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== '''News''' == 
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<center><big><big><big><big>'''September 2024'''</big></big></big></big></center>


'''''Frontlines of Green Best Practices'''''
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<center><big><big><big>[[Green Stories of the Day]] ~ [[Climate News]]</big></big></big></center>
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<center><big><big><big>🔘 [[Earth and Space, Politics]]</big></big></big></center>
             


; ''[[GreenLinks]] updated''
<center><big><big>'''Connecting & sharing world changing stories'''</big></big></center>


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<center><small>GreenPolicy360 journeys across 50+ years of the modern environmental movement</small></center>


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'''''September 23rd''''' -- [http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/ '''''UN Climate Summit''''']
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'''''September 21st''''' -- [https://twitter.com/hashtag/PeoplesClimate?src=hash '''''#PeoplesClimateMarch''''']
<center><font color=green>'''<big><big><big>"[[Greening Our Blue Planet]]"</big></big></big>'''</font></center>


Green friend, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQiszdkOwuU Louie Schwartzberg's] newest film opening the UN Climate session
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'''"Choose to make a difference -- this is our only home..."'''
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[http://www.takepart.com/video/2014/09/17/whats-possible-un-climate-summit-opening-film '''What's Possible''']


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Iain Keith from [https://twitter.com/Avaaz Avaaz:]  
<center><font color=green> [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth <big><big><big>'''On Earth'''</big></big></big>]</font></center>
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"We realized that a march could send a powerful signal.  
<center>[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day <big><big>'''Every Day Is Earth Day'''</big></big>]</center>


[http://bit.ly/1wCwlvW '''Marches'''] don't always change the world,


but sometimes they are the only things
<center><big><big>'''Community-to-Community'''</big></big></center>


that shake the system into widespread change."
<center>[https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Green_Networking <big>Green Networking, Green Best Practices</big>]</center>


[https://twitter.com/insideclimate InsideClimate News (TW)]
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<center><big><big>'''Earth in Human Hands'''</big></big></center>


<center>[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_in_Human_Hands.jpg <big>Earth Is in Your Hands]</big></center>


''Each week we feature '''green best practices''' of our [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Additional_Website_Resources_-_Linked_Data_-_Green_Best_Practices GreenLinks friends]''


'''''This week''' Green Policy highlights [http://www.carbonbrief.org/ Carbon Brief] - [https://www.facebook.com/carbonbrief FB] - [https://twitter.com/carbonbrief TW]''
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''They asked 25 thinkers, writers and journalists a simple question:''


''What books or readings inspired you to get involved in climate change-related work?''
<center>[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/About_Us<big><big><big>'''About GreenPolicy360'''</big></big></big>]</center>


''They got back some very interesting insights into why people work on climate,''  
<center>[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Special:Search <big></big>''' 'Site Search' '''</big></big>]</center>


''why they started, and why they carry on.''


''[http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/09/25-inspirational-texts-about-climate-change/ Inspirational books and readings]''
<center><small>[http://www.planetcitizens.org ''Planet Citizens''], ''our challenge is to improve [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Quality_of_Life '''Quality of Life'''] & [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Global_Security '''Secure our Common Future''']''</small></center>


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<center><small>''Now is time to go beyond old ways of thinking & [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement '''shape new visions of our living Planet Earth''']''</small></center>


'''''September 2014'''''
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Marina_Silva Marina Silva of Brazil: Surges to Front in Campaign for President of Brasil]  
<center>[https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Security <big><big><big>'''Environmental Security'''</big></big></big>]</center>


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<center>[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_and_Space,_Politics '''Earth Science, Climate & Global Security''']</center>


[http://www.nature.com/news/brazil-warming-to-green-policies-1.15983?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20140925 Silva update]
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[http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/16/uk-brazil-election-idUKKBN0HB2R420140916 Brazil poll shows Silva ahead of Rousseff for October election]
<big><big><big><center>'''[[Planet Citizen Vision of Living Earth]]'''</center></big></big></big>


[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/30/brazil-marina-silva-first-green-president-election-dilma-rousseff#MarinaSilva World's first #Green president? #gamechanger]
                               
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<center>[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Act_now_for_a_livable_future.png <big><big>'''Act Now to Protect Our Future''']</big></big></center>


'''''New update to GreenPolicy's database:'''''
<center>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Condition '''"Vita contemplativa to Vita activa"''']</center>


Example of model/template legislation being made available at GreenPolicy360 --
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'''California 'Ban the Bags' bill passes and green recycling moves a step forward''' -- spread the word --
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'''Recycle this news''' to other states - and other countries http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California,_Plastic_Bag_Ban
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<center><big><big><big>'''GreenPolicy360's Associate''' -- [https://strategicdemands.com/ '''Strategic Demands''']</big></big></big></center>


'''''Visit our newest 'satellite site'''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/PlanetCitizen '''<u>#PlanetCitizen</u>''']


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<center>'''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]'''</center>


'''''With renewed military operations in the Mideast and need for redefinitions of security priorities and policies, visit [http://strategicdemands.com/environmental-security/ '''<u>#EnvironmentalSecurity</u>'''] at StrategicDemands.com
<center>* https://strategicdemands.com/new-definitions-of-security/</center>


