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The Greening of Environmental Ed

Teachers focus on complexity, evidence, and letting students draw their own conclusions.

2011 Classroom Earth Professional Development Grants

Interested in enhancing your understanding of the living world and learning to teach about wildlife conservation in your subject area?

Classroom Earth is supporting middle and high school teachers around the country who want to make wildlife conservation part of their curriculum. Classroom Earth's 2011 Professional Development Grants will enable applicants to take one six-week online course offered by the Wildlife Conservation Society to create a strong foundation in wildlife conservation.

Six Department of Energy Projects You've Never Heard of But Should

Rachel Cernansly of Planet Green reports-

For all its weaknesses and criticisms, DOE is doing some great stuff to encourage a clean energy future.

Solar energy making a return to White House

The White House is going solar after all - a home improvement that carries modest energy benefits but much larger symbolic importance.

It isn't the first time the White House has used solar energy. President Jimmy Carter put 32 solar panels on the roof in the late 1970s, but President Ronald Reagan removed them in 1986. Two grass-roots campaigns have recently been lobbying President Obama to restore them as a sign of his commitment to renewable energy.

Green jobs come to the urban poor

Many of Los Angeles's urban poor have bigger concerns than climate change. Nonetheless, the past few years have seen formerly homeless and jobless folks planting gardens, installing solar panels, and working other green jobs as they make upgrades to increase the efficiency of their homes. According to an article in the L.A. Times, green job programming, particularly green construction, is helping scores of citizens get back on their feet while helping to build a more sustainable community.

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