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Education, Perspective and Inspiration

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 17 October 2013 in Newsletter Archive

Video - The Scarecrow The Scarecrow has been praised as an innovative piece of marketing and beautiful work of art, and applauded for its anti-factory-farming message.watch the video here... The Wizard that Saved the World Diego is a young boy who dayd...

Teaching Children about Climate Change

Posted by GreenDog on Tuesday, 10 September 2013 in Climate Change

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. - H.G. Wells, The Outline of History, 1920 Jeffrey Bennett There may be no better illustration of the sentiment in the H.G. Wells quotation than that which we find in the issue of climate change, aka global warming. The ...

Intertwine Alliance and Book Giveaway announcement

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 05 September 2013 in Newsletter Archive

The Intertwine Alliance - EP Partner The Intertwine Alliance is built on regional efforts dating back to 1988. The Alliance was formed in 2008 and launched as an independent non-profit organization in July 2011. With a small infrastructure footprint, TIA is developing a unique collaborative approac...

Earth Day 2013

Posted by earthprotect on Sunday, 21 April 2013 in Newsletter Archive

Earth Day 2013 Earth Day is about us, our loved ones, our pets and wild animals, our trees, fish and flowers. Each person can make a difference by taking actions in their lives and organizations to live sustainably. Recycle, buy green products, conserve water, turn out lights and save energy, learn...

The True Costs of Energy

Posted by GreenDog on Wednesday, 17 April 2013 in Energy Efficiency

by Jeffrey Bennett One reason we use energy so lavishly today is that the price of energy does not include all of the social costs of producing it. - President Richard Nixon, 1971 Politics have turned upside down. As the quote from President Nixon reminds us, protecting the environment was on...

World Rhino Day- Sept. 22

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 23 September 2012 in Newsletter Archive

Today, there are perhaps 5,000 black rhinos and 20,000 white rhinos left on the continent, but even these numbers must be considered optimistic; the killing has reached such a frenzied pitch that the only thing that's certain is that the populations are in free-fall. The root causes for the slaught...

A Letter to Your Grandchildren

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 06 September 2012 in Climate Change

by Jeffrey BennettOn average, we are all about 50 to 60 years older than our grandchildren are or will be. That is, if you are a high school student today, your grandchildren are likely to be high school students somewhere around the year 2065. If you are in your prime career years today, your grand...