth. The Jane Goodall Institute offers a blog about chimpanzees in the Gombe Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania that, when viewed from Google Earth, shows the locations of specific chimps. Local activists have used Google Earth to illustrate the impact of development projects. Google's Ms. Moore, for example, rallied opposition to a proposed logging project in California's Santa Cruz Mountains by mapping the ares Frank Taylor, editor of the Google Earth Blog, which is unaffiliated with the Internet company.
Ms. Hitt says her presentations to legislators, businesspeople and citizens about mountaintop-removal mining gained power last year when she started using Google Earth. Appalachian Voices made available maps and aerial images from Google Earth and Maps on the Web so individuals could navigate the affected areas.
For some, Appalachian Voices' newest service shows ways in which virtual worlds such as Google Earth and individuals' experience of the real world will increasingly overlap."Being able to browse one's patterns of consumption virtually and the spatial ramifications of them is a particularly thoughtful example of the sorts of things we'll likely be doing in a variety of ways from the commercial to the philanthropic," says Nicholas de Monchaux, an assistant professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley.
Thanks for posting the video to the Step It Up rally. I did not see me in the video even though I attended the rally, but that's okay.
I did really like seeing Van Jones in the video. I love this guy. He is a true ‘force’ when it comes to the environment. If you are not familiar with who he is or what he is doing then check out these links.
I am an on-line member of The Institute of Noetic Sciences and Van Jones along with others like Deepak Chopra did a one minute video about changing the world one minute at a time. It’s Not Too Late, with Van Jones
Can't wait to see the movie! I'm very excited to Shaklee partnered with 11th Hour. I have been using their products for years and have been very impressed with their performance. My favorite part is that they don't have that evil toxic chemical smell. Ya know, your house doesn't have to smell like faux oranges to be "clean" ... :)
Afraid am not convinced by Mr Branson. Are biofuels really the answer? A lot of energy is involved growing them amd they are greatly increasing food prices. Encouraging people to fly less and use trains for short haul travel would make more sense. But then Mr Branson needs to concentrate more on his trains and make them really efficient and user friendly so that more people would leave their cars and travel by train around Britain. We need more carriages so that economy passengers are not crushed into a few carriages and forced to pay huge amounts to go first class just to survive. He is more interested in making money than really solving climate change IMHO
By being a Shaklee Gold Ambassador, you too can make a significant difference in our world. By changing the products you use daily in your home, you are making your home, family and the Planet healthier. Get Clean today!! Visit above link!
Special thanks to Roger Barnett for continuing the Shaklee tradition of being in Harmony with Nature!! We LOVE and Appreciate all you do!!
Can I suggest something that I think would help the urban poor tremendously? Let's have free and mandatory energy audits (which should include a blower door test) for all residences, and financial aid for people whose homes have obvious air leaks that are easily remedied and the costs of which will quickly pay for themselves with decreased heating and cooling costs. If we have mandatory emissions tests for cars, why not mandatory energy efficiency testing for residences?
I have already read the interview with Chuck Castleberry in the magazine. I especially liked his answer to this question.
Will there be a follow up film? “Absolutely. We do have other ideas that we want to do, and we’re going to focus more on solutions for the next film. But we’re not finished with this one yet. We’re building a social action campaign that goes with it, so you can help, and we want to develop a curriculum for schools.”
Isn't it rather stupid to assume all members have zip codes? I'm a Canadian, we have postal codes. So how are we helping the environment if we can't even tell the truth about where we come from? Or is the truth not necessarily important to environmentalists. Or leaving the door open for any and all like a good, friendly, neighbour would? Oh yeah, that would be Canadians who do this.
"We're the generation that gets to change the world forever"? I think every generations' young people felt this way. I'm a boomer and I come from the biggest generation ever who felt they were gonna change the world and as it turns out we still have a lot to say about the world. Love us or hate us, don't count us out.
I'm a born and raised country girl. I hope I can contribute some reality to this page, a balance even.
