"The environment is everything that isn't me" - Albert Einstein
SUSTAINABLE LIVING IDEAS, LINKS, & STRATEGIES
"The environment is everything that isn't me" - Albert Einstein |
SUSTAINABLE LIVING IDEAS, LINKS, & STRATEGIES |
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In today's society, with the amount of information available to us, there are ever increasing ways for us to embrace the idea of a sustainable planet. The motivations for doing so are not hard to find... Consider the fact that Americans use 30% of the world's oil supply yet only 2% of that comes from our own soil. By embracing renewable energy, we can significantly reduce our dependency on foreign oil. Also, renewable energy and conservation projects create 300% more jobs than the construction and operation of new traditional power plants of equal costs. Or, did you know that with every mile that we drive our gasoline powered cars, we send 1 pound of CO2 into the atmosphere? This section gets you on your way to becoming part of the solution.
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Here are a few of the more involved organizations working hard and making differences in the health and well being of our planet's forests and ecosystems: CENTER FOR ECOLITERACY The Center for Ecoliteracy was founded in 1995 by Fritjof Capra, Peter Buckley, and Zenobia Barlow. It is a public foundation that supports a grantmaking program for educational organizations and school communities, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area; convenes networks of its grantees; sponsors projects consistent with its mission; administers donor-advised funds; and manages a publishing imprint, Learning in the Real World ®. DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION
Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focusing on four program areas – oceans and sustainable fishing, forests and wild lands, climate change and clean energy, and the web of life - the Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that help conserve nature. WORLDWATCH
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The Worldwatch Institute offers a unique blend of interdisciplinary research, global focus, and accessible writing that has made it a leading source of information on the interactions among key environmental, social, and economic trends. Our work revolves around the transition to an environmentally sustainable and socially just society—and how to achieve it. |
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