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'''''Sept 08, 2014''''' - [http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/september/nasa-hosts-media-briefing-to-announce-new-earth-observing-role-for/ NASA opens a new era] this month in its exploration of our home planet with the launch of the first in a series of #earthscience instruments to the International Space Station.
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The new earth-observing array of instruments will be mounted on the exterior of the #ISS. ISS-RapidScat will monitor ocean winds for climate research, weather predictions and hurricane monitoring. The second instrument is the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS), a laser instrument that will measure clouds and the location and distribution of pollution, dust, smoke, and other particulates in the atmosphere. [http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/ #EarthRightNow] [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/iss-rapidscat/ #RapidScat] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space]
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[http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/24/incredible-polar-ice-loss-cryosat-antarctica-greenland #CyroSat-2 data, report alarming] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space Polar melt accelerates '''#EarthMonitoring''' '''#EarthScience''']
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"Ground Truth"
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[http://www.missiongroundtruth.com/groundtruth.html]
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[http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/datacomp.html CERES Project]
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[http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/pdf/comparisonreport.pdf]
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[http://aviris.jpl.nasa.gov/data/newdata.html AVIRIS-JPL]
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[http://hyspiri.jpl.nasa.gov/ Hyspiri Mission] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:HyspIRI_03.29.13.jpg] [http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/hyspiri.html] Spectroscopy, unique views of the surface of Earth...
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Question: '''''Is the Earth blue even at night?''''' [https://mobile.twitter.com/Astro_Alex/status/495673061199609857/photo/1 Astronaut Gerst answers]
 
[[File:Look at how thin our atmosphere is. This is all there is... ISS June2014.jpg]]
 
With appreciation of the '''''Overview Effect'''''
[https://vimeo.com/55073825 / Overview: the Movie] [http://vimeo.com/60234866 Planetary]
 
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'''''Updates''''':
 
We have added to our [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/%22GreenLinks%22 '''''GreenLinks'''''] online listing of Green groups, local, regional and global, ranging from international NGO's to collections of green news and journalism, from borderless non-profit work to local green activism, from open-source, open data sharing to democracy and independent green, sustainable living advocates... GreenPolicy360 networking in practice...
 
We welcome additions of active and exceptional green organizations. More updates are coming each month as we extend GreenPolicy's shareable community resources.
 
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[[File:Green-Blue s.jpg]]
 
Also take a look at the updated list of '''''Green Parties''''', a movement across the globe, now in over 100 countries... [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Green_Parties_global_list_June_2014update.pdf '''''Green Parties - International''''' ''PDF'']
 
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We also invite you to '''''Visit''''' our new '''''GreenBestPractices''''' sites at:
 
* [https://twitter.com/greenpolicy360 '''''GreenPolicy360 Twitter''''']
 
* [https://www.facebook.com/greenbestpractices '''''GreenPolicy360 Facebook'''''] 
 
* [https://plus.google.com/u/0/104105656721944993244/posts '''''GreenPolicy360 Google+''''']
 
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And check out our associated '''''#Earth360''''' sites
 
[http://www.EarthPOV.com '''''#EarthPOV'''''] and [http://www.PlanetCitizen.org '''''#PlanetCitizen'''''] -- '''''Here's looking at us'''''
 
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The '''''"New Space"''''' field is pioneering the study of our blue planet with multiple new platforms monitoring earth systems and resources. '''PlanetLabs''' is a recently founded company that is out in front with its emphasis on open data sharing. Its mini satellites are called "Doves" and they "flock" for #earthmonitoring and rapid sequencing of imaging. Watch them!
 
[http://t.co/dfsywixUg6 '''''An API for the Planet'''''] #PlanetLabs Open Source Conference keynote [http://t.co/dfsywixUg6]
 
[http://vimeo.com/88602839 '''''Mission: "Democratizing Access to Information About the Changing Planet"''''']
 
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'''Observing Global Warming with #OCO-2''' Historic launch [http://www.space.com/26403-nasa-oco2-carbon-dioxide-satellite-launch.html #planetcitizen mission to study #earthsatmosphere]
 
'''"First Light!"''' [http://www.universetoday.com/113866/nasas-carbon-dioxide-greenhouse-gas-observatory-captures-first-light-at-head-of-international-a-train-of-earth-science-satellites/] [http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2014/20140815-oco-2-first-light-spectra.html] '''OCO-2''' tweets - https://twitter.com/IamOCO2 [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/m/news/news.php?release=2014-272#.U-9Aa2Nab8l OCO-2 announces 'We have data!']
 
What monitoring a potential existential crisis looks like...spectra from #OCO-2 #Earth360 [http://phys.org/news/2014-08-oco-.html]
 
Earth observing satellites, the "Afternoon Constellation", the "A-Train" joined by ‪#‎OCO-2 newly launched and historic in its mission to study global warming [http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/oco2/a-train-atmosphere-20140703/index.html#.U7qp9JH8cjw Orbiting Carbon Observatory]
 
Looking closer at [http://space.io9.com/nasas-new-satellite-could-unravel-the-mystery-of-our-ch-1598348848/1598704971/+AnnaleeNewitz OCO-2] [https://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/teams/#] [http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/] [http://climate.nasa.gov/]
 
Earth science data is coming in and being openly distributed. Take up the challenge, perhaps with NEX here and multiple venues that are being made available for the first time.
 
Add your resources. With the launch of '''OCO-2''', a 'game changer', the data of #Earth360 will grow in unprecedented ways.
 
'''Add your #PlanetCitizen talent to a future of seeing with an #EarthPOV''' -- '''#Earthdata enables informed decisions and policy'''
 
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp%2C_OCO-2%2C_June_2014_m.jpg "You can manage only what you can measure"]
 
[[File:Climate -EarthScience Challenge m.jpg]]
 
'''http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/NASA_EarthSciences,_Challenges_Public_to_Join_In'''
 
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/June_14%2C_the_President_speaks_to_graduates_of_UC_Irvine_Climate_Change_action.pdf '''No time for climate denial'''... President says it's time for action on Climate Change in Commencement at UC Irvine, June 14, 2014]
 
'''Climate Rules to Rewrite US Energy Map'''
 
Rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency would cut carbon pollution from power plants 30 percent by 2030 – equivalent of taking 2/3 of all cars and trucks in America off the road
 
