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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...

We are hosted on a MediaWiki platform. We are open-source and designed to be shareable.

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

GreenPolicy360's eOS (eco Operating System) supports GreenLinks & Generation Green actions worldwide.

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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

Frontlines of Green Best Practices

March 2014

March 19, 2014 -- Climate.Data.gov launches [1] [2]

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. [3]

Tools and information to help communities prepare for coastal inundation... [4]

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. [5] [6]

NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE)

Originally called "Mission to Planet Earth", ESE is dedicated to "understanding the total Earth system and the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment." [7]

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 of MTPE are the present and future generations of the people on Earth..."

NASA's EOS Project System Office (EOSPSO) continues the goal of "improved understanding of the Earth as an integrated system."

[8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17]

The Live from Space schedule

Global Wind Patterns

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 [18]

More C40, cities, webcam, [19], [20], [21]

Global Forest Watch launches [22] [23], [http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2014/02/monitoring-worlds-forests-with-global.html

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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 [24]

Sources, click thru (PDF)

Climate Change and California's epic drought [25]

The Global Challenge: The eOS Proposal

eOS featured in Green Horizon - (PDF) - [26]

Remembering 'Earthrise'

December 1968 [27] -- [28] -- [29]

November/December 2013

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

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

Green Horizon highlights GreenPolicy360/eOS -- Reference | Green parties globally PDF

GreenPolicy360/eOS launches Google+ channel [30]

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 [31]

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

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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" [32]

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

[33] / [34]

Maryland Governor Unveils Strongest US Plan To Fight Climate Change [35]

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..." [36] PDF

July 2013

Climate Extremes are Unprecedented - BBC Global News [37] Warmest decade in 2001-2010, WMO survey shows

Water Alert - US Groundwater Depletion "accelerating", May 2013 [38] / Water Stress - NatGeo US [39]

Climate Change / US Drought Monitor [40]

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History-making drought conditions - new water conservation measures announced

TX [41]

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NM [44]

NM [45]

NM [46]

AZ [47]

UT [48]

Colorado River watershed [49]

Southwest [50]

Southwest [51]

Southwest [52]

Midwest/Aquifers [53]

National Water Resources Information [54]

Nationally - two thirds of the country in drought conditions, one third severe [55]

National - Maps/Infographics [56]

GIF

National/State online drought resources [57]

Dust-bowl proportions [58]

US gov monitoring drought conditions [59] [60]

US drought designations as of June 2013 PDF

US Climate prediction/drought [61]

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 [62]). First half of 2013 (Jan–Jun) 7th warmest on record.

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Appropriate Technology

Here's to Appropedia http://Appropedia.org

Here's to growing the MediaWiki community. We're looking forward at Green Policy to connections with fellow MediaWikians Lonny and Chris at Appropedia.

Appropedia brings "appropriate technology" for the new era. Definitely 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...

AskNature -- a free, open source project, built by and for the community

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://www.asknature.org/article/view/why_asknature

Let the Sunshine in -- follow your local government and urge positive change Sunlight Foundation [63]

For your consideration, here's a searchable database to check on your government reps... offered by the Sunlight Foundation. Open States: Data for all 50 States

'Sunlight Foundation' - [64]

Introducing 'The Congress App' for iOS and Android [65] - [66]

Plant a Tree, a Simple Act in Your Neighborhood !

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

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 a lot of different tools and avenues for you to choose from. These are outlined below.

You can also watch a tutorial in this movie.

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1) Browse our Master Index

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

~~2) Google Maps~~

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 a specific piece of local legislation/ordinances/initiatives or are you merely interested in discovering what might be possible to introduce in your community?

Use this link to view all the topics we presently cover (e.g., Peace, Housing, Youth, etc.)
Use this link to search by location (e.g., U.S. States, etc.)
Use this link to view by entity type (e.g., City Governments, School Districts, etc.)
Use this link to view by type of legislation (e.g., ordinances, resolutions, etc.).
Use this link to see all Notable Cities, and Notable Colleges
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.

Jump in - Add your Ideas, Add a New Keyword, 'Tag a Topic'

Is there a category that you think should be included in our database that isn't? If so, send your category suggestions to [67].

Consult the User's Guide for information on using this wiki software.

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Additional Online/Web Resources

OpenData/Distributive Web

Github and Open Data update, Feb 2014

Creative Commons Social Media CC International [68]

Open Data Institute UK-Int'l Open Data Summit, Oct 2013 Open Institute Global Open Data Initiative How do people act once they have access to information, data and 'know'?

Research Data Sharing without Barriers UK/Int'l Open Knowledge Foundation

World Wide Web Foundation established by Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the WWW Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to achieving a world in which all people can use the Web