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There are many areas of focus regarding the
environment. Please check out the side-bar to the right and the links and
articles below, or go to our
resource
page for environmental links.
Click below for our current selections:
Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children
The flagship book in the Keepers of the Earth series is an environmental classic for teaching children to respect the Earth and to help children connect with the natural world while teaching important environmental concepts. It comes with a guide to use the book effectively, and is divided into sections of special topics. Each section contains a Native American story, discussion ideas, interesting questions, and related indoor and outdoor activities. These activities can be accomplished without expensive materials, often in or near the home or school.
Click here for details or to purchase!
New Coral Reef
Coral researchers recently discovered
what they think is the most valuable reef cluster in the world.
Known collectively as Raja Ampat, the reefs are located in a remote archipelago off the coast of Indonesia. In the course of a
two-and-a-half week expedition there, a survey team recorded 972 species -- 283 of them in a single dive. Gerald Allen, the team's
lead researcher, described the species diversity as "mind-boggling"; a colleague who authored the definitive work on corals of the world
immediately found seven new species at Raja Ampat. The reefs owe their spectacular diversity to their location at the intersection of
different waters, bringing in species from the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. Moreover, the area is flushed with cooler
waters that help protect against coral bleaching, an increasing threat to reefs worldwide. Still, scientists warn that even these
remote reefs are threatened by illegal fishing and illegal logging, which causes soil
erosion and silting that can choke living coral.
American Gluttony
The average fuel efficiency of new vehicles has hit a
two-decade low of 20.4 miles per gallon, according to a report released by
the U.S. EPA. The report attributed the decline in fuel economy largely to
the popularity of sports utility vehicles, which get notoriously poor fuel
economy and are regulated by laxer rules than other passenger vehicles.
The report will add fuel to the debate over whether the government should
impose stricter fuel-economy standards on automakers. This summer, the
National Academy of Sciences issued a report that found that higher
standards could be implemented at a relatively low cost, but automakers
are disputing that finding at a hearing today. Academy officials say any
factual errors corrected as a result of the hearing would be unlikely to
alter the report's conclusions
What You Can Do
At Worldnation we try to give you
informative information and help point you in the right direction so you
can help do your part. The old Native American Indian saying is true, we
do not own this earth ,we borrow it form our children. One of the
best resources we've found has been the Sierra Club, they have one of the
most useful set of tools to get started on their
ACTIVIST
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Environmental insiders are pinning part of the blame for the
collapsed climate change talks at The Hague, Netherlands, on the top U.S. climate negotiator, Frank Loy. The knock on Loy, the
undersecretary of state for global affairs, is that he failed to get back to his European counterparts in time with the U.S.'s final
offer, which might have contained enough goodies to win over the
Europeans. Still, despite the tough loss at The Hague, enviros aren't giving up on the Kyoto climate change treaty. Not even the prospect of
President George W. Bush scares them. Read more on the
Grist Magazine
website.
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