Sweetbomb
What was wrong with the old website? Of course there were many suggestions, but now the top banner is just sitting there or I need to relearn some navigation skills. I am sure more progress will be made, but I combine this comment with the note that I am sorry a post is missing: Transforming "I don't understand" - and my reply - so I hope it gets resubmitted, but I can't be sure I would ever do my reply justice. If anyone happened to file it somehow, it would be much appreciated, as I was going to connect it to Deep Economy. Meanwhile I backup now and hope it aides my navigation.
I have used these Shaklee Independent Distributor products for 25+ years. The number 1 reason why I am a loyal user is performance. These products offer a 100% money back guarantee and that is hardly every used because the products perform! When you get the results you seek, you're satisfied and happy, right?
I am proud to share the Green message of the company through the Video at http://EarthDayCleanEveryday.com -Access Code 15735616 in left box.
I have to travel to watch the 11th Hour movie, but can't wait to see it! Kudos to all who share safe, healthy messages for people and for our planet.
I am so glad I found these products. They are easy to use and work better than other products I've tried. My daughter was having skin problems that turned out to be due to the chemicals in regular detergent. I had always used what my mom used so I had to go for a hunt for something new. I got quite an education about the chemicals in our homes. I went from being a marginal environmentalist to being fully committed to changing my lifestyle and spreading the word. Shaklee's laundry cleaner solved the problem and was key to my making big changes.
Why can't I find a release date for Atlanta, GA area? It is a major city, is there a plan for it being released here? If so, when?!! I believe Atl. really could use a wakeup call!!! Please address this!
Sunday schedule for Q and A with Producer Brian Gerber- at Embarcadero Center - continuing the fabulous dialogues wth local leaders in the sustainability movement -
~ 12 noon screening - 2:30 Q and A with Producer Brian Gerber and YOU!
~ 2:30 screenng - 4:00 Q and A with Kat Steele from Green City Gallery in Berkeley
~ 5:00 screening - 6:30 Q and A with Gil Friend from Natural Logic
~ 7:30 screening - 9:00 Q and A with Claire Greensfelder from International Forum on Globalization. ( colleague Jerry Mander is featured in the film)
Look forward to seeing you there!
For tickets - cut and paste this link! https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=224
THANKS SAN FRANCISCO FOR A FABULOUS OPENING WEEKEND!
All weekend in SF! - We have Q and A's with Producer Brian Gerber for all shows this weekend!
Saturday's schedule (follows show times)
12 noon screening ~ Paul Scott, SF Climate Challenge
2:30 screening ~ Ana Muria Murillo, Amazon Watch
5:00 screening ~ Brock Dolman, OCEA, "expert" from the film
7:30 screening ~ Presidio MBA program, class of 2009
For theater tickets - https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=224
After Party at Green City Gallery in Berkeley - http://www.digcity.coop/greencitygallery/11thhouractionday.htm
Stay posted for Sunday schedule or call to contribute!
~ Lora O'Connor at 415-455-9502
I've seen the box-office numbers for the screens showing "The 11th Hour" this past weekend. But how were the opening events themselves -- what types of things did theaters do to help people connect on action issues?
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...but does anyone else have a problem when celebrities, who have some of the highest footprints in America, promote a cause they haven't made any life changes to truly support?
Maybe finally climate change will be taken more seriously in the UK now. At least the rains are being described as unprecedented and although the news media is trying to mention the 1947 floods when local people are interviewed they mostly say they are worse than 1947. Many of britains old towns are built on rivers systmes and it would seem only investment in massive drainage systems is going to stop this happening again. Also hopefully this will see the end of new houses being built on flood planes.
Okay, I admit that I am slightly addicted to Google Earth. I guess I just have WAY too much time on my hands these days being a real estate agent. I loved reading this article how other activist are using Google Earth as well.
