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About GreenPolicy360 - Local/National/Global

We are a 'Green Best Practices' resource hub to use community-by-community, day-by-day...

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GreenPolicy360's networking has tens of millions of visits, interactions, active user shares and re-shares.

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National Climate Plans

Planet Earth Perspective

The story arc of GreenPolicy360, in its span and scope, tracks back to the late 1960s when Steve Schmidt, our founder and current siterunner, began to work alongside a new Congressman from East Los Angeles, Rep. George E. Brown. Their work as detailed in GreenPolicy360 reveals a narrative and scientific journey into the origins, development, Earth Science and political activism that helped set in motion the modern environmental movement.

Connecting & sharing world changing stories

"GreenPolicy360 journeys across 50+ years of the modern environmental movement"

Today's challenges come into the light as a half century journey of key players, events, struggles, and decisions are revealed. Green politics and the modern environmental movement have progressed far from first-era Whole Earth images of the 1960s and a first "Earth Day" of 1970.

GreenPolicy360 speaks of green, life affirming values, "a politics of values" that we see as needed "for the long run" as humanity navigates the challenges and demands of the 21st century.

The media is welcome onboard. Search & explore GreenPolicy360's curated collection of stories from around the world.

On Earth

Green Stories of the Day ~ Climate News

Earth and Space, Politics

GreenPolicy360

Continuing decades of environmental work, GreenPolicy360 launched in 2005-2006

NEWS

June 2014

Frontlines of Green Best Practices

GreenLinks updated

No time for climate denial... President says it's time for action on Climate Change in Commencement at UC Irvine, June 14, 2014 [GP360 Facebook]

Climate Rules to Rewrite US Energy Map "Nuts" says Republican leader -- Overview President Obama says EPA action will create jobs, reduce global warming, improve health and more... political battle looms -- EPA summary -- 645 pages -- WASHINGTON — Rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency would cut carbon pollution from power plants 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030 – the equivalent, according to the agency, of taking two-thirds of all cars and trucks in America off the road Plan review -- Details -- Reduced energy costs -- A significant step

West Coast Leaders Applaud Obama Administration Proposal to Cut Carbon Pollution [1]California has head start Pacific Coast Climate Action Plan - 2013

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Look at how thin our atmosphere is. This is all there is between humankind and deadly space...

June 17 - Alexander Gerst on the #ISS [2] [3]

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Florida, Los Angeles, New York vulnerable to climate change begin planning for sea-level rise.

US gov efforts to assess risk now include interagency coordination.

Rising Seas - Against the Tide

#Adaptation Action [4]

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May 2014

Geoscience: Eyes in the Sky, Monitoring the Earth by Satellite http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites / Earth Imaging: The Antarctic: Big Melt Accelerates [5]

Earth Imaging 'startups' -- nextgen #earthscience in an era of #climatechange and #globalsecurity threat -- “Five years from now, there might be 200 or more up there..." [6]... BlackBridge [7], Dauria [8], DigitalGlobe [9], GeoOptics [10], NovaWurks [11], OmniEarth [12], OrbitLogic [13], PlanetiQ [14], Planet Lab [15] [16], RapidEye [17], Skybox [18] [19] [20], Teledyne [21], Tyvak Nano-Sat [22], Urthecast [23]

“With all these start-ups, the things you’ll be able to do with satellite images will grow exponentially.” [IEEE-May 2014]

Moving from military-defense-communication operations to earth systems-defense, monitoring, sustainability and eco-nomics functions.

24/7 high-definition video of Earth <Urthecast-ISS> [24] Live from the International Space Station [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]

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Updates: We have added to our "GreenLinks" GreenLinks PDF [30] 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 next month as we extend GreenPolicy's shareable community resources.

Also take a look at our updated list of Green Parties, a movement across the globe, now in over 100 countries. Green Parties - International PDF

We also invite you to Visit our new GreenBestPractices site GreenPolicy360 at Twitter!

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Remembering Carl Sagan as 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..."

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April 2014

GP360 News: We have updated GreenPolicy360 to MediaWiki 1.19 [36][37]

Upward and onward GP360! In progress - updated maps. Semantic MediaWiki

March 2014

YOKOHAMA, Japan, 31 March 2014

Press Release: "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 world, in many cases, is ill-prepared for risks from a changing climate. The report also concludes that there are opportunities to respond to such risks, though the risks will be difficult to manage with high levels of warming." [38] [39] [40]

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. [41] [42] [43]

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Climate.Data.gov launches [44] [45]

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. [46]

Tools and information to help communities prepare for coastal inundation... [47] [48]

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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.

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United States space program - earth system monitoring

NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) -- Originally called "Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE)"

ESE is dedicated to "understanding the total Earth system and the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment." [51]

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." [52]

EarthScience, GeoScience Earth Observing System Project, Earth Data, Earth Observatory, [53], Grace, Grace-JPL, Grace-UTexas, Visible Earth, Global Maps, [54], [55], [56]

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European space program - earth system monitoring

European Space Agency "Living Planet Programme" managed by Earth Observation Programmes - [57]

GOCE – Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer - launched on March 17, 2009 - [58]

SMOS – Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite - studying ocean salinity and soil moisture; launched in 2 November 2009 - [59]

CryoSat is designed to map the Earth's ice cover. CryoSat-1 was lost in 2005. CryoSat-2 was launched 8 April 2010 - [60]

Swarm – is a trio of satellites to map the Earth's magnetism. The SWARM constellation was launched successfully on 22 November 2013 - [61]