[http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207938-wh-epa-rule-will-lower-bills-create-jobs Overview] [http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/207884-read-the-epas-new-carbon-pollution-rule EPA summary] [http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207926-boehner-climate-plan-nuts Republicans hesitate]  -- [http://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/207911-obamas-climate-rule-clocks-in-at-645-pages 645 pages] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/epa-will-propose-a-rule-to-cut-emissions-from-existing-coal-plants-by-up-to-30-percent/2014/06/02/f37f0a10-e81d-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html] [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/us/politics/key-details-of-epa-carbon-emissions-proposal.html?_r=0] [http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2023748106_apxobamaglobalwarming.html][http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27663286]
 
[http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-07-18/the-pentagon-s-war-against-climate-change U.S. Military Prepares for Climate Change] [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/jun/14/climate-change-energy-shocks-nsa-prism]
 
West Coast Leaders Applaud Obama Administration Proposal to Cut Carbon Pollution [http://bit.ly/1kBFxbh][http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/06/02/3677678/california-has-head-start-but.html California has head start] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Pacific_Coast_Climate_Action_Plan.pdf Pacific Coast Climate Action Plan - 2013]
 
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'''OCO-2 Orbiting Carbon Observatory'''
 
'''"Watching the Earth Breathe from Space"''' [http://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/] [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-198] [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/1105/] [http://ecowatch.com/2014/06/18/climate-change-nasa-app/] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth]
 
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Alexander Gerst on the '''#ISS''' [http://blogs.esa.int/alexander-gerst/] [http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/06/Our_ecosystem]
 
"Look at how thin our atmosphere is. This is all there is between humankind and deadly space." [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/ISS_040e008179_earth%27s_atmosphere_l.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_is]
 
[[File:Iss040e008179 earth's atmosphere .jpg]]
 
'''''June/July/August 2014'''''
A '''thin atmospheric layer''' enabling life as we know it...
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Thin_atmosphere_AstroGerst_ISS_2014.jpg]
[https://plus.google.com/104105656721944993244/posts/auTPaQHTmhb]
[https://plus.google.com/104105656721944993244/posts/4Cp2QAKR1qK] 
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earths_Atmospheric_Layers.JPG]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:ISS_050420_01_010e24868_Soyuz_Vittori_Eneide.jpg]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:ISS_Soyuz_TMA-19_spacecraft_departs_the_ISS.jpg]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/ISS_setting_moon.jpg]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Iss040e008179_earth%27s_atmosphere_.jpg]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Earth_atmosphere.jpg]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Earth_imaging.jpg]
 
We are just beginning to geo-monitor our '''thin atmosphere,''' earth and biosphere from space... [http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_is] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites]
 
Beginning with first 'whole earth' images of our home planet, taken in the Apollo era... [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/From_Apollo_4.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Whole_Earth_1972_Apollo_17.jpg]
 
We are now flying eyes-in-the-sky, earth-monitoring producing first-generation data and #sustainability realizations. [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Imaging-New_Space Earth Imaging - 'New Space']
 
'''Observing, observing in the driver's chair''' '''--''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_is '''Seeing how thin our atmosphere is'''] '''--''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/How_thin_is_earth%27s_atmosphere.jpg '''How thin is Earth's atmosphere?''']
 
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2): A game changer? http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/1105 [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog]
 
'''Seeing climate change from space:''' NASA creates image-based iPad app [http://ecowatch.com/2014/06/18/climate-change-nasa-app/]
 
Soon, each of us will be able to connect to and share earth-data as students of earth-space science and new digital networks.
 
With open data, links and digital apps, schools and future generations will learn '''new ways of seeing as citizens of the planet'''.
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'''''June/July/August 2014'''''
 
'''Aug 19''' [http://nyti.ms/1BzljLJ Planet Labs/NYT] '''Planet Labs, newly #ISS deployed Doves''' [http://aviationweek.com/space/smartphone-advances-drive-smallsats Smartphones in space!]
 
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Doves_flocking_Planet_Labs#Micro-satellites_fly'''Launch of new Flock of Dove Satellites to Image Earth'''] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Dove_minisat_launch_from_ISS_m.png Doves fly] [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/girl_scouts_orbital_2/ Doves flock]
 
'''''Planet Labs 'Dove' micro-satellites''''' [http://www.planet.com/flock1/]
 
"Rapid cadence imagery, like Planet Labs is developing, helps us become better, more sustainable stewards of Earth." [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/qa-with-steve-jurvetson-space-investor-and-rocket-maker/ NYT]
 
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites '''Geoscience: Eyes in the Sky, Monitoring the Earth by Satellite''']
*'''http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites'''
 
'''Earth Imaging 'startups'''' -- nextgen #earthscience in an era of #climatechange and #globalsecurity threat
 
'''''New Space startups''''' to watch (our eyes are especially on '''Planet Labs''') [http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/satellites/9-earthimaging-startups-to-watch]... BlackBridge [http://www.blackbridge.com/], Dauria [http://dauriaspace.com/DigitalGlobe], '''DigitalGlobe''' [https://www.digitalglobe.com/] #DigitalGlobe, highest rez commercially avail #earthimaging from space [http://www.satimagingcorp.com/satellite-sensors/worldview-3/] [https://www.digitalglobe.com/imagery-completeness] [https://www.digitalglobe.com/products/platform/digitalglobe-crowdsourcing] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoEye GeoEye] [http://www.satimagingcorp.com/satellite-sensors/geoeye-1/], Firefly Space Systems [http://www.fireflyspace.com/] [https://twitter.com/Firefly_Space], GeoOptics [http://geooptics.com/], NanoRacks [http://nanoracks.com/], [http://nanoracks.com/about-us/our-history/] [http://nanoracks.com/products/smallsat-deployment/], NovaWurks [http://www.novawurks.com/index.html], OmniEarth [http://omniearth.net/] [http://www.marketwatch.com/story/omniearth-announces-partnership-to-create-global-satellite-constellation-and-extensive-hosted-payload-opportunity-2014-05-20] [http://www.directionsmag.com/pressreleases/omniearth-announces-partnership-to-create-global-satellite-constellati/403595] [http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2534/1], OrbitLogic [http://www.orbitlogic.com/], PlanetiQ [http://www.planetiq.com/], '''Planet Labs''' [http://www.planet.com/] [https://www.planet.com/pulse/ Pulse] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Doves_close-up-of-cubesats-leaving-nanoracks-deployer-2014-02-11_m.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Doves_launched_from_ISS_float_against_Earth_horizon_m.jpg] [http://gizmodo.com/meet-the-flockers-iss-launches-low-cost-earth-imaging-1517232660], RapidEye [http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/satellites/fullspectrum-farming], Skybox [http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/google-buys-satellite-imaging-company-skybox-for-500-million/] [http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/23/google-close-to-snapping-up-satellite-startup-skybox-imaging-for-1b-say-sources/] [http://www.wired.com/2013/06/startup-skybox/], Teledyne [http://www.tbe.com/], Tyvak Nano-Sat [http://tyvak.com/], Urthecast [http://www.urthecast.com/]
 
