Going Green

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Online Databases

Local Libraries

Subject Links

Book Lists

 

Green News

Green Living (Boston Globe)

 

Time.com - Going Green

Christian Science Monitor - Environment

CNN - Environment

 

Videos

 
 
 

The Story of Stuff (video)

Car of the Future  (NOVA video) - with the "Car Talk" guys  


Interactives & Games

Garbage: How Can My Community Reduce Waste? - Annenburg Interactive

PowerUp - - free multiplayer online game from IBM- save the planet "Helios" from ecological disaster- includes lesson plans with engineering focus





 

Lesson Ideas

**Green Teacher - activities/lessons - sorted by topic and then for some topics by grade level and subject area

EarthDay.gov

Becoming Green Energy Experts

 

Other Web Resources
 
 
 
The Green Guide  (National Geographic)

Alternative Energy  (National Geographic)

Planet Forward (The George Washington University) - dialogue on energy issues from experts, policymakers, and citizens

Resources for the Future

NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory

U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) 

Clean Energy Information - Massachusetts Technology Collaborative

The Why? Files: The Science Behind the News

10 Ways to Go Green and Save Green (WorldWatch Institute)

WorldWatch Institute Vision for a Sustainable World - online features 

United Nations - Sustainable Development, Human Settlements and Energy 

Classroom Earth - National Environmental Education Foundation

Be Different. Live Different. Buy Different

Green Press Initiative: Improving the Impacts of Publishing - information on paper production and its impacts

Science Tech Daily

Green, Inc (NYTimes blog) - includes a list of other "green' blogs

New England Aquarium - ocean related resources

Earth's Water (Water Science for Schools) (USGS)

The Daily Green