Google Maps Illustrate Environmental Woes
By Kevin J. Delaney
The Wall Street Journal
November 16, 2007
Activists trying to save the planet are adding Google Earth to their arsenals.
Appalachian Voices, which campaigns against coal mining that removes mountaintops, is among those leading the way. The Boone, N.C., nonprofit and partner of community organizations Thursday will begin directing consumers who enter their ZIP Codes on its site to images of specific mountaintops that have been razed to provide coal for their electricity providers, and potentially for their own homes.The new service uses the mapping and aerial imagery provided by Google Inc.'s Earth and Maps offerings to show actual pictures of the mountaintops. The Google services are popular for providing free detailed aerial images of most places in the world, allowing computer users to easily zoom in for a peek. Google Maps can be accessed over the Web, and Google Earth requires special software be installed on a user's computer. Now those Google programs are making possible efforts to raise the awareness of Americans to the impact of their consumer choices, even if it is felt primarily in other states or across oceans. Google, Mountain View, Calif., says other groups are preparing projects that show consumers their impact on climate change. Some green businesses are developing similar applications as well.
The latest efforts are nascent, and it remains unclear whether they will reach people who aren't already sold on the underlying causes. But the theory is that consumers will be less likely to buy lumber from clear-cutting operations or jewels from mines that pollute surrounding areas, for example, when confronted with images of the specific impact. Appalachian Voices is providing individuals with links to protest to their legislators or power companies about the mining, which it says is bad for the environment, miners and the local communities.
"When you can show people they have a direct connection to it, it makes it that much more relevant to their day-to-day life," says Mary Anne Hitt, Appalachian Voices' executive director.
Using the nonprofit's new service a person in Washington, for example, might learn that there are four power plants feeding his electricity provider that use coal mined with mountaintop-removal methods. A satellite map shows their locations and the mines they draw from, which the individual can zoom in on. The Appalachian Voices site - www.ilovemountains.org/myconnection - provides related data, such as photos, videos and information about the mines and local communities. A user can download data about the mines he is connected to and zoom around them in the separate Google Earth software.
Rebecca Moore, manager of the Google Earth Outreach program, calls the Appalachian Voices service "very cutting edge" and says other groups are preparing similar ones. The Earth Outreach program, officially rolled out in June, provides technical advice and training to nonprofits interested in using Google Earth.
Conservationist Mike Fay has looked into making a feature available so a consumer can see the specific patch of forest where the lumber used for their home or deck came from. But he says necessary data about the wood's origin aren't available.
Some companies are using Google Earth in a similar manner to try to connect customers to the places where their food comes from. Dole Food Co., for one, has added a code to the label of organic bananas that consumers can enter at a special Web site. The site provides information about the history and location of the farm where the bananas grew, as well as a link to data that can be viewed in Google Earth. There consumers can zoom in on aerial images of the farm.
Appalachian Voices is just one of the nonprofits making extensive use of Google Earth. The Jane Goodall Institute offers a blog about chimpanzees in the Gombe Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania that, when viewed from Google Earth, shows the locations of specific chimps. Local activists have used Google Earth to illustrate the impact of development projects. Google's Ms. Moore, for example, rallied opposition to a proposed logging project in California's Santa Cruz Mountains by mapping the ares Frank Taylor, editor of the Google Earth Blog, which is unaffiliated with the Internet company.
Ms. Hitt says her presentations to legislators, businesspeople and citizens about mountaintop-removal mining gained power last year when she started using Google Earth. Appalachian Voices made available maps and aerial images from Google Earth and Maps on the Web so individuals could navigate the affected areas.
For some, Appalachian Voices' newest service shows ways in which virtual worlds such as Google Earth and individuals' experience of the real world will increasingly overlap."Being able to browse one's patterns of consumption virtually and the spatial ramifications of them is a particularly thoughtful example of the sorts of things we'll likely be doing in a variety of ways from the commercial to the philanthropic," says Nicholas de Monchaux, an assistant professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley.
