Obama Announces Ocean Protection Program
There's exciting news on the environment front. President Obama has issued a Presidential Memorandum that calls for the development of a national ocean policy and implementing strategies.
Boy discovers microbe that eats plastic
It's not your average science fair when the 16-year-old winner manages to solve a global waste crisis. But such was the case at last month's Canadian Science Fair in Waterloo, Ontario, where Daniel Burd, a high school student at Waterloo Collegiate Institute, presented his research on microorganisms that can rapidly biodegrade plastic.
Belgian Biofuels Company Secretly Developed Algae Cultivation System
Working under the radar of the media, Belgian biofuels company Proviron has quietly developed a new approach to algae cultivation. At the first general assembly and conference of the newly founded European Alga Biomass Association, Proviron announced a "controlled, simple and cheap way to grow algae."
Environmentalists: UN Talks Too Slow, "We're Losing Time"
BONN, Germany — U.N. climate delegates completed their first rough sketch of a new global warming agreement Friday, a draft replete with gaps and competing ideas that await decisions by political leaders.
Community Services Unlimited (CSU) was established in 1977 and is based in South Central Los Angeles. They seek to foster the creation of communities actively working to address the inequalities and systemic barriers that make sustainable communities and self-reliant life-styles unattainable. CSU works with community residents, especially youth, to rebuild local food systems from the ground up, while creating local knowledge, skills, jobs and wealth. They manage a number of projects including urban mini-farms, after school and teen internship programs and a weekly farm stand at the EXPO center which sells locally grown produce. CSU envisions equitable, healthful and sustainable communities that are self-reliant, inter-relating and where every individual has the support and resources needed to develop to their fullest capacity. Learn more at http://www.csuinc.org.
- May - July, Volunteer at one of Tree People’s many tree planting events or special programs, Los Angeles Area, CA
"This book illustrates the link between the struggle to restore the environment and the need to revive the US economy. Van Jones demonstrates conclusively that the best solutions for the survivability of our planet are also the best solutions for everyday Americans."
- Al Gore
From the ashes of the L.A. Riots arose a lush, 14 acre community garden, the largest of its kind in the United States. Now bulldozers threaten its future. If everyone told you to give up, would you?
Academy Award Nominee – Best Documentary Feature