 
[[File:PlanetLabs AZ Irrigation fields-s.jpg]]
 
 
'''''"New Space"''''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewSpace] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit]
 
“With all these start-ups, the things you’ll be able to do with satellite images will grow exponentially.” - IEEE-May 2014
 
Moving from almost exclusively multi-billion dollar military/defense-communication satellite operations to nextgen 'small cap' startups and 'New Space' ventures and applications with earth systems monitoring, resources, sustainable business, and low-earth orbit [http://www.space.com/topics/space-tourism/ space travel] with companies like Richard Branson's [https://plus.google.com/+VirginGalactic/posts/BiQHdTqEcZM Virgin Galactic]...
 
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24/7 high-definition ''''[http://www.urthecast.com/Urthecast-ISS Ride with Us]'''' #ISS video of Earth [http://www.urthecast.com/features] [http://www.urthecast.com/developer '''Urthecast APIs''']
 
'''Live''' from the International Space Station [http://www.universetoday.com/111631/hd-livestream-of-earth-now-available-247-from-the-space-station/]
[http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream] [http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload] [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/]
 
Earth sciences/NASA-JPL and gov contractors [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Eyes_on_the_Earth_2012update.jpg ''''Eyes on the Earth'''']
[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-084] [http://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/earth/index.html] [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/earthday/earthdayflash.cfm] [http://climate.nasa.gov/] '''--''' [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/1105/ @OCO-2] [https://twitter.com/IamOCO2 I am OCO! Tweet!!]
 
[http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/ '''EarthRightNow''']
 
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[[File:Hello3.jpg]]
 
'''Florida, Los Angeles, New York''' vulnerable to climate change...
 
[[File:Rising Seas NatGeo M Sept13 s.jpg|link=http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Sea-Level_Rise_%26_Mitigation]]
 
US gov efforts to assess risk now include interagency coordination.
 
'''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Sea-Level_Rise_%26_Mitigation Rising Seas - Against the Tide]''' 
 
[[File:Rising Seas NatGeo M Sept13.jpg]]
 
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[[File:Ship of the imagination Cosmos.jpg]]
 
[http://www.scribd.com/doc/234244894/Our-Blue-Marble-Pale-Blue-Dot '''Our Blue Marble, Pale Blue Dot''']
 
Remembering Carl Sagan as [http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/neil-tyson-cosmos-global-warming-earth-carbon Cosmos] takes on challenges we face in today's world.
 
"The Earth is where we make our stand... our Pale Blue Dot, suspended in a sunbeam."
 
'''"For us it is to cherish and protect the only home we've ever known..."'''
 
[http://saganseries.com/] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=923jxZY2NPI][http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/PaleBlueDot-.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Pale-blue-dot.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:PaleBlueDot.jpg]
 
'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Marble An oasis] in the vastness of space'''''
 
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[[Image:Earthinfrared mes 2005214 c.jpg|right]]  [[Image:Earthinfrared mes 2005214 cd.jpg|right]]
 
'''United States space program''' - [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83207 '''earth system monitoring''']
 
NASA's '''Earth Science Enterprise''' (ESE) -- Originally called "'''Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE)'''"
[[Image:Mission to Planet Earth .jpg]]
 
ESE is dedicated to "''understanding the total Earth system and the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment''." [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/nsp/mtpe.htm]
 
Mission to Planet Earth's successor, NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS), provides long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans.
 
"The ultimate beneficiaries are the present and future generations of the people on Earth..." The goal of the Earth Observing Project is "improved understanding of the Earth as '''an integrated system'''."
 
'''ESE's Mission: "To improve life here'''" and "'''to understand and protect our home planet.'''" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Science_Enterprise]
 
'''#EarthScience''', '''#GeoScience''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_satellites_in_3D.jpg Eyes on the Earth-Earth Right Now], [http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov Earth Observing System Project], [https://earthdata.nasa.gov Earth Data], [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features Earth Observatory], [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Images/?eocn=topnav&eoci=images], [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Grace/ Grace], [http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/ Grace-JPL], [http://www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/ Grace-UTexas], [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov Visible Earth], [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/?eocn=topnav&eoci=globalmaps Global Maps], [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_cat.php?categoryID=1484], [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=79765], [http://www.nasa.gov/content/earth-missions-list/]
 
'''IceSat-2''' [http://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/icesat2/] - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICESat-2]
[http://dahrjamail.net/former-nasa-chief-scientist-were-effectively-taking-a-sledgehammer-to-the-climate-system]
 
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'''European space program''' - [https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-operational-eo-missions '''earth system monitoring''']
 