Aeolus – Atmospheric Dynamics Mission will use an innovative laser to measure winds. Due for launch in 2015 - [62]

EarthCARE – Earth Clouds Aerosols and Radiation Explorer will examine the formation and effects of clouds. Due for launch in 2016 - [63]

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 - [64]

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 C40 conference - Feb. 2014 [65]

More C40, cities, webcam, [66], [67], [68]

Global Forest Watch launches

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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 [73]

From GP360's "Little Green Book"

The Global Challenge: The eOS Proposal

eOS featured in Green Horizon [74] [75] [76]

Green Parties International listing PDF [77]

Remembering 'Earthrise' December 1968

Earthrise memories on the 45th anniversary -- [78]

November/December 2013

eOS -- a network of effective green policies, politics and practices [79]

GreenPolicy360/eOS -- extending the GP360 database of green models for use in all communities -- local, national, international

GreenPolicy360/eOS launches Google+ channel [80]

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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 [81]

Code for America

Open Government/Digital Services

Visit GP360's Friends

October 2013

A Model for Regional/Local Approaches to Climate Change - Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate & Energy

PDF

Two new cool tools for digital visualizations

RAW TableauPublic

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" [82]

August 2013

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US/Climate Change/Response Planning by States

Maryland Advances Climate/Energy Plan... emission reduction goals surpass California and all states except Massachusetts

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Maryland Governor Unveils Strongest US Plan To Fight Climate Change [85]

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..." [86] PDF

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Historic-drought (climate change warning) [Updated: 2014]

Five Maps of U.S. Drought [87]

California's emergency measures [88] [89]

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 [90]

Sources, click thru (PDF)

Climate Change and California's epic drought [91]

July 2013

Climate Extremes are Unprecedented - BBC Global News [92] Warmest decade in 2001-2010, WMO survey shows

Water Alert - US Groundwater Depletion "accelerating", May 2013 [93] / Water Stress - NatGeo US [94]

Climate Change / US Drought Monitor [95]

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History-making drought conditions - new water conservation measures announced

TX [96]

TX [97]

TX [98]

NM [99]

NM [100]

NM [101]

AZ [102]

UT [103]

Colorado River watershed [104]

Southwest [105]

Southwest [106]

Southwest [107]

Midwest/Aquifers [108]

National Water Resources Information [109]

Nationally - two thirds of the country in drought conditions, one third severe [110]

National - Maps/Infographics [111]

GIF

National/State online drought resources [112]

Dust-bowl proportions [113]

US gov monitoring drought conditions [114]

US drought designations as of June 2013 PDF

US Climate prediction/drought [115]

International - July 2013: The Guardian

Global - July 2013: Latest NOAA Climatic Data Center report shows *global* June 2013 temperatures as 5th highest on record (summary at [116]). First half of 2013 (Jan–Jun) 7th warmest on record.

More GP360/eOS Networking

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...

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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 [117]

AskNature -- a free, open source project, built by and for the community. [118]

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... [119]

Plant a Tree, a Simple Act in Your Neighborhood!

http://TreePeople.org/how-plant-tree

Let the Sunshine in -- using the power of the Internet to deliver greater government openness and transparency [120] [121] [122]

Open States searchable database to check on U.S. state government representatives Open States: Data for all 50 States [123]

Introducing 'The Congress App' for iOS and Android [124] [125]

Money, Politics & Transparency Project / March 2014 [126] online resource following global developments in money and politics

Our Purpose

GreenPolicy360 is an online database which lists local legislation/proposals/resolutions/ordinances/concepts that are congruent with Green values. Our database is growing all the time! Initially at GreenPolicy.US, we have expanded and continue to grow as GreenPolicy360. See the Introduction Video. Our eco-network is a system designed for sharing, a distributive web of green best practices.

GreenPolicy360 was developed for use in all communities, local, national, international. Whether you're a progressive elected official, an activist or a concerned citizen, GreenPolicy360 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 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!"

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 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.

How to Use this Site

Our team has worked very hard to make it easy for you to find what you're looking for! We've created many tools for you to use as outlined below.

1) Browse our All Pages Index

The All Pages Index is broken down into categories and lists every single entry in GreenPolicy360.

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Maps being reprogrammed... SMW coming soon Are you a visual person? Do you want to see what kinds of Green legislation and programs have been introduced and/or passed in your locale? You can search by Cities, Counties and Educational Institutions.

3) Browse/Search GreenPolicy360 through the use of a wide variety of categories

Have you stopped by to see if you can find models for green policy in your community or are you interested in discovering green ideas of what might be possible to introduce in your community or region or country even?

Use this link to view all the topics we presently cover (e.g., Peace, Housing, Youth, etc.)
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Use this link to peruse all the categories in use on GreenPolicy360.

4) Searching the site on your own terms

Simply enter your search words in the box to the left and click on Policy Search. You can enter subject words, place names, anything you want, and in any combination you want. Please be aware that searches must be at least three characters long. The database will not search for two-character search strings.

5) A Note about the "background info" tab

As we continue to develop the various capabilities of GreenPolicy360, it is our intent to provide you with more background information in the form of summaries, analyses, news article, interviews and first person narratives.

To know whether or not any given entry possesses background information, all you need to identify is the color of the tab. If the tab has blue lettering, then the entry does include background information. If the tab has red lettering, it means that it does NOT include background information...yet.

6) For editing/text formatting help, review these Wiki markup guides: [127] [128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133]