Kids!
| Activism: | |
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www.ssc.org |
Sierra Student Coalition is a broad network of high school and college students from around the country working to protect the environment. Like the Sierra Club, the SSC is run by volunteers who work on national and local campaigns that promote smart energy solutions and protect the environment. |
www.seac.org |
Student Environmental Action Coalition-SEAC a grassroots coalition of student and youth environmental groups, working together to protect the planet and our future. |
ran.org |
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) Rainforest Heroes. Kids Action Team-find facts and information about what you and your friends can do to stop the latest causes of rainforest destruction and climate change. Learning & Action site. |
www.unicef.org |
UNICEF 'Our climate, our children, our responsibility: the implications of climate change for the world's children' April 2008. This report strongly argues that both mitigation and adaptation are necessary as highlighted by the Stern Review, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the most recent Human Development Report. There is increasing global consensus on the need for international collective action. |
| Advocacy: | |
www.childrensdefense.org |
Children's Defense Fund is a non-profit child advocacy organization that has worked to champion policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation. |
www.childrennow.org |
Children Now is a national organization championing the needs of children with a successful combination of research and advocacy ensuring that they are the top public policy priority. |
www.voices.org |
Voices for America's Children is a nonpartisan, national organization committed to speaking out for the well-being of children at the federal, state and local levels of government. Victories for children in early education, health, juvenile justice, child welfare, tax and budget decisions and other areas. |
www.ewg.org |
Kid-Safe Chemicals Act Interactive Magazine as an online science information and discussion forum to foster an exchange of ideas for reforming the nation’s toxic chemicals policies. The site will feature articles by scientists, lawmakers, regulators, industry officials, community activists, policy analysts, journalists and others interested in environmental health issues. |
| Altruism: | |
www.kidsforsavingearth.org |
Kids For Saving Earth, provides an environmental education curriculum for all ages. Great Site. *** |
www.globalyouthconnect.org |
Global Youth Connect's mission is to build and support a community of youth who are actively promoting and protecting human rights, and to educate and inspire the next generation to work for peaceful change. Support youth who are already leaders in their community and who are looking for ways to strengthen their skills, deepen their understanding and build a network of supportive allies. |
| Environmental Organizations: | |
www.unep.org/Tunza |
TUNZA is a word in Kiswahili (the common language of most East African countries) that means to "treat with care". The programme is based on a strategy that aims to provide young people with information and tools on how to "treat Mother Earth with care" and how to Act for a better world. United Nations Environment Programme. |
www.yesworld.org |
YES! is a nonprofit organization that connects, inspires and empowers young changemakers to join forces for a thriving, just and sustainable way of life. Their three programs are Global Leadership Jams, Leveraging Privilege for Social Change, and Supporting Aligned Movements. |
Recent Issues Blog Posts
Methane hydrate, will it be a godsend and replace dirty coal and oil within the next five years, or will it delay our investment in renewable energy and set us on an ever longer road of hydrocarbon addiction?
A destruction of the world's resources, leaving long term greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution and habitat loss.
The World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme have just listed endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) a "global threat" after the release of a collaborative study.
Recent Building Blog Posts
Since Neolithic times we have fenced our sheep and vegetables in this easy to make (albeit time consuming) wooden fence.
The earth-house uses the ground as an insulating blanket that efficiently protects it from temperature extremes, wind, rain and extreme weather events.
Underground homes with a modern bent. A large thermal mass stabilizes inside temperatures, giving you free heat in the winter, free cooling in the summer.
Recent Art Blog Posts
Yao Lu an emerging Chinese artist digitally reworks photos of garbage into traditional Chinese landscape paintings.
Recent Movies Blog Posts
reveals the undemocratic process of forcing dams onto an unconsenting public by governments
The many voices of the film share a unified vision: we must start acting as a planetary civilization.
a journey into the soul of humanity and a testimony of the damage inflicted by humans on the natural world...
