Climate Change through Children's Eyes - (Slideshow)
For an art exhibit at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, Oxfam asked young people from developing countries to draw pictures showing the effect of climate change on their communities.
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Wetlands Digital Data
Build, search, query, and download custom digital maps and data in the area you choose. This new version of the Wetlands Mapper is designed to promote greater awareness of wetlands map data applications and to deliver easy-to-use, maplike views of printable, America's wetland resources in a digital format.
Higher Education in a Warming World [PDF]
The report, "Higher Education in a Warming World: The Business Case for Climate Leadership on Campus" is a PDF from the National Wildlife Federation that highlights the business, educational and moral arguments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions on campus, with best practices from U.S. colleges and universities.
Audit for energy efficiency (PDF 24kb)
by Dr. Afshin Afshari in Arabian Business News, on Saturday, 19 January 2008. The most widespread type of audit, (standard audit), relies on theoretical values derived from simplified energy balances. The more sophisticated ‘comprehensive audit' opts for a dynamic simulation model of the building, its equipment, usage profiles and the external climate. A number of commercial building thermal modeling software tools can be used for this purpose.
School's solar project brightens up gloomy day
By Katy Murphy, The Oakland Tribune “It was foggy and drizzling Thursday morning, not the ideal moment to unveil a solar energy project. But to those behind the effort to reduce the carbon footprint of Head-Royce School, the hundreds of panels perched on the gymnasium roof sparkled with potential. Head-Royce, a prestigious private K-12 school in the Oakland hills, held a schoolwide assembly Thursday to celebrate the accomplishment.” January 11, 2008
North Dakota High School Champions Education, Environment Over Aesthetics November / December 2007 - Green Building News
Culture has several forms of expression. Music, art and literature are just a few of the ways in which ideas and values cease to be abstract and become tangible. Buildings, and what's inside them, are a public form of cultural expression. Their exteriors are an unchanging portrait of what is important to both owner and user, while their interiors provide room for changing modes of expression and growth.
Schools Could Save Money and Raise Educational Standards by Going Green
10 February 2007: US cities signed up for climate change action, already having a robust and challenging relationship with school district boards in their areas, will be interested in the late 2006 report on the costs and impact on educational performance of sustainable buildings.
Clinton Foundtaion Helps Paris Schools Go Green
The William J. Clinton Foundation is partnering with the city of Paris to help Schools go Green to improve energy efficiency in buildings as part of the Clinton Climate Initiative. The partnership aims to reduce the energy consumption of Paris's 660 kindergartens and primary schools by 67 percent.