European Space Agency "'''Living Planet Programme'''" managed by Earth Observation Programmes - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Planet_Programme]
: GOCE – Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer - launched on March 17, 2009 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Field_and_Steady-State_Ocean_Circulation_Explorer]
: SMOS – Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite - studying ocean salinity and soil moisture; launched in 2 November 2009 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_Moisture_and_Ocean_Salinity_satellite]
: '''CryoSat''' is designed to map the Earth's ice cover. CryoSat-2 was launched 8 April 2010 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryoSat] - Euro Cryo Satellite/Earth Imaging -- '''The Antarctic: Big Melt Accelerates''' [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/24/incredible-polar-ice-loss-cryosat-antarctica-greenland] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space]
: Swarm – is a trio of satellites to map the Earth's magnetism. The SWARM constellation was launched successfully on 22 November 2013 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_%28spacecraft%29]
: Aeolus – Atmospheric Dynamics Mission will use an innovative laser to measure winds. Due for launch in 2015 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM-Aeolus]
: EarthCARE – Earth Clouds Aerosols and Radiation Explorer will examine the formation and effects of clouds. Due for launch in 2016 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthCARE]
: BIOMASS is designed to calculate the amount of carbon stored in the world's forests, and to monitor for any changes over the course of its five-year mission. Due to launch in 2020 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOMASS]
 
 
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{{WorkingOn}}
 
 
'''''April 2014'''''
 
'''GP360 News:''' We have updated '''GreenPolicy360 to MediaWiki 1.19''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_version_history]
 
Upward and onward GP360! In progress - updated maps. [http://Semantic-MediaWiki.org Semantic MediaWiki]
 
 
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'''''March 2014'''''
 
31 March 2014/Japan/IPCC international conference - "The '''Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)''' issued a report today that says the '''effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans'''. The extensive set of documents, continuing a multi-year series of scientific documentation and analyses, details latest developments and warns that the world is "ill-prepared" for risks from a changing climate. The report also states that there are "opportunities" to respond to such risks, though the risks will be difficult to manage with high levels of warming... [http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/ar5/pr_wg2/140330_pr_wgII_spm_en.pdf] [http://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/images/uploads/IPCC_WG2AR5_SPM_Approved.pdf] [http://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/report/final-drafts/] #climatechange
 
April 6 - IPCC Update
 
Government officials and top climate scientists will meet in Berlin from April 7-12 to review a 29-page next steps draft that estimates '''the needed shift to low-carbon energies will cost between two and six percent of world output by 2050'''... The IPCC draft report is the third and final study in a U.N. series about climate change, updating findings from 2007. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/06/us-climate-un-idUSBREA3506B20140406] [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/06/climate-change-needs-the-politics-of-the-impossible.html] [http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2014/04/impacts-of-climate-change-part-2-of-the-new-ipcc-report-has-been-approved/comment-page-2/]
 
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'''Climate.Data.gov launches''' [http://www.data.gov/climate] [http://www.data.gov/climate/welcome-climate-data-gov]
 
In the pilot-stage of Climate.Data.gov, you will find resources "to help companies, communities, and citizens understand and prepare for the impacts of coastal flooding and sea level rise." Over time, the "Climate Data community" will expand to include more datasets, web services, and tools. "It will also cover other themes such as the vulnerability of the food supply and the threats to human health from climate change."
The resources page features datasets and services on coastal vulnerability. [http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?groups=climate5434&_groups_limit=0]
 
Tools and information to help communities prepare for coastal inundation... [http://www.data.gov/climate/climate-resources] [http://www.usc.edu/org/seagrant/research/sea_level_rise_vulnerability.html]
 
--
 
Does business have a social responsibility beyond profit? Yes.
 
At the Apple annual shareholder meeting, when faced with a conservative think-tank's objections to Apple's green energy and environmental initiatives, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke up -- "We do a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive... We want to leave the world better than we found it." To any who found the company's environmental dedication either ideologically or economically ill-advised, they can "get out of the stock," Cook said.
 
[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57619770-37/tim-cook-advises-climate-change-deniers-to-get-out-of-apple-stock/] [http://touch.latimes.com/#section/1717/article/p2p-79478905/]
 
 
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'''''January/February 2014'''''
 
'''''Cities now reporting more than ''8,000 climate actions'' currently underway...'''''
 
'''''Take climate action in your community''''' - Add to 8,068 climate change actions reported at the international '''C40 conference''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/images/8068_CC_actions.jpg]
 
''More'' [http://www.c40.org C40], [http://www.c40.org/cities cities], [http://www.c40.org/blog_posts/CAM2 webcam], [http://c40.org/blog_posts/infographic-c40-cities-releases-landmark-research-revealing-expansion-acceleration-of-climate-actions-in-megacities], [http://issuu.com/c40cities/docs/c40_climate_action_in_megacities], [http://www.c40.org/ending-climate-change-begins-in-the-city]
 
 
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[[Image:GFW1a.jpeg|left]]
 
'''Global Forest Watch''' launches
 
[https://plus.google.com/115519007136221820067/posts/2ntxMkhNpf5]
 
[http://GlobalForestWatch.org], [http://www.wri.org/our-work/project/global-forest-watch]
 
[http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2014/02/monitoring-worlds-forests-with-global.html]
 
 
 
 
 
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[[File:Transition-to-productive-and-sustainable-farming s.jpg]]
 
'''Agroecological Farming'''
 
* “Business as usual” of expanding industrialized agriculture is not a viable option for meeting the challenges we face in the future.
* We must transition to greener, sustainable agriculture and food systems.
* Family farmer agroecology works and is a vital part of the solution. 
 
