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Support Global Green's "Rebuilding New Orleans Green" VOTE TODAY!

11thhouraction — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:47:06 -0500

Global Green USA wants your help to further the green rebuilding of New Orleans even more by nominating the Rebuilding New Orleans Green project for American Express Members Project '08. American Express is offering $2.5 million dollars in funding total to support exciting and innovative ideas that make a difference in the world.

Read the message from Matt Petersen, President of Global Green USA here.

Environmental Educational Tool for Teachers and Students.

mhaney — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:59:00 -0500

We have have over 1000 Environmental based Experiments, labs and lesson plans

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Below is a screenshot of our home page showing the ECO LESSON PLAN ENGINE on the top of the page.

Directions for LESSON PLANS, go to www.greenplanetsearch.com on the top of the page it will say ECO SEARCH ENGINE.

On the right of that you will see the black which states "switch to eco lesson plans" Click It, then you will see it change to the ECO LESSON PLANS, type in your search and learn!!!

'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution

11thhouraction — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:43:46 -0500

In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine.

Until now, solar power has been a daytime-only energy source, because storing extra solar energy for later use is prohibitively expensive and grossly inefficient. With today's announcement, MIT researchers have hit upon a simple, inexpensive, highly efficient process for storing solar energy.

Americans ditching the car

11thhouraction — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:03:48 -0500

Commuters are driving less, the federal government says. Workers are leaving their cars at home and finding other ways to get to work. Highway funds at risk.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier, according to a report Monday from the Federal Highway Administration.

North America’s Largest Environmental Competition

AZ_Sun — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:22:55 -0500

More than 265 teenagers from 44 U.S. states and nine Canadian provinces will meet at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff this week to participate as finalists in North America's largest high-school environmental-education competition, the 2008 Canon Envirothon.

The Canon Envirothon is an annual competition in which winning state/provincial teams compete for recognition and scholarships by demonstrating their knowledge of environmental science and natural resource management. The teams, each consisting of five high school-aged students exercise their critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Green Becomes Official Color of Baseball

11thhouraction — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:39:57 -0500

NEW YORK -- When baseball's legendary greats came rolling up Sixth Avenue this month for the annual Hall of Fame parade, the familiar red carpet was distinctly green.

That's not talking about the hue.

The carpet, stretching for 20 blocks through Midtown, was made entirely of recycled fiber and manufactured using solar and wind power.

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Food and Wine Magazine's Guide to Green Eating

11thhouraction — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:19:24 -0500

The latest publication to grace the shelves with an eco offering is Food and Wine Magazine, with the August offering covering everything from delicious local food recipes from top chefs around the US to a strategy for supporting local, sustainable honey production in the face of Colony Collapse Disorder.

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Country, the City Version: Farms in the Sky Gain New Interest

11thhouraction — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:38:10 -0500

What if “eating local” in Shanghai or New York meant getting your fresh produce from five blocks away? And what if skyscrapers grew off the grid, as verdant, self-sustaining towers where city slickers cultivated their own food?

Dickson Despommier, a professor of public health at Columbia University, hopes to make these zucchini-in-the-sky visions a reality. Dr. Despommier’s pet project is the “vertical farm,” a concept he created in 1999 with graduate students in his class on medical ecology, the study of how the environment and human health interact.

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Nissan plans electric cars in Portugal

11thhouraction — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:40:21 -0500

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations.

Solar Thermal Factory Opened in Vegas, Triples Worldwide Manufacturing Capacity

11thhouraction — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:25:52 -0500

While Ausra CEO Robert Fishman was far from excited yesterday about the BLM solar moratorium policy, he was perfectly happy to tout his company’s new 130,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Las Vegas. “This is a crossover point for this industry. Ausra’s factory is accelerating Nevada’s and America’s solar future by tripling worldwide manufacturing capacity, relieving the supply constraint that has slowed the industry, and continuing to drive down costs,” Fishman said in Ausra’s press release.

The factory will be the Palo Alto-based companies first North American manufacturing and distribution centers and will supply reflectors, absorber tubes and other components for the company’s solar thermal power plants. At full capacity, the facility will produce more than 700 MW of solar collectors annually.

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