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Apple, Al Gore and Climate Change

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 27 February 2009 in Climate Change

February 27, 2009 Apple Inc. had its shareholder meeting Wednesday and the media focused on the absence of its charismatic leader Steve Jobs. But there's an even more famous guy associated with Apple. Al Gore is one of my heroes. As a journalist, I covered him as a Senator 20 years ago in Washingto...

We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 26 February 2009 in Climate Change

By AL GORE It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warming actually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to protect human civilization as we know it. Of course, we would still need to deal with the n...

Be a Hero: Bike to Work

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 26 February 2009 in Transportation

When it comes to saving our environment, we need to look at ourselves in the mirror. There are simple solutions, like bicycling to work, that could save money and lives. You’ve heard the arguments over and over. Cycling to work is not only good for you, but good for the environment. One would thin...

Shut Up, Grandma's Talking

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 23 February 2009 in General Environment

"When the wisdom of the Grandmothers is heard, the world will heal."--Native American Prophecy Whoever really listens to Grandma? Seriously. She doesn't email, she doesn't text, she certainly doesn't have a blog. If you tell her you have one, she'll probably suggest you get it off before it stains....

No, I Don't Want To Rock

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 23 February 2009 in Peace

I'm definitely a campfire kid. As a boy I was lucky enough to get sent north every summer to live for a month or so in a cabin beside a lake, surrounded by thick forests of pine and birch, where I would learn to say strange Indian names, and be a Mohawk or an Algonquin or an Iroquois. We'd carve ti...

Saving the World

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 22 February 2009 in General Environment

Saving the earth is a deeply personal, every-day commitment. With all the information out there, why isn't it getting done? Following 10 simple steps will help reverse the trend for good. Approximately every ten years, a cycle repeats itself in the movement to save the earth. With each catastrophe...

"Jane's Speech" - Water is a Human Right

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 21 February 2009 in Clean Water

"JANE'S SPEECH" ... at the demonstration. *Water is a Human Right* Excerpt from the novel and screenplay -“The Rules of Engagement”by Kenneth Hanis© 2008 - Property of Kenneth Hanis Introduction Scene: Jane is a very attractive Latina Woman in her late 20’s with unnaturally natural pale skin con...

Songbirds, Mighty Migrators

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 11 February 2009 in Animals

Tiny songbirds such as martins and thrushes migrate as much as 311 miles a day according to the first study by biologists tracking such birds in their annual winter migration and back. One industrious martin flew 4,660!!!!!!!!!! miles from the Amazon basin to Pennsylvania. Bridget Stutchbury York U...

Green Deal Japan

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 07 February 2009 in Climate Change

Japan PM to draft Green New Deal Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso will order his ministries to draft a "Green New Deal" this week to counter the twin threats of climate change and the economic downturn, a report said Sunday. Aso will order a stimulus package focusing on slashing greenhouse gases a...

Just a Teenager; What can i do?

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 30 January 2009 in Green Design

My name is Christen, I am 16 and live in the US. Now I’m no special teenager. I go to school, try to get good grades, shop, hang out with friends, and secretly dream about prince charming saving me. So my Grandma and Uncle started this thing called Earth Protect “yeah, yeah I know “save the planet ...

Some thoughts...

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 25 January 2009 in General Environment

Greetings from China! This is Diwen writing from China after two year of her venture in New Zealand. I enjoy my time with parents and friends here in China...but ever since I came back, I just cannot stop thinking that how urbanization - which is happening in big cities all over China - has created...

These Beetles are Powerful

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 21 January 2009 in Transportation

Baby Beetles Inspires Mini Boat Powered By Surface Tension Inspired by the aquatic wriggling of beetle larvae, a University of Pittsburgh research team has designed a propulsion system that strips away paddles, sails, and motors and harnesses the energy within the water's surface. The technique des...

New Sea Creatures Found and Barrier Reef in Deep Trouble

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 18 January 2009 in Animals

Scientists find new creatures of Australian deep reported, Sydney (AFP) Jan 18, 2009 A joint US-Australian team spent a month in deep waters off the coast of the southern island of Tasmania to "search for life deeper than any previous voyage in Australian waters," lead researcher Ron Thresher said....

Transportation & Climate Change

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 14 January 2009 in Climate Change

CLIMATE SCIENCETransport ministers plot climate action in Japan Nations have already been toughening standards for car emissions -- decisions mostly taken before the current economic crisis which has battered the auto industry.by Staff WritersTokyo (AFP) Jan 15, 2009 Officials from 20 nations met ...

Heat Building in Australia for Aborginals

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 in Climate Change

Aboriginals in Australia's Outback will be among the hardest hit Australians from climate change. It will cause great suffering both in disease increase but also from seeing their ancestral land ravaged. This news release by the Medical Journal or Australia, addresses the question in the Earth Prot...

Wyclef Jean - Accepting Donations for Hurricane Haiti!

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 02 December 2008 in Environmental Heroes

Collecting donations to save the Haitians of Hurricane Haiti. Storms in Haiti! Yéle Haiti is a non-political movement founded by musician, producer and Goodwill Ambassador for Haiti. Yéle provides both resources and inspiration to help change the country. The projects are designed to make a differ...

Lightbulbs!

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 29 November 2008 in Energy Efficiency

Look up at your ceiling and what do you see? Is that a dirty old light bulb hanging from your ceiling? I KNOW you have been thinking with your peace necklace and your ‘no war for oil’ bumper sticker that maybe you should replace that dang thing with a CFL. It’s understandable. I mean think about it...

Youth Launch - Youth Groups Joining Youth Launch

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 23 November 2008 in General Environment

Announcing the Youth Groups Joining in Earth Protect Youth Launch Castle View High School Green 2, Colorado, USA Environmental Charter High School, California, USA Earth Charter Youth Initiative of Liberia Natural Resources and Sustainable Development.University for Peace, Costa Rica, American...

Youth Launch - Youth Groups Joining Youth Launch

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 23 November 2008 in General Environment

Announcing the Youth Groups Joining in Earth Protect Youth Launch Castle View High School Green 2, Colorado, USA Environmental Charter High School, California, USA Earth Charter Youth Initiative of Liberia Natural Resources and Sustainable Development.University for Peace, Costa Rica, American...

Hello, I am Anilorac, a Green Ambassador

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 23 November 2008 in General Environment

Hello I am Anilorac. You can see me as the writer of this blog. My background: I am a tenth grade student at Environmental Charter High School and I belong to this organization known as Green Ambassadors. You may have heard of us or you may have not. As Green Ambassadors,we have done a lot for bei...