Agroecology_Groundswell [http://www.groundswellinternational.org/how-we-work/agroecological-farming/]
 
From GP360's "'''Little Green Book'''"
 
 
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[[Image:GH1 sm.jpg|left]]  [[Image:EOS starliner3.jpg]]
 
'''''eOS featured in Green Horizon'''''
 
'''''eOS -- a network of effective green policies, politics and practices'''''
 
'''''eOS Part 1 December 2013''''' [http://www.green-horizon.org/eos/ eOS... Global Green Challenge] [http://www.scribd.com/doc/189078245/eOS-EcoOperatingSystem-1]
 
'''''eOS Part 2 June 2014''''' [http://www.green-horizon.org/eos2/ eOS... Challenges & Opportunities]
 
'''''eOS Part 3 October 2014'''''
 
'''''GreenPolicy360/eOS''''' -- extending the GP360 database of green models for use in all communities -- local, national, international
 
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[[Image:Earthrise vertical-fromApollo s.jpg]]
 
 
'''''Remembering 'Earthrise'''''' - ''December 1968''
 
[http://www.youtube.com/embed/dE-vOscpiNc Earthrise memories on the 45th anniversary] - [http://www.abc.net.au/science/moon/earthrise.htm Earth-home, the photo from Apollo]
 
 
"The earth from here [circling the moon] is a grand oasis in the big vastness of space." — Jim Lovell, live Apollo 8 - ''1968''
 
"If somebody had said before the flight, "Are you going to get carried away looking at the earth from the moon?" I would have say, "No, no way." But yet when I first looked back at the earth, standing on the moon, I cried." — Alan Shepard, Astronaut
 
"As you pass from sunlight into darkness and back again every hour and a half, you become startlingly aware how artificial are thousands of boundaries we've created to separate and define. And for the first time in your life you feel in your gut the precious unity of the Earth and all the living things it supports." — Russell Schweikart, Apollo 9
 
"As we got further and further away, it [the Earth] diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate..." — James Irwin, Apollo 15
 
[[File:Earth360 Nasa blue marble s.jpg]]
 
"'''''The Overview Effect'''''" refers to the experience of seeing firsthand the reality of the Earth in space, which is immediately understood to be a tiny, fragile ball of life, hanging in the void, shielded and nourished by a paper-thin atmosphere.  From space, the astronauts tell us, national boundaries vanish, the conflicts that divide us become less important and the need to create a planetary society with the united will to protect this "pale blue dot"
 
'''Visit''' the [http://www.overviewinstitute.org '''Overview Institute''']
 
== News Archive ==
 
 
; ''November/December 2013''
 
'''Good Government & the Digital Era'''
 
Technology is central to the design of government programs... "What good governance and the good society look like is now inextricably linked to an understanding of the digital." -- Tim O'Reilly
[http://CodeForAmerica.org/2013/11/08/whats-really-at-stake-in-better-interfaces-to-government/]
 
* [http://CodeForAmerica.org/issues/openness/ Code for America]
'''Open Government/Digital Services'''
* [[Friends of GreenPolicy360| Visit GP360's Friends]]
 
 
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; ''October 2013''
 
[[Image:Pacific Coast Action Plan .jpg]]
 
A Model for Regional/Local Approaches to Climate Change - '''Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate & Energy'''
* [[Media:Pacific Coast Climate Action Plan.pdf| PDF]]
 
; Two new cool tools for digital visualizations
[http://Gigaom.com/2013/10/08/new-tool-lets-you-visualize-just-about-anything-in-5-minutes-maybe-less RAW]
[http://TableauSoftware.com/public/how-it-works TableauPublic]
 
 
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; ''September 2013''
 
The ALEC agenda, not a green agenda but a powerful lobbying agenda that too often attempts to push back a green agenda... Here the ALEC org fails - "Renewable energy overpowers ALEC" [http://BillMoyers.com/2013/08/20/renewable-energy-overpowers-alec]
 
 
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; ''August 2013''
 
[[Image:Wikimedia commons-Couverture Turning the Tide On Climate Change.jpg|right]]
 
US/Climate Change/Response Planning by States
 
; Maryland Advances Climate/Energy Plan... emission reduction goals surpass California and all states except Massachusetts
[http://bit.ly/1aMBt5Z] / [http://YouTube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TgOQryJFOEA]
 
; Maryland Governor Unveils Strongest US Plan To Fight Climate Change  [http://CleanTechnica.com/2013/07/25/maryland-governor-unveils-strongest-us-plan-to-fight-climate-change]
 
Maryland Gov. O'Malley ups ante for reduction of statewide greenhouse gases. Stating that "''we trust in the fierce urgency of now''," Maryland's Gov. proposes to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020 and state policy proposals include accelerating state clean energy and efficiency goals. ''"We move forward, not back..."'' [http://ClimateChange.Maryland.gov] [http://ClimateChange.Maryland.gov/site/assets/files/1392/ggra_plan_7-11-13.pdf PDF]
 
 
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'''''2013/2014 Ongoing'''''
 
[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140908-birds-audubon-climate-change-extinction-science/ '''Half of North America bird species at risk of extinction due to climate change'''] [http://climate.audubon.org/ '''Audubon study'''] [http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-adv-birds-climate-change-20140909-story.html Times] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Audubon.png News]
 
[[File:Audubon study ms.png|link=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140908-birds-audubon-climate-change-extinction-science/]]
 
The bigger extinction picture is dire according to scientific research. As reported by the Institute for Biological Diversity
[http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/ our planet is now in the midst of its sixth mass extinction of plants and animals]... a sixth wave of extinctions in the past half-billion years. We’re currently experiencing the worst spate of species die-offs since the loss of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. 
 