Thanks for posting the video to the Step It Up rally. I did not see me in the video even though I attended the rally, but that's okay.
I did really like seeing Van Jones in the video. I love this guy. He is a true ‘force’ when it comes to the environment. If you are not familiar with who he is or what he is doing then check out these links.
Van Jones
New York Times article, “The Green-Collar Solution,” Oct. 17, 2007
I am an on-line member of The Institute of Noetic Sciences and Van Jones along with others like Deepak Chopra did a one minute video about changing the world one minute at a time. It’s Not Too Late, with Van Jones
Can't wait to see the movie! I'm very excited to Shaklee partnered with 11th Hour. I have been using their products for years and have been very impressed with their performance. My favorite part is that they don't have that evil toxic chemical smell. Ya know, your house doesn't have to smell like faux oranges to be "clean" ... :)
http://www.veryhealthylife.com
Well Done Kansas! Now if we can only get Texas on the same page.
At least you would be helping make a better planet. www.bluemarble4us.com
www.shaklee.net/cathyroe/getclean
By being a Shaklee Gold Ambassador, you too can make a significant difference in our world. By changing the products you use daily in your home, you are making your home, family and the Planet healthier. Get Clean today!! Visit above link!
Special thanks to Roger Barnett for continuing the Shaklee tradition of being in Harmony with Nature!! We LOVE and Appreciate all you do!!
Can I suggest something that I think would help the urban poor tremendously? Let's have free and mandatory energy audits (which should include a blower door test) for all residences, and financial aid for people whose homes have obvious air leaks that are easily remedied and the costs of which will quickly pay for themselves with decreased heating and cooling costs. If we have mandatory emissions tests for cars, why not mandatory energy efficiency testing for residences?
captainlarab
I have already read the interview with Chuck Castleberry in the magazine. I especially liked his answer to this question.
Will there be a follow up film?
“Absolutely. We do have other ideas that we want to do, and we’re going to focus more on solutions for the next film. But we’re not finished with this one yet. We’re building a social action campaign that goes with it, so you can help, and we want to develop a curriculum for schools.”
http://www.filmink.com.au/home/index.php?subsection=1
Thank you Richard,
This looks great!
and I guess I need to re-post one of my articles... "Transforming "I don't Understand".
Blessings of Peace,
Voice for Divine Presence
http://foundationforhumanity.com
I have used these Shaklee Independent Distributor products for 25+ years. The number 1 reason why I am a loyal user is performance. These products offer a 100% money back guarantee and that is hardly every used because the products perform! When you get the results you seek, you're satisfied and happy, right?
I am proud to share the Green message of the company through the Video at http://EarthDayCleanEveryday.com -Access Code 15735616 in left box.
I have to travel to watch the 11th Hour movie, but can't wait to see it! Kudos to all who share safe, healthy messages for people and for our planet.
Why can't I find a release date for Atlanta, GA area? It is a major city, is there a plan for it being released here? If so, when?!! I believe Atl. really could use a wakeup call!!! Please address this!
Thanks,
For theater tickets - https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=224 After Party at Green City Gallery in Berkeley - http://www.digcity.coop/greencitygallery/11thhouractionday.htm
Stay posted for Sunday schedule or call to contribute! ~ Lora O'Connor at 415-455-9502
Thanks for the info Richard. Where did you get this picture from? How do I find it so that I can click on the links provided?
Is it for every showtime those evenings? After the 10 PM sounds kind of late for a panel discussion. Or is just for the 7:30 PM showing tonight?
Thanks
Daniel Bell
Green Building Professional
Sustainability Activist
wiserearth.org/user/danielbell
I've seen the box-office numbers for the screens showing "The 11th Hour" this past weekend. But how were the opening events themselves -- what types of things did theaters do to help people connect on action issues?
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Thank you for supporting independent and international theater at our locally owned and operated cinema. Galaxy Cinema: Where movies do more than play.
www.mygalaxycinema.com