 
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'''Drought -- Historic-drought (climate change warning)'''
 
* [California aquifers at risk http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140819-groundwater-california-drought-aquifers-hidden-crisis/]
 
* [California warning from the LA Times http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-famiglietti-southern-california-drought-20140709-story.html]
 
* Five Maps of U.S. Drought [http://www.vox.com/2014/5/15/5720870/drought-california-us-maps]
'''California's emergency measures''' [http://plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=6114] [http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18496]
* California's drought is being billed as the driest period in the state's recorded rainfall history ...
* California is coming off its driest year since record-keeping began in the 1800s
* Never in the State Water Project's 54-year history has there been zero water allocation
* California Drought: The Worst Yet To Come?
* Historic California drought called a red flag for future of US (+video)''
* NASA [http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/news/california-drought-20140225/index.html#.Uw0_L5F5mK2]
 
Sources, click thru [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/images/Calif_Drought_-_Feb_2014.pdf (PDF)]
 
Climate Change and California's epic drought [http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/31/3223791/climate-change-california-drought] 
 
 
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'''Climate Extremes are Unprecedented''' - BBC Global News [http://BBC.co.uk/news/science-environment-23154073]
Warmest decade in 2001-2010, WMO survey shows
 
'''Water Alert''' - US Groundwater Depletion "accelerating", May 2013''' [http://USGS.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3595#.UdLrEpzEorU] / Water Stress - NatGeo US [http://NewsWatch.NationalGeographic.com/2013/10/09/more-water-stress-than-meets-the-eye]
 
; Climate Change / US Drought Monitor  [http://DroughtMonitor.unl.edu]
 
[[File:DroughtWeb.png]]
 
'''History-making drought conditions''' - new water conservation measures announced
 
: TX [http://TexasTribune.org/2013/06/30/texas-push-show-farmers-how-save-water]
: TX [http://DailyTexanOnline.com/news/2013/06/21/perry-signs-water-conservation-bills-amongst-worsening-drought-conditions]
: TX [http://Star-Telegram.com/2013/06/03/4906347/opposition-forming-to-massive.html]
: NM [http://SantaFeNewMexican.com/news/local_news/article_179106f2-dad6-540d-9f1c-a2d036682417.html]
: NM [http://ABQjournal.com/main/209996/blogs/nm-science/drought-watch-new-mexico-still-worst-in-the-nation.html]
: NM [http://ThinkProgress.org/climate/2013/06/04/2096521/900-firefighters-battle-major-wildfires-fueled-by-historic-new-mexico-drought/]
: AZ [http://AZwater.gov/AzDWR/Statewideplanning/Drought/default.htm]
: UT [http://SLtrib.com/sltrib/politics/56259489-90/400-ahead-assessment-climate.html.csp]
: Colorado River watershed [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/southwest-braces-lake-mead-water-levels-drop-24941596 Aug 2014] [http://kjzz.org/content/1306/study-says-global-warming-will-reduce-colorado-river-levels-2050]
: Southwest [http://ClimateCentral.org/news/8-images-to-understand-the-drought-in-the-southwest-16149]
: Southwest [http://Elkodaily.com/news/percent-of-west-now-in-drought/article_ba95f2c6-e11c-11e2-b0d1-001a4bcf887a.html]
: Southwest [http://Wrh.noaa.gov/twc/climate/seazDM.php]
 
: Midwest/Aquifers [http://TheAtlanticWire.com/national/2013/05/midwest-has-less-water-more-drought-its-future/65414]
 
: National Water Resources Information [https://Niwr.net/public/Migration/water-resources-information]
: Nationally - two thirds of the country in drought conditions, one third severe [http://AZcentral.com/news/articles/2012/07/19/20120719us-drought-arizona-endures-15th-year.html]
: National - Maps/Infographics [http://TreeHugger.com/energy-policy/president-obamas-climate-change-plan-infographic.html]
: [http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring/palmer.gif GIF]
: National/State online drought resources [http://Drought.unl.edu/Planning/PlanningInfobyState/StateDroughtPages2012.aspx]
: Dust-bowl proportions [http://TheAtlanticWire.com/national/2012/07/2012-drought-reaches-dust-bowl/54605]
: US gov monitoring drought conditions [http://Drought.gov/drought]
: US drought designations as of June 2013 [http://USDA.gov/documents/usda-drought-fast-track-designations-062613.pdf PDF]
: US Climate prediction/drought [http://Cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Drought]
 
 
'''International''' - July 2013: [http://Guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jul/06/food-supply-threat-water-wells-dry-up The Guardian]
 
'''Global''' - July 2013: Latest NOAA Climatic Data Center report shows *global* June 2013 temperatures as 5th highest on record (summary at [http://1.USA.gov/15lEabn]). First half of 2013 (Jan–Jun) 7th warmest on record.
 
 
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'''''More GP360/eOS Networking'''''
 
 
[[Image:Appropedia.jpg|left]]
 
'''''Appropedia''''' ''http://Appropedia.org''
 
Here's to growing the MediaWiki ''''Appropriate Technology'''' community. We're looking forward at Green Policy to growing our connections with Appropedia.
 
Take an '''Up Close Look''' at [[Appropedia]] if you haven't already... thousands upon thousands of sustainable, forward thinking green projects for each and every community... Join in! Model projects welcome. Cultivate, grow, nurture and spread new ideas...
 
 
 
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
 
'''Related appropriate tech:''' '''Engineering for Change - E4C''' provides a forum to connect, collaborate, solve challenges and share knowledge among engineers, technologists, social scientists, NGOs, local governments and community advocates dedicated to improving the quality of life -- helpful '''engineers w/o borders''' [https://www.engineeringforchange.org/home]
 
 
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[[Image:Asknature1s.png]]
 
 
'''AskNature''' -- a free, open source project, built by and for the community. [http://www.asknature.org/article/view/using_asknature]
 
AskNature is the world’s most comprehensive catalog of nature’s solutions to human design challenges. A one-of-a-kind online library features free information on natural phenomena and bio-inspired/biomimicry applications...
 
The goal of this eResource is to make the act of asking nature for “advice” a smart part of the innovation process. Be inspired to create life-friendly technologies that are healthy for people ''and'' the planet.
 
Biomimicry (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is a design discipline that seeks sustainable solutions. Nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies are a guide... [http://AskNature.org/article/view/why_asknature]
 
 
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[[Image:Tr logo2.gif]]
 
'''''Plant a Tree, a Simple Act in Your Neighborhood! '''''
 
http://TreePeople.org/how-plant-tree
 
 
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[[Image:SunlightFoundation-logo.png|left]]
 
'''Let the Sunshine in''' -- using the power of the Internet to deliver greater government openness and transparency [https://sunlightfoundation.com/] [http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/] [http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/about/]
 
'''Open States''' searchable database to check on U.S. state government representatives [http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2009/10/01/5-mins-fifty-state-project Open States: Data for all 50 States] [http://SunlightFoundation.com/blog/2013/02/14/open-states]
 
'''Introducing 'The Congress App'''' for iOS and Android [http://SunlightFoundation.com/blog/2013/07/09/introducing-congress-for-ios] [http://Congress.sunlightfoundation.com]
 
'''Money, Politics & Transparency Project''' / March 2014 [http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/03/25/announcing-money-politics-and-transparency-a-project-to-improve-global-political-finance-transparency/] online resource following global developments in money and politics
 
 
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GreenPolicy360 was developed for use in all communities, local, national, international. GreenPolicy lets you know how other communities are dealing with many of the key public policy issues of yesterday, today and tomorrow.  If you're working to craft similar green legislation/proposals/resolutions/ordinances/concepts for your local community, or you just want to get an idea of best practices that might be possible, you can use the models and templates here, copy and paste what has worked in other communities and locations and modify to your own needs. "Think and act global ''and'' local!"
 
BTW, GreenPolicy360 is also an excellent reference source for students and online education.  With a wide array of topics, GreenPolicy360 will save you time and energy as you look to learn about and become engaged in work to improve your community and our world. Whatever country you are in, you can learn from best practices from your region, bioregion or similar regions. Rather than spend hours and hours trying to locate source material, you can find many models and examples of what you're looking for right here, right now.
 
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* Electronic Frontier Foundation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation
 
* Energy and Environment Legislation Tracking Database (US) - http://NCSL.org/issues-research/energyhome/energy-environment-legislation-tracking-database.aspx
 
* Fight for the Future - http://www.fightforthefuture.org/
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* Freedom of Information Requests/Government Attic (US) - http://GovernmentAttic.org
 
* Freedom Online Coalition - http://www.freedomonline.ee/
 
* Gaining Ground Information Database - http://landuse.law.pace.edu/SPT--BrowseResources.php?ParentId=183
 
* Github and Open Data update - http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/02/catch-my-diff-githubs-new-feature-means-big-things-for-open-data/283673/ 
 
* Global Open Data Initiative - http://GlobalOpenDataInitiative.org
 
* GovFuturesLab - Reimagining governance for an age of planetary challenges and human responsibility 
: (FB) https://Facebook.com/govfutures 
: App4Gov (TW) https://Twitter.com/App4Gov
 
* GovTech - http://Govtech.com/e-government/Introducing-the-21st-Century-City-Hall.html
 
* GovTrack - https://www.Govtrack.us/   
: (TW) https://Twitter.com/Govtrack
 
* Institute for the Future - http://iftf.org/govfutures   
: (TW) https://Twitter.com/GovFuturesLab
 
* Internet Bill of Rights / Internet Rights and Principles Coalition - http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/
 
* Internet Governance Project - http://www.internetgovernance.org/
 
* Linked Data - http://linkeddata.org/
 
* Online Magna Carta - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/12/online-magna-carta-berners-lee-web
 
* Open Data Innovation Summit, 2014 - http://theinnovationenterprise.com/summits/open-data-innovation-boston-2014
 
* Open Data Institute UK-Int'l - http://TheODI.org/about-us - http://TheGuardian.com/public-leaders-network/2013/oct/22/open-data-institute-summit-gavin-starks
 
* Open Data movement_Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Data
 
* Open Data Research Network - http://opendataresearch.org/
: http://opendataresearch.org/emergingimpacts
: http://opendataresearch.org/content/2014/646/towards-common-methods-assessing-open-data-workshop-report
 
* Open Data Summit, Oct 2013/Open Institute - https://Twitter.com/Open_Institute
 
* Open Government Initiative (US) - http://www.whitehouse.gov/open
: (TW) https://twitter.com/OpenGov
 
* Open Government Partnership - International - http://OpenGovPartnership.org 
: (TW) https://Twitter.com/opengovpart
 
* Open Knowledge Foundation Lab - http://okfn.org/
 
* Open Science - http://opensciencefederation.com/
: (TW) https://twitter.com/openscience
 
* Open Secrets/Center for Responsive Politics - http://www.opensecrets.org/
 
* OpenGov Foundation - http://OpenGovFoundation.org
 
* Project on Government Oversight - http://www.pogo.org/
 
* PublicAgenda - http://PublicAgenda.org 
: (TW) https://twitter.com/PublicAgenda 
 
* PublicBodies.org - http://blog.okfn.org/2013/07/09/introducing-open-knowledge-foundation-labs/
 
* Research Data Sharing without Barriers - https://RD-Alliance.org 
 
* The Constituent (US) - https://The-Constituent.com
 
* RDF Standards - http://W3.org/RDF
 
* Reform Government Surveillance - https://www.reformgovernmentsurveillance.com/
 
* Reset the Net - https://www.resetthenet.org/
 
* Smart Growth Policy Database - http://cfpub.epa.gov/sgpdb/sgdb.cfm
 
* Smart Communities Network - http://SmartCommunities.ncat.org
 
* State Decoded - http://StateDecoded.com
 
* US Gov-EPA Databases - http://Water.EPA.gov/aboutow/owow/data.cfm
 
* World Summit on the Information Society +10/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Summit_on_the_Information_Society
 
* WWW Foundation, established by World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee, devoted to all people having access to the Web - [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Beginning_of_WWW_89_TimBerners-Lee_CERN.jpg WWW at the beginning] [http://WebFoundation.org WebFoundation.org]

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